2 Million-Miler Recognized on Flight
Oct 14, 2016, 9:27 am
#46
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SDF
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I firmly believe somebody did something to alert Delta staff of his milestone. He might have been well known to the SEA ground staff who initiated the hoopla. Unprompted recognition just doesn't happen; I know it never has for me.
Oct 14, 2016, 9:31 am
#47
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Location: Orlando, FL Area
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I'm about to depart DAB and the flight attendant announced there was a Flying Colonel onboard. It would have been nice if they had been identified. I'm guessing the passenger would be in their 70's or 80's though.
Oct 24, 2016, 1:02 pm
#48
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: MSN
Programs: DL Kryptonium & Diamond & 2MM, SPG Lifetime Platinum
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Delta did a nice job of recognition for my 2mm flight - balloons, coffee, bagels, and a personalized cake at my departure airport in addition to a card signed by about 10 people, and a goodie bag of delta branded items. The station manager even came and thanked me as did other gate agent/staff that were working the ramp (double duty types that know me).
In MSP they paged me at the skyclub (delayed flight) to give me another thank you and goody bag (of different items).
And last but not least - I got the first choice of meals on my MSP to SFO flight because of my 2MM flight.
Overall, very well done and much appreciated!
In MSP they paged me at the skyclub (delayed flight) to give me another thank you and goody bag (of different items).
And last but not least - I got the first choice of meals on my MSP to SFO flight because of my 2MM flight.
Overall, very well done and much appreciated!
Last edited by BadgerFlyer91; Oct 24, 2016 at 4:39 pm
Oct 24, 2016, 2:58 pm
#49
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Madison, WI (MSN)
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They made quite a to-do about a new 1 million miler on one of my flights Saturday (SAN-ATL), with an announcement on board before departure and a round of applause. They also appeared to give him a gift bag with a bottle of champagne and possibly more which I couldn't tell as I was back a few rows.
Oct 24, 2016, 4:37 pm
#50
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: MSN
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They made quite a to-do about a new 1 million miler on one of my flights Saturday (SAN-ATL), with an announcement on board before departure and a round of applause. They also appeared to give him a gift bag with a bottle of champagne and possibly more which I couldn't tell as I was back a few rows.
Oct 24, 2016, 6:18 pm
#51
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: LAX
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Just passed 2MM on my FRA-JFK-LAX flight on Friday. No recognition at all, except for the usual "thanks for being a MM." On the 2nd flight I say "just passed 2MM" and she said "thats nice" and moved on.
Oct 26, 2016, 9:58 am
#52
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Just relocated to Phoenix, so I guess that does it for Delta for me
Programs: DL "Annual" GM 2MM, AA lifetime Gold 1MM, Hilton Gold, Hertz President's Club
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I remember years ago when DL used to fly the 767-300ER from JFK-SLC I was waiting for the bathroom up front and noticed the passenger manifest at the front of the cabin. I was glancing over it and noticed out of the 36 business elite seats up front, five passengers were 5MM, three were 2MM and there were a few MM... I was shocked to see that many 5MM on the plane. Granted my MM came almost exclusively from domestic travel, but even with international travel that is a hell of a lot of time on a plane.
Oct 26, 2016, 11:38 am
#53
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The only memorable aspect of my 2MM qualifying flight was that a redcoat who I knew on a conversational basis was able to find a BP printer that still used the old heavy card stock. So, I have both my 1MM and 2 MM boarding pass stubs printed out the good ol' way.
Probably won't be so lucky when I reach 3MM in a couple years.
Probably won't be so lucky when I reach 3MM in a couple years.
Oct 26, 2016, 3:45 pm
#54
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