What are the most stupid things you have heard people say when walking through F/J?
Aug 12, 2017, 10:30 pm
#17
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The fact that they know the front cabins of domestic flights as "First" doesn't help things.
Neither does this silly "Delta One" or "Polaris" baloney.
Aug 13, 2017, 12:37 am
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I had the opposite experience travelling on a business redemption from Zurich to the US. Two teenage boys travelling with their parents who were clearly used to flying around in business a lot from how they were talking, one of the kids made a comment along the lines of "imagine being a poor person having to sit back there - as they pointed to economy". The mother did rebuke him but not as strongly as she should have.
Aug 13, 2017, 12:54 am
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My favorite one isn't so much an "oh look at these people" but just a dumb thing I hear when sitting in J, or in the first few rows of Y.
"Ohh this is a small plane, last flight was way bigger."
Yea...no s***, you're flying from EWR-BUF in the middle of February, were you expecting a 744?
"Ohh this is a small plane, last flight was way bigger."
Yea...no s***, you're flying from EWR-BUF in the middle of February, were you expecting a 744?
Aug 13, 2017, 1:47 am
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Aug 13, 2017, 5:12 am
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Not exactly perfect for this thread but I once waited in the Sky Priority security line in Singapore (security screening is at the gate in SIN) behind an apparent non-American expat family and overheard the 12 year old boy complain "I hate American airlines! Why do we have to wait in this queue like dirty poor people?!". Yes, the Sky line was unusually long but I was pretty stunned nevertheless.
Aug 13, 2017, 6:31 am
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The same people who would be kissing your xxx if you threw them some wadded up cash. It's funny how people think that others should spend their money. It's their money they can do whatever makes them happy with it. You only live once. I guess that's when private jet work great. You don't have to deal with too many folks.
Aug 13, 2017, 6:43 am
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I wouldn't know as I don't pay any attention to those peasants and their ill-considered opinions. Just kidding, I don't think I've ever heard anything beyond some version of "Oh that looks nice". In general, I find most people are very focused on themselves and their stuff during boarding.
Aug 13, 2017, 6:50 am
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I know people that regularly fly F or D1 know what I'm talking about...in the constant stream of passengers walking back to Y there are always a few that think they are making smart comments about the premium cabin...
I'll start:
Mother to daughter in her late teens on a B767 LAX-JFK redeye: "this is NOT where we are sitting. These people had their boss pay for their tickets".
Any others that come to mind?
I'll start:
Mother to daughter in her late teens on a B767 LAX-JFK redeye: "this is NOT where we are sitting. These people had their boss pay for their tickets".
Any others that come to mind?
Aug 13, 2017, 7:08 am
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Quite awkward.. No stupid remarks however, only about´how big those seats are´.
Aug 13, 2017, 7:10 am
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My parents were strict economy people. Of course back then economy was actually somewhat comfortable. They easily could have afforded business or first. Every time I sit in my business seat, I hear, in my head, my late Dad's voice, "the back off the plane gets there,the same time as the front"