Define Riff-Raff?
 

Dear Colleagues:

I'm trying to catch up on the glossary of terms used in the threads and most I'm getting because of context. But what is "Riff-Raff"? Folks who are upgraded and are rude? How do we distinguish them from folks who buy the seat and are rude?

FPP

Negative. Folks who attain status via trips from personal funds and trashy fare buckets [L, T, S].
Long live the Riff-Raff! ^

Outside of FT, a variety of definitions, synonymous with words like proletarian and nincompoop.

A handyman, from another planet, in a movie a long-long time ago

Damnit Janet

there are several FT meanings of "Riff-Raff"
1) Riff Raff Plat/elites - elites(platinums) who earn their status via bottom of the barrell fare buckets(X,S, T, L). With extremely well-planned out runs, RR plat can be had for under $2000.
2) Riff-Raff pax - leisure travelers (see the show Airline)

I have no idea what pax pay for tickets, but I have learned not to judge people based on appearance, age, etc. Sometimes these are CO's top customers. I, however, NEVER want to see a guys feet or armpits on a flight.

make sure to get them all (Q, I, S, W, T, X, L)

I need you to start booking my flights, that's like 2.6 cents/mile. Hard to do if yoou ask me

my best this year is:
1.8c/EQM
and 0.6c / RM

channa can do better than I, however.

But how many miles did you do at that? Enough for Plat?

and probably better than about 99 and 4/100 of the other folks on here

I made platinum at a rate of 5.1c/EQM, or roughly $4,000, all transcon. (That's still riff-raff.)

Or maybe to those who actually pay for their FC seat, a riff-raff might be anyone sitting in FC who did not actually pay for the seat - i.e. most people on here by the look of it! :p

So how do you call a top Tier flier pay out of own pocket bu only F/A fare (occacional C if F not available) Raff-Riff???

There use to be a consistent loophole in CO's system. 5,244 EQMs which would yield 18,978 bonus miles to a Plat with the Chase double mile bonus (the extra 2K came from the co.com online booking bonus by making to tickets instead of one). $.0176 / EQM, $.0048 / bonus mile = Plat for only $1,320.

People posted this in the MR forum repeatedly and CO wised up and 'fixed' the problem. :( Moral of the story: if you don’t want to ruin a good deal -- don’t post it, PM it!

PS. channa was the one who showed me this

RIFF RAFF can be defined as some CO commuters.

I did EWR LAX this week and was in 8C. 3 CO Flight Attendants came in (orthopedic shoes and all) with two having 4 bags and 1 have five bags (not including purses). Little bit later in the flight I found out that they had just come in from HKG and was pissed that they couldnt find overhead space to stow their trunks. Short of demanding their bags be stowed in the midcabin closet- they did. Then about half way thru the flight I was awakened to a loud grunt. I thought - what the hell! The grunt was all three of them snoring louder than a jack hammer on the sidewalk. I though RIFF RAFF

Bargain basement (Riff raff) fares account for about 15% of my EQM
most my EQM come from going to TLV in BF (30k EQM a pop, and @ nominal cost of 2600 (8.6c/eqm)) but it paid BF.
so Plat = 2 RT + a little domestic flying.

Best answer on the list. :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
Damn I'm old... :(

FWIW

DLM

Guilty as charged ....
 

Hm, may have to rethink this MR thing. Just turned down an extra 2,500 EQMs because it only yielded 3.5 c/EQM on top of a flight I was going to take anyway.

But I behave myself, don't fart, only have one carryon, and fill seats that would otherwise go empty (leisure travel - finally scored my first business travel in over a year).

And it's Dammit, Janet .....

EmailKid, still contending that common curtesy is dead for all intensive purposes :rolleyes:

Rff Raff = Opposite of people who are 2 paychecks away from losing their house and car anyway -and- who think the airlines owe them First Class seats for life. THey would also like the aircraft they fly on to be reserved for other business drones, sorry I mean travelers who look like them, speak the same language as them and bring aboard smaller carry on bags than them.

Long live the riff raff. They are much more interesting to sit next to anyway.

You had me going till you got to the last sentence
 

Don't recall the last time I had an interesting conversation in coach. Better yet, make that NEVER :td: . Seems that all the spinners have another seat, and the riff raff has the seat next to me unless I get the UG (I'm not riff-raff, just riff-raff Elite).

Had a few interesting conversations up front when the UG cleared, and quite frankly, except for the popcorn idiot, that was the best part of the UG. Well that, and the free drinks.

EmailKid

What movie was that?

See also Flight Attendant Dress Code/Body Jewerly [sic] (tongue-studded flight attendants and their riff-raff apologists)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=455391

Probably for all intents and purposes, too. ;)

As is spelling. :)

That would be the cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show, Janet being then pretty much unknown Susan Sarandon. Words delivered by Brad IIRC.

EmailKid

hilarious

And maybe it's because I'm a great conversationalist, but I enjoy my conversations in coach. Thankfully, I'm always put next to decent people.

Riff-Raff: business travelers whose employers require them to book their airfare through the corporate travel agent (as opposed to those who are allowed to buy through CO.com) and receive 50% EQM, zero EQP, no 1,000 mile CO.com bonus, and are generally treated like trash by CO.

Two paychecks? Wouldn't that be considered a lot of savings compared to what most Americans have in the bank these days? :D

Does this mean no more sleeveless shirts and I cant take my sandles off?

-Vincent

ROTFLMAO!