On our flight from IND to TPA back in October we got to make one of the first flights on a SWA 737-MAX. You can read more about them here:
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/10/first-look-southwest-737-max-8/ Really nice, very comfortable for someone over 6 foot tall. Cabin lighting was funky. The jumbos in general were all really nice. I made a number of trips in an L-1011 which was owned by our travel club in Indianapolis, Ambassadair. It was part of their fleet from the parent company, ATA. My Dad was pilot buddies with the owner, George Mikelson. He started out with a 727 back in the 1970s and eventually built up a nice fleet of aircraft. The bills got paid with charters, and the travel club got the perks of having a broad range of aircraft to choose from for their planned trips. We used to go to Freeport for weekend trips in the winter for $199/each. That covered everything, except meals. Leave on Friday afternoon, come back Sunday night. My Mom traveled all over the world with them. It was a great experience, as they handled everything from departure to return. Didn’t have to worry about bags, transportation, clearing customs, etc. -D > On Nov 22, 2017, at 8:36 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Got to fly on 747s several times BOS-LHR and back on BA. Usually business or > first class over then cattle class back. That was hard. BA first class was > VERY nice, starting in the lounge. Rode the upper deck a coupla times, back > then the pilots left the door open so it was possible to wander in and chat a > bit. That was fun. > > The food and drink in biz and first was quite pleasant and one could start in > the lounge before the flight. Toward the end of when I was flying some of the > lounges had showers to clean up after red-eyes, that was quite indulgent. > > I always found that chatting up the FAs was the best way to be especially > pampered. They usually got bored on the longer flights and a lot of the > passengers were assholes so they appreciated nice. > > Got to fly a brand new 777 once, was on its 3rd flight from US to UK. That > was really nice too. > > --R > Sent from iPhone > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
