Originally Posted by Spiff
"Ooooooo! I'm soooooo scared!" (quote, anyone?)
It's not the exact quote, but what pops into my pop-cultured mind is C Monty Burns - "ooooooo, the Germans are mad at me. I'm soooo scared. Ooooo, the Germans.
Originally Posted by Spiff
Why bother begging some ticket agent to rule on the validity of your reason to go airside when you can just get a fully refundable ticket and not have to worry about your reason being not good enough?
Fully Refundable Ticket. No fuss, no muss.
Buy a round trip and get your FF# into the reservation prior to ticketing to minimize the possibility of haraSSSSment. Plan ahead and check in online.
Last time I did it, it consisted of "Hi, I'm meeting my wife and two young kids, I'd like a gate pass to meet them at the gate". "Where are the coming from?". "Pittsburgh." "Gate 4, here you go."
Seems easier to me than buying a ticket and later asking for it to be cancelled, planning ahead, checking in on-line, etc., but to each his own.