Originally Posted by
adspilot
Nope WRONG. It's not standby. I have A3 passed on MQ and AA leaving revenue standbys. When you check in for an A3 flight then it assigns you a seat. I have A3ed when they were calling for volunteers to take a voucher. If you still call it standby then we'll agree to disagree.
You just proved the point you were trying to disprove. If you aren't checked in, and don't have a seat, then you can be denied boarding when traveling A3, which means you are NOT positive space guaranteed travel. It's a really stupid company policy either way. I had a situation in VPS where we were A1 (still had more flying to do on the trip) and the F/A was A3, and the gate denied her boarding to put a standby non-rev on. We brought it up with the gate and the agent threatened to pull our seat assignments if we didn't board immediately. Should have written her up...