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#436
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London/Glasgow
Programs: BAEC Silver (lapsed HNL Gold), Avis Preferred, IHG Diamond Amb, Hilton Plat, Marriot Plat
Posts: 351
'Madame, maintenant c'est Groupes 1 et 2, vous tes Groupe 4' as the Gate Agent beckons me in my t-shirt and shorts. I've never heard harrumphing like it.
#437
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: DUB/ORD/SIN/PVG
Programs: EI AerClub Concierge, EK Gold, BA Gold, BD Gold (Retired), HHonors Diamond, Bonvoy Lifetime Gold
Posts: 2,922
NCE is wonderful for all sorts of behaviour, my favourite being BA's group boarding being enforced and just how upset this makes entitled perfectly-turned-out French middle aged folk.
'Madame, maintenant c'est Groupes 1 et 2, vous tes Groupe 4' as the Gate Agent beckons me in my t-shirt and shorts. I've never heard harrumphing like it.
'Madame, maintenant c'est Groupes 1 et 2, vous tes Groupe 4' as the Gate Agent beckons me in my t-shirt and shorts. I've never heard harrumphing like it.
#438
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver IHG Platinum Elite
Posts: 175
TPE - KUL on MH this week. On arrival, while waiting to deplane, some bloke struck up a conversation with the chief steward up front... Gold tag dutifully dangling from his cabin luggage... and declaring that I fly with you a lot (multiple declarations!) and ended with Im almost Concorde level with BA.
Perhaps BA should institute a test (like that of a membership pre interview) to weed out people who dont get the right terminology (theres no such thing as Concorde level!) before dishing out any status!
Perhaps BA should institute a test (like that of a membership pre interview) to weed out people who dont get the right terminology (theres no such thing as Concorde level!) before dishing out any status!
#439
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Southern England
Programs: BA Silver, IHG Platinum, Hilton Diamond, Hertz Presidents Circle
Posts: 23
#440
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: BKK
Programs: Mucci Chevalier de la Brosse a Cheveux Dore, SK *GfL, BA Gold, WY G, HH DIA, IC Plat Amb., Hertz PC
Posts: 3,623
#442
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,642
And never mind that the last is what you do to take the outer layer off a tree trunk. (Sorry, I think that last bit should be "take the outer layer off of a tree trunk".)
#443
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,124
"debark"?
Disembark, surely?
Disembark, surely?
#445
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Ipswich
Posts: 7,543
"off of"? On my poor English teacher must be spinning... that was her pet peeve.
#446
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,124
#447
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: UK
Programs: MUCCI du gingembre cinquant, CAMRA
Posts: 1,268
My favourite is the announcement on AA that we shall be taking off momentarily... I usually turn to the person next to me and say "I hope that they can do better than that!"
#449
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Ipswich
Posts: 7,543
Oh there are many things I find more annoying ("should of" I'm looking at you!) but I just had a flashback to Mrs Searle when I saw that.
#450
Join Date: Oct 2015
Programs: BA Gold for Life
Posts: 1,382
After reading the last few posts I am going for a lay down.
Forgive me for I have sinned.
Forgive me for I have sinned.