Originally Posted by
Loren Pechtel
Thus he didn't know the details. He called and asked, he was told it was ok.
By whom? Many here know the pitfalls of dealing with low and mid-level airline employees. You get incorrect information, the bum's rush or both. Finding someone with the knowledge
and authority to deal with whatever your problem is can be a long and frustrating saga, one in which a university professor would be hopelessly lost. Probably accepted the first answer he got from some outsourced call center drone.