How did I get such a high boarding group?

[tellu]

Had a family emergency and purchased a Wanna Get Away fare about 3 hours prior to departure time.

Somehow, and I’m not complaining, I received A29. It wasn’t an empty flight, maybe 5-10 passengers less than capacity. There were at least 30 people in the boarding group behind me.

I’m not SWA loyal, have no status, no credit cards, nothing.

How did I get so lucky?

[05bardic · Accepted solution]

If the person who had the A29 position changed or canceled their flight after checking in (or took an earlier standby flight), and you were the lucky person who checked in right after that position became available, it would be yours. Lucky day!

[dfwskier]

That's the same answer he got on reddit.

[wkkunkle]

@dfwskier 

Why do you care if people cross post to Reddit?  I’m genuinely curious because as a newer member here I’ve been reading old threads, etc. and I notice you call people out a lot for posting on Reddit, almost as if to shame them?

[dfwskier]

I said it because you already got the answer to your question on Reddit. So why ask the same question a second time?

Did you expect to receive  different answer?

[wkkunkle]

Yes, sometimes people get different answers from different sites. Not everyone who is on this site is on Reddit and vice versa.  And not everyone is on this site as frequently as you are.

They aren't hurting anything asking questions.  It takes more time to respond in a rude manner than it does to just ignore and move on.

[wkkunkle]

Also, just to clarify, I'm not trying to be rude myself or argumentative.

But with everything else going on in the world ... and the current state of affairs in our country ... someone posting the same question on Reddit (or any other site), as well as here, is the least of things I think that would "ruffle my feathers," so to speak.

Now, someone posting intentional SPAM (like the account that was posting advertisements to orthopedic pillows or vein therapy or whatever that I saw here the other day), yes, I can see that being wholly bothersome and out of place - but instead of replying to it, I used the "report to moderator" button for it.

Oh well, six of one, half a dozen of the other, as they say.