Humiliation II
 

There’s Temptation Island II, Survivor II, so why not Flyertalk’s own brand of degradation? With so many new “virtual” faces, there must some great new embarrassing tales. So, with a new year soon upon us and with the last game’s winner just recently paid off, it’s time for Humiliation II.

This is simply a reprise, so once again the rules:

There is a wonderful parlor game called Humiliation. The goal of the game is to name something that you haven’t done that everybody else in the room has done. To win you have to embarrass yourself, hence the name: Humiliation. For example, at a social gathering of English professors, admitting that you have never read Hamlet would glean you a lot of points--one for each person who had read Hamlet (you might also earn the disdain of your colleagues). At a Fraternity party you could score big points by confessing to your Brothers that you never got drunk and threw up.

The goal is not to backhandedly compliment yourself, but to own up to your ineptitude, newbie mistakes and (village) idiot-ness.

So, in context of Flyertalk, what rudimentary travel skill or feat do you lack that everybody else has accomplished?

(Note to moderators: this in is the community forum because this is a party game to be played with your friends).

So, are you ready kids? I can’t hear you!

To get this rolling, I’ll once again note (although it’s getting close) that I have logged more miles in cars than in airplanes.

I've had a Diners Club Card for many years, and not once did I threaten to cancel it in order to receive a retention bonus

--and--

I've used MCI since 1985, and I've never switched from them in order to get miles. In fact, I still get 5 AA miles per dollar, even though I never fly AA.

Around this neighborhood, that is humiliating.

I'll up that... I don't own ANY type of mileage earning credit card.

In fact, I don't get any particular benefit at ALL from the 2 Mastercards and 1 Visa that I use... I am just too lazy to deal with applying for a new card.

I didn't buy ANY valuemags on the goldpoints promotion http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

I have yet to score an elite airline upgrade. Here's hoping I have some luck in using those DL 800 mile upgrades in 2002!

TECHGIRL: You have so many miles you don't have to collect the nonbase ones! I'll be glad to fill out all the paper work for you in exchange for a percentage of the miles! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Happy New Year All!

I've never been bumped, I don't look for bumps, I hate bumps, and I'd do anything to avoid one (sorry tom911!).

For my travels, unless is leisure & a substantial ticket price difference, I tend to avoid connections and stick to airlines where I fly non-stop. My time is usually worth more than racking up the extra segments.

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Regards,
- Anna

I have no clue if my miles post from my credit card, telephone bills, dining, hotel stays, car rental...

I don't read every posting on the MilesBuzz and United boards. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/redface.gif

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Craig6z
Buzz & United Moderator
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Y’all aren’t as stoopid as I gave you credit for. I hate to drop a dime on myself, but: In a galaxy far, far away, when I was young(er) and ignorant(er)....The time: 1981. The place: England. Idiot friend Matt and I were flying to Israel, and dutifully got to the airport two hours early only to find that the flight was at 0751, not 7:51 p.m. (1951 hrs), having not yet figured out military time. Near broke, we slept at the airport and flew out the next morning, feeling very lucky indeed to get seats.

So far, I declare myself in the lead for the grand prize.

I have not been on a Delta or American Airlines flight since the mid-1970’s. Feeling I ought to though with all the good write-ups on the seating. Hmmmm....

And have never been on a USAir flight. A very limited adulthood I guess.

Mike

In spite of reading the FlyerTalk Board faithfully for over 1 1/2 years, I've never done a Mileage Run, been Bumped, or reached Elite status in an airline program.

Blessedly, if all goes as planned, my humiliation should end about 24 hours from now.

I've flown on an airline this year w/o signing up for the FF program.

I've have never done a mileage run, but thats already been mentioned.

How about that I've never asked for a comp to an elite program.

I don't get any oneline-booking bonus for my flights - I prefer the personal service of my 'angels' at LH's downtown office in Zurich (and I don't want this office being closed).

