<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by martin33:
If you ask, and if there's room, and if there's time to spare, they will generally just put (i.e., confirm) you on the nonstop, no STANDBY at the gate required. no fuss about fees either.
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That was my experience last year. In the past month however I have faced insistance about the fees, twice.