As a pax of 44 years (man and boy
) I first heard the term in here and thought it hilariously funny. As others have said, each business has pet names for it's customers. The ONLY thing that counts is service and that is adequately covered elsewhere.
Both
TS and
Flaps know of what they speak and this question gets asked about once a year, because folks don't use SEARCH before posting. As to BA CC? It's their job and they can do what they like with it. There will always be plenty of airlines.
I would vote this thread to be closed and the next time the question is asked - for it to be closed with links to all the other threads. Now, to lighten the load ..
Donkey497
What the airlines really need is SLB - Self Loading Baggage.
Sir Terry Pratchett already invented this. In the Discworld stories, there is a large cabin trunk with many legs on it and it is entirely self-propelled.
Rincewind - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[an extract]
The Luggage is a large chest that follows Rincewind wherever he goes. It is made of sapient pearwood (a magical, intelligent plant which is nearly extinct, impervious to magic, and only grows in a few places outside the Agatean Empire, generally on sites of very old magic). It can produce hundreds of little legs protruding from its underside and can move very fast if the need arises. It has been described as "half suitcase, half homicidal maniac"
Its function is to act as both a luggage carrier and bodyguard for its owner, against whom no threatening motion should be made. The Luggage is fiercely defensive of its owner, and is generally homicidal in nature, killing or eating several people and monsters and destroying various ships, walls, doors, geographic features, and other obstacles throughout the series. Its mouth contains "lots of big square teeth, white as sycamore, and a pulsating tongue, red as mahogany." The inside area of The Luggage does not appear to be constrained by its external dimensions, and contains many conveniences: even when it has just devoured a monster, the next time it opens the owner will find his underwear, neatly pressed and smelling slightly of lavender.
Micro Art Studio - Discworld Miniatures Luggage (1)