Has Delta always charged a fee to go on standby for an earlier flight?? Feeling offended. Never been asked to pay other airlines for no guarantee of getting on. (The flight is full...) WTF

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Yep, $75. It's only waived if you have a certain level of status.

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Gold I think?

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Plot twist, BCG was the one who suggested this as revenue maximising opportunity. /jk

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The major US airlines used to let you do that free of charge, and I often did that when I had long connections and there was an earlier flight headed to my destination.

Then the airlines decided to make every aspect of flying something they could segment for status levels.

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I’ve done that for free many times, with and without status, as recently as a few months ago. Never heard anything about a fee one time. Then two weeks ago when I asked they told me they would have to change me. Probably a policy that was always on the books but never enforced and they’re actually enforcing it now

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Stop being faked offended , first world problems

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Probably...but they usually refund the fee if you don’t get on the flight

Got it- thanks all. I’m United Gold and have the Companion Pass with Southwest.... only flying non-preferred airline because of a weird route

Boo! Well— I ponied up, and now we get to see if I get to make it out of JFK tonight... pray for me fish friends 🙏🏼🐠

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