Glossary
Oct 14, 2011 | 1:17 pm
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Glossary
Can someone give me a link to a glossary of all the buzzwords used in this board? Seriously, the travelspeak gets a bit thick sometimes. I tried googling the web for a glossary but I didn't find one with terms I've seen here. Example: "churn" in credit card discussions. I have a faint sense of what might be meant, but other times there are words that hardly seem English at all. I tend to think of the description of Cockney in The Story of English. Not sure if this is a relative of nerdspeak.
Oct 14, 2011 | 3:05 pm
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Oct 14, 2011 | 3:12 pm
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Churning is applying for a credit card, getting the bonus, cancelling the card, waiting until you can get the bonus again, reapply...
The glossary will get you a good bit of stuff, but some words are just made up on the fly and may never be added to the official glossary.
Words like Deltalina, Sky Pesos, stuff like that are very common on the Delta forum, but not in the glossary. Some times you just have to figure it out from contest or
ask!
The glossary will get you a good bit of stuff, but some words are just made up on the fly and may never be added to the official glossary.
Words like Deltalina, Sky Pesos, stuff like that are very common on the Delta forum, but not in the glossary. Some times you just have to figure it out from contest or
ask!
Oct 22, 2011 | 6:41 pm
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LOL! I love this. Sure, it is an exaggeration, but that's the crux of a lot of humor. Of course, someone could just for a LAUGH post something like this.It would make a humorous thread as people strike back.
Below is our growing glossary of terms used by frequent flyers and travelers alike. This list was inspired, in part, by a member of the FlyerTalk community who wrote to us about deciphering the comically absurd lingo of the frequent traveler. Here's a brief example of life in the fast lane:
"FWIW, I resent being called SLF, typically fly UA C from DEN to HKG, SYD, LHR, LIS and many others and have been UA 1P FF for the last 10 years. I never use ITN, have never done a MHD, don't really want to be a VFF because of family but am jealous of 1K SWUs and HK49s. I have flown only 6 *A partners and like UD on the 744. I frequently UG Y to F (many times from B, M & K), don't worry about EMR at altitude and find WSJ difficult in small-pitch rows. I have not yet memorized FARs, don't know anyone at the FAA and highly respect most FAs. I always try to see my PNR and always use the UA RCC when I have the time. I really like CTOs and use only two CCs. I am fascinated watching my TA use her CRS and am not concerned whether the left seat is on ILS or VFR. I prefer heavy AC and am not yet a member of the MHC (darn!). I am cool with F/O handling T/O and enjoy ATC on channel 9. I am grateful for E+ and MRTC and am pondering a RTW soon. I am finally getting used to EGRs but don't trust ETAs. I can find the record locator on any tix and don't care if it's FBW, FBY or hydraulic. I slightly fear DL's RPU. I miss MCOs issued for CC tix and always do RT, not O/W."
"FWIW, I resent being called SLF, typically fly UA C from DEN to HKG, SYD, LHR, LIS and many others and have been UA 1P FF for the last 10 years. I never use ITN, have never done a MHD, don't really want to be a VFF because of family but am jealous of 1K SWUs and HK49s. I have flown only 6 *A partners and like UD on the 744. I frequently UG Y to F (many times from B, M & K), don't worry about EMR at altitude and find WSJ difficult in small-pitch rows. I have not yet memorized FARs, don't know anyone at the FAA and highly respect most FAs. I always try to see my PNR and always use the UA RCC when I have the time. I really like CTOs and use only two CCs. I am fascinated watching my TA use her CRS and am not concerned whether the left seat is on ILS or VFR. I prefer heavy AC and am not yet a member of the MHC (darn!). I am cool with F/O handling T/O and enjoy ATC on channel 9. I am grateful for E+ and MRTC and am pondering a RTW soon. I am finally getting used to EGRs but don't trust ETAs. I can find the record locator on any tix and don't care if it's FBW, FBY or hydraulic. I slightly fear DL's RPU. I miss MCOs issued for CC tix and always do RT, not O/W."