| Avoiding flakes depends largely on who the girl is and why she is flaking.
If the girl is the fiercely independent type, she may flake if is concerned that you are going to judge her. They act like they really don't care about what other people think of them, but deep down, they fear rejection so much that they stay away from people who they actually like and rationalize as to why they don't want to be with them. The problem is lack of comfort/lack of qualification. The thing to do is to listen to her and be responsive without judging. The tricky part in this is you have to maintain attraction while being highly available, or at least available at the times you say you will.
Lack of attraction. Normal, mentally healthy girls don't flake for any other reason. If the girl lacks attraction, you can start boosting your value. One way to do this is, once she flakes, you text her the next day saying you had fun / etc doing whatever high value activity you were doing and that you'll call her. You call her up maybe 2-3 days later. You could repeat the process as many times as necessary, but I've never had to repeat it more than once.
Thinking she can get away with it. If the girl is the clingy type, you can find a nice way to let her know that she has to show up for your next date or she won't be asked out again. You can usually also get one date from other types of girls if you do that, but it's not highly recommended.
If you've been playing it too beta, you can make the girl a little bit jealous, but it's a tricky game to play. If you limit your availability just right, you'll get a huge attraction boost; if you limit it too much, she'll feel like you are toying with her and will want nothing further to do with you.
Another solution for flaking is preventing from happening in the first place. One way to do that is by asking girls out to events like concerts, as opposed to making plans that can be rescheduled / rainchecked. Ask any flake: they love concerts, and many of their most romantic memories revolve around them. I don't have a lot of experience with taking flakes to concerts, but I'm sure it works well....
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