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Paying to get on first
On 2006-02-16 16:34:22 -0800, Dave Smith said:
"tim (in Sweden)" wrote: Stelios was being interviewed on (BBC) R5 last night and he revealed that his latest scam, um fare reducing idea, is to charge extra to be in group A and get on first. He suggested 5 pounds would put you in the same group as the: families with children. Can't say I'd be buying this myself, any takers? The plane doesn't take off any earlier. No matter when you get on you aren't going to start to taxi for takeoff until everyone else is on. The sooner you get on and get seated the longer you have to wait. let me see if I have this right....ok, I get on before you all and I get to sit among all the little screaming snot-nozzles and their entitled parents and wait until all are loaded? are you serious? bill |
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bill frogg wrote:
let me see if I have this right....ok, I get on before you all and I get to sit among all the little screaming snot-nozzles and their entitled parents and wait until all are loaded? are you serious? bill No, it's better than that. You get on early, find out where said little screaming snot-nozzles and entitled pahrunts are sitting, and then sit as far away from them as possible. Then you let some other poor unfortunate sod park his sorry ass among the LSS-Ns and their EPs. Simple, eh? HTH. HAND. -- dgs |
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S can rim Margaret Thatcher for all I care.
You need to wait for the craft to take off whatever happens. "tim (in Sweden)" wrote in message ... Stelios was being interviewed on (BBC) R5 last night and he revealed that his latest scam, um fare reducing idea, is to charge extra to be in group A and get on first. He suggested 5 pounds would put you in the same group as the: families with children. Can't say I'd be buying this myself, any takers? tim |
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Following up to bill frogg :
On 2006-02-16 16:34:22 -0800, Dave Smith said: "tim (in Sweden)" wrote: Stelios was being interviewed on (BBC) R5 last night and he revealed that his latest scam, um fare reducing idea, is to charge extra to be in group A and get on first. He suggested 5 pounds would put you in the same group as the: families with children. Can't say I'd be buying this myself, any takers? The plane doesn't take off any earlier. No matter when you get on you aren't going to start to taxi for takeoff until everyone else is on. The sooner you get on and get seated the longer you have to wait. let me see if I have this right....ok, I get on before you all and I get to sit among all the little screaming snot-nozzles and their entitled parents and wait until all are loaded? are you serious? bill Only if you're as thick as two short planks. Would it not occur to you to site somewhere else? -- Tim C. |
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Following up to Martin :
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:17:46 +0100, Tim C. wrote: Following up to bill frogg : On 2006-02-16 16:34:22 -0800, Dave Smith said: "tim (in Sweden)" wrote: Stelios was being interviewed on (BBC) R5 last night and he revealed that his latest scam, um fare reducing idea, is to charge extra to be in group A and get on first. He suggested 5 pounds would put you in the same group as the: families with children. Can't say I'd be buying this myself, any takers? The plane doesn't take off any earlier. No matter when you get on you aren't going to start to taxi for takeoff until everyone else is on. The sooner you get on and get seated the longer you have to wait. let me see if I have this right....ok, I get on before you all and I get to sit among all the little screaming snot-nozzles and their entitled parents and wait until all are loaded? are you serious? bill Only if you're as thick as two short planks. Would it not occur to you to site somewhere else? You left out an "h", Tim. :-) And added an extra 'e'. Or maybe not. -- Tim C. |
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tim (in Sweden) wrote:
Stelios was being interviewed on (BBC) R5 last night and he revealed that his latest scam, um fare reducing idea, is to charge extra to be in group A and get on first. He suggested 5 pounds would put you in the same group as the: families with children. Can't say I'd be buying this myself, any takers? tim AFAIAA there are several reasons for letting families with small children (and incidentally, elderly frail relatives) on first. Firstly, it is unreasonable to expect families with small children or elderly passengers to have to stand and wait in line for an interminable length of time to board the plane. Secondly, the rule ensures that families with small children can sit together. Lastly, there is the safety aspect to avoid injury to small children in the push and shove to get on. I can't see that extending this privilege to passengers who are prepared to spend the money is going to help either the safety or comfort of small childrenand elderly passengers, or make it easier for families with small children to sit together. T. |
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Following up to Tim C.
and there's a huge stampede of people trying to get in first for a window-seat or to reserve an extra seat next to them. and two people who occupy three seats hoping no one will say "f*** off out of that seat unless you want me to sit between you and spill drinks over you all the way to Girona, where I will take the **** out of you for thinking it was Barcelona". -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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Following up to erilar
Obviously two airlines for me to avoid! sadly, they insist on driving down prices at the cost of anything and everything. It seems that's what people want, as the not quite so cheap but fairly normal service lines went bust. -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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Following up to tim (in Sweden)
Can't say I'd be buying this myself, any takers? If I had to use his flights I'd pay to avoid fighting my way to a seat. Assuming the system was actually going to work. What I really want is them to do the job properly and allocate me seats together in the first place so I don't have to queue and my wife can sit down until boarding. -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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Following up to tim (in Sweden)
ISTM that it costs real money to implement a seat allocation system at check-in. This also takes longer (uses more staff) whilst everyone selects their favorite seat. They usually just ask aisle or window. How long does that take? I don't believe the quick boarding story, how much does it slow things down passengers identifying the correct seat? Most of any delay is from the time it takes to put things in overheads before sitting down holding up those behind. -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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