Originally Posted by UAL97

I'm not talking about what time you show at the gate. In my case, there were 4 of us at the gate at least 30 min early one morning and the most senior one decided to go down and occupy the jumpseat before the non revs had been cleared. The other 3 of us didn't get on when one of us would have gotten the JS if he would have waited till non revs were cleared. 2 of us called the crew desk and they, thankfully, agreed to positive space us on the next flight. The most junior guy ended up buying a discounted UAL ticket before we called the crew desk to ensure he could get to work on the next flight.