DYKWIA | 2019 edition
May 10, 2019, 8:49 am
#257
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
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With the state of my poor old back, there is no way I am moving anybody's luggage ... even if asked nicely.
May 10, 2019, 9:11 am
#258
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New York, NY
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May 10, 2019, 9:13 am
#259
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: MSN
Programs: AA, BAEC Gold
Posts: 3,933
I had this on a domestic AA flight a while ago. For those not familiar there are two lines, "Priority" for Groups 1-4 and "Main" for Groups 5-9. It was just a few minutes before boarding and a line had formed in the Priority lane leading up to the BP reader. The GA walked from behind the podium, turned the sign around which flipped the Priority and Main lines causing everyone to shuffle over.
May 10, 2019, 1:19 pm
#260
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: LON, ACK, BOS..... (Not necessarily in that order)
Programs: **Mucci Diamond Hairbrush** - compared to that nothing else matters (+BA Bronze)
Posts: 15,132
Gate lady says "Sir everybody in the queue except for this gentleman (meaning me) has a gold card......" He opened his mouth to say something.
"And he's flying in our First Class cabin tonight"
I don't know where he was actually sitting but it wasn't F
May 11, 2019, 1:33 am
#261
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: UK
Programs: IC Hotels Spire, BA Gold
Posts: 8,668
Flying from BOS a few years ago & before the new lounge a nice gentleman came to the attention of people at the gate . He was trying to queue barge the premium line based on his belief that his gold card granted this. I was standing at the front of the queue in a Hawaiian shirt Chinos etc
A lady arrived behind us in the J queue (with GCH cards on her luggage) and sneeringly looked us up and down before saying, "this is the business class queue, I think you will find economy is over there" and gestured to the Y line. My wife just said, "ok, thanks" and we of course stayed where we were. I turned round a few minutes later and got a very, very icy stare from her
There was a CW desk and F one side-by-side and we finished up at one and her at the other in parallel. Turned out she was not in business class at all, a GCH or any status - it was her husband who was the GCH and she was trying to use this as "status" of some sort for herself. The check-in agent was having none of it and after a bit of an argument firmly told her she would have to join the Economy queue to which my wife could not resist repeating the same words back to her and an identical gesture motion, "oh, I think you will find Economy queue is over there"
May 11, 2019, 2:00 am
#262
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Anywhere
Posts: 6,576
I've posted this before so apologies to all that may have read it. About 12 years ago my late wife and I were traveling back from YYZ in J so we joined the CW check-in queue which as usual was pretty much adjacent to the Y queue. The CW line was not too busy but the Y one was very looooong. Having been on holiday for a week I was in shorts, t-shirt, sandals and a weeks worth of beard growth. There were alot of glares from the folks in the Y queue so we must have looked a bit out of place.
A lady arrived behind us in the J queue (with GCH cards on her luggage) and sneeringly looked us up and down before saying, "this is the business class queue, I think you will find economy is over there" and gestured to the Y line. My wife just said, "ok, thanks" and we of course stayed where we were. I turned round a few minutes later and got a very, very icy stare from her
There was a CW desk and F one side-by-side and we finished up at one and her at the other in parallel. Turned out she was not in business class at all, a GCH or any status - it was her husband who was the GCH and she was trying to use this as "status" of some sort for herself. The check-in agent was having none of it and after a bit of an argument firmly told her she would have to join the Economy queue to which my wife could not resist repeating the same words back to her and an identical gesture motion, "oh, I think you will find Economy queue is over there"
A lady arrived behind us in the J queue (with GCH cards on her luggage) and sneeringly looked us up and down before saying, "this is the business class queue, I think you will find economy is over there" and gestured to the Y line. My wife just said, "ok, thanks" and we of course stayed where we were. I turned round a few minutes later and got a very, very icy stare from her
There was a CW desk and F one side-by-side and we finished up at one and her at the other in parallel. Turned out she was not in business class at all, a GCH or any status - it was her husband who was the GCH and she was trying to use this as "status" of some sort for herself. The check-in agent was having none of it and after a bit of an argument firmly told her she would have to join the Economy queue to which my wife could not resist repeating the same words back to her and an identical gesture motion, "oh, I think you will find Economy queue is over there"
May 11, 2019, 8:56 am
#263
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 246
I've posted this before so apologies to all that may have read it. About 12 years ago my late wife and I were traveling back from YYZ in J so we joined the CW check-in queue which as usual was pretty much adjacent to the Y queue. The CW line was not too busy but the Y one was very looooong. Having been on holiday for a week I was in shorts, t-shirt, sandals and a weeks worth of beard growth. There were alot of glares from the folks in the Y queue so we must have looked a bit out of place.
