Originally Posted by
ContinentalFan
It's a real thank-you-fest this year. The people on the elite line thank you for being PM; FAs wander around the FC cabins thanking you for flying DL--they even shake your hand on international flights. They are very nice gestures.
The thanks and a handshake on international flights in BE is not a gesture new to, or specific to, this year. That has been done a number of times in the past.
Not on every flight, by any means, but a decent percentage of the time.
LHR-ATL in December 2008 comes to mind. And, actually, I had a FA on LGA-ATL in September extend that gesture in F as well.