Who uses seat-to-seat messaging?

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Mar 8, 2009, 10:03 am

rocky

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Who uses seat-to-seat messaging?

Have you tried this feature?

It would be nice if they had a status message option that allowed you to indicate to other pax that you were open to chatting.

I don't feel like randomly annoying people.

Mar 8, 2009, 10:16 am

aviators99

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I have used it to chat with friends. If it's not someone you know, you are probably annoying them.

You *can* use your settings to make it so that people cannot chat with you.

Mar 8, 2009, 12:56 pm

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A cousin of mine texted someone he liked and ended up with a date after the flight. Harassment turned romance.

Mar 8, 2009, 3:05 pm

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I agree it would be cool to have an "open to chat" button, but I wouldn't be too concerned with texting someone else, as they can always just hit ignore and thats the end...the system won't let you keep pestering them.

Mar 8, 2009, 3:59 pm

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Originally Posted by jgoodm

A cousin of mine texted someone he liked and ended up with a date after the flight. Harassment turned romance.

I would be interested in hearing how this works out. If it is successful, I can introduce them to some marketing people for the airline who would probably want to feature it somewhere.

Mar 8, 2009, 5:55 pm

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Originally Posted by aviators99

I would be interested in hearing how this works out. If it is successful, I can introduce them to some marketing people for the airline who would probably want to feature it somewhere.

Ummm, the date was with someone that was not his wife. I don't think he is a good candidate.

Yes, he is a pig, but hey, he's still blood.

Mar 9, 2009, 5:25 pm

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When I fly with colleagues on VS, we always use it... Mostly to say "LET'S HIT THE BAR!"

Mar 21, 2009, 4:58 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jgoodm

Ummm, the date was with someone that was not his wife. I don't think he is a good candidate.

He might be a marketing gold mine. To be sure, VX would need to carefully select the right publications (i.e., men's magazines) for touting this successful onboard hook-up.

Mar 23, 2009, 6:37 pm

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I use it when I'm flying with a friend, just for fun. I think however, it's all very "ala Richard Branson"...just like beds for, uh...extra-curricular activities at 35,000 feet!

Mar 23, 2009, 8:10 pm

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Used it a few days ago while I was boarding VX to JFK. Saw a friend whom I hadn't seen in a few months in row 8 or so(I was waaaay in the back), and rather than hanging around his seat and slowing the boarding process, I just texted him from my seat. ^

Apr 4, 2009, 11:15 pm

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In the not-so-distant past, I had two children under age 2--so two lap infants. I was on a JetBlue flight with my wife and kids, and we had to sit in different rows since there were only 4 oxygen masks for the 3 seats in the row. (Seats across the aisle were taken.) I would've used the texting feature then.