<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by geo1004:
Other than attending a FT gathering, the luggage tags are your best bet. I have been looking for them for three years now (both the old crappy ones and the wonderful new neon-Priority FT tags. Finally, after three years, I had my first FT encounter.
While sitting in the US Airways Club at PHL waiting for my AMS flight... mileshound walked right up and sat down ten feet away. It was great. 
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I agree it was great. I'm staring out the window seeing if my plane is there yet, and all of a sudden this guy is talking to me and he's fondling my FT tag. He keeps saying "I gots to know, I gots to know”. It was like the Dirty Harry movie. I was startled until I realized what was going on, then I was happy. The tag finally paid off. A great use of a few bucks.
Then reality set in for Geo1004 when he was in coach on the 767 to AMS. A flight he did NOT enjoy.
GEO1004 was my second encounter. My first occurred in flight while I was waiting for the bathroom on a US LAX-PHL flight. I start talking to the gentleman in 2A and I think he used the phrase "Gold Challenge". Only a FT'er would utter that phrase so I mentioned FT. Well, it was Chemist661. He didn't have a tag, and I had an extra, so I went to my seat and gave him the extra. I hope he uses it to meet more people.
You have to keep your eyes and ears open.