Who has a gold card?
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Who has a gold card?
Redfred's temperate and balanced view of the world 
made me wonder just how many "Gold Card" tyrants inhabit this forum.
Let me be the first to 'fess up that I have Skyteam Gold Elite.
Anyone else care to engage in cathartic release?
PS: TS, nice piece of moderation, bet nobody talks during your safety brief
made me wonder just how many "Gold Card" tyrants inhabit this forum.Let me be the first to 'fess up that I have Skyteam Gold Elite.
Anyone else care to engage in cathartic release?
PS: TS, nice piece of moderation, bet nobody talks during your safety brief
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71 flights, over 300,000 miles flown this year and not one mile to my name 
Ahhh, the glamour of (working in) aviation and not driving the fast, noisy, winged thingy
Best wishes to all those GC's out there - we need all of you these days
Ahhh, the glamour of (working in) aviation and not driving the fast, noisy, winged thingy
Best wishes to all those GC's out there - we need all of you these days
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Aer Lingus Elite, though not for much longer. (oneworld Emerald)
Is RF the same one who is trying to weasel out of a parking ticket and pervert the course of justice? Recently discussed in JB.
Thread seems to have been deleted, so apologies if my memory didn't serve me well...
Is RF the same one who is trying to weasel out of a parking ticket and pervert the course of justice? Recently discussed in JB.
Thread seems to have been deleted, so apologies if my memory didn't serve me well...
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Hi,
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Gold ( primary carrier and off to SFO at new year on the Suites- leisure
Bmi Gold
BA Silver
I am always polite to every one and love talking to the VS cabin crew at the clubhouse or on board at the bar!!
Regards
TBS
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Gold ( primary carrier and off to SFO at new year on the Suites- leisure
Bmi Gold
BA Silver
I am always polite to every one and love talking to the VS cabin crew at the clubhouse or on board at the bar!!
Regards
TBS
I'm a gold card holder with LH and have around 1/4 million of their 'Miles and More' miles. Now, whilst it's nice to have the use of a lounge pre-departure, LH certainly don't go out of their way to provide anything special for gold card holders. I used to have a more friendly flight experience travelling with buzz and paying to use the STN lounge than nowadays with LH...
'Priority' bag tags - useless
Priority row 1 seating? Great - nowhere convenient for my briefcase.
Business Class catering - Has been rubbish since 1 Apr on European flights.
Cabin crew are usually quite friendly and apologetic about the poor service standards which the LH beancounters have imposed..
But I always check to make sure that, wherever possible, I can avoid flying in those horrible little CRJs!
One thing which does annoy me is, particularly at BHX, the number of people who try to wheedle their way into attempting to get an upgrade or entry into the fairly small lounge. Dare I say this, but they are usually from a certain ethnic group; on one flight a chancer inserted himself into a C class seat and , when the numbers didn't tally, everyone was then politely asked for their boarding cards. "Sorry, I seem to have mislaid it", he said. "Your ticket then, please?" "But I have already handed that to your staff" "Your baggage label, sir?" "Ah yes, I have it here" About 5 seconds later, the No 1 stated in a loud voice "Sir, you are travelling on an Economy Class ticket - and your seat number is....B". With much "Why are you doing this?", he and his large cabin bag were politely escorted to his rightful seat.
I just don't like cheats, liars or people who are unreasonable to the check-in folks or the cabin crew. But equally I really don't like being short-changed by LH's current attitude towards European business class passengers.
'Priority' bag tags - useless
Priority row 1 seating? Great - nowhere convenient for my briefcase.
Business Class catering - Has been rubbish since 1 Apr on European flights.
Cabin crew are usually quite friendly and apologetic about the poor service standards which the LH beancounters have imposed..
But I always check to make sure that, wherever possible, I can avoid flying in those horrible little CRJs!
One thing which does annoy me is, particularly at BHX, the number of people who try to wheedle their way into attempting to get an upgrade or entry into the fairly small lounge. Dare I say this, but they are usually from a certain ethnic group; on one flight a chancer inserted himself into a C class seat and , when the numbers didn't tally, everyone was then politely asked for their boarding cards. "Sorry, I seem to have mislaid it", he said. "Your ticket then, please?" "But I have already handed that to your staff" "Your baggage label, sir?" "Ah yes, I have it here" About 5 seconds later, the No 1 stated in a loud voice "Sir, you are travelling on an Economy Class ticket - and your seat number is....B". With much "Why are you doing this?", he and his large cabin bag were politely escorted to his rightful seat.
I just don't like cheats, liars or people who are unreasonable to the check-in folks or the cabin crew. But equally I really don't like being short-changed by LH's current attitude towards European business class passengers.
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Hi Slim Slag
I'm astonished at your attention to detail - are you by any chance a beer mat collector?
Anyway after investigation with a magnifying glass, I can confirm that you're quite right in your assertion and that my glittery card does say "elite plus" under the logo in the bottom right hand corner!
Where do Skyteam fly to?
Where nowhere really, apart from Europe, the Americas, the Far East, the Middle East etc
and the membership keeps growing, like the EU .... DL, KL, OK, CO, NW, AZ, AF & Korean
Interesting to note Redfred's response, it would seem that the distribution of a small number of prats in the gold card system might well be typical of the same in the airline industry.
