The Great Delta Board PBI-FLL Meet
May 3, 2004, 9:13 am
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Originally Posted by Cholula
Somehow, Ms. Everywhere sounds much more exotic than Hilda Higginbotham. 
May 3, 2004, 10:35 pm
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Delacpa, thank you for your kind words and I, too, look forward to meeting you.
I am not saying I am anxious for this particular trip to begin or anything, but I leave my house in 46 hours and 26 minutes!
I am not saying I am anxious for this particular trip to begin or anything, but I leave my house in 46 hours and 26 minutes!
May 7, 2004, 3:34 pm
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Has Grinstein accepted yet? Or does he quiver with fear at the thought of facing a large gathering of growling DL FFs?
Perhaps he should be invited to the Carvel gathering on Saturday to tweak his memory about the good old days of ice cream in F....but of course he was still running a railroad then.....
Hope to sneak in at the last moment......
Perhaps he should be invited to the Carvel gathering on Saturday to tweak his memory about the good old days of ice cream in F....but of course he was still running a railroad then.....
Hope to sneak in at the last moment......
May 7, 2004, 6:20 pm
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Originally Posted by Cholula
I only know a few FT'ers by their real name. Somehow, Ms. Everywhere sounds much more exotic than Hilda Higginbotham.
May 7, 2004, 6:23 pm
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Originally Posted by dedehans
Has Grinstein accepted yet? Or does he quiver with fear at the thought of facing a large gathering of growling DL FFs?
Perhaps he should be invited to the Carvel gathering on Saturday to tweak his memory about the good old days of ice cream in F....but of course he was still running a railroad then.....
Hope to sneak in at the last moment......
Perhaps he should be invited to the Carvel gathering on Saturday to tweak his memory about the good old days of ice cream in F....but of course he was still running a railroad then.....
Hope to sneak in at the last moment......
May 8, 2004, 4:47 am
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Traveller, I will try to get there but if not, will happily keep in touch with you and continue to pound away at DL about increasing service into MLB....and perhaps replacing those moldy old MD88s with 757s..... @:-)
Have you ever been on the 4:15 ATL/MLB at any time of year when they aren't oversold and asking for volunteers to get off for DL dollars credits?
I am always in too much of a rush to get home to take advantage of this but by now could have flown our entire family here from different parts of the northeast with the credits I have passed up...
Have you ever been on the 4:15 ATL/MLB at any time of year when they aren't oversold and asking for volunteers to get off for DL dollars credits?
I am always in too much of a rush to get home to take advantage of this but by now could have flown our entire family here from different parts of the northeast with the credits I have passed up...
May 8, 2004, 7:34 am
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Dedehans, I could have so many DL Dollars right now if I would want to get bumped, the problem is that I'd have to wait hours for the next flight and I just don't want to do that. I am never on the 4:30 pm flight, I usually can't get home until the 11pm or the horrid 1:00am RJ flight.
May 8, 2004, 10:09 am
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Originally Posted by dedehans
and perhaps replacing those moldy old MD88s with 757s..... @:-)
May 8, 2004, 2:16 pm
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Originally Posted by indufan
MD-88s, as a whole, are better than 757s sans IFE on long routes.
May 8, 2004, 3:04 pm
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Originally Posted by dspringer28
Why?
(who wants to deal with checked baggage anyway?)
May 8, 2004, 3:40 pm
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Originally Posted by dspringer28
Why?
May 8, 2004, 5:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Traveller
Dedehans, I could have so many DL Dollars right now if I would want to get bumped, the problem is that I'd have to wait hours for the next flight and I just don't want to do that. I am never on the 4:30 pm flight, I usually can't get home until the 11pm or the horrid 1:00am RJ flight.
Aah, traveller, you have my sympathy........on those late pm flights the worst thing that can happen is DL puts you up in one of those Draconian hotels at ATL.
There are not enough DL dollars out there to tempt me to do this. I will buckle up in the sausage (RJ) at whatever time they can get me home that night. I can call myself lucky in that I am usually coming off of international and the 4:15 or 4:30 usually is the final leg....
May 8, 2004, 5:35 pm
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Originally Posted by indufan
MD-88s, as a whole, are better than 757s sans IFE on long routes.
MD88s have 38 fewer seats than the 757....we in MLB need more seats! We have 3 MD 88s per day in here and if we had 3 757's we would have 114 more seats each way.....
Of course Traveller would agree with me that all the CRJs should be replaced with bigger planes. This fast growing part of Florida fills every last seat on every plane in and out of MLB and there is no end to the offers of Delta dollars for bump volunteers ....