The Gate Lice are coming... the GATE LICE are coming
Mar 8, 2010, 12:47 pm
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The Gate Lice are coming... the GATE LICE are coming
Last night at MCO I observed the most United type of event I've ever seen on DL. It was ~ 20 minutes before boarding was set to start and there was this guy:
(sorry for the poor quality wanted to protect the innocent kettles in the gate area)
(sorry for the poor quality wanted to protect the innocent kettles in the gate area)
Mar 8, 2010, 12:48 pm
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I see this regularly...There's always at least ONE. Interestingly, they always seem surprised when zone 1 is called and people want to get by them (they're often zone 2 pax). They seem to have mastered that look of combined disbelief and mistrust..."Are YOU really in zone 1?"
Mar 8, 2010, 12:49 pm
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Now all we need are Gold BPs for elites, as well as the following boarding priority:
First Class, Diamonds and Platinums first (over the Breezeway of course)
Followed by Golds and ST E+ (no Breezeway for you!)
Followed by Zone 1, which is only Silvers and ST Elites (and those who pay for it)
Then Zones 2-4 of non-elites.
Then we'll have a true United experience!
First Class, Diamonds and Platinums first (over the Breezeway of course)
Followed by Golds and ST E+ (no Breezeway for you!)
Followed by Zone 1, which is only Silvers and ST Elites (and those who pay for it)
Then Zones 2-4 of non-elites.
Then we'll have a true United experience!
Mar 8, 2010, 12:50 pm
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My dear god..... I know about the lice from UA, but what about my fellow cockroaches at US? I haven't seem them in a DL gate area yet...
Mar 8, 2010, 12:53 pm
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Mar 8, 2010, 12:54 pm
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Mar 8, 2010, 12:55 pm
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Yes, you can tell a US Cockroach--we tend to devour anything that is for free as too many times before we have been forced to scavenge at the hands of the US execs that believe in the idea of SLF...
...wait until DL embraces *that* concept....
Because they won't let us to bring the Franzia on to the plane....
...wait until DL embraces *that* concept....
Because they won't let us to bring the Franzia on to the plane....
Mar 8, 2010, 1:02 pm
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Mar 8, 2010, 1:03 pm
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Gasp! He's got a rollerbag? Did you check for Medallion tags?
The Horror! Lines up early, has a rollerbag, and has medallion tags! Hide your children!
The joys of our sheltered lives! Gotta a love it.
The Horror! Lines up early, has a rollerbag, and has medallion tags! Hide your children!
The joys of our sheltered lives! Gotta a love it.
Mar 8, 2010, 1:04 pm
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Mar 8, 2010, 1:04 pm
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I saw somebody lined up 45 minutes before boarding NRT-LAX on Saturday. They weren't in the breezeway lane either. Why in the world would you want to rush on to sit in coach on a 744 1 hour before departure - the flight is long and painful enough as it is. I was one of the last one on the flight.
Mar 8, 2010, 1:06 pm
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I saw somebody lined up 45 minutes before boarding NRT-LAX on Saturday. They weren't in the breezeway lane either. Why in the world would you want to rush on to sit in coach on a 744 1 hour before departure - the flight is long and painful enough as it is. I was one of the last one on the flight.
Mar 8, 2010, 1:07 pm
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Mar 8, 2010, 1:08 pm
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Of course there was an elite tag. Care to guess which color. I'll give you a hint, it wasn't black, blue or gold.
