its a rip off, thats what....still SAS aint what they used to
be.....with their crappy old MD82's
Lennart Petersen wrote:
> "jon-pol-gorge-ringl" skrev i meddelandet
> news:7bda6419-414d-43f0-9dd7-da0caad28cca@o6g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
> > On 30 Nov, 23:18, "tim \(not at home\)"
> > wrote:
> >> wrote in message
> >>
> >> news:ce8c96f6-297c-4603-b863-39d301c3b4f1@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > On 30 Nov, 17:46, "tim \(not at home\)"
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >> And I've never missed a check in!
> >>
> >> > Same here. Once I was extra-ordinarily late for a flight from Tel
> >> > Aviv (with their notoriously long-winded security protocols prior to
> >> > check-in). I still had to go to the ticket desk (and there was some
> >> > guy arguing over his frequent flyer miles, some may remember a similar
> >> > hilarious scene with Nicolas Cage in "Honeymoon in Vegas"....). In
> >> > the event security fast-tracked me, which was just as well with
> >> > <40mins to departure time...
> >>
> >> > Still I would hardly blame the airline if I missed check-in... turn up
> >> > on time and bring my passport, that's my part of the deal done. It
> >> > ain't rocket science.
> >>
> >> I wasn't tryng to blame the airline.
> >>
> >> I was just indicating my attitude to the airlines.
> >>
> >> tim
> >>
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> >
> > A friend of mine just used his SAS airmiles to get an business upgrade
> > (since they were about to expire).
> > It cost 10,000 and the only advantage was you get a meal, they don't
> > let you use the business lounge even, because they will only tell you
> > if you're upgrade is accepted just before boarding.....
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> So what ? Could be reason for your friend to calculate a little better
> ahead.
> After all points are valid a number of years and 12000 is enough for a r.t
> of any distance between the Scandinavian countries. Missing points may be
> bought and used in addition. |