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Old Jan 28, 2019, 2:50 am
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on22cz
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
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Originally Posted by intuition
If so, then I really do wonder what they have on me, as they
a) never chat with me or even recognize me as a tier member or repeat customer in anyway
b) go above and beyond to seat someone in the "blocked seat" next to me
c) either think I speak Finnish or that I am death-mute so no need for speaking
d) have no clue to what paper I'd like to read

So I guess when they click my seat-icon they see "Grumpy deaf-mute who buys revenue J tickets anyway so we don't even have to try?"



But seriously, I wonder if they really collect anything special. I do know that CS and others has a display of some key facts from your membership, like how many years you have had your status. And probalby some transactional summaries like "last flight" et.c.

But other personal data? I do wonder. In fact, I promoted an idea a few years ago that they should use "preferred language of communication". It could be very useful both in CS and onboard. And everyone said "oh no, then can't/won't do that".

For instance, they could have HBL ready for me as that is the only paper I ever read onboard. But it usually is a fight to get it. First they offer a Finnish gossip-rag, then I ask for HBL, (sometimes need to phrase it in my very poor Finnish ), then they say "we don't have it". Then they go and look for it and find 20 copies untouched in an overhead.

If they really store useful stuff on people's profiles, this would be the first thing to fix. It would be enormously more useful than "I think I saw your face on another flight".
Originally Posted by FlyeBye
Not sure about that. I have been only recognized by fa's that I recognized as well, no special tricks or knowledge from anyone, yet. I am always approached in Finnish first, that alone is proof for me, that they don't even see the most basic info about me.
I am sure some FAs try to guess the newspaper of choice and language to use from the name. For me it's been a well balanced mix of offerings. If they don't want to store data based on passenger in-flight orders, they can easily (?) put this option into everyone's profile. Then it's our choice to mark what we want them to know. I think it would really be nice to have the usual newspaper walk more like "Hello, welcome on board, would you like this HBL or do you want me to bring you something else today? ...Have a nice flight."
Same could apply for SkyBistro - it's not that many items, so why not to have a roll-up option - "Thank you for your loyalty. Can I serve you your favourite champagne, or is it to be a different drink today? ...Enjoy ".
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