Thank You Jet Airways!!
Dec 11, 2008, 2:17 am
#16
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: BOM-SIN-EWR
Programs: UA*G (1K again), Sixt Plat, *was*: SQ QPP01 & SK EBS/EBG, LH SEN, AA EXP, 9wPlat
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Dec 11, 2008, 2:18 am
#17
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: BOM-SIN-EWR
Programs: UA*G (1K again), Sixt Plat, *was*: SQ QPP01 & SK EBS/EBG, LH SEN, AA EXP, 9wPlat
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They are code-share partners, and earlier it appeared that 9w was leaning towards joining the OW alliance...but now code-shares with UA (LHR/BRU?) and AC (to/from BRU) as well, TATL...
Dec 11, 2008, 2:22 am
#18
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: FLL/MIA
Programs: UA1K, AA EXP, CO Plat, BD*G, NW, DL, Priority Club, SPG & Marriott
Posts: 473
Dec 11, 2008, 7:42 am
#19
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Gold (OW Emerald) & Jet Airways - Thank goodness i never got started.......most awful FF program
Posts: 2,385
but i could not believe it when i was escorted on to the aircraft, the ground agent pointed at 2A and told me it was 1A. I was totally dumbfounded and in shock at how an agent can not know the seats. The Inflight manager came around and told the ground staff, that 1A was the other seat! the ground staff asked me if i wanted 1A but i noticed that the person who was supposed to be 2A had made himself comfortable in 1A, so instead of being a DYKWIA, i just accepted 2A. all was well untill the meal service began and the inflight manager could not get the table out but luckilly seat 2K was free so i shifted over for the rest of the flight. I would have been pissed if no window seats were available!
Regarding the lounges - check out the F/Premiere class lounge at BRU - excellent food offerings (at least in summer) and recently at LHR the AA lounge was decent enough....
I have to disagree, i think the AA lounge is not adequate for a First Class passenger on an airline that believes its First Class product is up there with the best! At London, when i checked in, they had all my bag tags, boarding cards, pre printed and i was impressed. I wasnt offered an Escort but i reckon the ground staff must have been helping other passengers (language barrier requirements, unaccompanied minors etc) i was not fussed i know LHR T3 like the back of my hand! The AA Lounge is an Business Class lounge not First Class and not good enough for me if I am travelling First Class!
In BOM, the lounge options are pathetic! Anyone know if Jet is creating a Lounge worthy of First Class in the international Terminal. I would have thought that at its home base, it would have something similar to the Silver Kris at Singapore or Concorde Lounge that BA have at T5 with enough amenities to kill a few hours!
However, they have to join an alliance (preferably *A), otherwise this really becomes difficult if they are not spread out internationally...
Dec 11, 2008, 7:33 pm
#20
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Orlando,London, Chennai.
Programs: AAdvantage EXP& 2Million miler, Skywards Gold, Delta Gold Medallion, HHonors Gold
Posts: 1,598
I have to disagree, i think the AA lounge is not adequate for a First Class passenger on an airline that believes its First Class product is up there with the best! At London, when i checked in, they had all my bag tags, boarding cards, pre printed and i was impressed. I wasnt offered an Escort but i reckon the ground staff must have been helping other passengers (language barrier requirements, unaccompanied minors etc) i was not fussed i know LHR T3 like the back of my hand! The AA Lounge is an Business Class lounge not First Class and not good enough for me if I am travelling First Class!
Dec 21, 2008, 2:16 am
#21
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Dec 21, 2008, 5:57 am
#22
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: NYC
Programs: UA 1K MM
Posts: 294
Wheelchair ridden is perfectly acceptable usage. Now what about patients who are bedridden? I assume they are dominated and harassed by the bed. 
Sorry, abortive attempt at humor. You are referring to the past participial adjective ridden, meaning "Dominated, harassed, or obsessed by"
English is my first language, and I use a wheelchair, which neither dominates nor harasses me, and by which I am not obsessed. I'm not "bound" to it, either.
Back to your previously scheduled program.
English is my first language, and I use a wheelchair, which neither dominates nor harasses me, and by which I am not obsessed. I'm not "bound" to it, either.
Back to your previously scheduled program.
Dec 21, 2008, 11:12 am
#23
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: DEN
Posts: 1,962
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Dec 21, 2008, 2:52 pm
#24
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: TPA & MCO
Programs: DL Diamond, AA EXP & UA Gold
Posts: 3,047
Dec 21, 2008, 8:23 pm
#25
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Living in SIN
Programs: TK/QR Gold, Marriott/Accor Plat, IC Dia Amb, Avis/Hertz PC
Posts: 6,707
I understand the expression, but it is no longer acceptable usage. Neither are "wheelchair bound" or "confined to a wheelchair". Acceptable usages include "uses a wheelchair", "wheelchair user".
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References: American Medical Association Manual of Style, The Copyeditor's Handbook, APA Style Manual, numerous others.
Dec 21, 2008, 9:34 pm
#26
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I understand the expression, but it is no longer acceptable usage. Neither are "wheelchair bound" or "confined to a wheelchair". Acceptable usages include "uses a wheelchair", "wheelchair user".
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References: American Medical Association Manual of Style, The Copyeditor's Handbook, APA Style Manual, numerous others.
The poster wasn't calling your relative wheel chair ridden. When one says guilt ridden, the guilt is not physically riding on top of the person. No one wants to be in a wheel chair.