You know you are a frequent flyer when ...

[Hvr]

+1 for the transit cards in many cities, very handy, but a little annoying when credit expires... Not likely if you use most of them at least every other week.

Oyster (LON), Clipper (SFO), MyWay (CBR), GoCard (BNE ?), MyKi (MEL but no good to the airport!), TransitCard (ADL) etc.... I have an IAD and SAN card somewhere too.

Look at these threads to see how to use Myki to MEL AP:

http://www.australianfrequentflyer....-airport-stalling-preventing-bus-42608-2.html

http://www.australianfrequentflyer....-questions/help-me-find-better-way-46204.html

The Australian Frequent Flyer Online Community - A Cheap Alternative for Travelling to Melbourne Airport

 

[Flywithd]

When the security officers bypass you for the explosives test and immigration officer's at the airport say "you're off again buddy".

 

[Buzzard]

When the wife calls the cops because she thinks somebody is about to break into the house but it's you coming home.

 

[medhead]

when a flight has been missed (due to planes late arrival) but you insist on taking the same route even if it means waiting in the lounge for hours (rather then a shorter faster route) because you want the status credits.

Wouldn't a frequent flyer see this as an opportunity to take the quick flight home and use an Original Routing Credit to get the status credits.

 

[harvyk]

Wouldn't a frequent flyer see this as an opportunity to take the quick flight home and use an Original Routing Credit to get the status credits.

Yes and no, if you do a direct flight with ORC, you get the points / SC's but you miss out on the bragging rights that x number of flight / kms per year comes with.

 

[medhead]

Yes and no, if you do a direct flight with ORC, you get the points / SC's but you miss out on the bragging rights that x number of flight / kms per year comes with.

True. But the person I quoted only mentioned doing it for status credits. In some circumstances they could end up with status for both the direct flight and the ORC

 

[Takahashi]

When the flight crew serves you your favourite drink without needing to ask what you would like.

you know your flight numbers but forgot the number of your local tram.

you carry at least 3 forms of foreign currency in your wallet at all times.

you remember your passport number but have to check your drivers license because you forgot your home address.

 

[candyb]

when a flight has been missed (due to planes late arrival) but you insist on taking the same route even if it means waiting in the lounge for hours (rather then a shorter faster route) because you want the status credits.

did ask the for the full sc when they were trying to put me on the more direct route and they made a note on my profile and asked me to ring the ff line to make sure I got the sc....so got the shorter route (wasn't going home was starting the trip) and made it there more direct.

 

[blackcat20]

When you met your partner at the airport.

 

[ReLoad]

When your family come to visit you at the airport in between flights.

That and to swap out luggage for you as the destinations climate is different.

 

[Boris spatsky]

Your wife gets all her friends to email you before they book complex trips so that you can 'hack' their airfare

 

[serfty]

When you met your partner at the airport.

... When traveling on an inaugural flight ...

 

[harvyk]

When your family come to visit you at the airport in between flights.

Yeah... I still remember taking my sister and brother-in-law out for a meal and drinks at MEL JLounge as I was passing through

BTW is anyone else using this as a checklist?

 

[Pleb Status]

When you know each aircraft's exact seat map (and differences) just by looking at the rego.

For example, QF A332 rego EBP and EBO have a different central toilet arrangement in Y to EBM and EBN so it is better to sit in 44J than 44B on EBP and EBO.

 

[JohnK]

That's simple....move to Brisbane lol

But then I wouldn't be a frequent flyer....

 

[Lowjhg]

When you know the exact rego of the plane ferrying you on your next trip.

You have more than 1 hotel keycard in the wallet and get confused after dinner of which hotel you checked into

Pre filled incoming and outgoing cards of your most visited destinations, arranged neatly with corresponding express cards and by date.

Start worrying if there's only less than a page's worth of travel left in your tripit profile

Def speak in code. 090714 SINBKK CPAJCL 3IP QFFPWPOWEG1

On the airport bus, you have already packed in your personal belongings into your easy to reach front pocket on your trusty tumi bag, taken out all electronic equipment and liquids(for internationals). That is when travelling HLO and have done OLCI.

1st name basis with lounge staff, cabin crew and some of the passengers onboard, even hotel management knows and recognises you

Find plane food unappetising because you've over gorged yourself in the lounge prior to the flight, will have wine instead. Then waking up to find that you are hungry, then console yourself that you will eat in the lounge upon arrival.

Have a FFP wallet - the only wallet filled with FFP cards with varying statuses

The security agents recognise you by name and face. Too scary TBH. The primary sign that you've flown too much.

 

[JessicaTam]

Yeah... I still remember taking my sister and brother-in-law out for a meal and drinks at MEL JLounge as I was passing through

BTW is anyone else using this as a checklist?

Umm, maybe.

 

[eastwest101]

When you have a large collection of boarding passes from various airlines 'to sort out' and check you got SC posted correctly once you get home...

 

[Archphoto]

Yeah... I still remember taking my sister and brother-in-law out for a meal and drinks at MEL JLounge as I was passing through

BTW is anyone else using this as a checklist?

Only happened to me once - a colleague's wife flew in to meet us all in Shanghai. Her bag was full of t-shirts for us, as we were heading from -4C Beijing to 38C Bangkok for photoshoots.

Swapped out the cold weather gear overnight, which was easy enough as she'd packed them in large Ziplock plastic bags at my suggestion. (Kind of like picking up a bag of frozen peas - toss it in the bag and throw it on the bench when you get home. )

 

[Archphoto]

When you have a large collection of boarding passes from various airlines 'to sort out' and check you got SC posted correctly once you get home...

And it takes you well over a couple of hours to do so . . . . . . .