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Feb 10, 2022 | 3:24 am

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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist

It's good practice to always print at least TWO copies of your boarding pass, so that you still have a copy if some agent grabs one.

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Originally Posted by Aussienarelle

Oh I screenshot mine these days after having read one too many reports of seat changes.

Printing a second boarding pass copy or taking a screen shot is an excellent "best practice" to foil gate agent (GA) shenanigans.

I would say the latter is safer because the GA is unlikely to confiscate one's cell phone.

Likewise, boarding early during such involuntary seat-change situations is also a "best practice" in accord with the legal maxim, "First in time is first in right."

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