A lady arrived behind us in the J queue (with GCH cards on her luggage) and sneeringly looked us up and down before saying, "this is the business class queue, I think you will find economy is over there" and gestured to the Y line. My wife just said, "ok, thanks" and we of course stayed where we were. I turned round a few minutes later and got a very, very icy stare from her
There was a CW desk and F one side-by-side and we finished up at one and her at the other in parallel. Turned out she was not in business class at all, a GCH or any status - it was her husband who was the GCH and she was trying to use this as "status" of some sort for herself. The check-in agent was having none of it and after a bit of an argument firmly told her she would have to join the Economy queue to which my wife could not resist repeating the same words back to her and an identical gesture motion, "oh, I think you will find Economy queue is over there"
A lady arrived behind us in the J queue (with GCH cards on her luggage) and sneeringly looked us up and down before saying, "this is the business class queue, I think you will find economy is over there" and gestured to the Y line. My wife just said, "ok, thanks" and we of course stayed where we were. I turned round a few minutes later and got a very, very icy stare from her
There was a CW desk and F one side-by-side and we finished up at one and her at the other in parallel. Turned out she was not in business class at all, a GCH or any status - it was her husband who was the GCH and she was trying to use this as "status" of some sort for herself. The check-in agent was having none of it and after a bit of an argument firmly told her she would have to join the Economy queue to which my wife could not resist repeating the same words back to her and an identical gesture motion, "oh, I think you will find Economy queue is over there"
The embodiment of karma!
The minds of some people really baffle me.
May 11, 2019, 9:28 am
#264
Join Date: Nov 2004
Programs: BA GGL, LH FTL
Posts: 3,578
On a recent flight to Madeira: Last minute aircraft change resulted in row 1 on the right hand side disappearing. Mr 1D and Mrs 1F showed up, trying to kick Mr 2D & Mrs 2F out of their seats. Lots of back and forth, Mr 1D insisting he specially booked the bulkhead and demanding 2D/F be reseated somewhere else. Mrs 1F insisting she needed the legroom. In the end Mrs 2F was about to give up and volunteered her seat. As she looked genuinely frail my partner and I volunteered our seats instead (we were in 1A/C). Somehow it didn't sit right though - the sense of entitlement of 1D/F made it feel wrong to let this slip.
Fast forward to where this story finds it's thread typical end: Arriving in Funchal, we ended up next to a very long avis queue. Thanks to avis preferred, we were able to bypass this. Mr 1D arrived just after us, joining the avis preferred queue as well. As we were leaving the counter, he moved forward and was told in no uncertain terms that without preferred he had to join the regular queue. After lots of back and forth he then proceeded to join the front of the regular queue.
I wanted to hang around for a bit to see what would happen next, but unfortunately my partner did not want to spend the holiday gathering material for this thread. I suspect in the end 1D got his way. That sort of behaviour unfortunately tends to pay off - even though on this thread it usually doesn't.
Fast forward to where this story finds it's thread typical end: Arriving in Funchal, we ended up next to a very long avis queue. Thanks to avis preferred, we were able to bypass this. Mr 1D arrived just after us, joining the avis preferred queue as well. As we were leaving the counter, he moved forward and was told in no uncertain terms that without preferred he had to join the regular queue. After lots of back and forth he then proceeded to join the front of the regular queue.
