does any body know what the colonel flying club is i saw somebody with a lugge tag on it any whant to know how many miles you had to fly to get it and what are the perks

In order to become a member, I believe you must fly 1,000,000 base miles during your lifetime; after 1,000,000 base miles, you also get lifetime silver medallion level benefits.

1. I think Justin is confusing Flying Colonel with Million Miler.

2. emmett_s seems to be fishing all over the place for info. Check out his posts at the AA, CO and US pages claiming to have lost his elite status card (a different story each place, not like they were all in a case that got stolen) and asking people to tell him what the private phone # is. His profile says he's a "travel consultant" but the questions he asks, to say nothing of his spelling and his grammar, don't sound like it.

FYI for all. Delta's Flying Colonel program was established to recognize members of the community who have been supportive of Delta Air Lines. To be a Flying Colonel the member was nominated by someone else. At the present time there are no benefits to the program other than the status itself. The Flying Colonels used to receive complimentary crown room memberships but that was discontinued earlier this year.

I agree with EFREM abiut "Emmett_S"..
I suggest not answering his questions as he is on all threads with fraudulant questions...including requests for elite desk phone numbers.

I agree with ignoring emmett_s. I once thought he was serious when a question appeared. Now after seeing him appear on
numerous threads with ridiculous questions,
he should have 0 replies and a spellchecker.

I wish I read all the other problems with
Emmett_s before I spent time responding to
one of his questions.

Could Emmett_s be related to Sistertodd?

Where is the dear sister lately?

ok i am soory but you don't know me that well enought ok so i ask alot of info but i amn't a fraud and so of the question are not that good as for that travel conuslant on my profile i didn't want to put that on my profile in fact i didn't even know it was there.

YIPES!

Back to the Flying Colonel issue. A friend of mine, who is a Flying Colonel, wrote Delta Marketing when he received word that the complimentary Crown Room membership was being discontinued. He pointed out that he had supported Delta for many years. He wrote the letter on his Million Miler Stationery received from Delta. They gave him his complimentary membership back.

Sorry, got the flying Colonel and million miler confused...I was posting from memory.

I know somebody who used to be a Flying Colonel. He said that in place of Crown Room memberships he was offered the option of a lifetime of special meals--all fried, in buckets.

To be considered for membership he said that he had to sign a paper saying that he loved changing planes at the Atlanta airport, and that Delta cabins are spotlessly clean (except, of course, for the grease from the aforementioned buckets).

Another perk seems to be that you can get an L Class upgrade if, and only if, you are wearing a white suit and a string tie.

I had been a Flying Colonel with Delta for almost twenty years. (An honorary status given their most loyal customers.)

About a year ago, Delta ended this program without any real explanation.

I had flown Delta when it was many notches above all other American carriers. They actually had a commuter desk for me to call and obtain reservations.

I had stayed away from Delta because of my disatisfaction. I recently flew out of Atlanta. I had connected in from Miami. Once the plane was boarded, the pilot announced that there was a problem with the navigational system and we would have to change planes. I spoke with him privately and he told me that the plane had sat for two hours from its last destination, that Atlanta maintenance knew of the problem and did nothing to correct it during that time. He only found out about it when he began his pre-flight check list.

He was as frustrated as I was.

My communication with the Delta Customer Service department matches the service given in the air.

Have you ever tried to reach the headquarters switchboard in Atlanta?

This is like the old Eastern Airlines.

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speedbird001

I'm sure it was a revenue issue. I was (still am I guess) an FC since '86. The only 2 real benefits that I recall were the free CR access and the comment that was made by 1 Red Coat which was to show my "FC" card and not my Royal Medallion (remember that) as the FC had more clout when needing a favor.

TW

I must respectfully disagree that FC status was given to Delta's most loyal customers.
I was seated next to a guy a few years back when he started bragging about being a FC. He told me that it was his first time to ever fly Delta, that a friend of his who worked at the Delta marketing office in ATL had sent him the card.
Here I was flying over 100 segments per year on Delta for my free Crown Room membership, and a guy is bragging that he may fly three or four trips per year on Delta, but had been given FC status.
When I returned home I went to my local Delta marketing office and asked about the FC program. I was told the program was to be discontinued in the future, which it has been. I was also told that FC's were people which Delta felt could steer business their way....and it had nothing to do with how much a person flew Delta, it was strickly a marketing program.