For as long as I’ve traveled (and worked for the airline industry), passengers who arrived early were always allowed the option to ‘stand-by’ for an earlier flight at no charge. It helped airlines (if the later flights were overbooked) and it helped passengers get where they were going a little quicker.
Well, American Airlines today has said NO MORE! Starting with tickets purchased on Feb. 22, only elite travelers, business and first class passengers, military personnel and travelers on full coach tickets (and no one ever purchases full coach) will get a waiver. Others will pay $50 just for the opportunity to leave early – but no guarantees.
As is typical with fees, American is not calling the $50 charge a ‘fee’, but rather ‘an elimination of a loop hole.’ I’ll have to remember that one.
For more information on this and other airlines fees, you can read the article here.
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