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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 102,617
You were helped by it not being an A319 with only 12 FC seats. You were also lucky that it did not go to a gate upgrade, where there probably would have been DMs and PMs on full Y fares ahead of you who purchased tickets ahead of you or switched to your flight.