Originally Posted by jrhone

Once coming out of Heathrow as a non-rev, I was number 56 on the list, with five other non-revs in front of me. I figured I had no chance of getting on the flight and the gate agent told me so, but to wait around until she had taken care of the revenue passengers and she would look at other options for me. I waited and the non-rev gods must have been in a good mood that day as I managed to get a seat in first class. Just goes to show that sometimes it is worth waiting until the very last moment as things can change by the second.