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I just started a fire to take the :rolleyes: off.

I did but that was 18 months ago.

Nothing wrong with 20 over.. right? :D

It is a bit :rolleyes: up here in the NE (I'm parked at BOS at the moment). Thought I was being all cool ditching the heat in AUS, but it's very dreary today. At least the rain stopped for a bit.

Perfect. >20 is more points.;)

This morning I was running radar and I was only getting out of the car for 20+. I had some people who were close but it was early and I still had to have coffee to function.

Trooper? Local? Parkie...?

Pretty much -- the catch is with doing SDCs is making sure the coupons match up (sfogate might be able to expand on this) with AA and CO, not sure about UA.

Anyways in my case I had two coupons for my one-way fare: AUS-DFW (1) and DFW-MCO (2). I *think* that when AA and CO do a SDC, the easiest way - and the way the agents prefer - is to simple associate the coupons to new flights without creating additional ones.

In other words as I had two coupons I had two flights (duh) and the easiest way for AA to process the SDC would simple be to put in two, as oppose to one, three, four, etc. other flights as any creation (or deletion?) of coupons requires the ticket to be reissued.
And when it comes to reissuing tickets, it seems most agents will clam up or suddenly start to pay much more attention to the rules.

In Austin the AAgents were more than willing to let me bounce through ORD (AUS-ORD-MCO) as I'm *assuming* they did not have to reissue the ticket. When I pushed for my AUS-LAX-MIA-MCO route I'd need an extra coupon, hence a reissue, hence the agents hesitation as the routing I was proposing was not within the original rules of the fare.

The good news - and what saved my bacon - was the vast and sweeping powers GA's have in the system. Only at the gate was I able to convince the agent to change the routing, and the only reason she agreed to it was, "we're really not suppose to let you, but we can bend the rules for an EXP." (and an employee appreciation cert might have helped sway her.)

Bottom line -- when you're trying to create coupons, (and are not flying UA) you've gotta reissue the ticket - and that means you've got to have an ace up your sleeve (like the SDC) to avoid a reprice and be working with a cool agnet.

Thankfully no points here in TX. A lot of places will allow for Deferred Adjudication, which is a fancy way to say probation for 3 - 6 months. Screw that up (i.e. get another ticket) and you are SOL. Haven't had a ticket in two years.. too bad I just jinxed myself by saying that. :p

lol Local

I'm on a few lists around me. But no one is even thinking of hiring. :rolleyes:

ETA: I knew you weren't a Parkie because you would have picked people up for 2 over. :rolleyes:

Yes, we do. The small towns, however, like their income streams. I witnessed this firsthand last summer when I went to court to fight my red-light ticket (:mad:)...there must have been close to 50 people processed over the course of an hour or two, at a couple hundred bucks a pop, a VERY lucrative afternoon indeed.

Look at the time, folks. It's drink o'clock. I think I'm going to try this new fangled "pay for your alcohol" thingy they have going on at the AC. :rolleyes:

Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner winner, chicken dinner. No problems here. Bought a APC UPS from them, picked up at store, miles posted soon thereafter.^

The public loves officers who give verbal warnings.^:-:

There is no heat in AUS today. Here in HOU, I have my windows open!:eek: The weather is gorgeous - low 80s and low humidity.^



ETA: Just check the weather in Austin, and it is 69 degrees!:eek: High of 78 predicted!