Merry Christmas to you, sir.
I'm astonished at your attention to detail - are you by any chance a beer mat collector?
Anyway after investigation with a magnifying glass, I can confirm that you're quite right in your assertion and that my glittery card does say "elite plus" under the logo in the bottom right hand corner!
Where do Skyteam fly to?
Where nowhere really, apart from Europe, the Americas, the Far East, the Middle East etc
and the membership keeps growing, like the EU .... DL, KL, OK, CO, NW, AZ, AF & Korean Interesting to note Redfred's response, it would seem that the distribution of a small number of prats in the gold card system might well be typical of the same in the airline industry.
Merry Christmas to you, sir.
I once boarded a BA Dash 8 at Bristol for a flight to Edinburgh and witnessed an astonishing scene. A middle-aged woman was remonstrating with a man who was seated in the first row. It transpired that she wanted to sit in his seat and he was having none of it, as he had been allocated that seat. She was insisting that she wanted his seat because it was the one she had sat in on the outbound leg. The cabin crew were trying to get her to stop making a fuss as they were ready to depart when she played her trump card. Out came the BA gold card and it was waved in the man's face.
He promptly burst out laughing and said that it meant nothing to him. This only made her worse and the cabin crew were seemingly at a loss as to what to do. Sensing this, the man stood up and said "Here, take the seat and shut the f@@k up"
"About time", she said and flounced into the seat. The man got a round of applause from nearby passengers and was plied with free drink for the duration of the flight. The woman was totally unfased by the episode, believing it was her right, as a gold card holder, to cause such a stir.
He promptly burst out laughing and said that it meant nothing to him. This only made her worse and the cabin crew were seemingly at a loss as to what to do. Sensing this, the man stood up and said "Here, take the seat and shut the f@@k up"
"About time", she said and flounced into the seat. The man got a round of applause from nearby passengers and was plied with free drink for the duration of the flight. The woman was totally unfased by the episode, believing it was her right, as a gold card holder, to cause such a stir.
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Personally (as a student) don't have one, but my mother a frequent flyer LHR-SFO for buisness has one .... thankfully we get the miles and it has paid for a fair few holidays. And the LHR girls/boys know their stuff and have be as generous as to give my mum & I an upgrade to Club when flying to Prague in 02 X'mas. Cheers for that, enjoyed the holiday even more!
Jordan
Jordan
BA Gold.
Membership year expired October, so started collecting for next year. Will have qualified for Silver by Xmas for the year starting next October....
I fly too much!
Membership year expired October, so started collecting for next year. Will have qualified for Silver by Xmas for the year starting next October....
I fly too much!
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SAS Eurobonus Gold for the last 2 years, with roughly 1/4 million miles on the account. Give or take. Spend 160K this summer on hotac and tickets flying myself and 2 lady friends to London.
Wub
Had that gentleman been me, I'd calmly pick up a magazine and start reading. She could have stood there 'till hell froze over, but unless the crew asked me to move I'd have stayed put. And if the bitch waved her gold card in my face I would have taken it and bit it in half. Had it been a male I'd lamp him, but don't under any circumstances hit women.
Wub
Had that gentleman been me, I'd calmly pick up a magazine and start reading. She could have stood there 'till hell froze over, but unless the crew asked me to move I'd have stayed put. And if the bitch waved her gold card in my face I would have taken it and bit it in half. Had it been a male I'd lamp him, but don't under any circumstances hit women.
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SAS Eurobonus Gold. (Not as many miles as Flip Flop Flyer though)
Nice when travelling the Star Alliance to be able to chill out in the lounge, when not flying Helicopters for a living.
In NZ now and having a ball.
MD
Nice when travelling the Star Alliance to be able to chill out in the lounge, when not flying Helicopters for a living.
In NZ now and having a ball.
MD
Aisle seat, please.
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I normally fly about 100K a year, but working for a charity, I've always got to buy the cheapest flight. That combined with having to visit a large number of destinations means that I rarely get enough miles in a year with any one airline or alliance to get even a silver card, much less a gold one.
Wherefore Art I?
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Delta Platinum with about 300k flown in the last year and a half (plus United/Star Alliance Silver with about 40k on there as well, and Frontier Ascent with about 5k on there).
I've seen a lot of people, including people I work with, that try to use the "Do you know who I am? Look at my level!" technique, and all it really does is nothing to help them out. I've always been a "bees with honey" type of guy. Give a smile a compliment, and they'll see when they check the system what level I'm at. Works wonders for me.
Too bad not enough people seem to take that approach. A lot of grumpy people out there who want to make everyone ELSE around them feel the same way.
RD
I've seen a lot of people, including people I work with, that try to use the "Do you know who I am? Look at my level!" technique, and all it really does is nothing to help them out. I've always been a "bees with honey" type of guy. Give a smile a compliment, and they'll see when they check the system what level I'm at. Works wonders for me.
Too bad not enough people seem to take that approach. A lot of grumpy people out there who want to make everyone ELSE around them feel the same way.
RD