Originally Posted by
B747-437B
Nothing new about it. They are trained to read the boarding pass stubs and if the coupon number (last digit of the E-ticket at the bottom) is anything other than 1 they say "Welcome back".
Maybe but on a couple of flights from LAD - DXB i have had crew say to me 'welcome back, you were on flights with me before - i remember you!' which was interesting. It hasn't happened on any other EK flights mind you.....