Concorde Card on Ebay

Old Jun 16, 2018, 5:03 am
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Concorde Card on Ebay

Hello, I was looking around on Ebay for those old vintage Concorde luggage tags (the ones from the 80s with the landor design) and came across a Concorde card. I think that's the card that the ultra-frequent flyers get (the white one). Anyway, someone seems to have bought it for Ł80! Can you believe it? Why on earth would anyone buy a frequent flyer card with someone else's name on it? It's not like it provides access to anything or confers any additional priviledges. Couldn't understand the motivation.
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Old Jun 16, 2018, 9:02 am
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Most probably a naďve assumption that having a physical card confers the relevent privileges

Not everyone reads FT (unfortunately)
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Old Jun 16, 2018, 9:12 am
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as my mother used to say - some people have more money than sense.

But if you collect stuff relating to a certain topic then you collect it no matter what it is.
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Old Jun 16, 2018, 9:32 am
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A collectible for an infrequent flyer who knows he or she would never be able to attain the status?
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Old Jun 16, 2018, 10:34 am
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People collect things. Nothing unusual.
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Old Jun 16, 2018, 10:42 am
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People pay more than that for jars of AIR!
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Old Jun 16, 2018, 10:44 am
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It’s given me an idea though 😀💰
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Old Jun 16, 2018, 10:45 am
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People collect things. Nothing unusual.
I find collecting TPs quite rewarding
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Old Jun 16, 2018, 11:11 am
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People do collect this stuff. As a bit of an experiment, I put some freebie amex platinum luggage tags on ebay and someone bought them for Ł35!

I also see the First biros being sold for Ł5.
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Old Jun 16, 2018, 11:25 am
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I’m now regretting throwing away about ten unused F sleeper suits last year, but I have a few left. Anyone know what the going rate is?
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Old Jun 16, 2018, 11:48 am
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I once offered a Druk Air vomit bag that I thought would be worth quite a penny - no takers. I do have some Concorde stuff so perhaps I'l try that.
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Old Jun 16, 2018, 11:51 am
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Originally Posted by erik123
I once offered a Druk Air vomit bag that I thought would be worth quite a penny - no takers. I do have some Concorde stuff so perhaps I'l try that.
Do you still have the bag? I’ll double it and offer you 2p...
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Old Jun 16, 2018, 3:05 pm
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Do you still have the bag? I’ll double it and offer you 2p...
5p. Don’t think FT is meant to be an auction site so guess moderation will occur! So be quick in accepting.
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Old Jun 16, 2018, 3:10 pm
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I actually just had a quick look. It’s interesting. There are quite a few F sleeper suits and amenity kits on sale. Saw one listed at 22 gbp the pair.
Got me thinking, If you can cadge a couple of extra sets from the crew, maybe an AUP could be offset with fifty quid on eBay..
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Old Jun 16, 2018, 4:18 pm
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I've got a PUCCI GALORE BA garter if anyone wants it....please don't ask how I got it.
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