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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 8:17 pm
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My father bought the unlimited ticket using just hist 1st initial and last name. That way, 4 member of our family who had that same 1st initial could use the same ticket.

My 1st flight ever was on Eastern. It was PHL-MIA in the early 70s and iirc, the food served was a chicken stuffed with a cream-type sauce ang egg noodles. I thought it rocked ^


Originally Posted by IOIOIOIOIO
I imagine many of you ended up with CO as your FF airline from your association with Eastern like I did. While not all my remembrances of EA are fond, many are and I mention a couple here in honor of some of the threads from the 90s that are receiving new posts.

Did anyone take advantage of the unlimited flying specials Eastern offered in the late 70s and early 80s where you could fly anywhere Eastern flew (which included just about everywhere except the moon, Borman notwithstanding) for three weeks for one price. I
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