I have never been bumped, never been walked, never gone on a mileage run or never asked for an elite comp in an airline or hotel elite program (oops, except for one hotel program last year).

And once came very very close to joining the Mile High Club (heh, heh). I understand all its smiling members are very elite and very nice.

MisterNice

Once I've flown from Hamburg to Singapore without getting any miles - because I simply had forgotten about the fact that I had an SAS card.

In 1998 a friend and I had to drive to upstate Maine from Vernon, New York via Maryland b/c we forgot the tickets to the last show of the tour.

I haven't been on an airplane in two-and-a-half weeks. The withdrawl agony is intense and I must resist daily the impulse to book one of those cheap JFK-HKG runs on CX. Already have a transPacific booked in each of January and February, can I hold out against March!?

I have never flown Southwest.

I have never been to a Taco Bell or Jack in the Box or Pappa John's Pizza place.

Or the famous Donut chain in Canada Tim Horton's.

I have never drank newself's Crown Royal. Or most hard liquor fearing I would get sick. (remembering one horrible incident at PIP I)

I have never been to Latin America (except Cancun and a horrible weekend in Tijauana.)

And I have never done drugs (one thing I am very very proud of! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif )

Wow ... this game is much more difficult this year ... I think I did most everything this past year ... thanks to all you bad influences. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

I do have a few though:

Never memorized my hotel frequent stayer account numbers.

Never finished a Now 'N' Zen cookie (UA vegetarian-meal people will understand this).

Never resisted taking a bite of a Now 'N' Zen cookie because I always think they can't possibly be as bad as I remember them. (They are.)

Never paid for alcohol on an airplane.

Haven't checked a bag in at least 10 years.

Never ask for airline miles with a car rental.

Never asked for a paper ticket without being told over and over by most of the CTO ladies that e-tix are much better.

Never ate at that steak place many here like (can't think of the name), never ate at Krispy Kreme, never had a Red Bull, never smoked a cigar, never had a Starbucks coffee/latte/etc.

And I think I'll be able to repeat that last graph every year for at least the next 20. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

I left my airline ticket and passport in the desk of my hotel room in a small town about 30 miles from Munich. I took a train to Munich and didn't even realize they were missing until I was paged at the train station in Munich with a message from the hotel that they had found them.

Though I'm an obsessively loyal UA freak, I've begun to, like AnnaS, opt for non-stop flights over convoluted UA connections.

So, that's meant a number of AA flights this year that I, gulp--here's the sin--haven't even bothered to have my AAdvantage number registered for. And I have an AAdvantage number. Just to lazy to have them add it into my record.

I never flew on a paid airline ticket until I was 19, but I logged almost 1.2 million non-rev miles before then.

Lethiole, The name of that steak place many like here is Ruth's Chris.

They do have fish and other dishes.

But Krispy Kreame, it's awesome.

I did have my first Red Bull in Switzerland waiting for a train. It's not bad.

I prefer it straight, not mixed with anything.

I didn't go for AA's "20 Partners" promo this past summer, even though I picked up close to ten through normal activities.

My wife and I once checked out of a hotel and got on a reserved seat train from the Hague to Paris with all of our luggage and only discovered that we had left a day early when the couple who had seat reservation for OUR train seats showed up in Brussels to claim them. We got off the train and caught a train back to the Hague and talked the hotel there into letting us check back in to finish our prepaid stay there.

Sort of backwards to the rules as it was something I did.

Showed up at the airport for an international flight with my girlfriends passport instead of mine.

A couple of years ago I fell asleep on a train I thought was going from AMS to Central Station..woke up in BRU with an angry conductor yelling at me in French! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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MRKEY

Ok Jailer, you're on!

I actually went to a FlyerTalk 'Do' and did not have a beer! Even with Koko(Nogales)Nutz sitting at my table badgering me!

I did not get on AA 20/20 bandwagon.

I have never done a mileage run.

