I am sorry to hear you got denied. The only way I have been successful is literally calling them as our are getting out of the cab / limo . If you wait till rainmaker than your def screwed . As soon as you get to your destination had the captain call and speak to a supivisor is they give you any grief . Remember schedulers have a high turn over rate, many of them don't know the rules , and then many of them do but choose to ignore .