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Old Sep 25, 2017 | 1:10 am
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Originally Posted by ermen
Fortunately it was not anyone on our booking in 29K - it was already selected when I booked (probably GCH or $$ selection). I figured that having someone already in 29K would mean a higher chance of 29J being free unless the flight was very full...
Ideally you would want that person to also be a Gold cardholder. I don't think it gives a double block, but still it makes it less likely that s/he will be moved and thus preserve the block. But until T-72 that would be difficult to work out, unless they outed themselves here of course.
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