You know you fly Delta too much when...
Jan 24, 2011, 11:14 am
#61
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: MKE
Programs: BA Gold, DL PM, Hilton Gold
Posts: 2,241
Never refer to home airport/destination by name, only IATA code
You think all normal people do MRs
premium DL number is on iphone as well as memorized
You know the movie selection of the month
You know the Biz Elite menu (and what you want off it)
The SC agents know you by name
The FA doesn't ask for your drink (they know already)
You pick routes based on craft type
You know 4 alternative routes in case of IRROPS
Dave
You think all normal people do MRs
premium DL number is on iphone as well as memorized
You know the movie selection of the month
You know the Biz Elite menu (and what you want off it)
The SC agents know you by name
The FA doesn't ask for your drink (they know already)
You pick routes based on craft type
You know 4 alternative routes in case of IRROPS
Dave
Jan 24, 2011, 11:23 am
#62
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: JFK,ATL,LGA (the rest of the world follows)
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*When you get stuck, and the FA drives you home, on the way to his home
*When you see the FA, and ask her how was HER vacation,
*You can remind the FA that on THIS plane, the demo. mask is on the left side and not at the place it is usually stored
*When you know the FA's grandchildren's names
*You ask the GA what happened to the PIT football shirt he was wearing before
*Your co-workers are surprised that you are NOT GOING ANYWHERE this weekend
*Someone at he cafeteria talks to her husband who is waiting for a flight, and I give her directions to the best resturant at his terminal (DTW, Japanese ramen, you should try)
*You are out of flying for only three weeks, and you feel like you've missed something... (yes, this DM did not go to the airport for three weeks!)
*When you see the FA, and ask her how was HER vacation,
*You can remind the FA that on THIS plane, the demo. mask is on the left side and not at the place it is usually stored
*When you know the FA's grandchildren's names
*You ask the GA what happened to the PIT football shirt he was wearing before
*Your co-workers are surprised that you are NOT GOING ANYWHERE this weekend
*Someone at he cafeteria talks to her husband who is waiting for a flight, and I give her directions to the best resturant at his terminal (DTW, Japanese ramen, you should try)
*You are out of flying for only three weeks, and you feel like you've missed something... (yes, this DM did not go to the airport for three weeks!)
Jan 24, 2011, 11:26 am
#63
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Jan 24, 2011, 11:50 am
#65
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Didn't know where this thread was going, but glad to see it's still around 
. I've gotten a kick out of quite a few of these!
. I've gotten a kick out of quite a few of these!
Jan 24, 2011, 12:42 pm
#66
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Phoenix
Programs: DL Million Miler, Skymiles GM, Marriott Lifetime Platinum Elite
Posts: 677
* when you expend time thinking that the safety video's Sparkly-Tooth-Guy really doesn't get his fair share of the recognition compared to Deltalina.
* when you immediately chuckle at the above because you know exactly what I'm referring to and agree now that I've made you think about it.
* when you have a spreadsheet that details the +/- points of each hub based on upgrade likelihood, SC quality, plane configurations per route and the number of possible IRROPS fallback options.
* when you immediately chuckle at the above because you know exactly what I'm referring to and agree now that I've made you think about it.
* when you have a spreadsheet that details the +/- points of each hub based on upgrade likelihood, SC quality, plane configurations per route and the number of possible IRROPS fallback options.
Jan 25, 2011, 6:47 am
#67
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: MCO
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* When you have a FA call button next to your bed
* When you are finally home for a whole week -- meet your neighbors and find out they've lived next door to you for 5 years
* When you use SeatGuru to find the best seats in a movie theater
* When you are finally home for a whole week -- meet your neighbors and find out they've lived next door to you for 5 years
* When you use SeatGuru to find the best seats in a movie theater
Jan 25, 2011, 7:57 am
#68
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: SLC/DCA
Programs: DL DM (and NRSA), UA NA, HH Dia, National Exec Elite
Posts: 1,764
I thought the new bartender at the SLC SC looked familiar
Jan 25, 2011, 8:44 am
#69
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: ATL
Programs: DL:DM;DL Reserve; LT Marriott Platinum; Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 186
* When you look for the Sky Priority lane at the movie theater
* When you walk around the house randomly quoting the safety presentation.
* When you boss IMs you while airborne and asks that you tell him how to get from his arrival gate to his departure gate given his tight connection time.
* When your co-workers get mad because you didn't email them a miles promo that you send out to some of your other co-workers.
* When you walk around the house randomly quoting the safety presentation.
* When you boss IMs you while airborne and asks that you tell him how to get from his arrival gate to his departure gate given his tight connection time.
* When your co-workers get mad because you didn't email them a miles promo that you send out to some of your other co-workers.
Jan 29, 2011, 9:21 am
#71
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You repaint your car every two years and update the logos on it too.
Jan 30, 2011, 7:20 am
#72
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- All your coat pockets have Korres lip balm in them
- You remind the FA's to put the Champagne on ice, and that the fake sparkling stuff is only for PDB
- You automatically refold Coke napkins inside out so you have a bit more absorbant surface
- You remind the FA's to put the Champagne on ice, and that the fake sparkling stuff is only for PDB
- You automatically refold Coke napkins inside out so you have a bit more absorbant surface
Jan 30, 2011, 8:06 am
#73
Join Date: Nov 2003
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1. You run into DL FAs at an AMS bar and spend the evening running drinks for them
2. You install a Sky Priority lane in your office to handle issues from your employees.
3. FAs know you well enough to know when you're about to have a bad da and send you off with a to-go bag
4. After getting pulled over for driving in the HOV lane with only one person in the car you try to reason with the officer by flashing your Diamond Medallion card and insisting that the HOV lane is no different than the Sky Priority lane which makes you entitled to use it.
2. You install a Sky Priority lane in your office to handle issues from your employees.
3. FAs know you well enough to know when you're about to have a bad da and send you off with a to-go bag
4. After getting pulled over for driving in the HOV lane with only one person in the car you try to reason with the officer by flashing your Diamond Medallion card and insisting that the HOV lane is no different than the Sky Priority lane which makes you entitled to use it.
Jan 30, 2011, 8:16 am
#74
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: CHI/MSP
Programs: Delta Platinum, United Prem Exec
Posts: 1,334
You remember when Delta had a commercial that compared itself to a symphony orchestra (circa 1984).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nEYvuz3FHk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nEYvuz3FHk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORq5JwU40A0
Feb 3, 2011, 2:45 pm
#75
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Based NYC
Programs: DL MM/PM, UA Plat, AA Exec Plat
Posts: 16
You reach instinctively to push the button below the sink to flush the lav on an MD-88....and you aren't on one.
You ride the Terminal 3 tram at CVG to lonely Concourse B and still hear in your head "...and the shuttle bus connection to Comair's Concourse C Gates"
You ride the Terminal 3 tram at CVG to lonely Concourse B and still hear in your head "...and the shuttle bus connection to Comair's Concourse C Gates"
Last edited by petrogradian; Feb 3, 2011 at 2:48 pm Reason: another memory