“Do You Know Who I Am?”: The Definitive Thread of DYKWIA Stories
Dec 31, 2014, 6:56 am
#4561
Join Date: Dec 2014
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Not so much in the case of the new Berlin airport. Now looking to open six years behind schedule:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayi...2017/20434317/
David
http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayi...2017/20434317/
David
Dec 31, 2014, 8:26 am
#4562
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Toledo, OH
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At the DTW main sc right now and someone was complaining he couldnt guest his four year in for free with his am ex card (I couldn't tell which one he had) when I checked in. He was complaining his wife and him each had a card they pay a big annual fee on and they fly Delta all the time and a four year old wasn't going to eat much or drink lol. The dragon said the policy has been in effect for quite some time and he told her he has always been able to bring on his four year old with no problem but the dragon didn't bite. Not sure how it turned out but I don't see them up here
. I felt like telling him if they flew delta that much they would have known about this change that happened over six months ago and he would also be diamond which would allow him to guest in two people currently anyway
I have never seen the sc this dead on a Thursday morning. Not sure if the changes have anything to do with ur or if it's because it's New Years eve or a combo of the two. Wish it was this quiet all the time, only me and one other person in the back work area where there are the four cubicles and wifi is very fast
. I felt like telling him if they flew delta that much they would have known about this change that happened over six months ago and he would also be diamond which would allow him to guest in two people currently anywayI have never seen the sc this dead on a Thursday morning. Not sure if the changes have anything to do with ur or if it's because it's New Years eve or a combo of the two. Wish it was this quiet all the time, only me and one other person in the back work area where there are the four cubicles and wifi is very fast
Dec 31, 2014, 10:12 am
#4564
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What bugs me most isn't even really Mr. Zone 3 lugging all that aboard. It's the complete indifference that the GA showed. If he's carrying things for someone else, fine, but that should at least result in the GA stopping him to ask, and him having to explain that his companion is still in the shop/restroom/PF Changs/whatever.
Dec 31, 2014, 10:36 am
#4565
Join Date: May 2008
Location: YYZ
Posts: 2,636
When logging on, an agent selects the airline and it brings up the GDS, but the GIDS are on a separate system.
Dec 31, 2014, 11:25 am
#4566
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DYKWMSI (Do you know who my spouse is?):
I had a four hour delay in Cleveland yesterday trying to get back to Atlanta. I overheard a woman at the desk forcefully instructing the gate agent that he would have to accommodate her on whatever new routing she wanted because her "husband is the highest level; he flew a gazillion miles" with Delta this year. I'm not sure what a "gazillion" actually is, but it sure sounds like a lot. Maybe her husband took the round trip from ATL to DSoM (dark side of the moon) weekly this year.
I had a four hour delay in Cleveland yesterday trying to get back to Atlanta. I overheard a woman at the desk forcefully instructing the gate agent that he would have to accommodate her on whatever new routing she wanted because her "husband is the highest level; he flew a gazillion miles" with Delta this year. I'm not sure what a "gazillion" actually is, but it sure sounds like a lot. Maybe her husband took the round trip from ATL to DSoM (dark side of the moon) weekly this year.
Dec 31, 2014, 11:29 am
#4567
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I did get on one Delta Connection flight and the FA did an excellent job at enforcing the rules for baggage and getting people into their seats quickly. I was impressed, but then all the other Diamond flyers around me complained that she was too uptight.
I guess they cannot win.
Dec 31, 2014, 2:38 pm
#4568
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Saw one on a MAD-ATL flight today. 767-300 where 13 is the first row in Y. The woman in 13C gets onboard late and finds bags in the bins above Row 13. She starts demanding to know who put them there saying it's "her space". Of course it turns out the people in 13AB did it and it's certainly their space too 
Dec 31, 2014, 3:58 pm
#4569
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: missing YX more every day
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somebody else's bin space?
