Obligatory “look at me, I’m in the air” post!

OK, I’ve gotta admit that onboard Wi-Fi is pretty cool. This MD-80 might not have airshow, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have my own. Despite a late departure I should make it home early.

phpd9yfllpm

Conversations (11)
The comments on this page have not been provided, reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any advertiser, and it is not an advertiser's responsibility to ensure posts and/or questions are answered.
Comment as a member

Membership is free and takes no more information than commenting as a guest. Earn status points for good contributions, and see fewer ads as your status grows.

Type your response here.

If you'd like to participate in the discussion, please adhere to our commenting guidelines. Anyone can comment, and your email address will not be published. Register to save your unique username and earn special OMAAT reputation perks!

  1. bmvaughn Guest

    Vista? Come on Ben... I thought you had class.

  2. Mike Guest

    Wait...what? I thought you were Mr. "My only alone time is in the air, I will never use inflight wifi"

    Also, Delta? ;)

    Mike

  3. Alex Guest

    @Mike, that's what I thought too. But here's what he said to me on twitter:

    @pourazari I don't, but it's free so I figured I'd give it a go. I've been traveling for so long that I appreciate being able to check email

    Yea yea, Ben likes the wifi.

  4. lucky New Member

    @ bmvaughn -- Hah, sorry, I have a $400 crap computer, and that's what it came with.

    @ Mike -- Correct, in the long term. In the short term I'll gladly take advantage of it, a) to give it a try and b) because it's free.

    @ Gene -- The flight attendants were kind enough to dim the cabin lights, both to allow passengers to sleep and to enhance their appearance. :D

  5. ndot Guest

    My favorite look I'm in the sky gimmick is to fire up iChat AV and video chat with people on the ground. It works surprisingly well, though I imagine everybody else using wireless suffers from my gratuitous use of shared bandwidth.

  6. Gene Diamond

    @ndot -- Let me clarify my brash remark. That is not a permitted use of in-flight wi-fi. It is disturbing to most passengers, including myself. I would politely ask you to turn it off.

  7. ndot Guest

    @Gene - to clarify, I have the sound turned off and am not speaking into the microphone, just streaming video and using text to actually chat. Not sure how it would disturb anybody else unless they were watching my screen.

  8. lucky New Member

    @ BTA -- Aeroplan has a maximum of 10 segments per award, and flying US down the coast via CLT would have made me exceed that. Instead I bought a $99 ticket on DL which I got upgraded thanks to NW Plat.

Recent Comments The latest from the OMAAT community.

The comments on this page have not been provided, reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any advertiser, and it is not an advertiser's responsibility to ensure posts and/or questions are answered.

lucky New Member

@ BTA -- Aeroplan has a maximum of 10 segments per award, and flying US down the coast via CLT would have made me exceed that. Instead I bought a $99 ticket on DL which I got upgraded thanks to NW Plat.

0
‼ 0
ndot Guest

@Gene - to clarify, I have the sound turned off and am not speaking into the microphone, just streaming video and using text to actually chat. Not sure how it would disturb anybody else unless they were watching my screen.

0
‼ 0
Gene Diamond

@ndot -- Let me clarify my brash remark. That is not a permitted use of in-flight wi-fi. It is disturbing to most passengers, including myself. I would politely ask you to turn it off.

0
‼ 0
Gene Diamond

@ndot -- If I saw you, it would be shut off.

0
‼ 0
ndot Guest

My favorite look I'm in the sky gimmick is to fire up iChat AV and video chat with people on the ground. It works surprisingly well, though I imagine everybody else using wireless suffers from my gratuitous use of shared bandwidth.

0
‼ 0

Save posts to read later

Saving posts is a member feature. Become an OMAAT member to build a reading list you can come back to from any device.

Become a member
Meet Ben Schlappig, OMAAT Founder
5,883,136 Miles Traveled

43,914,800 Words Written

47,187 Posts Published