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Old Oct 1, 2013, 8:04 am
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grumbler
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Programs: AC SE MM, too many others
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Originally Posted by Shareholder
Having been SE for many years, my experience(s) with concierges has been most variable. When living in Edmonton, I'd often get calls about flight delays from the concierge. Once in Toronto on my way to LHR, I was greeted and walked through security by one, much impressing my colleague. At the other end, CP's old concierge (David?) was the most amiable and helpful, and he appeared in the BBC series "Airport" and parodied in another British satire on the airport and an LCC. However, when I really needed help with tight connections or cancelled flights of late, they've been nowhere to be found to help. So losing them would not be a great loss in my opinion...particularly as I have decided to ditch AC generally.
Agreed on variability. LHR concierges generally excellent...NRT ones still essentially useless (maybe they are no longer there..not that I would have been able to tell). Domestic concierges actually are quite good, in my experience, with the possible exception of YUL. LGA staff are just too harried because of the insanity of working there, but they do what they can.
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