You know you are a frequent flyer when ...

[Atleastonce]

Someone suggested to me years ago that this was an easy way to get your hotel room robbed if you had your pockets picked

That's what is a good reason to take a photo of your room and leave the cardboard envelope in your room.

 

[Hvr]

You have current public transport cards from various countries.

Your friends text you to ask what country you're in before calling.

 

[Archphoto]

You have a wallet full of SIM cards so you don't have to pay outrageous roaming charges. (I currently have 3 in my wallet and 1 in each of my 2 phones.)

 

[Paddy55]

I take a photo of the room number. Sometimes forget the name of my hotel

I've woken up in the morning unsure which country I was in! :shock:

 

[JessicaTam]

You have current public transport cards from various countries.

Your friends text you to ask what country you're in before calling.

Hmmm. MEL, ADL, BNE, KUL, SIN, HKG, LON. You may be right there.

 

[ALH]

I've woken up in the morning unsure which country I was in! :shock:

I know that feeling

 

[medhead]

You have a favourite space in the airport car park.

You can avoid all the manhole bumps in the road between home and the airport without thinking about it.

Lounge staff keep the lounge open for an extra 10 minutes while you wait for people and give you a roadie when finally leaving.

You chat to the security screening staff each week about the latest rugby result.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

You know you are a frequent flyer when you bypass booking process and rather just send SMS to cough Manager saying 'Alex I will be in town x to y so will need my room pls'.

When you arrive they pass you the card to room 1234 - same room you have had last 50 stays - you never forget that room number JT!

 

[harvyk]

You start recognize FA's on the flight, and furthermore they start recognizing you (and giving you a "priority" service as a result )

You know the layout of multiple airports, including the quickest ways to run the DF gauntlet, and the quickest route to the lounge.

You know down to the millisecond how much time it will take for you to walk from the lounge to the gate, and know at what point you actually need to leave the lounge to make your flight.

You know based on flight number alone when the flight leaves, from which terminal, what aircraft type it is, average flight time and what they are most likely going to be serving for breakfast.

Edit: Bonus - Non-FF friends did once try and ask you for ideas / suggestions, but they couldn't decipher the code you wrote back. AKA What the hell is a J class?

 

[knightman7]

You have current public transport cards from various countries.

Your friends text you to ask what country you're in before calling.

This happens to me too often

 

[vitagen]

When you can fill in all immigration and customs forms without looking at your passport.... and you have Australian departure forms already filled out in your travel wallet.

 

[TomVexille]

... your colleagues ask "where did you go this weekend?" every Monday

 

[doctau]

You abbreviate city names on SMS or email as their airport codes

I have an excuse for this one - everyone in my company refers to our offices by the code of the closest airport. It does sometimes confuse new-comers because the airport closest to an office on the other side of the world isn't necessarily the largest and most well known one.

 

[Archphoto]

When you can fill in all immigration and customs forms without looking at your passport.... and you have Australian departure forms already filled out in your travel wallet.

I'll add this one:

You have a collection of your most often visited destination landing cards, pre-filled with your info - just needing your signature, hotel & flight number to be added.

 

[harvyk]

I have an excuse for this one - everyone in my company refers to our offices by the code of the closest airport. It does sometimes confuse new-comers because the airport closest to an office on the other side of the world isn't necessarily the largest and most well known one.

Yeah, I have a client who does a similar thing, they use the airport codes where possible. They do however do business in a few smaller towns without an airport, so they'll make something up which can cause some interesting problems. Although since they are Australia only, if they are talking about a place who's airport code is somewhere in Russia, but there is also a nearby town which has a similar name if you took away some of the letters, they are talking about the nearby town. (eg BBY = Batemans Bay, a coastal town about 2 hours out of CBR, not Bambari, Ouaka, the Central African Republic)

 

[eric2011]

A few those mentioned by JessicaTam apply to me as well.

No sooner do I go home and I am back in Brisbane again. It would be nice to stay home longer.

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

 

[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


when you would rather drive four hours to your destination then take the one hour flight you have done monthly for 6 month.

 

[OzEire]

+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.

 

[MrHyde]

Wow... many of the comments apply to me. Here is one from me that happens to me every time I fly to WLG.

- When you and the immigration officer are on a first name basis
- When above mentioned immigration officer and you continue small talk from previous meetings

 

[Himeno]

+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.

Too many?
I need to send my myki back down to MEL to get replaced. I've had it since they were first released in MEL and the card is about to expire.