 Re: Flying Standby Overrated
Highly over-rated. For the exact same reasons that the "not over-rated" folks have stated.
You have to be flexible.
You never know if you will get on the plane to leave.
If you make it to the destination, you don't know if you will make the flight back.....or the next one.....or the next one.
If you want to vacation when/where the masses are vacationing, forget it.
You may have to "get creative" flying multi legs to get where you want.
Non-revs also get last dibs on meal flights.
I prefer the fewest legs possible and guaranteed seating (FC of course). I don't want to spend half my time waiting in terminals or airlining though cities I didn't plan on visiting. You either have to pony up the $$ or cash in some perk points (free/space positive). |