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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 2:19 pm
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palmetto86
 
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Originally Posted by MBS PremExec
I meant to comment on this one a while back. I was flying XXX-ORD-MBS. Checked in at XXX about 6 hours before the ORD-MBS flight. On a 50-seat CRJ, I was sequence #53. Not sure how that happened. (The ORD-MBS was never even booked to 50, and went out with a half-dozen empty seats).

Figure that one out!

I think SHARES just adds the next higher sequence number anytime someone is checked-in, regardless if there are lower sequence numbers of people that were taken off or moved to another flight. I've had sequence numbers on Thurs evening ORD-DCA flights in the high 180s, even though the A320 flown only holds 144.
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