Free drinks for AY Plats [and other experience reports of Plat recognition]
Jan 15, 2020, 3:12 pm
#796
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Tokyo
Programs: JAL Metal Card (OWE), SAS Eurobonus Gold (*G), Marriott Titanium (LTP), Tokyu Hotels Platinum
Posts: 21,171
Jan 15, 2020, 4:17 pm
#797
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, TK Elite, BT VIP, AA, BA, SK, DL, NT, WB + hotels
Posts: 8,753
Jan 18, 2020, 9:35 am
#798
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY Platinum Lumo, LX Senator, SK Life-time Gold, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 282
I got a OWE welcome with an awkward hand shake from the purser today. Somehow in my opinion the Finnish language doesn't work well in these welcomes as it feels super artificial when purser introduces herself and tells you their full name, flight time and to let them know if you need anything during the flight in a very rehearsed way. Some pursers do it more informally which I like more.
By the way, why do they always need to tell the flight time in these Plat chats? Probably it's included in the training but feels unnecessary as captain always announces the flight time on the ground too.
By the way, why do they always need to tell the flight time in these Plat chats? Probably it's included in the training but feels unnecessary as captain always announces the flight time on the ground too.
But I also quite recently received a Plat hug as a welcome gesture from a FA (was Plat basic at that time). This was on a long haul (AY1/AY2) where I had the same crew both ways, had a great flight outbound and if possible, even greater inbound, with the same FA working on my sector and giving a warm welcome back.
Jan 18, 2020, 10:20 am
#799
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Unio Europaea
Programs: BA GGL, AS, Hertz Cirque Présidentielle
Posts: 1,445
Jan 18, 2020, 10:21 am
#800
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, TK Elite, BT VIP, AA, BA, SK, DL, NT, WB + hotels
Posts: 8,753
IBut I also quite recently received a Plat hug as a welcome gesture from a FA (was Plat basic at that time). This was on a long haul (AY1/AY2) where I had the same crew both ways, had a great flight outbound and if possible, even greater inbound, with the same FA working on my sector and giving a warm welcome back.
Jan 18, 2020, 11:51 am
#801
Join Date: Aug 2019
Programs: AY+ Lumo, HH Diamond
Posts: 503
This reminds me of a DEL run where I spent one night in the city, so I had the same crew both ways. I had the same seat both ways, too, and they actually changed positions in the J cabin so the same flight attendant could serve me on the return as well. A very nice gesture.
Jan 18, 2020, 11:52 pm
#802
Join Date: May 2014
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+Plat, ALL Plat, Scandic L2
Posts: 3,620
Jan 19, 2020, 12:19 am
#804
Join Date: Nov 2005
Programs: BA Gold, TP Silver
Posts: 888
Jan 25, 2020, 12:52 am
#807
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Hamburg/Shenzhen
Programs: AY Platinum
Posts: 2
Outstanding Service
I got very warm welcomes, especially on my long haul fights and outstanding service by the (Chinese) FA. They really care about me personally on long haul flights. The seat next to me is not occupied normally. I got 2 long haul upgrades for free (not paid with points or the free upgrade options) within 2 weeks on AY102 HKG-HEL with the experience to be their special VIP guest!
Jan 31, 2020, 11:11 am
#808
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Helsinki
Programs: AY+ Plat basic
Posts: 430
Nicely served g&ts for me and Erica and a very cool plat talk style: "well we have met before, how is life, what do you wanna drink, they say lemon is not good with napue [thank you for that the FT lads in J], take it easy and enjoy brexit." Bloody lovely.
