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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 11:53 am
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Originally Posted by Dromomaniac
I spoke with the service manager at the end of the flight. He seemed genuinely understanding and said that he would have unlocked my shade had I asked.
I was about to say.. did you ask? Seems like the sort of thing where the default is to dim the shades and that doesn't mean they'd be unreasonable about letting you have views for the 9am-noon part.

Originally Posted by Dromomaniac
I suggested the "set it but don't lock people out" method, for what that's worth.
This is what we had on my MEL-LAX (10:30am departure and overnight) last month.
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