Originally Posted by
baseball
Last minute things happen in folks lives. I politely explained to a fella who was depending on a jump seat that I had to get to MSY to deal with a family emergency and there were no seats in the back. It was handled politely and the junior pilot who wanted the JS was more than OK with helping me get home.
I assume you checked to see if you could buy a seat because of the emergency.
These days it is at best a 50% chance of getting a seat in back on standby.