When making a reservation now on United airlines you have to specify "red eye" or "black eye".
And whether you're willing to pay extra to not be in the "fight club" section.
I heard their selling seats and kicking ass and they are all out of seats.
I have a old friend that spent a few years of his youth doing missionary work in Africa. He tells stories of airports in the interior of Africa that consisted of a tin roof shed (no walls), a windsock and a couple of 55 gallon drums of gasoline. When (if) the plane landed anybody that was on the ground would rush the taxiing DC 3 in an attempt to procure one of only 21 seats. Obtaining a seat usually involved being either bigger or quicker than someone else. Only after the melee and everyone was seated would the co-pilot walk the aisle and take money from the passengers for fare.
He said travelling light was a requirement.
Use to a take a lot of flights on American from
Miami to Guat City. Pre 9/11
Flights would be very packed and Guatemalans would bring a lot of consumer goods back home.
It was almost a combination of a passenger and cargo flight. Once it was determined that the flight was over the weight limit and they requested if passengers would deplane for a voucher. Of course they used the most attractive female flight attendant to propose the offer. First offer was a voucher for a few hundred $s. Someone took it.
They came back in a few minutes and said they needed 2 more to leave.
No takers. They upped the voucher to $500 and another jumped at it quickly.
But they needed another so after a few minutes of further sweet talk by the attendant, they upped it twice. I think it got to about $900. Someone jumped. Ready to go...No.
After a few minutes, she came back and needed one more passenger to leave.
No messing around, the offer was free RT ticket to any destination that American Airlines served.
Someone jumped immediately with glee. Everyone clapped with glee with him like he just won on wheel of fortune.
This was a long time ago. You would think United would have made generous offers for people to leave.
About 25 years ago my wife and I booked a flight from Atlanta to Orlando to take our children to Wally World. The fight we were on was a non-stop and was overbooked. They asked for volunteers to take a later flight, with a voucher for round trip tickets at a later date. We had arranged for a car rental and had no rush to get there so we took the offer. The next flight was 30 minutes later and had a stop in Tampa. When we stopped in Tampa the pilot invited our children to the cockpit for a visit, That was without a doubt the best flight we ever took and my wife and I used the vouchers for travel later.
Andy
Andy Bruner, post: 423504, member: 1123 wrote: About 25 years ago my wife and I booked a flight from Atlanta to Orlando to take our children to Wally World. The fight we were on was a non-stop and was overbooked. ....
Andy
Classic example of a Freudian slip.
When they offer a deal to change planes, I think I'll dash to the front of the line and take it:cool:
Nah. Let'em knock you around a bit, then hide your partial and claim they knocked out seven teeth.
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People practicing kindness in our society is becoming less more than often.
It should be recognized and awarded in some way even if it is only the recognition of kind acts by others.
Oddly enough my father and I have previously done survey work for the fellow involved in the plane kerfuffle.
I can understand "kicking" the "standby's" off but not a valid ticket holder. That episode is going to make a bunch of Lawyers richer! Not to mention the receipint "escorted" off the airplane.
I can't picture putting up enough of a fight that i'd lose a bunch of teeth. I mean, if I know there's four of them, and the plane isn't going anywhere til I leave, and I don't have the keys to fly the plane.. what's the sense in it ?
Andy Bruner, post: 423504, member: 1123 wrote: About 25 years ago my wife and I booked a flight from Atlanta to Orlando
Andy, if you ever go there again there are 2 or 3 daily direct Delta flights from Atlanta to Daytona Beach (55 min). Rental cars are a breeze and you are 80 min from all the attractions in Orlando. It's quicker and 100 times less stressful to fly to Daytona and drive to Orlando. Actually it is quicker than if you were to arrive at Orlando and have to walk 25 miles through 2 million people to collect your luggage and find a rental agency that actually has a car available to rent. And thatÛªs the easy part. When and if, you procure a rental car it will take another hour to figure out where you are and how to get out of the airport. And for sanity's sake do not rely on GPS, every main road near the airport in Orlando is perpetually under construction so GPS is worthless.
Daytona airport as well as I-4(quickest route to Orlando) is right alongside Daytona International Speedway which offers some very interesting things to do and there are hotels everywhere. Best thing about Daytona Airport is the TSA check in. It NEVER takes more than 10 minutes (MAX) to go through. No lines, nobody bumping into you, nobody sneezing everywhere, nobody screaming into a cell phone in a foreign language, and especially nobody farting like a moose and pretending it didnÛªt come from them while giving you the accusatory eyeball.
:p
R.J. Schneider, post: 423580, member: 409 wrote: I can't picture putting up enough of a fight that i'd lose a bunch of teeth
I agree. Call your Attorney on the way off the plane, save your teeth so you can speak correctly in court while you are sueing them for 800 billion dollars. 😎
R.J. Schneider, post: 423580, member: 409 wrote: I can't picture putting up enough of a fight that i'd lose a bunch of teeth.
If you watch the video; they slam the guys face into the arm rest of the seat across the aisle...
Robert Hill, post: 423521, member: 378 wrote: People practicing kindness in our society is becoming less more than often.
It should be recognized and awarded in some way even if it is only the recognition of kind acts by others.
I agree with that. I am so old that I am still under the impression kindness, generosity and helpfulness to others is what is expected of human society and not necessarily recognition worthy. That impression has certianly been my guide throughout life. Seems like things have changed. 😐
[USER=136]@James Fleming[/USER]
Now THAT was an article worth reading, thank you "Sir Fleming" for the heads up. 😎
