I once had a recruiter on a potential job leave me a message that he wanted me to meet him for an interview in a particular airline's lounge (behind security) while he was briefly passing through my city of residence. He didn't think about the fact that I might have trouble getting to the interview a/ I didn't have status with that airline and b/ I wasn't flying that day!!

I bought a first class ticket, attended the interview (sharing a chuckle together when I mentioned the hoops I had gone through so we could meet), then cancelled the reservation and got a full refund. While I didn't get the job, the recruiter later told me that he used the story on subsequent occasions as an example of creative problem solving.