Does HON Circle still exsist?
Mar 18, 2009, 3:05 pm
#1
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Does HON Circle still exsist?
Two weeks ago I had a short connect in FRA coming from NRT with only 35 mins connection time. Instead of picking me up they had booked me on a flight two hours later.
In the weeks before no PA came to the plane at LAX and MIA.
In FRA and DUS my luggage usually is on the belt in the last third.
And now I just hang up after waited in the queue for 10 minutes trying to talk to HON Circle (South Africa).
So I wonder: I still have a black card. But does LH still have HON Circle (I wont call it HON Circle "Service" anymore...)?
Gloria
In the weeks before no PA came to the plane at LAX and MIA.
In FRA and DUS my luggage usually is on the belt in the last third.
And now I just hang up after waited in the queue for 10 minutes trying to talk to HON Circle (South Africa).
So I wonder: I still have a black card. But does LH still have HON Circle (I wont call it HON Circle "Service" anymore...)?
Gloria
Mar 18, 2009, 4:04 pm
#2
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Location: Point Place, Wisconsin
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LH has a more or less secret plan to enhance away the HON program.
Instead Antinori & Co will ask for your banking details where they will debit a modest amount each month from your account. A little bit more for those booking Z fares and a even more for full fare C and F suckers !
(btw: PAs in LAX and MIA will only hold you up in the race to immigration, as they cannot guarantee a jump to the front of the queue. And we all know priotity luggage seldomly works on longhaul and never on shorthaul. )
Instead Antinori & Co will ask for your banking details where they will debit a modest amount each month from your account. A little bit more for those booking Z fares and a even more for full fare C and F suckers !
(btw: PAs in LAX and MIA will only hold you up in the race to immigration, as they cannot guarantee a jump to the front of the queue. And we all know priotity luggage seldomly works on longhaul and never on shorthaul. )
Mar 18, 2009, 7:48 pm
#3
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Mar 18, 2009, 8:50 pm
#4
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It's fine if you don't want to take the limo (for what reason ever), but at least tell the driver so other people don't have to suffer (too
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Mar 19, 2009, 12:51 am
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Mar 19, 2009, 1:17 am
#7
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Well, as I am often on of this suite (or jeans) wearing people waiting for "that other HON" I do not understand what gives you such a pleasure taking away 10 min from my time for a breakfast/shower between two flights
It's fine if you don't want to take the limo (for what reason ever), but at least tell the driver so other people don't have to suffer (too)
It's fine if you don't want to take the limo (for what reason ever), but at least tell the driver so other people don't have to suffer (too
)"Tell the driver"?... Please!
What's next? HONs taking turns in holding the placard for the poor driver to relax until the remaining HONs show up?
Mar 19, 2009, 2:02 am
#8
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Mar 19, 2009, 2:05 am
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^^.Even though I too had to swallow empty a few times when I read that hch boarded a scummy bus voluntarily
. The one singular reason I hate that dusty fungus culture LHR less than FRA is because it is less bus infested 
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Mar 19, 2009, 2:47 am
#10
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Of course I do. With the usual 50 seaters I have in/out of FRA the bus is usually faster than the car because the car only gets out after the bus, and just as comfortable as the bus if you are on of the earlier 80% of the pax that gets a seat. I'm not going support that waste of fuel and money for the car service for these setups. I've also told LH in writing but they keep sending it.
Mar 19, 2009, 3:15 am
#11
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Mar 19, 2009, 3:16 am
#12
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Please let the driver know. If LH fails to provide you the right service this is not the fault of the driver and the other HONs. I've been sitting in a car a couple times already and the driver had to wait for another HON without success. Not really nice. 
Mar 19, 2009, 3:42 am
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That is like paying money for being tied up and tortured. Oh wait these folks do exist too
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Mar 19, 2009, 4:26 am
#14
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This is a hilarious thread, but there are more serious problems in the world.
I'd be happy for every efficient and comfortable transfer.
I'd be happy for every efficient and comfortable transfer.
Mar 19, 2009, 6:23 am
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indeed... i think its basic manors to let him/her know if you take the bus instead, just like you cancel a restaurant reservation if you dont intend to show up. whats the problem with that, it takes about 10 seconds?!
completely agree!