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Old May 28, 2021 | 10:50 am
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Originally Posted by FamilyOf6
Is that because, theoretically, the agent can reserve the seats quicker than someone trying to get the availability online? If the times were spread out, why would everyone be calling at midnight?
Online, the seats are not yours until you hit ‘pay’. It takes a few minutes to fill out the forms.

The phone agent can put the seats on hold whilst you give all the info over. The person online thinks they have the seats but when they hit ‘pay’ gets an error as a phone agent has them on hold.
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