I know it wasn't anti-agent, but my definition of anti-agent is probably an abnormally wide one thanks in no small part to certain idiots on FT, like the guy who posted that he was ending a long relationship with the same agent because the agent booked something in a 50% EQM bucket. He had no instructions to the contrary in the profile that the agent kept on him.

I wouldn't want to put a Boxer in a bad spot, but I would like to help keep my mother afloat.

I believe the Thomson seat is what they are using on the 764s.

Well, people are stupid, you know this and shouldn't be surprised by this. The flip side, sure the idiot is no longer using an agent, but if he was pissed off by that, he likely wasn't a great customer and thus not worth it. Sometimes you just have to let some business go in an order to maintain your own sanity and serve the people who do respect you.

And I wasn't implying that you were. The UA reroutes to get talked about in awe at times and it was only fair to point that out.

UA will absolutely help you in the middle of transit if something goes wrong on a TA issued tix. It's just pre-departure that they won't touch it.

“I didn’t know touching could heal gangrene.”

:rolleyes:

I don't think they're just touching them, they're rubbing them with $100 bills. I've heard that works.

I shall have to investigate this. :-:

Sorry... :o

OWWWW. Ow, ow, ow. :( I'm fine now, though the nerves were crying for a few minutes.

Ironically enough for someone as accident-prone as I am, I have never gotten "really" hurt (blood, stitches, broken things) in anything other than a completely sober state. (knock on wood) Of course, in one case the other party had had more than enough for both of us... :rolleyes:

Yay! Yes, this idea is SPECIFICALLY aimed at the beginners/re-beginners.

I think it was Hartmann who posted the Couch to 5k thingie.

I think i'm going to give that a shot to try and get back into the routine.

I hereby declare today General Member Appreciation Day.

It is never the stupidity that surprises me when I read stuff like that. It's the contempt.

No implication taken. ^ Besides, if there is a pre-departure schedule change that you want to take advantage of and the schedule change you want is within the rules, that's what the agent is there for. With commission long dead, the service fee buys you the ability to edit the ticket as needed. When an agent logs on to the GDS in the morning, there is a list of items that have changed since their last login. Among them are schedule changes. Good agents make the call to alert the client and don't wait to get the call.

Oh THAT's where I came across that website! I had bookmarked it but completely forgotten whence it came. :)

My biggest issue is that I can't sustain any kind of speed beyond a totally pedestrian jog for any length of time, so this is a good plan.

Appreciation of General Members Is Possible?

The contempt comes from the sense of entitlement.


Good. I honestly don't know how much an agent can get away with, so you can comment on that.

There are times that UA will violate it's own rules in reroutes so that wouldn't be an option and I'd hate to see your mom get hit with a debit memo.

The key is to not go to bed from the night before and you are fine!! ;)

I thought what happens in PRG stays in PRG!!

My biggest problem is that I'm lazy. I hope that breaking it into small bits I pull a fast one on myself. :D