DYKWIA - The 2017 thread

Old Feb 12, 2017, 9:30 am
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Originally Posted by lorcancoyle
That's just sad
Indeed, there must be an underlying psychological inferiority complex disorder if you're going to laminate a First luggage tag to feel important. No way that actually provides any other benefit that just saying "I travelled in First once" (Or I picked up a F luggage tag from the floor once).
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Old Feb 12, 2017, 9:47 am
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Originally Posted by Welcome On Board
Saw this on a popular Facebook page and had to share here....a LAMINATED First luggage label
He/she needs to get out more.
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Old Feb 12, 2017, 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by AAtticus
Indeed, there must be an underlying psychological inferiority complex disorder if you're going to laminate a First luggage tag to feel important. No way that actually provides any other benefit that just saying "I travelled in First once" (Or I picked up a F luggage tag from the floor once).
This does look a bit sad... but maybe it's the First label from this person's honeymoon or something? A little memento whenever they travel... who knows.
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Old Feb 12, 2017, 9:55 am
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Had a weird experience in KUL yesterday. Boarding a TG (MH codeshare) 747 to BKK, they called business, and a c.50 year old guy pushed through the queue waving his BA gold card. When the gate agents pointed out it was a TG flight, he exclaimed "it's a Oneworld airport! Top tier BA should have priority", and got sent to the back of the now extremely long Y line.
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Old Feb 12, 2017, 10:02 am
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Originally Posted by Welcome On Board
Saw this on a popular Facebook page and had to share here....a LAMINATED First luggage label
Does SFO777 have a Facebook page?
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Old Feb 12, 2017, 11:57 am
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Oh dear, I think I will have to wear my F jimjams inside out from now on, lest I appear ITT
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Old Feb 12, 2017, 12:00 pm
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Originally Posted by Fitch
Oh dear, I think I will have to wear my F jimjams inside out from now on, lest I appear ITT
Just don't wear the top.
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Old Feb 12, 2017, 12:40 pm
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Originally Posted by Welcome On Board
Saw this on a popular Facebook page and had to share here....a LAMINATED First luggage label
Maybe he's someone who pays big $$$$ for F, and he's tired of being told he's got to check his wheelie bag for his domestic connection?
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Old Feb 12, 2017, 1:37 pm
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Originally Posted by Welcome On Board
...a LAMINATED First luggage label
@:-) That's not a bad idea actually. Pretentious? Sure. Something I might do? Maybe...
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Old Feb 13, 2017, 2:01 am
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A phone conversation overheard (difficult not to) in the EDI lounge yesterday evening. The caller had just been escorted into the lounge a little worse for wear and called his other half to explain why he was going to be late arriving at LHR.

"The Captain refused to fly me and I was escorted from my seat on the plane. I explained that I was Gold but the Captain said it was irrelevant, I still wasn't flying. It was so embarrassing."
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Old Feb 13, 2017, 2:05 am
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Originally Posted by gorps1
A phone conversation overheard (difficult not to) in the EDI lounge yesterday evening. The caller had just been escorted into the lounge a little worse for wear and called his other half to explain why he was going to be late arriving at LHR.

"The Captain refused to fly me and I was escorted from my seat on the plane. I explained that I was Gold but the Captain said it was irrelevant, I still wasn't flying. It was so embarrassing."
Good!
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Old Feb 13, 2017, 2:14 am
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Originally Posted by HilFly
Maybe he's someone who pays big $$$$ for F, and he's tired of being told he's got to check his wheelie bag for his domestic connection?
You would think a particularly sharp check in agent might have told him by now that label seems to have been replaced, then
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Old Feb 13, 2017, 3:06 am
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I wonder if there is a market for a range of DYKWIA luggage tags

My others jets private
I'm only in Y, as I forgot to get my PA a Birthday Gift
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Old Feb 13, 2017, 6:23 am
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I'm owning my up to my [accdental] DYKWIA behaviour at SVG this afternoon . The BP scanner quite rightly said 'no' but I was convinced it was faulty and beckoned the staffer to let me through because I was traveling J on BA, which he did quite courteously.

I had completely forgotten there was no fast track for BA pax.
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Old Feb 13, 2017, 7:31 am
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Originally Posted by Padmeister
He/she needs to get out more.
I can perhaps see how sometimes this might be useful. Flew back from RUH on EK the other day (sat in the back unfortunately on this short hop) and was prevented from heading to the immigration queue to get my exit stamp by a gentleman who told me I needed some tags on my hand luggage. Cue me returning to the check in desk begging for a couple of tags, only to have the agent tell me that my small overnighter and rucksack is beyond that which is allowed for carry on as they are over the 8kg allowance (which is never an issue ex-DXB). I did manage to get through with them both without checking (eventually) but only after I pleaded my case as an EK GCH.

I would have avoided all of this if I just had some blue business luggage tags I could have put on my carryon and rucksack...
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