You know you are a frequent flyer when ...

[Quickstatus]

We're looking at something like this to spend xmas in ORD:

BC20 what's good in ORD at Xmas?.
looking for another Xmas destination. Too many Xmas in NYC.

 

[blackcat20]

BC20 what's good in ORD at Xmas?.
looking for another Xmas destination. Too many Xmas in NYC.

Don't know, never been in winter before.

 

[get me outta here]

No Zara, but there was a Mary, Nellie, Queen, Unicorn, Yellow and I think the only over-lap was X-Ray, Actually Charlie was too. It's testing my rote memory.

And, the reason I mention this, as it was not unusual for international telephone operators to get a lift up in the world by getting a job on QF's phone res.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

Do the airline res folk prefer customers to use phonetics when reading out their PNR?

If I can use the phonetic fluently I can be true blue frequent flyer?

I would think airline res people wouldn't really mind as long as what ever words used did the job so the CSR was able to retrieve the pnr with a minimum of fuss.

It's not necessary at the airport as CSA's rarely look at res pnrs - they juat need your name and flight number (or destination) along with appropriate ID.

Rattling off a freq flyer nbr at checkin is of no use to a CSA either as the checkin procedure is done from a pax name from against the relevant flight number.

 

[Awesom Andy]

I know my alpha to zulu, but I always hope that they didn't think I was a nerd (or something worse).

 

[Simo]

I text SWMBO airport codes

 

[medhead]

Do the airline res folk prefer customers to use phonetics when reading out their PNR?. If I can use the phonetic fluently I can be true blue frequent flyer?

With airline Res people, I don't even bother with T for Tomato. I just launch straight in with Tango, Zulu etc.
I was told that Quebec is the only Q word that doesn't sound unambiguous.

 

[Buzzard]

I heard M for Merica once

 

[Cryptarcadian]

I was told that Quebec is the only Q word that doesn't sound unambiguous.

Perhaps someone would like to try make Q for Qantas a thing?

 

[esseeeayeenn]

Perhaps someone would like to try make Q for Qantas a thing?

"N" for no.

 

[rainbowgirl]

Perhaps someone would like to try make Q for Qantas a thing?

Perhaps Q for Qo'nos

 

[bluesideup]

You photograph your hotel room number with your phone because when you are changing hotels every few days you can't remember the current room number;
You also photograph your suitcase before check in so that you take the your bag off the conveyor at the other end;
You also photograph your boarding pass just in case your airline does not allocate the frequent flyer points;
You find amenity packs from airlines you do not remember travelling on;
You keep a spreadsheet to track your days away each year;
You wake up realising that you have neglected to put the dog out for the night - only to discover that you are in a hotel room and the dog is at home.......

 

[Deleted member 29185]

You wake up realising that you have neglected to put the dog out for the night - only to discover that you are in a hotel room and the dog is at home.......

Or alternatively, you arrive home and get bailed up by the dog 'cause it's forgotten who you are! :shock:

 

[pagingjoan]

You know you are a frequent flyer when....
....the manager of an airport store on the other side of the world gives you his personal email address and suggests that, if you see something in one of their stores “on the High Street", you contact him, give him the details, and he will have it waiting for you when next you pass by – no obligation to purchase.

 

[wandering_fred]

You discover that you have saved BPs from ten years ago?

Happy wandering

Fred

 

[Fiches Mouser]

Or alternatively, you arrive home and get bailed up by the dog 'cause it's forgotten who you are! :shock:

...the only thing stopping you from getting a dog is that it would be seriously neglected.

 

[esseeeayeenn]

...the only thing stopping you from getting a dog is that it would be seriously neglected.

Ths is why I no longer have a tropical reef marine aquarium.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Ths is why I no longer have a tropical reef marine aquarium.

Drop into CNS.....they're building one for you!

 

[newmarket]

You're known by sight and name at the LAX Marriott Hertz desk.... And you don't normally pick up your car there; only sometimes.

 

[Milboo]

...the only thing stopping you from getting a dog is that it would be seriously neglected.

or that you spend many an hour trying to locate suitable house sitters for said dog when your perfect Housesitter relocates