Military Personnel: Upgrades and Other Benefits on Delta Air Lines
Aug 21, 2005, 9:52 am
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Upgrading Military Personnel
On a flight this week from ATL to ORF, I was pleased to see that they filled all of the available FC seats (about 8 of them) with military guys. (One guy asked the FA if he could get "free refills" on his cocktail!) 
They pulled these guys from the back of the plane, at the last minute. On the return Friday, they had one empty FC seat, and again, upgraded a man in uniform.
WELL DONE! That's the first kind thing I can say about Delta in quite a while.
(On another note, upon sharing that with a liberal-minded friend, she couldn't help showing her contempt).
They pulled these guys from the back of the plane, at the last minute. On the return Friday, they had one empty FC seat, and again, upgraded a man in uniform.
WELL DONE! That's the first kind thing I can say about Delta in quite a while.
(On another note, upon sharing that with a liberal-minded friend, she couldn't help showing her contempt).
Aug 21, 2005, 10:35 am
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Do we really need another thread on this topic? 
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Aug 21, 2005, 1:35 pm
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Originally Posted by vasantn
Do we really need another thread on this topic?
Perhaps a quicker strategy in the future might be to "ignore".
Aug 21, 2005, 1:44 pm
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Aug 21, 2005, 1:45 pm
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Originally Posted by rrz518
Interesting how quickly some are to criticize, as opposed to saying something helpful or productive!
Perhaps a quicker strategy in the future might be to "ignore".
Perhaps a quicker strategy in the future might be to "ignore".
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Aug 22, 2005, 5:34 pm
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I think that's awesome. Way to go Delta, and thanks for sharing the info.
Aug 22, 2005, 9:26 pm
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(On another note, upon sharing that with a liberal-minded friend, she couldn't help showing her contempt).[/QUOTE]
I would like to applaud your female friend. I totally agree with her.
Military personnel is doing a job. They chose to join the military and they
are getting paid to do that. Period. That does not qualify for upgrading
on flights or for any other special treats either.
(On another note, upon sharing that with a liberal-minded friend, she couldn't help showing her contempt).[/QUOTE]
I would like to applaud your female friend. I totally agree with her.
Military personnel is doing a job. They chose to join the military and they
are getting paid to do that. Period. That does not qualify for upgrading
on flights or for any other special treats either.
Aug 22, 2005, 9:46 pm
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Originally Posted by deltaflieger
I would like to applaud your female friend. I totally agree with her. Military personnel is doing a job. They chose to join the military and they are getting paid to do that. Period. That does not qualify for upgrading
on flights or for any other special treats either.
on flights or for any other special treats either.
Aug 22, 2005, 9:56 pm
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Originally Posted by deltaflieger
I would like to applaud your female friend. I totally agree with her.
Military personnel is doing a job. They chose to join the military and they
are getting paid to do that. Period. That does not qualify for upgrading
on flights or for any other special treats either.
Aug 22, 2005, 10:03 pm
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Boy, there is some real OMNI like things I could say in this thread. But I just wrote in another thread that I don't do OMNI.
Let me try to be softer than I could be. I have never been in the military. My dad was a Marine in the Korean War. He never made a big deal about any of that when I was growing up (and he was lucky enough not to see combat anyway) but we never not considered the offer from the United States of America to take the "special perk" of a flag upon his death some 40 years later.
Let me try to be softer than I could be. I have never been in the military. My dad was a Marine in the Korean War. He never made a big deal about any of that when I was growing up (and he was lucky enough not to see combat anyway) but we never not considered the offer from the United States of America to take the "special perk" of a flag upon his death some 40 years later.
Aug 22, 2005, 10:04 pm
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Originally Posted by CelticFlyer
Then I would bet that you are not a US citizen. Remember that most of DL's pax *are* US citizens and they probably wouldn't agree with your view.
Aug 22, 2005, 10:08 pm
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Originally Posted by JS
What difference does that make? Iraqi citizens would be happy to see free upgrades for the military. I don't live in Iraq. Why are we over there, anyway?
Aug 22, 2005, 10:47 pm
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Originally Posted by CelticFlyer
I don't understand your point. Most US citizens are supportive of their military and would probably not criticise an airline for providing upgrades. The comment I referred to sounded like it was a comment made from a non-US viewpoint.
Implying that someone must not be a US citizen in order to disagree with all the rah-rah, yellow ribbon waving Bushies strikes of xenophobia.
Aug 22, 2005, 11:02 pm
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Originally Posted by JS
Guess what, there are US citizens who are not in support of this war. There are a lot more than you might imagine.
