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Old Sep 17, 2007, 1:35 pm
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erik123
 
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Originally Posted by gpez

Having nothing to lose, I sweated through the ticketing line and talked to an agent who was super helpful and put me on the direct flight no problem in about 3 minutes. I still have no idea what the GAs were doing…were they just trying to get me to leave or did they really believe that I couldn’t get on the flight? The SEA GA who told me "no" the first time was expressionless when she scanned my new boarding pass after I went back to her gate.
The Dutch would say: A no you have for sure - but a yes you can sometimes have.

The mindset is to start with a no (no matter the question) - but persistence often pays in these situations.
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