I wanted to hang around for a bit to see what would happen next, but unfortunately my partner did not want to spend the holiday gathering material for this thread. I suspect in the end 1D got his way. That sort of behaviour unfortunately tends to pay off - even though on this thread it usually doesn't.
Jun 17, 2019, 5:56 am
#265
Join Date: Jan 2015
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 251
Coming back from Bologna yesterday in 1D and 1F. We board just ahead of Mr and Mrs 1A and 1C, and my girlfriend puts her bag above their seats - nice to be able to see your stuff.
Mr 1C mutters “that’s not very helpful”, and as soon as we’ve sat down he moves our bag to above our seats and then stores his own bag above his head.
Predictably he didn’t go into his bag, complete of course with Gold tag, once during the flight. Not annoying, just very baffling and quite funny behaviour.
Mr 1C mutters “that’s not very helpful”, and as soon as we’ve sat down he moves our bag to above our seats and then stores his own bag above his head.
Predictably he didn’t go into his bag, complete of course with Gold tag, once during the flight. Not annoying, just very baffling and quite funny behaviour.
Jun 17, 2019, 6:00 am
#266
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Lincoln, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold, IHG Spire Ambassador, Hilton Diamond, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 1,267
If there was space above 1D 1F, I would probably have done the same. Actions like yours are the precursor to all the threads about locker space. As for security, you would be more likely to notice someone in the locker over your head than that on the other side of the cabin.
Jun 17, 2019, 6:07 am
#267
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 246
If there was space above 1D 1F, I would probably have done the same. Actions like yours are the precursor to all the threads about locker space. As for security, you would be more likely to notice someone in the locker over your head than that on the other side of the cabin.
Jun 17, 2019, 6:16 am
#268
Join Date: Jul 2013
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond *, IHG, Couples Romance Rewards
Posts: 2,351
Coming back from Bologna yesterday in 1D and 1F. We board just ahead of Mr and Mrs 1A and 1C, and my girlfriend puts her bag above their seats - nice to be able to see your stuff.
Mr 1C mutters “that’s not very helpful”, and as soon as we’ve sat down he moves our bag to above our seats and then stores his own bag above his head.
Predictably he didn’t go into his bag, complete of course with Gold tag, once during the flight. Not annoying, just very baffling and quite funny behaviour.
Mr 1C mutters “that’s not very helpful”, and as soon as we’ve sat down he moves our bag to above our seats and then stores his own bag above his head.
Predictably he didn’t go into his bag, complete of course with Gold tag, once during the flight. Not annoying, just very baffling and quite funny behaviour.
Jun 17, 2019, 6:40 am
#269
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: UK - Hampshire & London
Programs: Mucci de Guardian des Celliers des Grands Crus 1e Classé, plus BAEC.
Posts: 2,734
Coming back from Bologna yesterday in 1D and 1F. We board just ahead of Mr and Mrs 1A and 1C, and my girlfriend puts her bag above their seats - nice to be able to see your stuff.
Mr 1C mutters “that’s not very helpful”, and as soon as we’ve sat down he moves our bag to above our seats and then stores his own bag above his head.
Predictably he didn’t go into his bag, complete of course with Gold tag, once during the flight. Not annoying, just very baffling and quite funny behaviour.
Mr 1C mutters “that’s not very helpful”, and as soon as we’ve sat down he moves our bag to above our seats and then stores his own bag above his head.
Predictably he didn’t go into his bag, complete of course with Gold tag, once during the flight. Not annoying, just very baffling and quite funny behaviour.
Jun 17, 2019, 7:05 am
#270
Join Date: Jan 2015
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 251
This isn’t the thread for the debate, but good to hear other perspectives. Ideally people like me and 1C will each end up sitting across the aisle from like minded people in future! He’ll probably be along to report us shortly...