"Delayed due to accommodating passengers" ??
Jul 27, 2005 | 10:53 pm
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"Delayed due to accommodating passengers" ??
Check out NW511 on 7/27/05 (LGA-MSP):
http://www.nwa.com/cgi-bin/flifo.pro...ubmit=Get+Info
It was delayed FIVE HOURS, with a message: "Delayed due to accommodating passengers"
What the heck does that mean? I've never heard of that reason before.
http://www.nwa.com/cgi-bin/flifo.pro...ubmit=Get+Info
It was delayed FIVE HOURS, with a message: "Delayed due to accommodating passengers"
What the heck does that mean? I've never heard of that reason before.
Jul 27, 2005 | 10:55 pm
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That's what I call VIP status! Hold the plane for me please
Jul 27, 2005 | 11:00 pm
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Must have been waiting on a triple super double-secret Platinum Elite. Was RC on that flight? 
Jul 27, 2005 | 11:10 pm
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Originally Posted by TrayflowInUK
Must have been waiting on a triple super double-secret Platinum Elite. Was RC on that flight?
Then again, tomorrow I'm travelling with a friend who (1) has WC access, and (2) has family in MSP who will treat us like real VIPs if we misconnect...
Jul 27, 2005 | 11:12 pm
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wow never heard that one before...there must have been 147 very unhappy people on that flight!
Jul 27, 2005 | 11:36 pm
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Originally Posted by ski_the_world
wow never heard that one before...there must have been 147 very unhappy people on that flight!
Compare: "Gee, those sure were some accommodating passengers, tolerating that 5 hour delay!" as opposed to "NW held flight 511 because they were accommodating passengers with very special needs."
Jul 27, 2005 | 11:51 pm
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Originally Posted by TrayflowInUK
Must have been waiting on a triple super double-secret Platinum Elite. Was RC on that flight?
Jul 28, 2005 | 4:22 am
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Perhaps they just goofed with the code entry.
Jul 28, 2005 | 4:44 am
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Originally Posted by DHAST
Perhaps they just goofed with the code entry.
Jul 28, 2005 | 4:50 am
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Originally Posted by themicah
You mean they mistyped the "mechanics took their sweet time" code?
I think it means that they held the flight for passengers who were connecting from another delayed flight
Jul 28, 2005 | 4:55 am
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Originally Posted by sadiqhassan
LoL
I think it means that they held the flight for passengers who were connecting from another delayed flight
I think it means that they held the flight for passengers who were connecting from another delayed flight
...And the other plane was delayed by the mechanics taking their sweet time!
Jul 28, 2005 | 5:32 am
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Originally Posted by sadiqhassan
I think it means that they held the flight for passengers who were connecting from another delayed flight
And it wasn't an incoming aircraft problem, because NW1234 (which I'm pretty sure is the plane that becomes NW511) was only 7 minutes late getting to LGA yesterday.
Jul 28, 2005 | 7:44 am
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Originally Posted by themicah
Connecting pax at LGA?
And it wasn't an incoming aircraft problem, because NW1234 (which I'm pretty sure is the plane that becomes NW511) was only 7 minutes late getting to LGA yesterday.
And it wasn't an incoming aircraft problem, because NW1234 (which I'm pretty sure is the plane that becomes NW511) was only 7 minutes late getting to LGA yesterday.
Jul 28, 2005 | 7:52 am
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Well, I picked up 4 people off of 1234 yesterday, and the weather went completely south right after that.
Jul 28, 2005 | 8:25 am
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Originally Posted by nytracon
Well, I picked up 4 people off of 1234 yesterday, and the weather went completely south right after that.