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Old May 2, 2022, 7:02 am
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bernardh
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: UK
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Originally Posted by Anonba
I cant believe it took 40+ mins even with some problems 20 mins would be a long time really. Maybe new ish agent combined with problems possibly.
There were undoubtedly [system] problems as the agent told me everything was 'taking longer than usual'. When one considers the steps; a. key in record locator, b. verify the customer's ID, c. select seat on flights, d. save; I reckon that should take a couple of minutes.

I do feel for the agents when IT is working against them, but another 15-20 customers with similarly trivial issues could have been served on chat in the time my 'call' took. Even better, had I been able to select the seats myself an agent wouldn't have been involved at all.
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