I was attempting to jumpseat on a Chautauqua flight out of STL. The gate agent refused to let me on because, "I've never heard of your airline". The supervisor (About 20 years old) came over and said, "we dont have agreements with 'no-frills' airlines". I thought he was kidding - he wasn't. I finally went over to Eagle and hopped on a Chicago flight and then on to MKE. Can anyone tell me what the heck happened? I thought Alaska has a jumpseat agreement with Chautauqua. but things change I guess
PS - we still serve FREE HOT MEALS on our transcons.