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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 4:56 pm
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Originally Posted by amimac
What prevents me from booking higher fare class buckets and then calling in to drop them to lower fare class buckets and then getting credits in $50 increments (i.e. getting more credits than I'm really due)?
Because we can tell when the last seats in that fare bucket were booked... so we'd know if it had been available when you bought your ticket.

Also, the seats could sell out from under you and you are stuck in a higher fare ticket that you didn't want.
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