Originally Posted by
controller1
I thought most of the shenanigans occurred with the GA typically immediately prior to the door shutting. And the shenanigans was actually bypassing the posted list. Is the listing on the current list on the PDA site immediately prior to departure subject to shenanigans (ie. a passenger is on the list as the result of shenanigans)?
I'm not sure I'm following. Typically shenanigans involve having the computer records not match reality.
The standard shenanigans involve the battlefield upgrade. Customer has already boarded. GA assigns customer from Y into F seat, then processes non-rev into Y seat. Hands the non-rev the Y BP and tells them to sit in the F seat just assigned to paying customer. Wink-wink, nod-nod.
Either that, or simply upgrading the customer in the computer so it looks like the GA did their job, then not delivering said upgrades on the plane, so F seat flies empty.
A GA would never want to alter the ordering of the processing. That could be caught very quickly. The list remains in its typical order, but these sorts of games are played to ensure someone lower on the list (or not on the list) is seated in F, at the expense of the customer who was upgraded as far as the computer is concerned.