A Plan to Make The Delta Skymiles Forum more User-Friendly
May 26, 2011, 10:28 pm
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Invited Thread: The Amazing, and Slightly Intoxicated, Travels of Thomas Hudson – Included because this would be my favorite thread if it existed. This thread would be sponsored by Woodford Reserve who would award a bottle of their fine bourbon each week to Thomas Hudson for the best post by Thomas Hudson which involved him polishing off the bottle he had been awarded the previous week.
May 26, 2011, 10:29 pm
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OP, great job. I'd add one more:
"I'm sick of hearing you complain, so stop it" Thread
"I'm sick of hearing you complain, so stop it" Thread
May 27, 2011, 2:39 am
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It is a good thing I did not write a song parody to accompany this thread.
I must admit that this is the most creative suggestion yet for trying to have us organize a third Delta Air Lines FlyerTalk Event.
Nice try.
That idea grates on me for some reason.
That will only happen when you care enough to post the very best content.
If you are talking about “Delta sucks” and “delta.dum”, wouldn’t the logical sponsor be the Spangler Candy Company, which manufactures Dum Dum lollipops?
Is that how you would — er — book a Delta Air Lines SkyMiles award ticket?!?
Better yet, have Apple sponsor this thread and re-name it iPad my Balance.
Let me think about this idea on my next Braniff, National, Northwest, America West or Aloha Airlines flight.
I think this thread should be sponsored by none other than Sheena Easton.
I am completely in favor of this idea, as long as nobody cuts the cheese.
I may be blowing smoke, butt I believe this thread will simply go to pot.
Don’t worry — I have no idea what goes on in the Delta Forum Lounge Thread either.
In fact, I might just permanently suspend the posting privileges of the deranged FlyerTalk member who launched that thread in the first place...
In addition to suggesting titles and descriptions of the 15 threads, I also have thrown out some great ideas for sponsors of each thread. These sponsors could generate revenue for the forum to pay for the next DO (which I think should be held at a different hub, say CDG), and could also provide exciting prizes to the bests posts in the thread they sponsor. I welcome anyone’s thoughts.
Nice try.
Delta Sucks – This is where all the posts about rude FAs, poor service, IROPS, and all the other grumbling could be shared. To keep this thread from getting to long, a poll would be included in the initial post which asked: “Have you gotten the shaft from Delta.dum?” The poll’s choices would be ‘Yes,’ ‘Big-time,’ and ‘Currently being talked off of a ledge.’ The thread would be sponsored by Delta who would allow the OP of the most ‘saddening’ post of the month to write the form letter which would be sent to every online complaint received by Delta that month.
Pad my Balance – This is where all the posts about Delta promotions could be discussed with reckless abandon, and with little regard to the impact they will have on the SkyMiles Program. Especially encouraged would be posts which dissect each term and condition of promotions to allow for SM Members to extract maximum value. This thread would be sponsored by American Express and the most industrious posting of the month would receive a free companion certificate, complete with more restrictions then one of those “You have won a free 8 day cruise” postcards.
The Official 'Sheena Sighting' Thread – Self Explanatory for most, but this would be the place to report all those incidents, real or imagined, about crooked GAs, evil non-revs, mysterious GIDS anomalies, and other sightings of the infamous old gal. This thread would be sponsored jointly by Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy. Each month a prize would be awarded for the most egregious incident like, “I was 1 of 1 for 8 seats in F and ended up in the baggage compartment.” The prize would vary based on whether or not the author of the post had been a good little girl/boy.
Who Moved my (fake) Cheese – This would be the place to report any changes in service policies, whether related to the Delta hard or soft product. Items of great importance like snack basket changes, current cereal brands being served, FEBO/FEFO, PFB, and all the other things that really matter to customers could be discussed here. Posts containing the words “Biscoff” or “Woodford” would automatically be bolded throughout the thread. This thread would be sponsored by Bombardier who would award the author of the most informative post each month (like one commenting on the quality of the soap in the F lav.) with their choice of a CRJ-100 aircraft or $2 cash.
In fact, I might just permanently suspend the posting privileges of the deranged FlyerTalk member who launched that thread in the first place...
May 27, 2011, 5:59 am
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Oh, and funny thread OP... I hope you were on vacation!
Great ideas... and a good way to start a Friday morning of a long weekend...
May 27, 2011, 7:26 am
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I was informed by someone in the know that my posts are not funny, but actually drivel, so from here on out I will be focusing factually on matters of high importance such as fake cheese, free soup, and why all Delta employees should be fired and all Non Revs should be forced to sit in middle seats and beaten....
Oh, and funny thread OP... I hope you were on vacation!
Oh, and funny thread OP... I hope you were on vacation!