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Old Mar 7, 2017, 12:12 pm
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CabinChief
 
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: MCI
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Originally Posted by brewdog11

I've had good luck getting favorable rebookings when stating that I'm on a mileage run. LOL, I've never needed an excuse! It's almost like it's fun to some AAgents to come up with convoluted routings. Was recently flying MSY-DFW-LAS to catch another MR when a VDB offer came up, and I took it. I told the AAgent that I was on an MR and he laughed. "Let's see what we can do," he said as he booked me going MSY-CLT-LAX-LAS.
FA's once asked me if I was on a mileage run, although when I told them I was they weren't as enthused, remarking "so that's why we aren't making any money"
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