Alaska and Qatar Airlines wins in FlyerTalk awards
Sep 11, 2017, 11:18 pm
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Alaska and Qatar Airlines wins FlyerTalk awards
Alaska Airlines and Qatar Airways each unseated established heavyweights to win two of the most-coveted categories in the sixth annual FlyerTalk Awards. It is really cool.
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Sep 11, 2017, 11:23 pm
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"Alaska Airlines and Qatar Airways each unseated established heavyweights to win two of the most-coveted categories in the sixth annual FlyerTalk Awards, announced Friday."
- USA Today
April 14, 2017
https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...ams/100420030/
And why?
Sep 11, 2017, 11:32 pm
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Welcome to FlyerTalk
It helps to be descriptive in your topic title, so you might want to focus on that in future posts.
Although Alaska and Qatar did win FlyerTalk awards, the number of members voting for that honor was not disclosed, so it could be anywhere from a few hundred, like we've had in past Talk Board elections, to tens of thousands.
The Freddies, by comparison, which had 4.2 million votes, did not award Alaska or Qatar anything in the airline categories.
http://freddieawards.com/winners-circle/
Welcome to FlyerTalk
It helps to be descriptive in your topic title, so you might want to focus on that in future posts.Although Alaska and Qatar did win FlyerTalk awards, the number of members voting for that honor was not disclosed, so it could be anywhere from a few hundred, like we've had in past Talk Board elections, to tens of thousands.
The Freddies, by comparison, which had 4.2 million votes, did not award Alaska or Qatar anything in the airline categories.
http://freddieawards.com/winners-circle/
Sep 12, 2017, 12:14 am
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So true, but
QR definitely is my new favorite. Great seats in business, great attentive service, and the food is about as good as you'll find on an airplane.
And, welcome to FT.
And, welcome to FT.
Sep 12, 2017, 11:59 am
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garry0-
Welcome to FlyerTalk It helps to be descriptive in your topic title, so you might want to focus on that in future posts.
Although Alaska and Qatar did win FlyerTalk awards, the number of members voting for that honor was not disclosed, so it could be anywhere from a few hundred, like we've had in past Talk Board elections, to tens of thousands.
The Freddies, by comparison, which had 4.2 million votes, did not award Alaska or Qatar anything in the airline categories.
http://freddieawards.com/winners-circle/
Welcome to FlyerTalk
It helps to be descriptive in your topic title, so you might want to focus on that in future posts.Although Alaska and Qatar did win FlyerTalk awards, the number of members voting for that honor was not disclosed, so it could be anywhere from a few hundred, like we've had in past Talk Board elections, to tens of thousands.
The Freddies, by comparison, which had 4.2 million votes, did not award Alaska or Qatar anything in the airline categories.
http://freddieawards.com/winners-circle/
By contrast, FlyerTalkers tend to be far more frequent travelers. We don't advertise our tallies because quality is what the FTA's are about, rather than the number of raw votes. I'd love to know how many vote solicitation emails the Freddies sends out, through all those programs? But I'm sure each Awards has its place
Paul
Sep 12, 2017, 12:02 pm
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If you're getting just a few hundred votes, out of over 500,000 FT members, I'd make the case the awards are worthless. Numbers do matter. By not even sharing what percentage of the members even participate in the vote, you're giving the impression that the total membership of this site is awarding these "wins" when it may just be a handful of members deciding the winners. It's misleading. I've seen the "winners" advertise their award receipt in promotional material - so they're certainly capitalizing on it - but without knowing how many "votes" they received.
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Sep 13, 2017, 1:14 pm
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If you're getting just a few hundred votes, out of over 500,000 FT members, I'd make the case the awards are worthless. Numbers do matter. By not even sharing what percentage of the members even participate in the vote, you're giving the impression that the total membership of this site is awarding these "wins" when it may just be a handful of members deciding the winners. It's misleading. I've seen the "winners" advertise their award receipt in promotional material - so they're certainly capitalizing on it - but without knowing how many "votes" they received.
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Oct 28, 2017, 9:29 pm
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I just flew qr iad/doh/cpt in business. The service on the first segment was great but the food was almost not edible, Mrs. jmj9905 and I both ordered the lamb loin and it was so well done we could only eat a little bit of it. On the doh/cpt leg I ordered a filet sandwich. It was full of grisle and not edible. When I mentioned it to the FA she said "I will let catering know". No offer of An alternative.