Good for you guys! Honestly I mean that. But not everyone has been so lucky with their standby adventures over the years. Glad you guys make it work NRSA all over the world during peak travel seasons. However you come off sounding like a snake oil salesmen to an extent which could easily persuade new/inexperienced staff travelers into rushing the family out to HNL on a wide open flight only to find themselves number 100 through 105 on the standby list on a flight with 15 open seats coming home.

I’ve been doing United standby game for 30 years now, so I know all to well how good and how bad it can be. All I can say to those new to the game or haven’t done much NRSA with the family is to use your head and don’t put the family through hell to save a grand or so of greenbacks.