Flying Tips on Oprah
Jun 3, 2001 | 7:06 pm
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I'm a bit dismayed that Oprah has departed from sappy topics and moved on to substantive and useful ones. I guess I can't stop recording her show now!
Jun 5, 2001 | 8:40 pm
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About the AA lost ticket fees. You are charged when your ticket is a fully refundable fare, and by the way, the paperwork for this type is extensive. If your ticket was nonrefundable and sent from American's Ticket Delivery Service and you did not receive it, we will reissue with no charge. There is however paperwork and it does take time that we do not always have at the gate. Especially 10 minutes before departure ! 
Jun 6, 2001 | 1:02 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by letiole:
... I will never get another eticket. They help airlines, they don't help passengers.</font>
... I will never get another eticket. They help airlines, they don't help passengers.</font>
Maybe, occasionally, when you have to change carriers (which has happened to me once in about 300 flights), paper tickets can be useful.
At all other times, e-tickets are vastly better. In Australia, I can walk up to a Qantas checkin desk, hand them my FF card, hand over any checked baggage, and they give me a boarding pass. No need for rummaging for paper tickets, no need to worry about them taking the coupon for my next sector accidentally, no need to worry about misplacing my ticket, no reissue fees for lost tickets, etc.
Jun 6, 2001 | 1:04 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by A Delta CUSTOMER!:
Perhaps it is a non-GTE airphone service. I have used the * numbers on NW and AA</font>
Perhaps it is a non-GTE airphone service. I have used the * numbers on NW and AA</font>
Jun 6, 2001 | 7:52 am
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American: *727 to connect free to Reservations line.
I had a flight attendant announce that on a delayed flight from LGA to ORD, and suggested that those of us making connections call to get our next segment re-booked.
That's the only time that's happened, I've never seen this number published anywhere, and even the EP's I know haven't heard of this.
Well, I guess the secret's out now
I had a flight attendant announce that on a delayed flight from LGA to ORD, and suggested that those of us making connections call to get our next segment re-booked.
That's the only time that's happened, I've never seen this number published anywhere, and even the EP's I know haven't heard of this.
Well, I guess the secret's out now
Jun 6, 2001 | 12:46 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Kremmen:
To ask your own question: How easy would it be for you to post those numbers here?</font>
To ask your own question: How easy would it be for you to post those numbers here?</font>
Jun 6, 2001 | 4:50 pm
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There was a rumor on the Delta board a while back that Platinum Medallion members (their highest FF level) could swipe their membership card through the phone, dial a special number, and get connected to a Delta reservation agent.
You would think since Skymall calls are typically free, so should be calls to the reservations desks. In both cases they involve us spending money.
Jeff
You would think since Skymall calls are typically free, so should be calls to the reservations desks. In both cases they involve us spending money.
Jeff
Jun 6, 2001 | 7:54 pm
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Is watching Oprah (or admitting that you watch Oprah) really in the spirit of FT? I thought that this board represented people with more intellectual and discerning tastes that prefer Rikki Lake or Jerry Springer for their advice. 
I think on Springer they mentioned something about asking the agent for the "secret" seat in the back labelled "occupied" when in use. 
It's really comfortable; however, the seatbelts are usually missing. 
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There's no substitution for a genuine lack of preparation
I thought that this board represented people with more intellectual and discerning tastes that prefer Rikki Lake or Jerry Springer for their advice. I think on Springer they mentioned something about asking the agent for the "secret" seat in the back labelled "occupied" when in use. It's really comfortable; however, the seatbelts are usually missing. ------------------
There's no substitution for a genuine lack of preparation
Jul 13, 2001 | 4:53 pm
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Peter Greenberg was in Denver this week promoting his book; I heard him on KHOW radio. He says he knows all these "secrets" because he flies 400,000 miles a year. I started figuring how many hours that would be at an average speed of 500 miles per hour, but couldn't decide how to figure in time to/from the airport, boarding, delays, etc.
Jul 13, 2001 | 7:20 pm
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This guy has been writing "Sunday travel section" articles for years. Sometimes he writes some interesting stuff. But short articles do not make a book and I'd much rather watch Homer Simpson sell Butterfingers than Greenberg peddling his book in front of a TV camera. Do you think this guy lives with his mother?
Jul 13, 2001 | 9:42 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dallasflyer:
Domestic I eticket. International I paper ticket.</font>
Domestic I eticket. International I paper ticket.</font>
Jul 14, 2001 | 7:46 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Do you think this guy lives with his mother?</font>