favorite dumb pax comments
Aug 3, 2011, 1:06 pm
#316
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: ORD, MKE, MDW
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Platinum, AAdvantage Gold, Air Canada Elite, Avis Pref Select, Hertz Gold,
Posts: 1,844
I also get what people don't like. And I don't disagree with them. There's more than a few things about WN that bug me.
But the fact of the matter is that in 30 years of biz travel, I've gotten to sit exactly where I want (which usually involves having an empty seat next to me) about 80-90% of the time on WN. The legacies....even when I had status...never came close to that.
Aug 3, 2011, 1:06 pm
#317
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Toledo, OH
Programs: Delta DM & MM, Hilton DM, Marriott gold, Hyatt Globalist, Alaska 75K, Wyndham Diamond,
Posts: 15,399
I've only recently started flying WN - so it's possible that my information is inaccurate. But I've had 6 legs (three one ways) - and on all 6 flights I had exit rows or bulkheads. Many of those have been middle seats - but a middle exit row or bulkhead is 10x better than an aisle anything else.
In fact, on the last flight I was on, I flew STL-MDW and got on nearly last and nabbed an exit row middle seat (the row that doesn't have a window seat). When everybody got off the plane, I nabbed a bulkhead window, and then the middle seat next to me was either among the last three seats to be taken.
In fact, on the last flight I was on, I flew STL-MDW and got on nearly last and nabbed an exit row middle seat (the row that doesn't have a window seat). When everybody got off the plane, I nabbed a bulkhead window, and then the middle seat next to me was either among the last three seats to be taken.
The middle bulkhead probably would be the last one taken on WN, unless it was an earlier boarder with a companion in the aisle or window bulkhead. Most flyers don't like the middle seat and by the time it's only empty middle seats the bin space above the bulkhead is long gone. Last weekend when I flew WN on a free ticket, I was in the a-40's and the aisle and middle bulkhead were available, and I would have taken the aisle but the first few bins were already full from the people that threw their bags in the first open bin and I didn't want to deal with trying to push my way back a few rows to get get my bag after landing, plus I wouldn't have been to have been able to be the first one off the plane either.
Aug 3, 2011, 3:05 pm
#318
Moderator: Hilton Honors forums
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Marietta, Georgia, United States
Posts: 24,997
Aug 3, 2011, 3:33 pm
#319
In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 33,857
Aug 6, 2011, 6:04 am
#320
Join Date: May 2010
Programs: Delta Silver, HH Gold, Accor Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 5,342
My mom while I was booking a flight.
I wanted to fly a KLM B733 as they're kind of rare and I've flown the E190 before. "Mom I'll take this flight because it has a special aircraft" "Why? Does it only have one wing?".
I wanted to fly a KLM B733 as they're kind of rare and I've flown the E190 before. "Mom I'll take this flight because it has a special aircraft" "Why? Does it only have one wing?".
Aug 16, 2011, 7:46 pm
#322
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Home Airports: CAE/CLT
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, National Executive
Posts: 5,452
Just overheard on an American Eagle CRJ-700 F cabin flight from CLT-LGA:
"This is a reward seat, I used miles for this flight!"
Excuse me? You spent 25K miles to fly F on a 500 mile flight? I wouldn't admit that to anyone.
"This is a reward seat, I used miles for this flight!"
Excuse me? You spent 25K miles to fly F on a 500 mile flight? I wouldn't admit that to anyone.
Aug 17, 2011, 5:45 am
#323
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: PEK
Programs: A3*G, UA Gold EY Silver
Posts: 8,958
Aug 17, 2011, 7:03 am
#324
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Toledo, OH
Programs: Delta DM & MM, Hilton DM, Marriott gold, Hyatt Globalist, Alaska 75K, Wyndham Diamond,
Posts: 15,399
That's what I was thinking as well. The eagle flight was probably a connection and they were either travelling onward or were connecting from a long flight from someplace else and were in first the entire flight.
If someone used miles to fly in first for a 500 mile flight then I think it's safe to say they aren't on FT
If someone used miles to fly in first for a 500 mile flight then I think it's safe to say they aren't on FT
Aug 17, 2011, 1:23 pm
#325
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: East Coast USA
Programs: United MileagePlus
Posts: 81
Okay, this didn't happen on a plane, but it could have:
I was on a cruise a while back and one of the stops was in Haifa, Israel. A group of passengers came back after a full day of seeing the sights and sat down at a table near where I was checking email. They were commenting on all the things they'd seen and one of them turns to the others and says, "You know, there sure were a lot of Jewish people there!"
I was on a cruise a while back and one of the stops was in Haifa, Israel. A group of passengers came back after a full day of seeing the sights and sat down at a table near where I was checking email. They were commenting on all the things they'd seen and one of them turns to the others and says, "You know, there sure were a lot of Jewish people there!"
Aug 17, 2011, 2:20 pm
#326
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Earth. Residency:HKG formerly:YYZ
Programs: CX, DL, Nexus/GE, APEC
Posts: 10,689
Okay, this didn't happen on a plane, but it could have:
I was on a cruise a while back and one of the stops was in Haifa, Israel. A group of passengers came back after a full day of seeing the sights and sat down at a table near where I was checking email. They were commenting on all the things they'd seen and one of them turns to the others and says, "You know, there sure were a lot of Jewish people there!"
I was on a cruise a while back and one of the stops was in Haifa, Israel. A group of passengers came back after a full day of seeing the sights and sat down at a table near where I was checking email. They were commenting on all the things they'd seen and one of them turns to the others and says, "You know, there sure were a lot of Jewish people there!"
Aug 17, 2011, 8:35 pm
#328
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: TPE, LAX
Programs: LH Senator, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold
Posts: 596
your mom rocks!
Few days ago, flying back to ORD from NRT on ANA. While strolling around the common area, two Chinese (with heavy beijing/curled tongue accent) said the following...
A: where can i open the window
B: why would you want to do that?
A: I have lots of phlem, and want to hawk a huge loogie to spit!
B: Let me see... hmmm (they really were looking, and almost turned the knob to open the door, got me nervous a bit, until an FA came around, and they went back to pretend as nothing happened)..
B: I can't find it, why dont you just spit in the toilet
A: It's no fun that way, I want to see my loogie land on the plane behind us, maybe on the windshield
Sometimes, I am glad I am not from China... really! Aside from the dumb comments, that was disgusting, and lack of public manner if you think of it.
Ewww
Last edited by flyhen; Aug 17, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Aug 18, 2011, 12:10 am
#329
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 153
sitting amonst a huge group of young military personnel getting to know each other from rdu to dfw:
young military dude 1: why you join the marines?
young military dude 2: it was the first table i walked up to on career day.
young military dude 1: why you join the marines?
young military dude 2: it was the first table i walked up to on career day.
Aug 18, 2011, 7:24 am
#330
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gulf Coast/Ventura County/Somewhere in between
Programs: DL GM, Marriott PP, Avis Something or other
Posts: 4,431
Not unusual, I don't think. I ended up joining the Navy (for 30 years) because the Air Force recruiter was gone to lunch when I got there.