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Old Apr 29, 2014, 6:40 pm
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Originally Posted by sethb
Except for the observed cases reported here, but perhaps your claims have more credibility than other people's actual observations, because you underlined them.

Anecdotal at best, and ALL at the beginning of the change. Gate agents seem to have been educated to the state of the state




Like the ones who pay for coach domestically and want their employees never to get free upgrades on the long routes? Those corporate clients?
No...the corporate clients who have confirmed premium travel as an option of their contract. Consultants, etc, running back-and-forth on 299 fares every-other-week can't understand it, but there REALLY is a business world out there, and they REALLY do negotiate this as part of their deals.
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