“Do You Know Who I Am?”: The Definitive Thread of DYKWIA Stories
Jul 8, 2017, 6:08 pm
#8281
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Jul 8, 2017, 6:33 pm
#8282
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Think of the comic scenes that ensue when people try to "christen" a new ship by hitting it with a champagne bottle. It rarely breaks on the first attempt, especially when done by novices.
Jul 8, 2017, 10:38 pm
#8284
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Mr. Hudek IV
Mr. Hudek the Fourth wins the DYKWIA award of 2017! I fly that route sometimes so I'm annoyed that a non-rev (non-employee non-rev, arrgh!) got upgraded over paying elites (seems like half the cabin boards at Prem or Sky).
Jul 9, 2017, 1:59 am
#8285
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Jul 9, 2017, 6:21 am
#8286
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Jul 9, 2017, 11:21 am
#8288
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Jul 9, 2017, 11:24 am
#8289
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Jul 9, 2017, 12:01 pm
#8290
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The Gainesville airport is positively gigantic compared to an airport such as this one, which I have been through on multiple separate occasions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden...gional_Airport
Jul 9, 2017, 12:14 pm
#8291
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GCK's tower is closed for the morning departure and evening arrival with AA from what I recall.
The smallest airport I know of (depending on what metric you want to use) that receives regular passenger service is OLF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._M._Clayton_Airport
Disclaimer: I have actually been through Wolf Point, Montana, although not involving fly into or out of the airport. The airport looks to be right-sized for the area.
The smallest airport I know of (depending on what metric you want to use) that receives regular passenger service is OLF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._M._Clayton_Airport
Disclaimer: I have actually been through Wolf Point, Montana, although not involving fly into or out of the airport. The airport looks to be right-sized for the area.
Jul 9, 2017, 12:26 pm
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GCK's tower is closed for the morning departure and evening arrival with AA from what I recall.
The smallest airport I know of (depending on what metric you want to use) that receives regular passenger service is OLF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._M._Clayton_Airport
Disclaimer: I have actually been through Wolf Point, Montana, although not involving fly into or out of the airport. The airport looks to be right-sized for the area.
The smallest airport I know of (depending on what metric you want to use) that receives regular passenger service is OLF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._M._Clayton_Airport
Disclaimer: I have actually been through Wolf Point, Montana, although not involving fly into or out of the airport. The airport looks to be right-sized for the area.
Jul 9, 2017, 7:37 pm
#8293
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Jul 9, 2017, 7:41 pm
#8294
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Then you don't know how non-rev travel works. He wouldn't have gotten "upgraded" OVER paying elites. You're lumping two different groups of people together as regarding upgrade eligibility.
Jul 9, 2017, 7:44 pm
#8295
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How exactly did you ascertain this was the case, namely that paying elites were not upgraded and a non rev is? More specifically based on what would any elites have been entitled to an upgrade? Regardless, given that the person in question was a non-rev, i can authoritatively state that he did not get upgraded into D1.
Last edited by jspira; Jul 9, 2017 at 8:02 pm