Well, I tried pleading fog and ILS but got no where because, well, it had nothing to do with anything. Tried tix change making the return the originating, nope, only date not destination changes. Handed both boarding passes to the gate agent but she only scanned mine. I did not want to wrestle with her in public for control of the scanner. Had thought maybe in the confusion of the gate cola I could point to someone beside me and walk on but... no one beside me, I was the only preferente Likely a good thing because it would have probably resulted in a flight delay as they tried to jive the manifest with the seat count. Never say never. I am just trying to emulate a famous poster on this board and give anything a try just to see if it could work jeje