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Old Oct 19, 2023 | 9:18 pm
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Originally Posted by kavok
FO = Silver Medallion. Acronym FO is based on “flies often” or “flying orchid”. Someone else (or a google search of “delta flying orchid”) can probably provide a better history on how the terms came into being.
Originally Posted by Beckles
FO is Flying Orchid of course ... an obsolete status that was replaced by Silver Medallion but in the past 'FO' was still the label in some systems for Silver Medallions.
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Originally Posted by StayingHomeIsBetter
From: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/18023720-post218.html "While there was a Flying Orchid program at one time (along with a Flying Colonel program...
Thank you all very much. I had Googled “FO airlines” and “FO Delta Airlines” and didn’t find anything helpful.
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