There should be a bonus for being #1 with 0 available.
Apr 15, 2015, 9:59 am
#1
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There should be a bonus for being #1 with 0 available.
Any time I get a complimentary upgrade I'm grateful and realize it's a benefit and not an entitlement. But many times, when you get to the #1 slot because you're #5 and there are 4 seats available, it can be a tad disappointing. I've gotten to the point that I just laugh about it, especially after 4 weeks in a row of getting it on my first flight of my return trip each Thursday.
It would be nice though if they (automatically) threw you a consolation prize of 1000 skymiles if you're that person. It would make it a little easier to take, LOL.
I know they don't owe anyone a thing, but it would be a nice gesture (which is counter to my "should" in the topic, I know)
okay, bring on the redundant onslaught of how they don't care etc.
It would be nice though if they (automatically) threw you a consolation prize of 1000 skymiles if you're that person. It would make it a little easier to take, LOL.
I know they don't owe anyone a thing, but it would be a nice gesture (which is counter to my "should" in the topic, I know)
okay, bring on the redundant onslaught of how they don't care etc.
Apr 15, 2015, 10:08 am
#2
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haha I've been #1 for 0 three times this year (including once with a RUC) and in no way do I think I'm owed something for the pain. If anything, it adds a frisson of anticipation while waiting at the gate. The crushing disappointment upon squeezing in to the board-thin slot in steerage is then alleviated by thinking that surely next time I'll win that particular lottery. Hope springs eternal.
Apr 15, 2015, 10:10 am
#3
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DL cares, and deeply at that, but they're also laughing as well.
Apr 15, 2015, 10:40 am
#6
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I can picture the jockeying already on short flights: "Hi, I'm currently #5 for 5 F seats on this ATL-HSV flight. Can you change my fare class from K to L to drop me to #6 so I can get 1000 extra miles?"
Apr 15, 2015, 12:21 pm
#7
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The problem is that as people board, they drop off the GIDS, and so on any given flight, a dozen people could think that they were #1 with 0 remaining.
If they fixed that issue, I agree it would be a fun "unpublished" promo. I'd put it at 500 miles and the Account Line Item should show as "Lucky Loser 500 miles."
If they fixed that issue, I agree it would be a fun "unpublished" promo. I'd put it at 500 miles and the Account Line Item should show as "Lucky Loser 500 miles."
Apr 15, 2015, 12:26 pm
#8
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The problem is that as people board, they drop off the GIDS, and so on any given flight, a dozen people could think that they were #1 with 0 remaining.
If they fixed that issue, I agree it would be a fun "unpublished" promo. I'd put it at 500 miles and the Account Line Item should show as "Lucky Loser 500 miles."
If they fixed that issue, I agree it would be a fun "unpublished" promo. I'd put it at 500 miles and the Account Line Item should show as "Lucky Loser 500 miles."
Apr 15, 2015, 1:43 pm
#12
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#1 with 0 - It's a bummer
I can't count the number of times I've been 1 for 0. I don't laugh, I don't cry, I just move along and think......thanks for playing, better luck next time.
I can't count the number of times I've been 1 for 0. I don't laugh, I don't cry, I just move along and think......thanks for playing, better luck next time.
Apr 15, 2015, 5:21 pm
#13
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Someone posts a thread that is clearly offered in good humor... and this is your "appropriate" response?
I hope that, on my worst days, I don't wake up in such a bad mood.
Apr 15, 2015, 6:29 pm
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