Y'all think that's crazy? When I was with NW last summer, my girlfriend and I flew to HNL from SEA in late June. My seniority was literally a month, and I had lower priority with a companion. Got one of the last flights of the night from MSP-SEA, stayed overnight in SEA, then tried to catch the early of the two NW SEA-HNL flights.

By the time we woke up, there were about 20 people listed on the flight, and only 7 seats left. Figured we'd have to hope for OGG, which had 15 spots and no standbys, then buy a ticket to HNL. After seeing the flight board, waiting for the plane to be pushed back, the gate agent asked if my girlfriend and I still wanted to go if only one of us could get on. I told her to board my girlfriend, since I could figure out plan Bs better than she could. She was taken down while they checked to see if seats were available. Then they had me and another nonrev (retired pilot's daughter, I think it was) get on. We were the last two. Just as I step on the jetbridge, a family comes running up. Turns out it was just 2 kids getting on. They still had me run up to see if we could find anything. There was my girlfriend at the plane's door, waiting for a seat assignment. Gate agent or FA or someone yelled out our seats, and they closed the door as I sat down. Girlfriend and I got the last two seats. I didn't even have a chance to call my family to say that we made it on.