Sorry About That...
#108
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: IAH
Programs: DL DM, Hyatt Ist-iest, Stariott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 12,795
Hold up for a second. Did eightblack actually just finish a trip report?! Hell may be about to freeze over
Anyway I may be in the Denver area next month, and if so, keep an eye on your PMs.
Anyway I may be in the Denver area next month, and if so, keep an eye on your PMs.
#109
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Prince Edward Island
Programs: Air Canada P25K, Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Gold, MGM Gold
Posts: 1,582
Wow. I'm fairly new to FT and never heard of the apparently infamous eightblack. But when I saw a trip report with 108 posts in 11 days, I had to check it out. I'm so glad that I did! That was amazing
#111
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: bay area, ca
Programs: UA plat, , aa plat, marriott LT titanium
Posts: 4,833
"I thought the CX flight was just ok. Nothing special. I didn’t want to be rude when the polite staffer offered me a bottle of Krug although I did object a little bit when they served the champagne at the same temperature as the surface of the sun."
YES - even though I repeatedly ask for the champagne to be made colder I am amazed that they don't understand the importance of serving it COLD (although they are marginally better than american airlines that seem to think warm and flat is the best way to serve....but I digress)
So even after I ask for GASP ice to be put in the champagne they still don't make it colder for my subsequent glasses over the next while (really they have ice, a bucket, and water - sort of the basics for cooling the bottle)
Add my thanks for so much fun reading
YES - even though I repeatedly ask for the champagne to be made colder I am amazed that they don't understand the importance of serving it COLD (although they are marginally better than american airlines that seem to think warm and flat is the best way to serve....but I digress)
So even after I ask for GASP ice to be put in the champagne they still don't make it colder for my subsequent glasses over the next while (really they have ice, a bucket, and water - sort of the basics for cooling the bottle)
Add my thanks for so much fun reading
#112
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Programs: AA
Posts: 14,743
#113
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Prince Edward Island
Programs: Air Canada P25K, Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Gold, MGM Gold
Posts: 1,582
I highly recommend reading his other reports. FNT-PNH (ie a long, long, way...) is a favorite.
#115
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: NCL
Programs: BAEC and Hilton mostly
Posts: 655
(Not to say an eightblack post shouldn't be declaimed, though!)
#116
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Canada
Programs: UA Mileage Plus, AA Advantage, Aeroplan
Posts: 75
EightBlack you MUST post more regularly!
I saw this report after such a long absence and I was all "Yeeskies! This is gonna be yeetastic boi!"
After reading this I must say this trip report is so tony!
(I must have a lie down now after using up my entire vocabulary of whatever that is)
I saw this report after such a long absence and I was all "Yeeskies! This is gonna be yeetastic boi!"
After reading this I must say this trip report is so tony!
(I must have a lie down now after using up my entire vocabulary of whatever that is)
#118
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,147
Thank you, eightblack, for a most joyous read this morning. Yes, I've only just discovered your post by carelessly visiting the TR section of FT looking for something else. I prostrate myself before an outstanding story-teller [check spelling, yes, that's prostrate. Whew]. Now I really must get on with doing the small chores I was supposed to be doing.
Salutations, Sir.
Salutations, Sir.