Originally Posted by USFlyerUS

I just haven't had some of these negative experiences others have had, both at airports and when calling. Several times in the last few months, agents have worked miracles to re-route me on what I would call "non-standard" routings even before delays were extended, etc. It does help to have in mind specifically what you want, but I've never been told "no" once any sort of IRROPS develops. I've even been pleasantly surprised on a few occasions when the agents agreed with what I wanted to do -- e.g., triple connecting to get to my destination in time to make important business events rather than waiting for the inevitable rolling delay to make my existing itinerary unworkable.