DYKWIA - The 2017 thread
#887
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#888
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: MNL / SFO / NYC
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The only one I wouldn't use is 'Dr' in case they need someone for a medical emergency and the only medical experience I have is a few games of Operation.
After watching RuPaul's drag race on Netflix (don't judge my guilty pleasure of watching trash tv on long hauls) I do wonder if being a drag queen allow you to use HM... hahaha
After watching RuPaul's drag race on Netflix (don't judge my guilty pleasure of watching trash tv on long hauls) I do wonder if being a drag queen allow you to use HM... hahaha
#890
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: London
Programs: BA GGLFL, EK Gold
Posts: 108
I believe that Premier cardholders did not get a statement of tier points (since they were not the reason for the status) but that there was a 'shadow account' of some sort that did accumulate TPs, so travel accumulated while Premier would have contributed to a LTG card once the Premier card was withdrawn.
#891
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However, if anyone has any on board laser-plasma physics emergencies, I stand ready to assist.
#893
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: EMA (how boring) but BHX is more convenient.
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My partner once booked me on a trip and used the 'Dr'. While I don't know any more than I type here, on one of the flights, a crew member came and stood right next to my seat and asked loudly if there was a doctor on board as there was a passenger in need of attention. They might have spotted the 'Dr' on the manifest, or it might have been coincidence. I don't know.
#894
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 2,209
"Our navigation systems failed. Is there an astronomer on board?"
#895
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: UK
Programs: Aadvantage Gold
Posts: 549
I have a friend with a PhD. She is actually a rocket scientist and worked at CERN.
She was asked if she could assist during a medical emergency on a flight. When she said she wasn't that sort of Dr, they didn't seem to believe her.
She was asked if she could assist during a medical emergency on a flight. When she said she wasn't that sort of Dr, they didn't seem to believe her.
#896
Join Date: Sep 2015
Programs: LH SEN; BA Gold
Posts: 8,400
AFAIK Prof. Dr. refers to a title and not a profession. A doctor [med] is an Arzt/Mediziner in German. LH has a special program where medical doctors can sign up (and get an additional sum of miles per flight).
#897
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Jerusalem
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 1,281
TK has something similar too.
#898
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 87
If you have any on-board laser-plasma emergencies I sincerely hope that I'm not on your plane!
#899
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Flatland
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No, as Profesor Doctor Doctor (if he was German) Paul Krugman humorously mentioned: https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/20...hansa/?mcubz=1
#900
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: glasgow, scotland
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to the OP: (I haven't had time to read through all 60+ pages of the post but I get the gist) Directed towards me and my best pal last year when flying Domestic (pre CE on Domestics so a one cabin flight) but on a Mid Haul A321 LHR/EDI during boarding and seated in 3D/F Club World seats ''Guys like them don't have kids to pay for so they can afford to sit up here'' chuckle chuckle. Chuckle chuckle back! BYE!!!!