Originally Posted by
Random Task
We can list for business on a ton of star alliance carriers, and there's a handful of Star Alliance carriers that let you bring a friend.
As for the first question - it's just a crapshoot. If there's 100 seats open you're probably fine. If there's 3 seats open it might be tighter. This year has been pretty brutal for nonreving in general.
Business class on Star Alliance sounds really nice! I work for a WO regional, and we have a higher priority on oneworld carriers than normal zed, but we can't list business class.
Originally Posted by
ThumbsUp
If it's a vacation that you actually want to make it on and the loads aren't wide open, just buy the tickets. Both rev and non-rev people appear out of the blue all of the time. The only accurate load is the one after the boarding door has closed.
Originally Posted by
ugleeual
employees/families pop up on the standby list hour/two before takeoff all the time… I’m guessing it’s not to be ugly but because they could be jockeying destinations to ensure they don’t get stuck somewhere. Non-rev isn’t a big problem unless you travel between late May/mid-August, Spring Break, and over Xmas or Thanksgiving. You can non-rev on Lufthansa and Swiss Air in Biz class for a hundred bucks a person… and can get your seat assigned the night prior if the loads are good… they don’t wait until 30 minutes to release seats like we do.
Thats fair. I use AA non-rev benefits quite often, and figured out the system pretty well. I only non-rev to off season destinations, and it's worked out pretty well so far. I'd definitely still follow that routine at United too. I was just wondering how much harder it is to get on compared to how it is with AA's check in time policy. There is always a chance of roll overs, and RV standbys popping up, but at least with AA's program, in general I feel like i have a pretty good idea or not whether i'm getting a seat by the time i get to the airport. But United is my end goal, so i was curious how it works here.