Well I suppose we could change our call sign to airforce 1 , that should get rid of any delays and level restrictions. May raise a few sceptical eyebrows though .
Or alternatively politely tell the aircraft in front of us that we are using expensive fuel so could he please play nicely and descend so we can have his level .
After reading all the data about radiation I think that I will just stay alive and stick to lower levels .
A few years ago we had one of the US ATC managers on board , travelling in EY , did we grant them an involuntary upgrade . Hell NO they took the flight in EY .
How much goodwill would have been generated with a simple upgrade .
Try pestering Chicago ATC for better slots , or runways. you will very quickly find yourself in the sin bin . We have a pretty good reputation with USA ATC why try and ruin it?
There is no one to blame for this situation except the fuel hedgers and management . Let them deal with it , it's their mess