Originally Posted by Spongthrush

My most interesting experience was on a AA Transcon where the FA came for an extended chat, clearly seeming to know a fair bit about us. It turned out that she had spent a few hours pre-flight googling us; we're nothing special but like nearly everyone have an internet footprint. We had a great time chatting to her but I'm wondering whether this something that crew do regularly, I was unaware that she would have access to a passenger manifest prior to the flight, but it seems she did.