Originally Posted by
Costanza
I'm wondering what the advantage of online listing is. Seems like more of a hassle to have to list than to just show up at the gate. Have been burned when not getting on a non-rev flight and rushing to another flight to see if I could jumpseat only to be turned down due to missing the computer listing deadline (off-line). Is there some advantage like reserving the jumpseat from the system VX had?
With the VX system listing online for the jumpseat was not required. You could still walk up to the gate and list. It was a nice option to have especially when a gate agent was crazy busy.