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DanTravels Dec 17, 2008 8:18 pm

When did you begin to suspect you were flying NW a little too much?
 
Other forums here have "You know you fly (carrier) too much" threads, but I didn't see one for Northwest. Since we're going through the merger, I've chosen to title this one in a gentle past tense. But anyway... so, when did you begin to suspect this?

I've thought over a bunch of things I've encountered that were a little unusual. Not all of them were specifically due to "flying NW a little too much" - some could also be blamed on being a FTer, and others on doing things that gave NWA reason to believe I might have LTV that wasn't flat-out awful. But there are some that are really "familiarity breeds..." so I narrowed it down a little.

My first time: GA got on the plane to hand over the paperwork before closing the flight, pointed me out to the purser, told them to take good care of me, and gave me a hug goodbye.

My latest reminder: FA came by my seat and whispered how annoying it is to get the 2L jumpseat and have to listen to a silver elite in the exit seat gab about how they know everything and are all that. ;) (On the same flight, at least 2 passengers asked me to help them with things, having apparently decided that I was just out of uniform...)

dkjohnsonmd Dec 17, 2008 8:55 pm

When I tried to login to my bank's website and realized, after many failed attempts, that I was entering my 9 digit WP number in the (also 9 digit) social security number field!

hooverer Dec 17, 2008 9:02 pm

Pre-9/11, had a boarding pass from one segment, however no ticket stup (before etickets as we know today), was about to board and was pulled aside, GA or supervisor looked at me, typed something and said to the effect, "ah, Mr. Hooverer, not a problem, we will clear it up, please go ahead and take your usual seat and have a nice..."

Another, e-tickets were new, a GA could not find my reservation reservation, remembering what another GA had told me recently, mentioned a cryptic code + WP number + something else, and everything for my reservation came up including upgrade and all was well, needless to say, had to explain how I new the commands.

Another, similar to above however on DL, an agent had told me how to "hook" or when to mention the term to a GA, it worked, ah, the days before e-tickets as we know now.

On-board, woke up from a power nap to find white linen towel on my right shoulder as I was in the shakespere set, realizing that I may have been snoring and the FAs were concerned about my nap, after getting up and going to rest room to freshen up, saw the FA in FC sitting in 1B on break, went to gally and poured and served the FA Coffee as well as a few others in the near empty front cabin.

-H

Lehava Dec 17, 2008 9:22 pm

FA's stopping me in the MSP airport to see how I am doing and where I am off to this time..........the FA who brought me "my regular" drink without even asking what I would have...The Boston based FA who now keeps counts how many times we have flown together!

My favorite used to be when I was flying out of BGM (before moving to MSP) and the ground crew who would wave to me if they saw me looking out the window when they were marsalling the plane/bringing in the jet bridge.

Know its not NW but my favorite yet is when the TSA folks at the Skyway at MSP noticed I got new luggage and told me they liked the pattern on the old one better...

Gag my life is sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lehava Dec 17, 2008 9:24 pm

Oh yeah and when I educated the WC staff a couple weeks ago about being able to gift someone Silver Elite once you cross a certain number of miles in a year..........

Burj Dec 17, 2008 9:31 pm


Originally Posted by Lehava (Post 10926625)
My favorite used to be when I was flying out of BGM (before moving to MSP) and the ground crew who would wave to me if they saw me looking out the window when they were marsalling the plane/bringing in the jet bridge.

Ah! BGM! A former upstate-NYer!

Similarly when the NW staff at ELM and BGM started asking me how quickly I had made the drive from ITH! Catching the 6 am flights out of either I can make some REALLY good time from ITH since no other road traffic!

doug93063 Dec 17, 2008 9:48 pm

Once I flew on a A319 from LAX to Mem. That's when I knew I flew NW way too much.

thezipper Dec 17, 2008 9:53 pm

I know I'm flying to much when I come in the door to my favorite WorldClub and the agents there greet me by name... and then ask how my mom is doing :p

and another when the Purser asked me if I'd like my usual White Russian... which he remembered from a month or two previous...

worldwidedreamer Dec 17, 2008 9:56 pm

Where do I start? Was it when the agents at my home airport said they would just "trust me" for my China visa? Or when I started asking agents about which crew members would serve which section of BF? When an agent at PVG started recognizing me by name? All I know is that for me it is the people that made the red tail the best way to cross the Pacific.

blug Dec 17, 2008 10:02 pm

Several times I intended to visit nba.com for the latest basketball news, and I ended up at nwa.com.

Desdinova Dec 17, 2008 10:11 pm

1) the time my MSP-SDF was cancelled and I recited from memory the alternate connections with times for my preferred re-route.

2) when I joined a conversation between a GA and another pax who was also taking a VDB (SFO-MSP); after a minute or two the GA said to the pax something along the lines of 'this gentleman can help you decide what you want to do while I finish closing the flight.'

davetravels Dec 17, 2008 11:19 pm

Once, I was rerouted - VDB, I think - and when the GA tried to get me an exit row seat on the later flight, she said that her computer wasn't allowing her to assign the exit rows, since she wasn't handling that particular flight. I had my laptop booted up - I said - nevermind, I can get the exit row seat online - hang on a second. She said - WOW! - you did it! - and she printed out my new BP!!!

Last week, leaving PIT for MEX, one of the GA's I know - FROM MEX - I handed her my BP and said, "Do you see where I'm going?" - She replied - "I know, say hi to my kids!!"

CO story - but, oh well . . .
PIT/EWR - monitor at gate showing on time. My Blackberry showing a delay, I asked the GA about the delay - she said, there isn't a delay - it's on time, but let me make a call. After the call, she said - you're right, it's delayed!!!

I'm sure I have a hundred other stories, but these are the first few that come to mind! (I'm known as a storyteller, so I'm sure I'll add to this when I remember more!) :)

DanTravels Dec 18, 2008 1:17 am


Originally Posted by davetravels (Post 10927019)
I'm sure I have a hundred other stories, but these are the first few that come to mind! (I'm known as a storyteller, so I'm sure I'll add to this when I remember more!) :)

I've got quite a few too, but didn't want to list them all, so I only went with the first and latest for starters. ;)

kcnwa Dec 18, 2008 8:10 am

That I can recite the entire safety speech, and when I fly other airlines, I get upset that it isn't the same as NWA :)

humanoid94 Dec 18, 2008 9:01 am


Originally Posted by thezipper (Post 10926737)
I know I'm flying to much when I come in the door to my favorite WorldClub and the agents there greet me by name... and then ask how my mom is doing :p

and another when the Purser asked me if I'd like my usual White Russian... which he remembered from a month or two previous...

Funny, the DCA WorldClub agents always ask about my mom too! I think they are trying to tell us they like our parents better! Some more favorites from that club "... you haven't been flying much on Friday's recently, did you get a new job?" and "Would you like your usual Heinkein"


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