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Originally Posted by rudybjr
Airline gate agents don't make gate changes. It is done by the airport authority and air traffic control. Why would they keep changing gates if they had to go along with all the changes. Don't blame the airline airport employees.
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The airport authority only determines which gates the airline leases. They have nothing to do with assigning gates to flights and neither does ATC. Gate assignments are done by the airline's operations department (OPS) and there are many reasons for gate changes. You will also find that gate changes occur most often at an airline's hub cities.
As for Spirit, despite the numerous gate changes which really are a minor inconvenience, it is obvious from the posts here and reports elsewhere on the internet they are to be avoided at all costs.