re: Changing flights through Delta

Relevance to the OP's situation?

He said he didn't want to drive from Bossier to Monroe to standby and not be able to depart earlier.

I said he can get an idea if it's worth the risk by checking how many unsold seats are still available the night before.

If there are a lot of unsold seats, he would probably clear the standby waitlist. If not, then probably not.

He can also call Delta 3 or so hours prior to the earlier departure time he wants to standby for and they can confirm the # of unsold seats.

I've done it numerous times and have always cleared the same day earlier departure waitlist when the website indicated a good number of unsold seats.

If it hasn't worked for you, sorry to hear it.

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I wonder why that entire exit row is unassigned when most of the other seats are assigned?

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Because to select the exit row seats ahead of time you need to be a Medallion. Thus, on the example I showed you earlier there are seats available yet Y is sold out. As I said, seat maps are not indicators of seat availability.

And the seats with the astriks are the forward exit row. The astrik means that there is no recline. I have a confirmed seat in the rear exit row as I showed you on the seat map, booked ahead of check-in.