Interesting new method for an upgrade
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From: UK
Interesting new method for an upgrade
Just wanted to know what cabin crew out there think about this. Personally I think it's a load of bo%%oc£$!! 
Hopefully the link will work!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...511224468&rd=1
Hopefully the link will work! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...511224468&rd=1
, it didn't look TOO obvious did it, using an Asiana and KLM aircraft in full colour scheme but blanked out names!!!
Couldonlyaffordafiver
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From: The Twilight Zone near 30W
The best (hopefully unintentional) effort I saw was a couple of months or so ago. A pax severed his middle finger in a toilet door of all things. After being patched up, was offered an upgrade to give him more room and politely declined. A true gent.
The finger was subsequently reattached having flown most of the Atlantic in the fridge.
The finger was subsequently reattached having flown most of the Atlantic in the fridge.
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: North Cheshire
Upgrade?
£30?( Oops sorry £19.97!). For something which some guy has knocked up off his laptop? If it's so infallible, why didn't he go to a proper publisher with it, instead of trying to rip off the great British Public? The words 'urine' and 'extraction' come to mind, but I suppose there are a few chavs/numptys out there who will buy it...
In Matalan you could buy a decent shirt & tie for £20, which, arguably gives you more chance of an upgrade than this load of tosh.
In Matalan you could buy a decent shirt & tie for £20, which, arguably gives you more chance of an upgrade than this load of tosh.
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: East Sussex
Hi Guys, (Pilots are allowed in here aren't we?!)
I'd just like to stick an oar in here and mention a true upgrade story that happened to me last year.
I was taking my Girlfriend and my little sis on a "thank you for supporting me through ATPL my training" 4 days in Hong Kong leaving from LGW on BA.
My little sis (who is 14) has a teddy which she has always carried with her from birth and it even has its own "teddy passport" (You can get them from the bear factory
) with a little photo etc etc which I, totally accidentally, handed over to the lady on the check in desk.
After checking it over and me seeing this teddy passport on the desk while slowly turning a bright shade of red, I was just about to admit my mistake and ask for it back when she burts into a fit of giggles which she cant stop for a good minute.
Once she finally calms down she says its the sweetest thing she has seen in years and gives us all an upgrade (which was well appreciated on that long flight)
Feeling a bit cocky at the airport in HK on the way back I, not so accidentally, hand it over again...and guess what....Giggles and upgrade!
I felt rather guilty when I got home and promised myself I would never do it again. But boy was it funny!
Sorry...I shall leave now!
EzY
I'd just like to stick an oar in here and mention a true upgrade story that happened to me last year.
I was taking my Girlfriend and my little sis on a "thank you for supporting me through ATPL my training" 4 days in Hong Kong leaving from LGW on BA.
My little sis (who is 14) has a teddy which she has always carried with her from birth and it even has its own "teddy passport" (You can get them from the bear factory
) with a little photo etc etc which I, totally accidentally, handed over to the lady on the check in desk. After checking it over and me seeing this teddy passport on the desk while slowly turning a bright shade of red, I was just about to admit my mistake and ask for it back when she burts into a fit of giggles which she cant stop for a good minute.
Once she finally calms down she says its the sweetest thing she has seen in years and gives us all an upgrade (which was well appreciated on that long flight)
Feeling a bit cocky at the airport in HK on the way back I, not so accidentally, hand it over again...and guess what....Giggles and upgrade!
I felt rather guilty when I got home and promised myself I would never do it again. But boy was it funny!
Sorry...I shall leave now!
EzY
Joined: May 2004
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From: Perth, Western Australia
My deepest apologies. I don't know what came over me.
I think it was a deep-seated, immediate and emotional reaction to the fact that someone can write such drivel and make lots of $s from gullible members of the public.
(PS. I'm a him).
I think it was a deep-seated, immediate and emotional reaction to the fact that someone can write such drivel and make lots of $s from gullible members of the public.
(PS. I'm a him).
Joined: Sep 2001
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From: Hong Kong
EzY,
You were flying from LGW to Hong Kong on BA last year?
I think not.
And I guess what's in this book are just the hints & tips that are available for free thorugh various online frequent flyer forums.
You were flying from LGW to Hong Kong on BA last year?
I think not.
And I guess what's in this book are just the hints & tips that are available for free thorugh various online frequent flyer forums.
