How to Fly Standby: Our MOST ASKED Question!

People always ask us: what is standby travel and they ask how to fly standby without a ticket. It's such a common question, in fact, that we made a whole video about it!

We''ll tell you what standby means, how we get to do it, and more importantly, we'll tell you how you can re-create the standby lifestyle!

If you're not already familiar with same day flights, we'll also touch on that so you can decide if that's a strategy for you.

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[hectorgarcia]

Welcome to Standby travel in 2022 post-pandemic(?)
1- Shortages of pilots, flight attendants, ground personnel, etc. causing delays or cancellations.
2- Airlines have not fully returned their fleet into service; reducing flight choices.
3- Planes are thus flying near 100% severely reducing your chances of flying standby.
4- Airlines have reduced non-stop flights pushing passengers into multiple hub segments thus increasing your chances of being bumped mid-travel.
I worked for a semi-private airline; the pay was minimum wage with a small COVID premium, the draw was being able to fly standby on a number of popular airlines.
However, I found that even using the employee insider travel website, almost any flight I chose had a very low to no probability of snagging a seat (see above reasons).
I resigned.

[ChubbyAndAway]

Great video! Love the mention about the empty middle seat being taken by non-rev people. The “non shout out” shout out. Lol

[warringalice]

high risk with a great value.... love it....stuck in the airport with kids ... not sure if we have that type of metal....

[BucketListTravellers]

Such a cool perk! The uncertainty is a downside, but I think it's definitely worth it! 😃

[TheWanderingFirefighter]

“50 people ahead of us on the list—we just go for it”! For sure!! You’ll miss 100% of the flights you don’t try :)

[artbywolves]

I've lived in Bozeman for the past 8 years. The airport IS really great. Definatly worth traveling for hotprings and Yellowstone National Park.

[nevermore]

Keep in mind, the more days that go by missing your flight, the more people trickle down to your standby flight, and more likely to become desperate and buy confirmed seats, which reduce your chances of getting on even more..

[TheBlacktulips]

The amount of uncertainty you guys can manage is incredibly. If you can make family travel work, anyone else should be able to do that. Btw, been to Bozeman once and it was a nice airport. Always prefer smaller airports

[shariqiftikhar]

I’ve always wondered how this works! Thanks for the informative video! You guys look like you have a ton of patience for the standby gig. I would say I have the patience for this kind of travel but with how anxious my wife is I doubt it would work for us :(

[chelseyzafra]

Where do you buy your tickets? I just started working at United.

[Poposki]

I just got hired on the spot for American Airlines. Im looking forward for day trips where i leave in the morning, and come back at night. Lols

[hernandezfamily]

So my husband now gets reduced standby flights. On average, about 70% discount. If we buy the tickets in advance (has to be within 90 days), how aren't we confirmed on the flight?

[StreakLife]

I want to do this, but for international flights only.

[mistyluv]

great video. just wondering, you said you get some ticket to go through tsa. if you go to any lounges like amex or priority pass, is that ticket good enough, or do they need to see a boarding pass with a confirmed seat? thank you.

[RAYNINGMAKER]

I need to travel internationally next year and I'm a student, so I don't really have the money for that. How would I get on a standby list?

[luxlisboa]

Hi! What happens if a flight you were likely to board gets cancelled last minute? Do rev passengers get transferred to the next flight? Does that lower your chances of boarding that next flight? And if a specific route (domestic) has only 4 flights per day, would you recommend to book the earliest one in case you need to take one of the remaining three?

[kingslate]

What happens if you don’t get the flight do they put you on standby for the next flight? & Can you get a refund on standby tickets if you get denied the flight?

[Heiko]

What airline are you guys with I’m with united airlines looking to fly stand by

[yasmirisv]

Can infants/ kids sit in first class if they’re flying stand by with parents?

[jocelynlee]

I am not working for airline, I don't know anyone from airlines either, can I buy " staff travel " standby ticket, ticket agent said to me I can buy " staff travel standby " ticket, is it true, or it's scam ?