<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by sbrower:
Pan Am was wonderful. Still hard to imagine that they don't exist. Free helicopter from Battery Park to JFK for Bus/First passengers on the transcon. Routes around the world. They had an upgrade award once that was good on *any* paid ticket. I had a consolidater ticket (free from VISA, but VISA paid something) and they allowed me to upgrade to Bus (with my wife) on the nonstop from LAX-LHR. Clubs with free liquor in the US. The snottiest flight attendants you ever met if you were in Coach (pure cattle in their view) but classy service in Bus/First. A 747 from LAX to SFO (stub on long range route) so I could go business for $42 instead of coach for $35 (I was one of the few who wasted $7). </font>
I think we are confusing luck with genius. Can you imagine what PA would be like now if it hadn't imploded like Jim Morrison, forever to be immortalized as "the good old days"?