Latest Changes to Standby Flights Procedures and Airlines Still Offering Them

Des Moines, IA -- (SBWire) -- 01/09/2012 --Flyers that try to get good deals on the cost of flight tickets by arriving at the airport and hoping to get on standby flights: http://www.standby-flights.net/ are often finding that they are no longer able to do so. Nowadays, the seats are to be used only for people that wish to bring forward their flight on a ticket that they have already purchased for a later flight.

A guide has been published however that tells flyers how best to use the system, and what opportunities for great deals on standby flights: http://www.howtogetcheapairlinetickets.net/standby-flights.html are still available.

The guide offers detailed information on individual airline policies in regard to available seats on their flights and how flyers can use them to their advantage. Author of the book, former airline employee Tony Morrison, said of the guide "Information on how to take advantage of standby flights is something that could still help flyers save a lot of money".

Even passengers that do have a ticket already and are trying to get on an earlier flight might find that they must pay an additional fee in order to get on standby flights. In addition, some carriers will expect the passenger to pay the difference between the prices of flights if there is one, which could make brining forward your flight a pointless exercise of you got a good deal on your initial ticket.

As the author of the guide, Mr Morrison hopes that by knowing about certain limitations in advance passengers can avoid circumstances where they may have to end up paying extra.

Not all is lost however because there are still some carriers that are continuing to deal with standby flights in the way we have become accustomed. "If you know which airline to approach, you could still get great deals on seats that would be otherwise empty" said Mr Morrison.

What's more is that not only do some flights still give great deals on empty seats, some others that do reserve standby flights for ticket holders only place no additional charges on changing to an earlier flight.

The guide also goes on to explain that flights at particular times are more likely to yield great deals on standby flights, which is ideal for passengers that can be flexible in what times they fly.

Plus, even more detailed and helpful information is available in the guide such as how having baggage can affect your chances of getting the flight you want.

Frequent flyers often spend a great deal of money on flights so knowing how to avoid additional costs and find great deals can be extremely beneficial to them. The airlines themselves are very unlikely to tell you where and when you can get the best deals on standby flights because no business will want to send customers to the competition.

This guide will let flyers know the information that the airlines are reluctant to release themselves. With the cost of flights being fairly high, especially for those that travel a lot, this guide on standby flights looks set to save a lot of people a lot of money indeed.

If you do fly frequently and you would like further information on how this guide can help you to reduce your costs, http://www.standby-flights.net/ will be able to answer any question you may have.