First Flight
Jan 20, 2003 | 9:40 am
#31
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Moreland Hills (CLE)
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In July of 1975 on a TWA 727 from STL to MSP. Followed the same day by a Chartered DC-10 to a Norwegian Air Force base for the Boy Scout World Jamboree in Lillehammer.
Jan 20, 2003 | 11:32 am
#32
Moderator, SkyTeam and Germany
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: FRA/STR/NUE
Programs: BA, LH, KL, EY, IHG, Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton, Radisson, H Rewards
Posts: 5,965
Seems I'm the late bloomer: I was around 14 when we flew STR-DBV (Stuttgart, Germany to Dubrovnik, former Yugoslavia) on Inex Adria Airlines... And after that: zero flights for another 4 or 5 years...
Jan 20, 2003 | 4:04 pm
#34
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
Posts: 128
7 Yrs old, ~1974. Western Airlines B737 for a trip to Disneyland. Flew the milk run YEG-YYC-GTF-SLC-LAX and return the same way. Don't remember much about the flight itself other than throwing up in the terminal at LAX after we arrived.
Jan 20, 2003 | 4:53 pm
#35
Moderator: Luxury Hotels and FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Palo Alto, California,USA
Posts: 18,242
I remember my older kid's first FF award, which is sort of the same thing.
It was back in the old days when the airlines hadn't figured things out.
We accumulated miles for the kid as an infant on 10% international fares -- and then cashed them in when he passed two years old for a free child's ticket.
No wonder Pan Am went bankrupt!!
It was back in the old days when the airlines hadn't figured things out.
We accumulated miles for the kid as an infant on 10% international fares -- and then cashed them in when he passed two years old for a free child's ticket.
No wonder Pan Am went bankrupt!!
Jan 23, 2003 | 6:10 pm
#37
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: IND
Programs: 1K 2MM
Posts: 218
My first trip was not too interesting: 1980 interviewing at schools. BOS-ORD-SAN (UA--channel 9 even then), LAX-SFO (UA), SFO-BOS (TWA). UA flights on 737's, TWA on a L-1011 (I think).
My daughter's first trip was more memorable. 1991, 1 day old, SAN-SEA (AS) on a MD-80. As new, and a bit surprised parents we were thankful she slept almost the entire way. She still enjoys flying, though now she wants to be awake and in front!
My daughter's first trip was more memorable. 1991, 1 day old, SAN-SEA (AS) on a MD-80. As new, and a bit surprised parents we were thankful she slept almost the entire way. She still enjoys flying, though now she wants to be awake and in front!
Jan 23, 2003 | 6:44 pm
#38
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Portland, Oregon; seat 3A
Programs: UA 1K 2021-22-23-24;Formerly a longtime UA Premier Exec; NW silver (legacy), Alaska Gold (way back)
Posts: 2,318
November 1967 on a United Boeing 707, Portland to JFK, first class at age 7 with my parents and younger sister. I think it was overnight. I remember having a sandwich on the plane and then having to use the little bag when we went through turbulence.
A classmate of Law Lord Sr. was a manager at the Waldorf-Astoria, so we were upgraded to a suite -- a LARGE suite maybe 20-25 floors up. I found out on next year's trip (coach, motel rooms, two sisters) not to expect this treatment again on Dad's nickel.
That spoiled me for travel, though it would be 20 years and maybe 50,000 miles before I would again be in first class.
United gave us children's entertainment kits: coloring book, crayons, "Junior Pilot" gold wings for me, and "Junior Stewardess" gold wings for my sister.
A classmate of Law Lord Sr. was a manager at the Waldorf-Astoria, so we were upgraded to a suite -- a LARGE suite maybe 20-25 floors up. I found out on next year's trip (coach, motel rooms, two sisters) not to expect this treatment again on Dad's nickel.
That spoiled me for travel, though it would be 20 years and maybe 50,000 miles before I would again be in first class.
United gave us children's entertainment kits: coloring book, crayons, "Junior Pilot" gold wings for me, and "Junior Stewardess" gold wings for my sister.