Difference in culture: AA and US Elites
Sep 25, 2014, 4:38 pm
#46
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I have to chime in here... anyone comparing the new AA, or PMUS, to Spirit Airlines is flat out of their mind. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
Sep 25, 2014, 4:54 pm
#48
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I think this could be one of my biggest gripes with this whole AA vs US nonsense. Since I live in DC and have flown US for the last 10 years due to the fact that they got me where I needed to go out of DCA, almost always in First class, and needed the Shuttle, I am looked down upon by those from AA. US was the carrier of convenience and just worked for me. I didn't know DC was such a backwater place to be that I am a very different customer base than those high class AA people.
Because Dallas is such a glamorous world-class city in comparison.
Because Dallas is such a glamorous world-class city in comparison.
Sep 25, 2014, 4:58 pm
#49
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just leave it
Sep 25, 2014, 4:58 pm
#50
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I am far from an "elite" but I fly enough to make EXP every year. I am no different from the guy sitting in 29E on my AA flight or the guy flying in 3B on a US flight. But, (and there's always a but on FT), the pmAA product compared to now is just a major downgrade in service. I understand that the US peeps are used to it - but after 6 years of flying AA it's a huge cut and a disgrace to the airline.
How can you say that what once was a decent hot meal (nothing that blew my hair back - but was convenient with a minimal layover, and didn't leave me fighting to find a meal at a hotel at 11pm when everything is closed) and instead was replaced with this:
Case in point:
How can you say that what once was a decent hot meal (nothing that blew my hair back - but was convenient with a minimal layover, and didn't leave me fighting to find a meal at a hotel at 11pm when everything is closed) and instead was replaced with this:
Case in point:
Sep 25, 2014, 6:35 pm
#51
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Whilst this apparently began as a thread comparing the alleged different Elite passenger cultures at pmAA and pmUS, it has rapidly deteriorated into a thread with off topic posts, negative characterizations and stereotypes that will lead to further animus and discord.
Rather than becoming a thread with value for customers joining together in an airline version of a shotgun marriage seeking to enhance each other's knowledge and build strength to survive and plot our new course together, this has a lot of disparagement and negativity. It truly pains me to see FTers dumping like this on other FTers and their airlines.
Rather than asking members to edit and doing necessary cleanup, for now I'm just taking the easier path and locking the thread, for surely no good is coming here.
I'll consult with other team members for next steps; it truly pains me to see the
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Rather than becoming a thread with value for customers joining together in an airline version of a shotgun marriage seeking to enhance each other's knowledge and build strength to survive and plot our new course together, this has a lot of disparagement and negativity. It truly pains me to see FTers dumping like this on other FTers and their airlines.
Rather than asking members to edit and doing necessary cleanup, for now I'm just taking the easier path and locking the thread, for surely no good is coming here.
I'll consult with other team members for next steps; it truly pains me to see the
/Moderator