Glossary of Frequent Flyer Terms and
Airport Code and Airport City Lookup
AC or A/C: In the context of the El Al board, this means aircraft. However, on the Air Canada board AC denotes Air Canada and on the American board AC denotes Admiral’s Club, AA's lounge. Because of this, you will usually see
a/c.
AFAIK: As far as I know
AVOD: Audio-Visial On-Demand. This applies only to PTV's. (See below.) Instead of a few (usually around 12) channels that play the same movies over and over again, AVOD allows you to select from hundreds of stored movies, TV shows... and start them whenever you want, with the ability to pause, fast forward, and rewind. Most AVOD's come with touch-screen technology. They also store lots of music. Most also come with pre-loaded games.
C: Can either refer to Business Class or a full fare Business Class ticket
COC: The Contract of Carriage. More information on the COC can be found at this link
General Conditions of Carriage on the El Al website.
DO: An informal or formal gathering of Flyertalkers held anywhere in the world. See here:
What's a Flyertalk DO? for a longer explanation.
EL AL ("EL AL" is the official writing of the name, though it may be seen written as ELAL, El Al, Elal, or elal) is the flag carrier of the State of Israel. Contrary to popular belief, it is NO LONGER THE OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF ISRAEL as it was privatized in June 2003. (The Israeli Government does own some shares, but not a controlling stake.) EL AL's IATA code used in conjunction with flight numbers is
LY. "LY" is also a common short-hand of referring to El Al. El Al's callsign is
EL AL and the ICAO code is
ELY.
ETH: Eilat Airport
F: Can either refer to First Class or a full fare First class ticket
Fare Bucket/Fare Class/Class of Service: Refers to the "kind" of fare you bought both in terms of service (e.g. First Class, Business Class, Economy Class) as well as the flexibility (e.g. changeable, refundable).
Fare Class
FT: FlyerTalk. Duh!
FTer: FlyerTalk user
FWIW: For What It's Worth
GA: Gate Agent
IDB: Involuntary Denied Boarding (Compensation). This occurs when in an “oversold” situation when not enough passengers give up their seats and therefore must deny boarding to a passenger. Please note, if one is IDB’d, depending up the country where the flight is leaving from, there are certain requirements the airline must meet.
IFE: In-Flight Entertainment
IIRC: If I Recall Correctly
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
IMO: In My Opinion
KDL: the
King David Lounge, El Al's premier lounge.
LLBG: Ben Gurion International Airport's ICAO code (Usually used in conjunction with LY's domestic flights to Eilat)
Matmid: EL AL's frequent flier program
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MX: Maintenance or Mechanical
OLCI: Online check-in
OP: Original post
OT: Off topic
OTOH: On the other hand
PAX: Passengers
PTV: Personal TV. This means that each individual seat has its own private TV screen (usually on the seat-back in front of it, though sometimes in the armrest) as opposed to an overhead TV.
TLV: Ben-Gurion International Airport's IATA (and more commonly used) code
VDA: Ovda International Airport's IATA code, located 60 km/40 miles north of Eilat
VDB: Voluntary Denied Boarding (Compensation). This occurs when El Al (or any airline really) are in an “oversold” situation and a passenger voluntary gives up his or her seat.
WX: Weather
Y: Can either refer to economy or a full fare ticket
YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary (means that what was true for one person may not necessarily hold true for you)