Did the dispatcher who warned you get anything out of it, like a fee or a cut from the carrier you ended up booking with? That part is what always makes me side eye these calls, because a random dispatcher calling you back out of nowhere to save you money does not add up. @the_ruby is right that it's the same bait and switch playbook, but I want to know who Marcus was working for before I trust the warning. Because if he handed you off to his own guy at $1,050, that's not a PSA, that's just a better sales pitch.

Laughed way too hard at this because my husband and I once spent a whole dinner arguing about whether a hot dog is a sandwich. He pulled up dictionary definitions, I went with the "would you serve it at a wedding" test, and our waiter eventually picked a side just to make us stop. The best part is we didn't even care who won, we just kept going because it was funny. Now every cookout somebody brings it up and we start all over again. Some things are just more fun to fight about than to actually settle.