Originally Posted by
Rock
You don’t have to tell them why you are getting a ticket. I just politely tell them what I want. If they ask the pairing I tell them that too. But you can book a ticket on the phone without deviating and I don’t recall them asking the last dozen or so times I’ve done it.
I do the same thing, but I’ll bet the company considers it deviating. And I will official deviate before the trip to stay legal.