Originally Posted by
billdokes
Very agent dependent, I find. If they try to hit me with the fee and it's something I can't book online (multi-city/complex itinerary with a PR) I just say 'sure, go ahead and charge me, I'll just write in after the fact and they'll refund me, but you do what you need to do'...all of a sudden, waived, seems to work every time.
Why wouldn't you just book any random thing yourself, and use the free SE changes to get it done?
I have never asked to have a phone booking fee waived, because there's a very easy way around it as SE.