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Oct 2, 2016 | 7:10 pm

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baser1000

Join Date: Dec 2013

Location: San Francisco, CA

Programs: United 1k, Hyatt Diamond, Marriott Gold, National Executive Elite

Posts: 76

Thanks! I'd certainly skip it if they offered (or said okay if I asked,) but I know that is very, very unlikely to happen.

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Originally Posted by IAD1k

you may want to ask the agent at SFO when you start your trip if they'd let you skip the SEA-SFO segment altogether and you don't have to fly SFO-SEA-SFO at all. I was in a similar situation years ago (old UA) with BWI-ORD-IAD-EZE and when the agent saw the routing and needing the space on BWI-ORD segment she was more than willing to check me in for the IAD-EZE flight and skip the rest. I went home and then directly to IAD with a printed boarding pass. Worked fine. good luck.

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