TonyHancock
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After several minutes of work, less than scientific research and absolutely no testing on the general public the Tony Hancock “How Loyal are you?” quiz is finally complete. (Ten key questions with multiple choice answers.)
Please answer all questions truthfully or just lie if you like. If an answer does not match exactly your own response just make something up that matches near enough.
The purpose of the quiz is to establish how loyal you are to your airline of choice.
When you have completed the quiz add up your score and see how loyal you are by reading the post defining loyalty by score.
Please, please, please, please don’t bother commenting about questions that should or shouldn’t be there or how the scoring should have been done etc. Just make your own quiz up instead!!
1. Your airline of choice removes, from it’s elite frequent flyers, any time access to its airport lounges, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but ultimately continue to fly with them – but spend Saturday nights in the local pub now (10 points)
b. See that the writing is on the wall and start to move some of your flying to another airline (5 points)
c. Wonder what anytime access is or was (15 points)
d. Immediately switch all of your business to another airline (0 points)
e. Understand that the airline business is a tough game and accept the change. (20 points)
2 . A new “supper” menu is introduced by your airline of choice on flights from Asia to Australia, created by celebrity chef Andy Murray and it is, quite frankly, abysmal, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them – taking a packed lunch when flying from SIN to Australia (10 points)
b. Eat in the lounge beforehand to avoid the slop (15 points)
c. Check out the offerings of other airlines and weigh up your options (5 points)
d. Actually enjoy Andy Murray slop, or at least pretend to so that you can appear hip and trendy (20 points)
e. Immediately switch all of your business to another airline (0 points)
3. Your airline of choice pretty much abandons international travel from your home airport, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them – although not to international destinations any more!!! (10 points)
b. Keep flying domestically but move your international business to another carrier (10 Points)
c. Move all of your flying to another carrier (0 points)
d. Move home to a proper city, e.g. Melbourne, so that you can continue to fly with your airline of choice (20 points)
e. Wonder when the mining boom will return, or if proper cars will ever be manufactured in Australia again (5 points)
4. Your airline of choice shuts down a loophole that has allowed you to maintain elite status with it for several years, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them, just not so much in premium cabins (10 points)
b. Find another loophole with another airline and take your business there (15 points)
c. Spend more money with your airline of choice to maintain your elite status (20 points)
d. Drop down a level in status and cry (10 points)
e. Wonder what loophole was being exploited and continue with your BFOD policy. (5 points)
5. It’s enhancement time and the value of your points has just dropped 20%, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them – just not as far as you might have done on points (10 points)
b. Use your points to buy 35 toasters (20 points)
c. Apply for 23 credit cards with huge sign on bonuses to make up for the devaluation (20 points)
d. Look at alternative airline schemes where points appear to have a higher value (0 points)
e. Wonder what all of the fuss is about (10 points)
6. It’s enhancement tine again, this time earning is halved when you choose alliance partner airlines of your airline of choice, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them and their alliance partners (10 points)
b. Fly more with your airline of choice and less with alliance partners (20 points)
c. Abandon your airline of choice and move to a new carrier immediately (0 points)
d. Calculate the best routes for earning and stick to them (15 points)
e. Wonder what all the fuss is about (5 points)
7. Your airline of choice is completely unable to even get close to offering priority boarding for it’s Business Class and elite frequent flyers, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them – getting to the gate early to queue up – or late with no hand luggage (10 points)
b. Switch to a carrier that is able to implement this seeming simple process (0 points)
c. Understand the difficulties of implementation and give your airline of choice the benefit of doubt (20 points)
d. Write letter after letter of complaint to the CEO of your airline of choice (10 points)
e. Wonder why priority boarding is important (15 points)
8. Your airline of choice makes cuts in the number of staff at its call centres and wait times for elite members calling the service centre are significantly increased, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them – whilst spending several hours on hold every month (10 points)
b. Accept that times are hard and these things happen (20 points)
c. Move all of your business to another airline after your first 97 minute call (0 points)
d. Make sure you never have to call by organizing your flights more carefully (15 points)
e. Start to move your business to a low cost carrier – after all your airline of choice is heading that way (5 points)
9. The Business Lounge front desk staff members refuse to move you to an earlier flight when you arrive at the airport early because you are a saver fare, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them – you do get to drink your own weight in beer in the lounge though (10 points)
b. Move to an airline that will allow its frequent flyers to “fly forward”. (0 points)
c. Accept that your favourite airline is protecting its interests, but still drink your own weight in beer in the lounge (5 points)
d. Always book a flexible return flight in future (20 points)
e. Cannily pick another airline where you may need to fly forward but fly with your airline of choice where you know you don’t. (15 points)
10. It is enhancement time again! This time your airline of choice removes your ability to select premium seats, reduces the number of award flights available, and makes the use of points for flights so complicated even Stephen Hawking can’t work it out, you
a) Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them – although in cough seats and you don’t necessarily know where. (10 points)
b) Purchase a super computer to calculate points requirements and continue on. (15 points)
c) Move all of your business to another airline immediately (0 Points)
d) Start to investigate other frequent flyer programs (5 points)
e) Drop your Veda score to 19 by applying for another 17 credit cards with sign on bonuses. (20 points)
Please answer all questions truthfully or just lie if you like. If an answer does not match exactly your own response just make something up that matches near enough.
