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@BHoms wrote: No, I have never purchased BS.  Only WGA fares.    Normally its only myself and my daughter (my companion) so hoping the same day change will be more feasible since its only the 2 of us.  That's a good scenario - at first the agent may balk after all your daughter won't have A-list, but in reality as long as the fight has extra seats all you would be doing is canceling the companion, same day changing yourself, and then re-adding the companion, so they should allow it under that scenario.   Your daughter doesn't need a same day change, just to be re-added after you've made your change.         ... View more

I just ran into this dilemma this past weekend.  My family cleared the stand by list one hour before boarding.  So I went to agent to upgrade our seats but was told we can't if we were standby.  She mentioned it seemed like a stupid rule since the seats were available and it was extra revenue for SWA but nonetheless she had no way to let us purchase them.   ... View more