FT Slang
May 14, 2010 | 9:33 pm
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FT Slang
As a fairly new member, I struggle with all of the slang on FT. Obviously lots of acronyms (e.g. TATL) and insider terminology (e.g. metal).
I think it would be helpful if the moderators could make this a sticky. If all FT gurus could submit terms with definition/explanation it would be quite helpful to us newbies. Please don't list airport or airline codes. That is something that can easily be googled.
I would be willing to go through the posts and compile an ongoing list on the 1st post of the thread.
I think it would be helpful if the moderators could make this a sticky. If all FT gurus could submit terms with definition/explanation it would be quite helpful to us newbies. Please don't list airport or airline codes. That is something that can easily be googled.
I would be willing to go through the posts and compile an ongoing list on the 1st post of the thread.
May 14, 2010 | 9:46 pm
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As a fairly new member, I struggle with all of the slang on FT. Obviously lots of acronyms (e.g. TATL) and insider terminology (e.g. metal).
I think it would be helpful if the moderators could make this a sticky. If all FT gurus could submit terms with definition/explanation it would be quite helpful to us newbies. Please don't list airport or airline codes. That is something that can easily be googled.
I would be willing to go through the posts and compile an ongoing list on the 1st post of the thread.
I think it would be helpful if the moderators could make this a sticky. If all FT gurus could submit terms with definition/explanation it would be quite helpful to us newbies. Please don't list airport or airline codes. That is something that can easily be googled.
I would be willing to go through the posts and compile an ongoing list on the 1st post of the thread.
May 16, 2010 | 11:35 am
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Yesterday, in response to a question I had posted on a different thread, I got this reply:
"Unless you were upgraded then the UG bucket shows, (as in G, V, X or Z). For example, if you buy a T fare, and miss the UG the BP says T. If you score the UG it will say V for a domestic F complimentary UG or X for a complimentary Business Class UG."
I am not making this up; I would not know how to.
I briefly considered going to the glossary for translation purposes, but instead just gave up, realizing that it might easily take me 30 minutes to translate and decipher the codes in this message.
"Unless you were upgraded then the UG bucket shows, (as in G, V, X or Z). For example, if you buy a T fare, and miss the UG the BP says T. If you score the UG it will say V for a domestic F complimentary UG or X for a complimentary Business Class UG."
I am not making this up; I would not know how to.
I briefly considered going to the glossary for translation purposes, but instead just gave up, realizing that it might easily take me 30 minutes to translate and decipher the codes in this message.
May 16, 2010 | 11:42 am
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Yesterday, in response to a question I had posted on a different thread, I got this reply:
"Unless you were upgraded then the UG bucket shows, (as in G, V, X or Z). For example, if you buy a T fare, and miss the UG the BP says T. If you score the UG it will say V for a domestic F complimentary UG or X for a complimentary Business Class UG."
I am not making this up; I would not know how to.
I briefly considered going to the glossary for translation purposes, but instead just gave up, realizing that it might easily take me 30 minutes to translate and decipher the codes in this message.
"Unless you were upgraded then the UG bucket shows, (as in G, V, X or Z). For example, if you buy a T fare, and miss the UG the BP says T. If you score the UG it will say V for a domestic F complimentary UG or X for a complimentary Business Class UG."
I am not making this up; I would not know how to.
I briefly considered going to the glossary for translation purposes, but instead just gave up, realizing that it might easily take me 30 minutes to translate and decipher the codes in this message.
May 16, 2010 | 12:34 pm
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Yesterday, in response to a question I had posted on a different thread, I got this reply:
"Unless you were upgraded then the UG bucket shows, (as in G, V, X or Z). For example, if you buy a T fare, and miss the UG the BP says T. If you score the UG it will say V for a domestic F complimentary UG or X for a complimentary Business Class UG."
I am not making this up; I would not know how to.
I briefly considered going to the glossary for translation purposes, but instead just gave up, realizing that it might easily take me 30 minutes to translate and decipher the codes in this message.
"Unless you were upgraded then the UG bucket shows, (as in G, V, X or Z). For example, if you buy a T fare, and miss the UG the BP says T. If you score the UG it will say V for a domestic F complimentary UG or X for a complimentary Business Class UG."
I am not making this up; I would not know how to.
I briefly considered going to the glossary for translation purposes, but instead just gave up, realizing that it might easily take me 30 minutes to translate and decipher the codes in this message.
May 16, 2010 | 1:05 pm
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May 16, 2010 | 1:13 pm
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If you are someone who wants it spoon fed, something like a chris elliot column and similar blogs not FT would be more appropriate
May 16, 2010 | 1:16 pm
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May 16, 2010 | 1:25 pm
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FT is like a foreign language, no more and no less. There is a certain amount of time and effort required to learn it. There is grammer, there is vocab, there are rules, and exceptions, etc. When you initially read something, maybe only a little makes, but the longer you read it, moer of it makes sense and less of it doesn't make sense.
Would you seriously expect to understand a foreign language without doing any work whatsoever?
May 16, 2010 | 1:43 pm
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FT is like a foreign language, no more and no less. There is a certain amount of time and effort required to learn it. There is grammar, there is vocab, there are rules, and exceptions, etc. When you initially read something, maybe only a little makes, but the longer you read it, more of it makes sense and less of it doesn't make sense.
I initially commented in response to the first poster who said "As a fairly new member, I struggle with all of the slang on FT." I was merely trying to say that he is not the only one to run into this.
I actually use the glossary regularly to determine the meanings of any terms that I am unfamiliar with, and, as you said, the longer you read it, more of it makes sense.
May 16, 2010 | 3:42 pm
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I agree with you.
I initially commented in response to the first poster who said "As a fairly new member, I struggle with all of the slang on FT." I was merely trying to say that he is not the only one to run into this.
I actually use the glossary regularly to determine the meanings of any terms that I am unfamiliar with, and, as you said, the longer you read it, more of it makes sense.
I initially commented in response to the first poster who said "As a fairly new member, I struggle with all of the slang on FT." I was merely trying to say that he is not the only one to run into this.
I actually use the glossary regularly to determine the meanings of any terms that I am unfamiliar with, and, as you said, the longer you read it, more of it makes sense.