Maybe.  I usually have a confirmed ticket and seat before other folks even begin their rebooking arrangement.<p>I agree without status I&#x27;m totally not gonna successfully standby anything, but I successfully rebook seats all the time when the whole timetable becomes a disaster because an airport like ATL closes and incoming flights land at completely different airports.  (I watched the seats fill in realtime on the app, it was <i>nuts</i>.)<p>Also while I fly in and out of some small airports now and again, for most of my destinations there&#x27;s just usually gonna be a spare seat for me to hop into, especially since I&#x27;m happy to go to either SFO or OAK, never check luggage and if I ever had to, would book to either SJC or SMF in a pinch.<p>tl;dr: For the most part I do about as well without status as with it.  Maybe you regularly encounter more problematic weather delays than I do?