Upgraded on Pan Am 50 years ago?
Oct 14, 2010, 11:38 am
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Upgraded on Pan Am 50 years ago?
Hi all!
Applying for a China visa and my Dad unearthed a treasure trove of 50 year old docs including the original ticket carbons and jackets from our emigration flight on 5 November 1960!!!!
I note we were in 3A, B, C on the first segment HKG-HNL. I'm guessing we were upgraded! Who knew. Supposedly the Pan Am 707s had 16 first class seats. I've googled a few sites including everythingpanam.com but didn't find any seating charts.
So, were we upgraded? FWIW, my ticket as a three year old was $345. The fare basis was YJ / OW. Assume OW meant one way. I didn't get back to Hong Kong for forty years.
The second segment was AAL row 15 so assume that meant economy.
Let the speculation begin. Maybe that's how I developed my taste for the upgrade!
Jim
Applying for a China visa and my Dad unearthed a treasure trove of 50 year old docs including the original ticket carbons and jackets from our emigration flight on 5 November 1960!!!!
I note we were in 3A, B, C on the first segment HKG-HNL. I'm guessing we were upgraded! Who knew. Supposedly the Pan Am 707s had 16 first class seats. I've googled a few sites including everythingpanam.com but didn't find any seating charts.
So, were we upgraded? FWIW, my ticket as a three year old was $345. The fare basis was YJ / OW. Assume OW meant one way. I didn't get back to Hong Kong for forty years.
The second segment was AAL row 15 so assume that meant economy.
Let the speculation begin. Maybe that's how I developed my taste for the upgrade!
Jim
Oct 15, 2010, 5:01 pm
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Yes, I had flown PA (and TW, not to mention many other departed airlines like EA, WA...) for some years before they went defunct, and I do suspect you were upgraded to F. My earlier flights on PA were on DC-4s and DC-6s, later Boeing 707s, my last on Boeing 747 "classic" -121 and -221 models, L-1011, Boeing 727s and 737s.
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Oct 15, 2010, 5:23 pm
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Yes, I had flown PA (and TW, not to mention many other departed airlines like EA, WA...) for some years before they went defunct, and I do suspect you were upgraded to F. My earlier flights on PA were on DC-4s and DC-6s, later Boeing 707s, my last on Boeing 747 "classic" -121 and -221 models, L-1011, Boeing 727s and 737s.
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