I was wondering about a scenario, similar to (but different than) coordinating ADR cancellations, where if two people found they had each had reservation times that they'd ideally want to swap, whether there's a way to do that besides coordinating cancellations. With coordination you're kind of rolling the dice, because there's a chance that someone else will swoop in and grab it.
A CM that I talked to on the phone said that what they've heard people do is just show up under each other's reservations, because they're basically just keeping your name on a waitlist but not checking IDs or anything. So if I were to show up for someone else's reservation and give their name they would seat me as that party no questions asked — and someone that I traded with could do the same with my reservation. That feels a little risky, but honestly not as risky as coordinating cancellations where other people are getting alerts and may go in and grab it before you've had a chance (especially if the system is being glitchy).
Has anybody every pulled off something like this? I'd have assumed that maybe this kind of thing would be frowned upon, except that it was a CM that suggested it to me as an option.
A CM that I talked to on the phone said that what they've heard people do is just show up under each other's reservations, because they're basically just keeping your name on a waitlist but not checking IDs or anything. So if I were to show up for someone else's reservation and give their name they would seat me as that party no questions asked — and someone that I traded with could do the same with my reservation. That feels a little risky, but honestly not as risky as coordinating cancellations where other people are getting alerts and may go in and grab it before you've had a chance (especially if the system is being glitchy).
Has anybody every pulled off something like this? I'd have assumed that maybe this kind of thing would be frowned upon, except that it was a CM that suggested it to me as an option.
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