Originally Posted by
jsloan
They can't/shouldn't just use the first letter of the fare basis to make a determination,
I'll go with "shouldn't".
The fare difference between W and V was sufficiently small that it was worth it to avoid any arguing at check in. The GVA-ORD checkin is with LH (actually, the agents are LX) and if their information is wrong too. arguing would be futile.