Anyone Else Get "The Box"???
May 6, 2006 | 11:08 am
#16
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 285
Originally Posted by bhatnasx
All NW gives me is miles - and I actually have to fly to earn them!
The best gifts I've ever gotten from airlines was a gold keychain from TG in biz many years ago & the little liquor houses from KL when you fly their biz class. BA at least gives leather luggage straps with their elite luggage tags - although their luggage tags are card size, not like the NW tags.
The best gifts I've ever gotten from airlines was a gold keychain from TG in biz many years ago & the little liquor houses from KL when you fly their biz class. BA at least gives leather luggage straps with their elite luggage tags - although their luggage tags are card size, not like the NW tags.
I have never tried the gin inside; have you?
May 6, 2006 | 12:38 pm
#17
Join Date: Jul 2004
Programs: NW Gold, '06. Good times.
Posts: 7,457
Originally Posted by SchmutzigMSP
I was referring to this (quoted from WorldPerks mileage summary):
I received a letter from Jim Cron informing me of this mileage deposit. That's what I was referring to. IIRC, most people here also received this, and some received an "extra" 5,000 miles under a similar notation.
I received a letter from Jim Cron informing me of this mileage deposit. That's what I was referring to. IIRC, most people here also received this, and some received an "extra" 5,000 miles under a similar notation.
Then again, I'm technically Asia-based so the free WC access makes up for a lot. ^ (I'm responding from the MEM WC right now.)
May 6, 2006 | 1:08 pm
#18
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: Continental Onepass, Hilton, Marriott, USAir and now UA
Posts: 7,400
The best gifts I've ever gotten from airlines was a gold keychain
When I flew Hughes Airwest, we were given a large Swiss Army knife with a belt holder, which I use to this day. Back then, I just put it on my belt and walked onto the plane without batting an eye. Of course, I had to remove it prior to going through the metal detecter but at the other end, I just put it back on my belt
When I flew Hughes Airwest, we were given a large Swiss Army knife with a belt holder, which I use to this day. Back then, I just put it on my belt and walked onto the plane without batting an eye. Of course, I had to remove it prior to going through the metal detecter but at the other end, I just put it back on my belt
May 6, 2006 | 3:30 pm
#19
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Ann Arbor
Programs: HHonors Gold , National Emerald Exec, Hertz Presidents, Delta Gold
Posts: 2,604
Originally Posted by rwill11
a new way to save money: everytime there's a major screwup send the customer a box full of stuff from the lost baggage 
May 6, 2006 | 5:35 pm
#20
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: seattle
Programs: UNITED 2K HILTON DIAMOND
Posts: 2,774
Originally Posted by Bikeguy
I wish you wouldn't have posted this. You'll give NW ideas!!
one good idea would be to charge fifty cents for the choo choo ride in DTW. Maybe 75 cents for roachchoice
May 7, 2006 | 12:55 pm
#21
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: LaGrange, IN, USA
Posts: 55
Originally Posted by rwill11
a new way to save money: everytime there's a major screwup send the customer a box full of stuff from the lost baggage
Seriously (or maybe not) "the letter" explaining "the box" came yesterday and it was for the screw up. I would rather have had miles as in previous forced overnights.
May 7, 2006 | 2:40 pm
#22
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 8,884
Originally Posted by lstoner
Seriously (or maybe not) "the letter" explaining "the box" came yesterday and it was for the screw up. I would rather have had miles as in previous forced overnights.
May 27, 2006 | 9:57 am
#23
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: LaGrange, IN, USA
Posts: 55
Originally Posted by SchmutzigMSP
Call in or write. Let them know you will only be bought off for miles and not for goods.
but it worked! 10,000 miles to my account.
May 27, 2006 | 12:02 pm
#24
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Originally Posted by lstoner
Well, I didn't exactly use the same turn of phrase "bought off" but it worked! 10,000 miles to my account.
but it worked! 10,000 miles to my account.) give both miles and a gift for a delayed flight?
May 27, 2006 | 7:52 pm
#25
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: LaGrange, IN, USA
Posts: 55
Originally Posted by slippahs
Perhaps the OP really didn't receive "the box" as an apology gift, but rather as a gift for crossing the 1MM threshold (which would mean a serious devaluation in such a gift). Why would a company like NW () give both miles and a gift for a delayed flight?
) give both miles and a gift for a delayed flight?
May 28, 2006 | 8:02 am
#26
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: BLI
Programs: Alaska Million Mile Flyer, Marriott Lifetime Titanium Elite
Posts: 3,370
AS, last couple of years, has sent its Golds boxes of VERY good cookies over the holidays. So some airlines do still put something in the mail (that's not a notification of a flight schedule change).