Worse than feet on bulkheads

[Jet L]

Ill only ever talk on speaker in the car or at home, never in public... why would I want others knowing my personal conversation

 

[dajop]

Ill only ever talk on speaker in the car or at home, never in public...

I often talk on the speaker in SQ Silver Kris lounges at Changi airport. It's my perogative.

(I do this by going to a phone booth or small meeting room they have in the lounges, usually you can't hear much noise coming from these rooms, which are away from the main parts of the lounges.)

 

[purpleparrot]

I'm in a delta lounge and Mrs Pax has her foot on the furniture and Mr Pax is shaving

That is totally gross.

 

[Pushka]

I'm in a delta lounge and Mrs Pax has her foot on the furniture and Mr Pax is shaving

Wish I could use that eraser on my brain right now....

 

[Ausbt]

Nope, and then he took a call on speaker phone

'Mericans and speaker phones - what the hell is that? KrisFlyer BNE lounge a month back, some mid-west clown doing iPad facetime on speaker. Seriously. I'm in the US now and I've even got colleagues doing it in open plan. Related to them taking three sentences to express what we do in one. Weird. And I still don't understand the window shade thing, why are they all down on boarding? This is a very odd country.

 

[leadman]

On the way up to Asia over the weekend. Not the most friendly of pax during the flight. I'm not sure if he was asleep, but when the pax next to him was served a drink the crew served "over" his legs! Prefer to take the benefit of doubt and he was sleeping.

 

[Jet L]

My father has face-timed me from the RoyalSilk lounge in BKK but I am fairly sure it was almost empty and he was in a quiet corner we only spoke for a few minutes and he was talking quietly...

I hate it when you get a DYKWIA in the domestic lounges who walks around the lounge loudly going on about a court case or how they need to arrange a first class flight to Europe.. please just do it in a quiet corner don't need to tell everyone that something won't hold up in court

 

[MEL_Traveller]

And I still don't understand the window shade thing, why are they all down on boarding? This is a very odd country.

To keep the interior of the plane cool(er). It works.

 

[andyhui01]

How about a WP telling a NB that he gets priority over the overhead bins. He just got to his row, found a bag with no SG/WP tag, takes it out of the bin and then asks who's it is. Then proceeds to tell the pax he gets priority over the bins in the front and moves his 2 rows back. Always a first for everything

 

[clifford]

How about a WP telling a NB that he gets priority over the overhead bins. He just got to his row, found a bag with no SG/WP tag, takes it out of the bin and then asks who's it is. Then proceeds to tell the pax he gets priority over the bins in the front and moves his 2 rows back. Always a first for everything

Better not try that with me...

 

[leadman]

wow, that is courting trouble. Firstly to make an assumption on bag tag/no bag tag. (I never have one on my bags.) Secondly, a fair bit of arrogance there......

 

[Jet L]

I rarely use the tags for carry-on luggage (unless its light enough and doesn't need to be checked). No point on having a tag on a carry-on, if someone took my bag out because they spent more time in the lounge id be pissed off (I would do my best not to cause a scene i'd let the FA's deal with the person in question) Is there a secret list of WP benefits that state 'priority overhead bins'?

 

[RooFlyer]

How about a WP telling a NB that he gets priority over the overhead bins. He just got to his row, found a bag with no SG/WP tag, takes it out of the bin and then asks who's it is. Then proceeds to tell the pax he gets priority over the bins in the front and moves his 2 rows back. Always a first for everything

Better not try that with me...

Oh, I would so like to have that happen to me .

 

[leadman]

Oh, I would so like to have that happen to me .

Me toooooooooo

 

[MaxwellSmart]

Yesterday. From MIA>CUN, AA 2492.

 

[Borisdog]

How about a WP telling a NB that he gets priority over the overhead bins. He just got to his row, found a bag with no SG/WP tag, takes it out of the bin and then asks who's it is. Then proceeds to tell the pax he gets priority over the bins in the front and moves his 2 rows back. Always a first for everything

OT but believe it or not I actually had a FA do that to me when I was in an exit row on a 330. The bloke that sat down next to me was last to board and the FA moved my bag back 4 rows to put his in. I then proceeded to tell the FA that it'd be really handy if my bag went back where it belonged and the late-comer's bag should go to whereever it fit. She proceeded to tell me that old mate was a Platinum etc etc. I showed her my BP ( WP ) to which she then grumpily moved my bag back. To his credit my new seat buddy shut his mouth during the whole exchange and , subsequently, flight. I was amazed by her behavior and statement.

 

[andyhui01]

Would have been some good entertainment if it was one of you guys. Going by the post above, maybe that WP has seen a FA do it for him in the past and assumed that was one of the perks of WP?

 

[leadman]

Would have been some good entertainment if it was one of you guys. Going by the post above, maybe that WP has seen a FA do it for him in the past and assumed that was one of the perks of WP?

Oh yes, didn't you know about the secret society rules for WP?

rule 21a; if a NB or lesser and their bag is even in range of your required spot in the overhead, you have the right to move it "at least" 4 rows back
rule 28 subsection 3; you have the right to a two (2) minutes grace to hold the boarding up as you take off your jumper. If it is a suit, you have 3 minutes.
rule 7; if you are in the exit row or bulkhead, the bulkhead is yours to rest. Your discretion on taking shoes off. If you do, recommend you store them on top of other pax (not WP) luggage as not to scuff them.

 

[Denali]

How about a WP telling a NB that he gets priority over the overhead bins. He just got to his row, found a bag with no SG/WP tag, takes it out of the bin and then asks who's it is. Then proceeds to tell the pax he gets priority over the bins in the front and moves his 2 rows back. Always a first for everything

I think I posted this elsewhere but this pax insisted his carryon fit and then he proceeded to take my husband's backpack out of his overhead, because he insisted it will fit in that bin.

Me: Stop. Touching. That bag or I will give you what for.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

I think I posted this elsewhere but this pax insisted his carryon fit and then he proceeded to take my husband's backpack out of his overhead, because he insisted it will fit in that bin.

Me: Stop. Touching. That bag or I will give you what for.

This is why airlines have HLO dimensions. I actually blame the airline for this as they are supposed to police what idiots try to bring on board and he hardly had that hidden in his pants pocket! A confrontationist actions (never a good thing on a plane if it can be avoided) ensued, simply because the airline failed to police their own policies. Those bins look smaller than normally expected (what type of plane was it), but it's still the airline responsibility to manage it.