Originally Posted by
Manoa Chris
This is not always the case. Especially, if you call at odd hours, you have a very good chance of getting Seattle. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, but disheartening to learn of the OP's experience.
If you call in the later evening from the west coast, you'll get the Seattle center. You can tell because there is no recorded prompt to enter your WP number, you just go straight into the call queue. It kinda surprises some agents when I talk about the weather we are having and they wonder how I know where they are.