Originally Posted by
joyu12
Last time out I was seated with an Ulti who was taken great care of but no acknowledgment for other plats nor me which is easier to understand
While understandable, that's something that can quickly become uncomfortable for everyone involved.
Special care is best provided tactfully and discreetly on a full row.
For the sake of sharing a strange data point, I got to experience it the other way last week.
On a full domestic flight with 2h delay last week, I could see the purser do what I assumed was the "Platinum dance": specifically greeting 3-4 other pax seating in the first few rows ; keeping them informed of the delay; giving them a pre-departure water bottle while waiting and J cookies during F&B service. Given how these pax behaved in the cabin, I assume they were very frequent flyers, not friends & family. And that's a great way to make your FFs trips a bit less miserable especially on a full, delayed plane.
In the meantime, I had a 0.0, explorer-level flight.
I saw a lot of random service on AF, but that's the first time I see the Extra Mile Service offered to some FFs but not an Ulti pax!