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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 8:58 am
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Originally Posted by drat19
Yeah, despite the UTTER EFFING STUPIDITY of the entire agency, believe it or not they actually are starting to figure this one out, and don't necessarily snag the first person through anymore. I'm usually the most aggressive person at any gate when it comes to getting on the plane first and securing my overhead space, but the other week when they did the gate-random at GPT I tried to game the system by boarding third in line instead of first, and neither the first two people ahead of me, nor I, were chosen for the random. Surprised me.

Random gate screening:
I've seen some REALLY pissed-off people that are pulled at WN boarding gates. Especially those that paid extra to board first....
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