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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a friend who waits until about a minute before the gate closes, and then hustles aboard and takes whatever business class seat is empty.  The flight attendants never ask to see his ticket.  Not saying I condone this, but if you want to try business class it's not that hard...[/quote]

Hahah, your friend is completely full of shit. I work in the industry. They load enough meals for the exact # of Pax - it's a cost saving measure - the manifest is printed out and given the the head purser on all flights, domestic and intl. They know precisely how many seats are taken, where and by whom. training and policy is to greet by last name. In fact, if you pay close attention you'll even notice they sometimes start asking for food preferences in what looks to be a random order (I.e some couple in row 5 before row 3, but after row 7). It's because they know your status and they usually will start with the most senior to ensure they don't run out of that persons preference.

Also your friends strategy would fail miserably on international flights where 1 or 2 seats are generally reserved for crew rest but aren't in any way labeled. He'd AlWAYS find empty seats and promptly get booted - probably from the plane.

This industry standard stuff. Your friend needs to tell better lies.[/quote]

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