The did. Cord specially asked, "What's the quickest flight to Varanasi?" and were told that 11:45 was.Gary & Mallory asked for the quickest.
Ron & Christina asked for 2 tickets to Varanasi. No mention of the quickest.
Zev & Justin asked if they flew to Varanasi and were told yes and that the flight arrived at 10:45. They didn't mention anything the speed of the flight but did ask for seats close to the front.
Jen & Kesha then asked for what Zev & Justin got.
Kent & Vyxsin went to an agent and asked for the fastest and confirmed it was the quickest.
Flight Time & Big Easy asked for the earliest flight.
Jet & Cord had a bad ticket agent. Could they have asked a second time? Sure. But Cord initially did ask for the fastest. All of the other teams got the fastest even when some didn't ask.
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