VERY odd EWR-MDW EUA experience
Jun 4, 2006 | 11:33 pm
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VERY odd EWR-MDW EUA experience
I'm flying to Chicago this Thursday afternoon. I have an X fare for which I paid the grand sum of $160 r/t. There are at least two PLTs in Y (two occupied exit-row seats, which as we know can only be booked in advance by PLTs). The plane is a 735 with only eight seats in F. So how on earth did I, a lowly OP Gold, manage to not only snag an EUA, but snag it a full four days in advance, ahead of at least two PLTs??
Has this kind of thing ever happened to anyone else? Not that I'm complaining!
Has this kind of thing ever happened to anyone else? Not that I'm complaining!
Jun 5, 2006 | 12:13 am
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Other elites can get the exit rows by calling.
Jun 5, 2006 | 5:14 am
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What rkkwan said and the people in the exit row may have been booked on an award ticket from a Plat account.
Jun 5, 2006 | 5:58 am
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Perhaps the platinum members purchased their tickets after your EUA???
Jun 5, 2006 | 6:54 am
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Originally Posted by kkua
Perhaps the platinum members purchased their tickets after your EUA???
my question to the OP: "why ask why?"
Jun 5, 2006 | 7:52 am
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Originally Posted by fly co to see the yanks
my question to the OP: "why ask why?"
Jun 5, 2006 | 10:56 am
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Originally Posted by fly co to see the yanks
my question to the OP: "why ask why?"
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Jun 5, 2006 | 11:38 am
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Alright, points all taken. The other mystery is how I got the EUA four full days in advance as a OP Gold. I've never gotten one more than 2-2.5 days ahead before, even on flights where F ended up being 75% empty.
Jun 5, 2006 | 12:43 pm
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Originally Posted by kirker
Alright, points all taken. The other mystery is how I got the EUA four full days in advance as a OP Gold. I've never gotten one more than 2-2.5 days ahead before, even on flights where F ended up being 75% empty.
dan