it was 11:11 when i thought about responding to this so i decided it was worthy. i think you'll never know for sure if you were being "had" or not and if it got you your flight and out of dealing with a big waste of time (even had you gotten out of a ticket fee/charge) but that it was worth the gamble to offer him the cash to catch your flight. you were presented with that choice or the choice of believing the guy and missing the flight to possibly find out that you could have called his bluff. i agree with the above poster, probably the best $110 you spent regardless. 
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