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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 11:07 pm
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Originally Posted by UA840
To the OP: During Sandy when I was trying to rebook to get home, there were MULTIPLE instances where I could purchase a flight on ual.com but the GS rep could not book me the same seat. Online <> Available.
But did those flights have availability in cheap classes like L?

Flights can still be available online even when full if they are willing to oversell, but not with L class availability.
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