Flying Stand By with no guarantee?
I was recently on an American Airlines flight where I had a connection in Dallas/Fort Worth. I had a 5 hour lay over and was on stand by for an earlier flight with a group of people who kept getting rolled over. One of them was a man that I talked to extensively and he said that he was flying stand by. He said he hadn't paid anything and would only be charged if he actually got on a plane and if he did it would be around 10 dollars for coach and around 20 for first class(I don't remember the exact numbers he said). But, now I can't find any information online that points to the same information. Help?
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1 :
it sound he was using a buddy pass which allows friends of employee to fly at a low cost that amount sounds right
2 :
He definitely was flying on a pass issued to him from an employee. Every airline employee get a set of buddy passes that they can give to anyone they want. The price of the pass will depend on the actual distance that you fly.
3 :
He was probably on a companion pass. He has a friend who works for the airline. You, as a "real" customer, were priority over him. He also had no recourse on another airline. They're only good for the company that issues them and are not transferable. Usually, I only recommended them for friends who were flying low season when there was space on the plane. Sounds like he didn't choose his flight too wisely and/or had really bad luck. Hopefully, he got to where he was going without having to buy a full fare ticket at the airport!
