Originally Posted by
CaptainJim
That’s not an answer. Its STANDBY! No airline would never give it away for free.
Well it would be quite hard to get a standby ticket e.g at Wizz Air where no such category exist. If there are no free seats left you can't book a ticket. If there are empty seats then your booking (be it positioning, christmas ticket, bonus ticket or any kind of company travel) is OK and confirmed. You learn to appreciate this when the average load factor reported is over 90%.