SSSSd going and coming....
May 19, 2006 | 7:46 am
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SSSSd going and coming....
OK, sorry for another SSSS thread.
I'm just having lousy luck with it this year as I am 3/6. 1 of those was on an AE codeshare out of SBA (Santa Barbara CA), and for some reason I get SSSSd with some regularity at SBA.
But on Mother's Day weekend, I flew HSV-ATL-TPA and back and got SSSSd at HSV and at TPA!
The only thing I can come up with is that I always check luggage ("travel light" is not in my vocabulary), and I did not check anything at either airport.
Does anybody have any insight or comments?
Thanks!
David
I'm just having lousy luck with it this year as I am 3/6. 1 of those was on an AE codeshare out of SBA (Santa Barbara CA), and for some reason I get SSSSd with some regularity at SBA.
But on Mother's Day weekend, I flew HSV-ATL-TPA and back and got SSSSd at HSV and at TPA!
The only thing I can come up with is that I always check luggage ("travel light" is not in my vocabulary), and I did not check anything at either airport.
Does anybody have any insight or comments?
Thanks!
David
May 19, 2006 | 10:13 am
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Originally Posted by DiverDave
OK, sorry for another SSSS thread.
I'm just having lousy luck with it this year as I am 3/6. 1 of those was on an AE codeshare out of SBA (Santa Barbara CA), and for some reason I get SSSSd with some regularity at SBA.
But on Mother's Day weekend, I flew HSV-ATL-TPA and back and got SSSSd at HSV and at TPA!
The only thing I can come up with is that I always check luggage ("travel light" is not in my vocabulary), and I did not check anything at either airport.
Does anybody have any insight or comments?
Thanks!
David
I'm just having lousy luck with it this year as I am 3/6. 1 of those was on an AE codeshare out of SBA (Santa Barbara CA), and for some reason I get SSSSd with some regularity at SBA.
But on Mother's Day weekend, I flew HSV-ATL-TPA and back and got SSSSd at HSV and at TPA!
The only thing I can come up with is that I always check luggage ("travel light" is not in my vocabulary), and I did not check anything at either airport.
Does anybody have any insight or comments?
Thanks!
David
You're not paying cash for your flights, are you?
Buying one-ways? Or same ticket, with each direction on a different carrier?
Buying last-second?
Any other unusual purchasing characteristics?
May 19, 2006 | 10:19 am
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Originally Posted by LessO2
You're tagged as an SSSS even before you're given the option of checking your luggage.
You're not paying cash for your flights, are you?
Buying one-ways? Or same ticket, with each direction on a different carrier?
Buying last-second?
Any other unusual purchasing characteristics?
You're not paying cash for your flights, are you?
Buying one-ways? Or same ticket, with each direction on a different carrier?
Buying last-second?
Any other unusual purchasing characteristics?
2) Round trip, all on Delta
3) Purchased several weeks in advance. Even the upgrades cleared five days out.
And I fly a lot on Delta metal, as is obvious from my status with them.
I'm just totally puzzled. Once would be the luck of the draw, but twice is odd. Departing equipment was a nearly full MD-88 and returning equipment was a nearly full 757. So it wasn't that I got picked out of a nearly empty plane.....
Thanks for any help - David