The purpose of the quiz is to establish how loyal you are to your airline of choice.
When you have completed the quiz add up your score and see how loyal you are by reading the post defining loyalty by score.
Please, please, please, please don’t bother commenting about questions that should or shouldn’t be there or how the scoring should have been done etc. Just make your own quiz up instead!!
1. Your airline of choice removes, from it’s elite frequent flyers, any time access to its airport lounges, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but ultimately continue to fly with them – but spend Saturday nights in the local pub now (10 points)
b. See that the writing is on the wall and start to move some of your flying to another airline (5 points)
c. Wonder what anytime access is or was (15 points)
d. Immediately switch all of your business to another airline (0 points)
e. Understand that the airline business is a tough game and accept the change. (20 points)
2 . A new “supper” menu is introduced by your airline of choice on flights from Asia to Australia, created by celebrity chef Andy Murray and it is, quite frankly, abysmal, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them – taking a packed lunch when flying from SIN to Australia (10 points)
b. Eat in the lounge beforehand to avoid the slop (15 points)
c. Check out the offerings of other airlines and weigh up your options (5 points)
d. Actually enjoy Andy Murray slop, or at least pretend to so that you can appear hip and trendy (20 points)
e. Immediately switch all of your business to another airline (0 points)
3. Your airline of choice pretty much abandons international travel from your home airport, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them – although not to international destinations any more!!! (10 points)
b. Keep flying domestically but move your international business to another carrier (10 Points)
c. Move all of your flying to another carrier (0 points)
d. Move home to a proper city, e.g. Melbourne, so that you can continue to fly with your airline of choice (20 points)
e. Wonder when the mining boom will return, or if proper cars will ever be manufactured in Australia again (5 points)
4. Your airline of choice shuts down a loophole that has allowed you to maintain elite status with it for several years, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them, just not so much in premium cabins (10 points)
b. Find another loophole with another airline and take your business there (15 points)
c. Spend more money with your airline of choice to maintain your elite status (20 points)
d. Drop down a level in status and cry (10 points)
e. Wonder what loophole was being exploited and continue with your BFOD policy. (5 points)
5. It’s enhancement time and the value of your points has just dropped 20%, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them – just not as far as you might have done on points (10 points)
b. Use your points to buy 35 toasters (20 points)
c. Apply for 23 credit cards with huge sign on bonuses to make up for the devaluation (20 points)
d. Look at alternative airline schemes where points appear to have a higher value (0 points)
e. Wonder what all of the fuss is about (10 points)
6. It’s enhancement tine again, this time earning is halved when you choose alliance partner airlines of your airline of choice, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them and their alliance partners (10 points)
b. Fly more with your airline of choice and less with alliance partners (20 points)
c. Abandon your airline of choice and move to a new carrier immediately (0 points)
d. Calculate the best routes for earning and stick to them (15 points)
e. Wonder what all the fuss is about (5 points)
7. Your airline of choice is completely unable to even get close to offering priority boarding for it’s Business Class and elite frequent flyers, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them – getting to the gate early to queue up – or late with no hand luggage (10 points)
b. Switch to a carrier that is able to implement this seeming simple process (0 points)
c. Understand the difficulties of implementation and give your airline of choice the benefit of doubt (20 points)
d. Write letter after letter of complaint to the CEO of your airline of choice (10 points)
e. Wonder why priority boarding is important (15 points)
8. Your airline of choice makes cuts in the number of staff at its call centres and wait times for elite members calling the service centre are significantly increased, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them – whilst spending several hours on hold every month (10 points)
b. Accept that times are hard and these things happen (20 points)
c. Move all of your business to another airline after your first 97 minute call (0 points)
d. Make sure you never have to call by organizing your flights more carefully (15 points)
e. Start to move your business to a low cost carrier – after all your airline of choice is heading that way (5 points)
9. The Business Lounge front desk staff members refuse to move you to an earlier flight when you arrive at the airport early because you are a saver fare, you
a. Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them – you do get to drink your own weight in beer in the lounge though (10 points)
b. Move to an airline that will allow its frequent flyers to “fly forward”. (0 points)
c. Accept that your favourite airline is protecting its interests, but still drink your own weight in beer in the lounge (5 points)
d. Always book a flexible return flight in future (20 points)
e. Cannily pick another airline where you may need to fly forward but fly with your airline of choice where you know you don’t. (15 points)
10. It is enhancement time again! This time your airline of choice removes your ability to select premium seats, reduces the number of award flights available, and makes the use of points for flights so complicated even Stephen Hawking can’t work it out, you
a) Rant and rave for several years on internet forums but continue to fly with them – although in cough seats and you don’t necessarily know where. (10 points)
b) Purchase a super computer to calculate points requirements and continue on. (15 points)
c) Move all of your business to another airline immediately (0 Points)
d) Start to investigate other frequent flyer programs (5 points)
e) Drop your Veda score to 19 by applying for another 17 credit cards with sign on bonuses. (20 points)
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