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When Standby Doesn’t Pay Off on United

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 19, 2009 Leave a Comment

I’m in a bit of a bind this weekend thanks to the winter storms that will be hitting the East Coast tomorrow.

I booked a Sunday morning return from Burbank to Philadelphia via SFO because it was half the price of the evening/redeye I wanted. As I usually do, I planned to just standby for my preferred flights.

But with storms approaching, United has issued a travel waiver for many East Coast cities and preemptively cancelled flights. Analyzing ExpertFlyer today, I was dismayed to see that UA11, the redeye from SFO-PHL is zeroed out and even the BUR-SFO flight is zeroed out. I know inventory can change rapidly, but I doubt I will make it on my desired flights.

Unfortunately, that means I will have to miss a Christmas Concert I was going to attend Sunday evening and a lunch with friends in the afternoon. See what happens when you play the standby game long enough?

The good news is, my afternoon SFO-PHL flight is zeroed out as well. I’d love a bump, but I also have obligations in PHL Monday morning and it wouldn’t do me much good to be stuck in SFO for a day.

My idea is to attempt to bump, then get re-routed through LAX so I can fly down to Los Angeles, attend my events, then still make it to PHL via ORD by late morning tomorrow. The LAX-ORD redeye is F9Y9 (for now). Pulling that off would be a perfect storm…

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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