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Old Mar 12, 2005 | 1:44 pm
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robb
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Austin, TX
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Originally Posted by 1KChinito
Love this NATO Phonetic Alphabet. I shall memorize them and use them when I call UA. So we can speak on the same terms.

When I listen to Ch 9, I always get a kick when they say Papa.
I use it all the time when reading PNRs, etc. No one ever has a problem, and it dispenses with the whole "R as in Robert" stuff.

Very cool is that AA's voice response system recognizes them as well. When asked for my Advantage number, I read off the letters in the phonetic alphabet, and it gets them right every time.
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