LAS GA sells early boarding for $5 (4/2)
Apr 5, 2010, 9:39 pm
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LAS GA sells early boarding for $5 (4/2)
I was at LAS for the 6 PM LAS-SLC departure on April 2nd and overheard this annoucement.
"For $5 you can get on the plane early, stow your bags in the overhead bin and take your seat before most of the other passengers. We will let you board right before Group 3."
I'd never seen this before and as the 757 was lightly loaded, there weren't many takers. Seems like more of a UA thing to do
"For $5 you can get on the plane early, stow your bags in the overhead bin and take your seat before most of the other passengers. We will let you board right before Group 3."
I'd never seen this before and as the 757 was lightly loaded, there weren't many takers. Seems like more of a UA thing to do
Apr 5, 2010, 11:06 pm
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Was US a day late on their April Fool's Day prank?
Originally Posted by CMK10
I was at LAS for the 6 PM LAS-SLC departure on April 2nd and overheard this annoucement.
"For $5 you can get on the plane early, stow your bags in the overhead bin and take your seat before most of the other passengers. We will let you board right before Group 3."
I'd never seen this before and as the 757 was lightly loaded, there weren't many takers. Seems like more of a UA thing to do
"For $5 you can get on the plane early, stow your bags in the overhead bin and take your seat before most of the other passengers. We will let you board right before Group 3."
I'd never seen this before and as the 757 was lightly loaded, there weren't many takers. Seems like more of a UA thing to do
Apr 5, 2010, 11:11 pm
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But, the best detector to determine whether the GA was DL was whether they would "warmly accept" AmEx as the preferred method of payment
But, the best detector to determine whether the GA was DL was whether they would "warmly accept" AmEx as the preferred method of payment
Apr 6, 2010, 12:11 am
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Almost makes sense.
There's a nice bank of Wheel of Fortune $1 machines across from the DL gates. I would think that thebribe fee would be $6 though, as that would give the GA 2 shots at the jackpot at $3 per...
There's a nice bank of Wheel of Fortune $1 machines across from the DL gates. I would think that the
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Are you comparing this to where WN allows people who buy their most expensive fares to board first, kinda like First, or some other program I've never heard about of theirs?
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I was at LAS for the 6 PM LAS-SLC departure on April 2nd and overheard this annoucement.
"For $5 you can get on the plane early, stow your bags in the overhead bin and take your seat before most of the other passengers. We will let you board right before Group 3."
I'd never seen this before and as the 757 was lightly loaded, there weren't many takers. Seems like more of a UA thing to do
"For $5 you can get on the plane early, stow your bags in the overhead bin and take your seat before most of the other passengers. We will let you board right before Group 3."
I'd never seen this before and as the 757 was lightly loaded, there weren't many takers. Seems like more of a UA thing to do
Apr 6, 2010, 7:14 am
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