I did not fly on first class until this year, when I pretended to be my wife (name Lee) http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

I have never been bumped.

I have never been an elite level on NW or any airline...this was the breakthrough year until my mother in law shot my plan down, I was about to purchase NWorldVacations's special cyberfare to Bangkok, my wife had to let her mother know, who went ballistic that we are nuts since Osama was watching for our plane to shoot it down!

I left my digital camera in the Chicago Hilton room...surprisingly, I noticed it walking towards the terminal, I went back and the sweet housecleaning lady had returned it (I gave her a good tip)...happily I walked to the terminal again only to discover that my cell phone was missing, I had to go back up to the room and look for it, gone, running out of time to miss the plane, wondering on the flight that some very lucky person was calling his extended family, walking to the parking lot in Detroit I noticed a very weird sound coming from my suitcase, I opened it to find my cell phone in my shoe!!!!! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

I killed my first goldfish by overfeeding it, the food label said to feed it "several times a day", so I did, after 5 days of getting a super belly right out of a horror movie flick
Dennis (his name) finally became a martyr http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

When I first heard of Latin Pass I thought it was a pass to a night club http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

I sincerely thought the Lions were going to challenge for the Superbowl this year http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

I have never been to an airline club, the closest I got in it was seeing that movie with Afleck http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

I did participate by submitting a ridiculous humiliating picture of me with Healthy Choice stuff to win the 1 million miles contest (if I find the disk, I may show it to 'ya all)...my wife put a copy of it in our refrigerator door, bet ya your own wife has never laughed at you more than my wife did, now how humiliating is that! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Allright, I am running out of things to write, do I win? Regardless, you all have a good and peacefull 2002!

George

Once, I had to fly coach. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

arturo has knever bin two montana or washengton, an arturo liv en boarder steight. butt, arturo wood lik two go two washengton to sea hes frend punki.

arturo stihl luvs wengliss, an punki.



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Loving, Caring, Honest, Intelligent, Empathetic, Creative, and Giving.

1. I flew ATA once this year to save about $800 and didn't get ANY MILES!

2. I witnessed Newself not drinking beer at a FlyerTalk event.

Never traveled for business! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Never flown NW, CO or HP. Among current-run aircraft, never been on an A320 (plenty of 19s) or a B767.

Last week was the first time I ever remember having to sit in a middle seat. At least it was the second row of Y in a B757; could have been worse.

Never paid more than $100/night for a hotel room. Paid exactly $100 in NYC once; next most was around $72 in a national park lodge. That said, I've never stayed at a Motel 6... then again, never stayed at most nicer "business-class" hotels.

Does driving count? In the space of an hour an a half I got a speeding ticket, ran out of gas and locked my keys in my car. In that order, all separate incidents. I call it the Automotive Triple Crown. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

The pathos level is really heating up. I’m almost moved to tears.

However, unless Newself can provide a sworn affidavit, I find his claim a little unbelievable. Perhaps he drank so much beer he forgot that he drank.

Although my grandfather was one of the first elites at UA and I have been on a plane at least once a month since I was born, I never joined a frequent flyer program until I was 15.

I lost my passport this weekend. Ugh...it's even worse since I made this one myself (I interned once at an embassy abroad).

Jailer,

I can top em all.

I actually enjoy meeting and dining with flyertalkers.

Dan

After publicly sneering at the MILESPY/Valuemags opportunity to buy miles cheap, saying I needed more airline miles like a hole in the head (see Milesbuzz! MILESPY thread)....

I went ahead and got 50,000 Goldpoints (12,500 miles) by buying Valuemags subscriptions as Christmas gifts! I rationalized this action by deciding that I need to build my miles in ANOTHER airline besides United (where I have about 428,000 miles and growing). I'll probably put the 12,500 miles in AA (where I have only about 21,000).

I guess I could have avoided the humiliation by withholding the initial sneering.

Kathy