Most glamorous air route?
Jan 31, 2002, 5:46 pm
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Most glamorous air route?
What's the most glamorous (non-Tarom) ticket one can buy?
My contention is that it would have to be on BA, paid F, departing LHR, going to.... LOS? RUH? Maybe something like SFO-BKK (paid F, of course) on SQ would be a close second? Or maybe CDG-JFK on the Concorde?
A followup discussion would be suggesting nonstop routes for Tarom. SFO-EYW? CDG-MSY? So many possibilities.
[edited to add glossary of nonobvious airport codes. LOS is Lagos, RUH is Riyadh, BKK is Bangkok, EYW is Key West, MSY is New Orleans.]
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My contention is that it would have to be on BA, paid F, departing LHR, going to.... LOS? RUH? Maybe something like SFO-BKK (paid F, of course) on SQ would be a close second? Or maybe CDG-JFK on the Concorde?
A followup discussion would be suggesting nonstop routes for Tarom. SFO-EYW? CDG-MSY? So many possibilities.
[edited to add glossary of nonobvious airport codes. LOS is Lagos, RUH is Riyadh, BKK is Bangkok, EYW is Key West, MSY is New Orleans.]
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Jan 31, 2002, 6:41 pm
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Shouldn't we operate a non stop between Barrow, Alaska (BRW) and Death Valley, California (Closest airport I'm aware of is IYK - Inyokern, CA). We could call it our Fire and Ice Special and AFAIK, we would have NO competition on this route.
Feb 1, 2002, 3:15 am
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The most glamorous route ever is YHA-CPA (Your Home Airport-Celbrian's Paris Apartment) http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif
Feb 1, 2002, 5:16 am
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Which puts me on the question, why don't we have our own airport?
Feb 1, 2002, 5:30 am
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Scott: Where have you been? You can't have your own airport. What will happen is you will invest billions over several decades in creating a world leading airport with connections all over the globe. Then, when you have made a bigger success of an international airport that the Americans can the American Federal authorities will insist on a ridiculously high quota of slots for US airlines at your airport, in order that you may fly from there to the US.
In return for their generosity, they will ensure that you are barred from the US domestic network; insist that all US government employees and contractors do not fly on your airline; restrict any transatlantic code-sharing opportunities and generally be a pain in the neck looking after their own national interests while buggering up yours.
They justify this bullying on the basis that they have the most lucrative air passenger market in the world, and therefore you either do what they want or go to hell.
Viva democracy. Viva freedom. Viva the 'greatest nation' in the world.
With that, I submit my application for the position of VP Regulatory Affairs and Governement Relations.
Nick
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In return for their generosity, they will ensure that you are barred from the US domestic network; insist that all US government employees and contractors do not fly on your airline; restrict any transatlantic code-sharing opportunities and generally be a pain in the neck looking after their own national interests while buggering up yours.
They justify this bullying on the basis that they have the most lucrative air passenger market in the world, and therefore you either do what they want or go to hell.
Viva democracy. Viva freedom. Viva the 'greatest nation' in the world.
With that, I submit my application for the position of VP Regulatory Affairs and Governement Relations.
Nick
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Feb 1, 2002, 6:15 am
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Accepted!
He can have his own airport if he wants to. I also wish you to be the Load Control Director as we need a stringent non-upgrade policy, and also I have appointed you Directir Cabin Freshnes and Air Quality.
For those of you who do not know to what I am alluding, you'll have to pop over to BA and find it.
To keep on thread How about Gdansk-WAW, or maybe Luxor-Cairo, or best yet any routes in or out of Lagos, Kano, or Tripoli.
(BiBi, are my roots showing?)
He can have his own airport if he wants to. I also wish you to be the Load Control Director as we need a stringent non-upgrade policy, and also I have appointed you Directir Cabin Freshnes and Air Quality.
For those of you who do not know to what I am alluding, you'll have to pop over to BA and find it.
To keep on thread How about Gdansk-WAW, or maybe Luxor-Cairo, or best yet any routes in or out of Lagos, Kano, or Tripoli.
(BiBi, are my roots showing?)
Feb 1, 2002, 6:26 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Merry:
Scott: Where have you been?
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Scott: Where have you been?
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Where have I been? Where have YOU been? We have missed you over here!
As for your application, it goes without saying that you are accepted http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif
Feb 1, 2002, 6:45 am
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I would also point out that by appointing me you also one nearer to your quota of disabled employees. I heared that the UN has passed a resolution, officially catagorising (Ok that one was on purpose) my spelling as a registered disability.
Anyway, you have me back until Sunday afternoon, then it is Paris-Frankfurt-Stockholm-San Francisco-Home.
Nick
Anyway, you have me back until Sunday afternoon, then it is Paris-Frankfurt-Stockholm-San Francisco-Home.
Nick
Feb 1, 2002, 6:56 am
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Nick http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif!
Your appointments are approved, of course. An Empress's wish is everybody's command. Just let your assistants do the real work and tell us about Thailand now.
Your appointments are approved, of course. An Empress's wish is everybody's command. Just let your assistants do the real work and tell us about Thailand now.
Feb 1, 2002, 7:36 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">BiBi, are my roots showing?</font>
Nick, I am so happy you have accepted a position to your liking; does Dickie B. know about all this? Even with your disabilitee, I'm sure you will be an enormous asset to the company.
Now can we please go back on topic???
pynchonesque: I vote for LHR-LAX in honor of all the glam, alcohol-soaked return trips made by Liz Taylor and Richard Burton on this route over the years.
Feb 1, 2002, 7:42 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ScottC:
Which puts me on the question, why don't we have our own airport?</font>
Which puts me on the question, why don't we have our own airport?</font>
Only... the Tupolev lounge is bigger than the terminal!
Feb 1, 2002, 8:48 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by blairvanhorn:
I vote for LHR-LAX in honor of all the glam, alcohol-soaked return trips made by Liz Taylor and Richard Burton on this route over the years.</font>
I vote for LHR-LAX in honor of all the glam, alcohol-soaked return trips made by Liz Taylor and Richard Burton on this route over the years.</font>
Pucci, congrats on naming Lagos as a glam destination, as my original post did (that's what LOS is). But I think it's only glamorous if you fly BA paid F. If you fly Nigerian Airways, it's too unglam to even contemplate.
What was Liberace's home airport, anyway?
Feb 1, 2002, 8:51 am
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Ha! the fond memories of the LOS route, where I saw, with my very own set of eyes, goat meat being prepared by a passenger.....
My vote for most glamorous route!
My vote for most glamorous route!
Feb 1, 2002, 9:32 am
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A routing isn't glamorous unless you're extensively questioned by US Customs upon return.
Feb 1, 2002, 10:29 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">What was Liberace's home airport, anyway?</font>