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katbuad · 06-02-2008, 09:43 AM

Took a little non rev' trip this past weekend and added another state to the Have Visited List.

On the way to through ATL on a Delta flight, the standby lisit were very long. But they were getting a lot of people on even though supposedly all the seats were claimed. I was 27th on the lisit with 10 unclaimed seats. Somehow (missed connects?) I and the 28th person were able to be placed on the flight.

On the way from through CLT on an US Airways flight, all the flights were over sold by about 4 people. Managed to get on my first choice, but it didn't last. It was a first time (and HORRIBLE) experiance of being on the plane, luggage stowed, seatbelt on and being called to come forward with my luggage. Did the $20 upgrade to first class for my second choice since there were no coach seats but a couple of first class seats were unclaimed and went a couple of hours later than antisipated (the tale of non rev'ers everywhere).

My general impression of flying this weekend (please bear in mind that I was traveling on the weekend), flights are full! Long standby list and oversold flights seemed pretty common. But (the ray of sunshine) they are still able to put several/lots of non rev'ers on each flight.

06-02-2008, 09:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
katbuad Jetgirls Plus Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville, TN USA Posts: 718 Recipes: Thanks: 9 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	Another Non Rev' Experiance! Took a little non rev' trip this past weekend and added another state to the Have Visited List. On the way to through ATL on a Delta flight, the standby lisit were very long. But they were getting a lot of people on even though supposedly all the seats were claimed. I was 27th on the lisit with 10 unclaimed seats. Somehow (missed connects?) I and the 28th person were able to be placed on the flight. On the way from through CLT on an US Airways flight, all the flights were over sold by about 4 people. Managed to get on my first choice, but it didn't last. It was a first time (and HORRIBLE) experiance of being on the plane, luggage stowed, seatbelt on and being called to come forward with my luggage. Did the $20 upgrade to first class for my second choice since there were no coach seats but a couple of first class seats were unclaimed and went a couple of hours later than antisipated (the tale of non rev'ers everywhere). My general impression of flying this weekend (please bear in mind that I was traveling on the weekend), flights are full! Long standby list and oversold flights seemed pretty common. But (the ray of sunshine) they are still able to put several/lots of non rev'ers on each flight.