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Continue reading: Weekly Review: January 17, 2015
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Hi Ben, get some rest now. Seems like you've been constantly on the go ever since I met you in September on the Oslo EK-inaugural. :p Which I'm sure isn't too far from the truth. 😉
Enjoy your weekend and safe travels!
Hi, I'm a sometime reader of your site.
Were/are you in PHL at the B/C Admiral's Club on Saturday (Jan 17) afternoon? If so, I nearly said hello.
You (or your twin) had a shopping bag from QR ...
Ha, I thought so!
How was your return over the pond on US? (Were you in Business?)
Enjoy TPA -- my parents live down there, too. Lol
@ Michael -- It was perfectly nice. Got some work done and even got a nap in. Safe travels and say hi next time!
Was it a revenue ticket? If it's a revenue ticket I understand that AAdvantage is an important program. But if it's a redemption, I just don't get how you can have the opportunity to fly such airlines as BA, AF, LH, etc. and still fly US.
Well, you must have been in Business, if you called it "perfectly nice." LOL
(I may have a flight next month to MAD, and wanted to see if it's gotten better/worse, particularly since your review of a TATL x-CLT. I've only had good experiences, service-wise, in Envoy x-PHL)
I will definitely say hi next time, if I see you again (now that I know what you look like, and that you mostly match your pic).
So much for my near-brush with "celebrity" at PHL.
BTW, I had the best US/AA domestic F meal tonight (US729 PHL-SEA) that I've had in quite some time. AWESOME FA! I selected the lasagna (over the buttered chicken). It actually tasted quite normal -- i.e., pretty good, and I really can't complain about it at all. We had napkin tablecloths placed on the tray tables, warmed nuts to start, and sundae service at the end. The salad was pretty sad (iceberg and spinach with 2 slices of tomato -- I think heirloom -- which I added to my lasagna), but the appetizer was an interesting pita + hummus w/ olives (never seen that one before).
Not sure why I added all that detail about the meal. Must've thought I was on FlyerTalk or something. LOL
@ Abdel Rahim Abdallah -- Redemption. They have a reverse herringbone seat with lots of availability and no fuel surcharges.
@ Michael -- I had the lasagna as well, and agree it was edible. Sad that this is something to get excited over nowadays. 😀
Did you get your US TATL Business seat at the off-peak "saver" level?
It seems like I'm never able to actually get those ...
@ Michael -- At the saver level, yes. There aren't off peak awards any more for transatlantic business class. Availability is generally excellent last minute.