Saw one on a MAD-ATL flight today. 767-300 where 13 is the first row in Y. The woman in 13C gets onboard late and finds bags in the bins above Row 13. She starts demanding to know who put them there saying it's "her space". Of course it turns out the people in 13AB did it and it's certainly their space too
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Dec 31, 2014, 8:31 pm
#4570
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: EWR/SNA/SUN
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At the DTW main sc right now and someone was complaining he couldnt guest his four year in for free with his am ex card (I couldn't tell which one he had) when I checked in. He was complaining his wife and him each had a card they pay a big annual fee on and they fly Delta all the time and a four year old wasn't going to eat much or drink lol. The dragon said the policy has been in effect for quite some time and he told her he has always been able to bring on his four year old with no problem but the dragon didn't bite. Not sure how it turned out but I don't see them up here. I felt like telling him if they flew delta that much they would have known about this change that happened over six months ago and he would also be diamond which would allow him to guest in two people currently anyway
. I felt like telling him if they flew delta that much they would have known about this change that happened over six months ago and he would also be diamond which would allow him to guest in two people currently anyway
I have never seen the sc this dead on a Thursday morning. Not sure if the changes have anything to do with ur or if it's because it's New Years eve or a combo of the two. Wish it was this quiet all the time, only me and one other person in the back work area where there are the four cubicles and wifi is very fast
Dec 31, 2014, 9:36 pm
#4571
was thetravelingRedhead
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Location: Western Michigan
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Saw one on a MAD-ATL flight today. 767-300 where 13 is the first row in Y. The woman in 13C gets onboard late and finds bags in the bins above Row 13. She starts demanding to know who put them there saying it's "her space". Of course it turns out the people in 13AB did it and it's certainly their space too
Disclaimer: Delta is not responsible for the freezing climate, ice, hypothermia,smells, injury or Death that you may incur flying EconmyULD+++
Note 1: not available on narrow body planes or Connection Flights due to pesky FAA regulations
Note 2: Delta is not responsible for the presence of the following in EconomyULD+++: dogs, cats, fish, mice, squirrels, Kangaroos, penguins, Bugs, bees, cows, sheep, goats, and Jeff Smisek
(im going to hell in hand basket for this
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Jan 1, 2015, 11:39 am
#4572
Join Date: Jul 2014
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if she wants her "own space" she can gladly book Deltas newest class: Delta EconomyULD+++, featuring your own personal suite on the lowest deck of every widebody Delta plane (see note 1), pressurized, and a box of Biscoff cookies for your meaL! Plus you are one of the first off if you buy our Priority tag, you have your own personal TSA screening, and don't have to deal with pesky humans ((see note 2). Also, your receive 150% SkyMiles (Pesos) and half the MQDs!
Disclaimer: Delta is not responsible for the freezing climate, ice, hypothermia,smells, injury or Death that you may incur flying EconmyULD+++
Note 1: not available on narrow body planes or Connection Flights due to pesky FAA regulations
Note 2: Delta is not responsible for the presence of the following in EconomyULD+++: dogs, cats, fish, mice, squirrels, Kangaroos, penguins, Bugs, bees, cows, sheep, goats, and Jeff Smisek
(im going to hell in hand basket for this )
Disclaimer: Delta is not responsible for the freezing climate, ice, hypothermia,smells, injury or Death that you may incur flying EconmyULD+++
Note 1: not available on narrow body planes or Connection Flights due to pesky FAA regulations
Note 2: Delta is not responsible for the presence of the following in EconomyULD+++: dogs, cats, fish, mice, squirrels, Kangaroos, penguins, Bugs, bees, cows, sheep, goats, and Jeff Smisek
(im going to hell in hand basket for this
)I'll join you.
Jan 1, 2015, 12:48 pm
#4573
Join Date: Oct 2011
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Jan 2, 2015, 12:18 pm
#4575
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 662
Because they are common use and designed and implemented by the airport. The airlines don't have much room to put their own systems on there. Everything in the Terminal is designed to be able to be used by all airlines. In practice, individual gates are still dedicated to the sole use of an airline, but if on a moment's notice the airlines had to relocate, no infrastructure would have to change. the same goes for the check-in counters.
When logging on, an agent selects the airline and it brings up the GDS, but the GIDS are on a separate system.
When logging on, an agent selects the airline and it brings up the GDS, but the GIDS are on a separate system.
Thanks for the explanation.
This seems like a shortsighted, airport-friendly vs. airline- or passenger-friendly decision. If other airports can pull this off, RDU can pull this off. They've done a lot to make us not look like a hick station, but this is a (minor) cattle-town move.