I got to go home on Wednesday, and I drove out to San Francisco airport with the hope of getting onto an earlier flight. There was a 4.35 pm a 7.30 pm in addition to the confirmed seat I had on the 8.30 pm. No 3 on the stand-by list for the 4.35 pm was not good enough, but I made it into a middle seat on the 7.30 pm : an acceptable trade-off for my window seat on the 8.30.