I don't know if you were inferring I was spreading the myth, but I was trying to say from my experience I don't think the surname can have an effect.
But, also by my experience, I don't think being smartly dressed or checking early can have much either. I am almost always in a suit and usually check in fairly early (to allow time for taking advantage of the QP), and as I said, I have never had an op-up. So, basically I think it is all down to luck, which is not an attribute I have ever had in great proportion
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