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What you don't have is priority when things go pear-shaped. That's when status matters—status passengers go to the top of the list when rebooking and have prio
by saryant 11y ago
What you don't have is priority when things go pear-shaped. That's when status matters—status passengers go to the top of the list when rebooking and have priority over others.
Flight is cancelled and there's one more nonstop that night? The platinums and 1Ks are getting that. Everyone else gets scraps.
- djcapelis 11y agoMaybe. I usually have a confirmed ticket and seat before other folks even begin their rebooking arrangement. I agree without status I'm totally not gonna successfully standby anything, but I successfully rebook seats all the time when the whole timetable becomes a disaster because an airport like ATL closes and incoming flights land at completely different airports. (I watched the seats fill in realtime on the app, it was nuts.) Also while I fly in and out of some small airports now and again, for most of my destinations there's just usually gonna be a spare seat for me to hop into, especially since I'm happy to go to either SFO or OAK, never check luggage and if I ever had to, would book to either SJC or SMF in a pinch. tl;dr: For the most part I do about as well without status as with it. Maybe you regularly encounter more problematic weather delays than I do?