Carl Tyler's Blog :: Great flight to London

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Arrived in London last night on the American Airlines day flight. This is the best way to get to England without suffering jet lag. Logan was a complete zoo with too many people trying to check-in at the same time. Fortunately, even though I haven't been travelling for quite a while I can still use the First Class check-in desk which helped bypass the long lines.

Coach was totally overbooked, so American were kind enough to upgrade me to business, this seems to happen all the time now, I'm not sure if it's because I've done close to a million miles with American, or because I 'm just SFU (airline talk for Suitable For Upgrade), I'll never know, but I wont complain.

It's always good to be sitting next to a Director from GE who paid close to $3k for his ticket, when mine was a mere $300. Although having been on the other side many times, it's always frustrating to know you paid more than the person next to you.

Comments

1 - Hmm...I like the sound of that. Arrive in London at night in time for cocktails instead of first thing in the morning (middle of the night really), in time for OJ.

Posted by Liz McKay At 05:06:48 PM On 12/17/2003 | - Website - |

2 - first class check-in for an international flight. Does that mean you were Exec Platinum for 2003, or you just snuck into the FC queue?
Very nice score to get the operational upgrade on an international flight.... never happened to me on AA, but once on BA...
(PS: close to a million miles doesn't usually register in the AA system. Once you pass a million, though, you'll be "gold" status for life. Which is pretty cool.)

Posted by Ed Brill At 04:18:47 AM On 12/24/2003 | - Website - |