I gave a guy a buddy pass to travel from TPA to ELP via ATL. Now I told him that buddy passes suck and not to blame me. Well of course what was 30 empty seats yesterday afternoon is over sold until 2:00 today. So with all his time to kill my buddy logs on to priceline.com and is able to buy a ticket for tomorrow for $30 less than a buddy pass.

Why is Delta charging more for standby than an actual ticket?