You know you are a frequent flyer when ...

[kilavuz]

When you clock an 8-hour return flight every week in Asia for 5 years then three 2-3 hour flights a week for 5 years in Middle East, when half of your hotels do not scan/check your passport anymore as they have multiple copies on file, when the wheels of your carry-on steel frame Samsonite needs replacement very second year, lounge staff treat you as part of their furniture, you are gold-silver etc with 6 freq flyer and spire-platinum-elite etc. with hotel programs, and you really feel sick of airports, flights, 4-5 start hotels, hotel and lounge food...

 

[Deleted member 29185]

when the wheels of your carry-on steel frame Samsonite needs replacement very second year,

I was quite annoyed about this. I reckon they are just cough wheels. To make things worse, mine was bought in SIN so the AU dealer won't honour the warranty. (mind you, mine did cop a deal of "off roading"). I now use a freebie case that JR duty free gave me for buying grog!

 

[Deleted member 29185]

... you have pick up duty free waiting at multiple airports!

 

[Deleted member 29185]

... you remember your room number instantly, then just as quickly forget it upon check-out.

 

[cwileyau]

re-subscription fees for expertflyer and tripit are considered great value

 

[RooFlyer]

re-subscription fees for expertflyer and tripit are considered great value

Welcome to AFF . Sounds like you landed in the right spot.

 

[drron]

... you remember your room number instantly, then just as quickly forget it upon check-out.

Except that the room number I remember was from a hotel the week before.

 

[Aeolus]

Except that the room number I remember was from a hotel the week before.

Or the same hotel that assigns the same room every week decided to move you but your internal GPS took you to your usual room anyway and you wonder why the access card won’t work!

 

[Deleted member 29185]

... when you go downstairs in the morning to make a coffee, only to find a friend of your sons asleep on the couch and said friend opens his eyes and says "who are you"!

Happened to me last week!

 

[JessicaTam]

... when you go downstairs in the morning to make a coffee, only to find a friend of your sons asleep on the couch and said friend opens his eyes and says "who are you"!

Happened to me last week!

At least it wasn't your son!

 

[JohnK]

You haven't flown for a week and miss the anxiety that comes with travelling....

 

[Deleted member 29185]

... your barista also knows your travel plans!
It is meant to say Safe Trip, but hey, English is not the first language here ... and it's the thought that counts!

 

[Seat0B]

You complain at the hotel front desk that the key card isn't working - because you are using it on the wrong room.
You take a taxi to the hotel - the one that you stayed at last visit.
You have a transport card for London, Dubai, Netherlands, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne... just sitting there waiting to go.
You have small amounts of FX cash for Euro, USD, GBP, AED, SIN, NZ, Japan.... just sitting there waiting to go.
You have a strong opinion about the different approaches to security and the politeness/helpfulness of security staff in different Australian airports - Perth is by far the worst, Brisbane is the best, the rest are about the same.

 

[Quickstatus]

You know when you are a frequent flyer when you watch the Australia Day A380 flypast not at the Beach but from an app like this

 

[Archphoto]

You complain at the hotel front desk that the key card isn't working - because you are using it on the wrong room.
You take a taxi to the hotel - the one that you stayed at last visit.
You have a transport card for London, Dubai, Netherlands, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne... just sitting there waiting to go.
You have small amounts of FX cash for Euro, USD, GBP, AED, SIN, NZ, Japan.... just sitting there waiting to go.
You have a strong opinion about the different approaches to security and the politeness/helpfulness of security staff in different Australian airports - Perth is by far the worst, Brisbane is the best, the rest are about the same.

You attempt to charge your dinner at one hotel to the room you stayed at in another hotel, the week before.

 

[JessicaTam]

... when you fill out a visa application that asks for the countries you visited in the last 10 years - and you have to delete half of them to get under the 20 countries limit.

 

[RooFlyer]

... when you fill out a visa application that asks for the countries you visited in the last 10 years - and you have to delete half of them to get under the 20 countries limit.

Russia?

 

[MathNerd]

... Two things here come to mind. I'm sure they've been covered already, but here's my personal experience:

• When you converse (verbally/SMS/etc) about cabin classes in their respective alphabetical codes (Y/Y+/J/F/R) instead of Economy/Premium Economy/Business/First/Suites, especially to friends that aren't familiar with these codes, and then having to do a full explanation as to what these mean: "Hey I'm flying to the US for 10 days but only taking 3 days annual leave due to Easter/Anzac holidays" "Awesome! You going in Y or J? QF, VA, EK, EY, SQ, TG?" "Dude, what the hell are you talking about?"... And then discussion commences.
• When you converse about destinations using their airport codes: "Heading to Europe for our honeymoon at the end of the year" "Awesome, which parts of Europe?" "Well, we're landing in LHR and departing out of ZRH" "Where's that?" "LHR is London Heathrow and ZRH is Zurich Kloten" "Oh, that's interesting, any reason why?" "Well, this was the only availability I could find for both of us in SQ J and also to avoid the damn LHR APD" "Whoa, calm down dude you lost me"... And so begins the next discussion.

How many of you here have personal experience with the same/similar situation(s)?

 

[Quickstatus]

... when you fill out a visa application that asks for the countries you visited in the last 10 years - and you have to delete half of them to get under the 20 countries limit.

So do you organise number 21 to be the country visited which possibly raises red flags?

 

[RooFlyer]

How many of you here have personal experience with the same/similar situation(s)?

In verbal conversations, do people use "LHR", ZUR" Etc? I would think it's uncommon. Yes, experienced flyers can flummox non flyers with technical jargon, but personally I know my friends and wouldn't swamp then with the gumpf unless I knew they were of like mind ( such as at AFF meetups, then I can easily get lost