You know you are a frequent flyer when ...

[medhead]

yep - I think knowing which runways you are using wins the prize here ....

Not me then. I had to google the proper terms for both previous posts.

 

[dadevo]

It's interesting isn't it .... Typing this sitting in 1A on qf 94 from LA to Melbourne about to take off .... Do the trip 6x per year as well as Europe a few times a year and at least once per week domestic ...... Effectively 100% business as all my holiday travel is on points

this year I will have over 6000 status credits on qantas

i enjoy the travel but would have no idea about runways and most of the acronyms people use for fare types and status runs

this is a great forum full of interesting people .... Some who do the flying because they have to and some because it's a passion and a hobby ... And they know the runways and the lurks!

i am simple ... Buy everything on the Amex as well as paying my tax and call the P1 line to redeem points

btw ... The new LA QF lounge is great .... Will be better when the first lounge opens later this year with a la carte dining like Melbourne and Sydney first lounges

 

[JessicaTam]

Ok, this one is a bit scary.

I was driving to Falls Creek this afternoon, when my phone beeped and told me to "ring Jane". I thought, that is odd as I had told SIRI (the Apple voice activated app) to remind me to ring Jane when I got home, about a week ago. And I had wondered at the time why the reminder had not triggered.

And then I realised, it had reminded me as I had driven past the airport! :shock:

 

[leadman]

When your mind and body goes into auto-pilot when you arrive at airports, that sub-conscious travel part of the brain kicks in. Can be a pain when you are travelling with a novice.....


Or on approach into airports like BKK checking on the traffic conditions when you fly over the highway so you can decide whether its the train or taxi!

 

[Awesom Andy]

When your mind and body goes into auto-pilot when you arrive at airports, that sub-conscious travel part of the brain kicks in. Can be a pain when you are travelling with a novice.....

I took my friend to SIN, and while she stopped to looked at the indicator boards to see which counter she needed to go to, I didn't notice and walked straight to the check-in counter before realising that she didn't follow me.

 

[TomVexille]

Ok, this one is a bit scary.

I was driving to Falls Creek this afternoon, when my phone beeped and told me to "ring Jane". I thought, that is odd as I had told SIRI (the Apple voice activated app) to remind me to ring Jane when I got home, about a week ago. And I had wondered at the time why the reminder had not triggered.

And then I realised, it had reminded me as I had driven past the airport! :shock:

You win

 

[Deleted member 29185]

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

Tame reply for you JohnK.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

My input is...

When you front up to a check-in counter or lounge and forget which airport you're booked to fly into that day. Has happened more than once to me and it's a bit embarrassing when the lounge angel says "It's OK Mr. swanning_it, you're booked for xyz today"

I must admit, a lot of these suggestions do ring a bell for me too, but knowing which runways you've used..........some of you lot need to get a life!

OMG, did I just type that on a FFer forum? :shock:

 

[Awesom Andy]

some of you lot need to get a life!

This is my life... so do I need to get another one now?

 

[TheBOSman]

When you have flown every single flight time regularly scheduled on one major city pair for your preferred airline (BOS-LAX on AA in my case) and have the flight numbers memorized. And when they add another round trip, knowing that your next trip has to be on it in each direction so you still have the full set.

 

[Awesom Andy]

When you have flown every single flight time regularly scheduled on one major city pair for your preferred airline (BOS-LAX on AA in my case) and have the flight numbers memorized. And when they add another round trip, knowing that your next trip has to be on it in each direction so you still have the full set.

And you have kept the boarding passes for the whole set.

 

[JessicaTam]

And you have kept the boarding passes for the whole set.

Does anyone not keep boarding passes? :shock:

 

[Awesom Andy]

Does anyone not keep boarding passes? :shock:

I used to keep them, but given the lack of storage space available, I now have no choice but to shred them after the points have been credited.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Does anyone not keep boarding passes? :shock:

I fail as a FFer on sooooooo many levels. Not only have I destroyed my expired passports, but I also shred boarding passes (after points and SCs confirmed of course)!

 

[JessicaTam]

*shakes head in disbelief*

 

[Deleted member 29185]

*shakes head in disbelief*

OK I'll make up for it with another You know you are a frequent flyer when ...

You fly 1000km home from a multi-day job rather than booking a hotel!

I've done this plenty of times, especially from SYD when I could get SYD-OOL for about $70. It'd earn double points, double SCs (4 sectors instead of 2), save an overpriced night at an underwhelming hotel, give me breakfast and dinner in the lounge, save on parking fees in SYD and OOL, let me sleep in my bed, let me see my family and when a certain car hire mob had a cool deal, gave me 2 rentals rather than one but more importantly an extra 5000+ VS points..........(which has now bought SYD-AUH for 3 of us)

Does that make up for shredding the boarding passes?

 

[Awesom Andy]

I wonder if JessicaTam's house is a fire risk given the number of boarding passes kept inside it?

 

[JessicaTam]

I wonder if JessicaTam's house is a fire risk given the number of boarding passes kept inside it?

They are safely stored away in a desk drawer, thank you.

 

[Mattg]

When you have flown every single flight time regularly scheduled on one major city pair for your preferred airline (BOS-LAX on AA in my case) and have the flight numbers memorized. And when they add another round trip, knowing that your next trip has to be on it in each direction so you still have the full set.

I will admit that I have done this.. when booking a flight on one of my more frequented city pairs (CBR-BNE, CBR-SYD, SYD-AKL etc.) I would book a flight I hadn't tried out yet if it worked out, just to be different.

Definitely had the flight numbers memorised but not sure I ever got a complete pair though as schedule always got in the way - e.g. I don't think I ever managed the first SYD-AKL departure of the day (QF141) as coming from CBR it's impossible to connect to. And I never did pick the 1x daily Dash 8 flight on BNE-CBR as there were usually better options available (i.e. jets) and it added around 20 minutes to the flight time. I must have got pretty close on CBR-SYD-CBR but with departures more than hourly I'm sure I probably missed a few.

Actually that reminds me of another one... when you know the flight numbers of every Qantas international flight.

 

[Hvr]

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Actually that reminds me of another one... when you know the flight numbers of every Qantas international flight.

When you've flown the same flight number to different destinations, e.g. QF1 SYD-BKK (then to LHR) and now QF1 SYD-DXB-LHR.