Nothing "super" about SE status
May 19, 2018, 9:58 am
#46
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May 19, 2018, 12:29 pm
#47
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May 19, 2018, 12:46 pm
#48
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Ah. I took a minute to ponder if my general understanding was wrong, but I understand you mean gifting 50k to someone.
I guess I have the privilege of only having one friend I care about, and if she travels, she travels with me.
I guess I have the privilege of only having one friend I care about, and if she travels, she travels with me.
May 19, 2018, 1:02 pm
#49
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May 19, 2018, 1:04 pm
#51
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Yes. Gifting 50k to someone was what I meant. I'd be gifting it to my kid.
May 19, 2018, 1:35 pm
#53
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My wife usually travels with me, although not always. Still, it will be useful to get more upgrade credits, and I won't need to gift her 50k status from my own "benefits."
May 19, 2018, 1:45 pm
#54
Join Date: Sep 2008
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What do they do? Do they serve? Apparently not. Or do you mean they are not personal?
So are they just like the people working at the fast food counter, who pay attention to you when you are in front of them and completely forget you exist after you walk away?
So are they just like the people working at the fast food counter, who pay attention to you when you are in front of them and completely forget you exist after you walk away?
May 19, 2018, 2:14 pm
#55
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Last year, to my surprise, I received a birthday cake and handwritten (in detailed old calligraphy style to boot!) birthday card from the SD mid-flight. It was from the Montreal concierge team, but it was the SD that "served" it to me.
May 19, 2018, 2:53 pm
#56
Join Date: Sep 2008
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Concierges serve you. They are like butlers. At hotels. That is the traditional use of the word.
If AC wants to change the meaning, like how "enhancement" means "taking away" in the airline world, they certainly can try (and it seems most of you guys drank the koolaid). But it is definitely misleading to use the term "concierge" to describe these people when they are not concierges.
May 19, 2018, 3:10 pm
#57
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May 19, 2018, 3:38 pm
#58
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Was it really from the YUL concierge team, or did they just organize it for someone?
May 19, 2018, 3:46 pm
#59
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Would be interesting to read about the number of SEs here who are 15+ years consecutive SE. I think BB(subject to correction) has one of the longest streaks since SE inception.
May 19, 2018, 4:23 pm
#60
Join Date: May 2012
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Been SE every year since inception. After flipping from BA gold back then. Concierge has always been for me the most appreciated perk. Though not now as personalized as so many SE and so many Concierges. But some ofthe original ones are still there ��
Last edited by lallied; May 20, 2018 at 5:42 am