Comments on: Seat Quest 2010: The Flight

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By: Jabberwok

Jabberwok — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:24:13 +0000

I was upgraded randomly to first class on an international flight, and suddenly realized it’s possible to fly for eighteen hours without feeling like I’m in Hell. The experience made me hate first class flyers even more.

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By: phuzz

phuzz — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:52:24 +0000

Once upon a time I was trying to fly back from Morocco with two friends.
We turned up at the desk, and presented our tickets, only to be told:
“I’m sorry sir, the plane is full”
Me: “but we have tickets, look, tickets!”
Royal Air Marocco Guy: “I’m sorry sir, but the plane is full because the flight yesterday was cancelled, and everybody from that flight is on your one”
Me: “!”
Me: “but I have to be back at work tomorrow :(”
At this point it sinks in that the downside of this air travel malarky is when my magic bit of paper (ie ticket) stops working and I have to work out how to walk back…
Eventually we persuaded the guy that seeing as we’d given his company some (a lot of) money, maybe they could find some other way of getting us back to London that was faster than walking. After a bit of running round Casablanca airport, one of my friends was stuck on an Air France flight to Paris, hopefully with a connection onwards from there. Whilst us remaining two were put on an internal flight in a tiny little two engined thing with about 14 other passengers and our luggage on our laps, which somehow went across the med and dropped us in Malaga. To this day I don’t know if that was where the flight was supposed to go, but the Spanish passport officials didn’t seem too bothered.
From there RAM guy had found us a flight back home on BA, but unfortunately the only seats they had left were in business class, oh shucks!
Because we had business class tickets, we were allowed in the Lounge. I probably made myself look like a pleb by having to go back outside and ask the attendant how we paid for drinks.
Upon finding out the sheer wonderfulness that is a free, unattended bar I proceeded to weigh up the cons of getting drunk before flying, with the pros of a free bar.
It turns out that getting really pissed on free booze before you fly has no downsides that I could detect, who knew?

Eventually we all managed to reconvene with our Paris bound freind back in London and all was good. She’d had to fly cattle class the whole way though :)

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:25:46 +0000

Cheers everyone!

Some of my favourite non-games blogging is by my favourite games blogger, Chris Livingston. His diaries of endless demeaning temp work at one of his many former sites, Not My Desk, are many and hilarious: http://www.notmydesk.com/essays/

Zephyr: Man, that sucks. Why would they upgrade one person if they’re not planning to fill the seats?

One guy came over to see his Club World friend next to me on this flight, and sat on his footstool talking to him about idiotic stuff for hours. I had to really struggle with the urge to yell, “THE FOOTSTOOL IS NOT A SEAT. THERE IS A NOTICE ON THE FOOTSTOOL CLARIFYING THAT IT IS NOT A SEAT AND IS NOT TO BE USED AS A SEAT, WHICH YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO READ WERE YOU NOT USING IT AS A SEAT.”

By: Chijts

Chijts — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:38:13 +0000

Does anyone know of any other blog-type-things that are as interesting or as funny as Pentadact’s? I’m always left wanting more after reading these posts.

By: Zephyrtron

Zephyrtron — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:22:55 +0000

I remember once being on a flight to Vancouver with Dave Harrison (ex GamesMaster maestro) when he got bumped up to Club.

A few hours in I navigated my way out of my perfectly respectable World Traveller Plus to go visit him in his opulence.

Dave was the only man in the entire Club area. He was sat, nay, *reclined* in utter comfort surrounded by upwards of a dozen empty seats. He had a glass of champagne and a big smile and his feet up.

I was, obviously, incensed. So I sat down nearby and decided I’d bluff it out and have myself some of the Club comfort. Within five minutes a man who looked more like a bouncer than an airsteward came to eject me.

It was almost as bad as when Duncan (Edge) got bumped to BA First and a stewardess actually intercepted me on my way to talk to him before asking “Is this man bothering you, sir?”.

: (

By: Joe!

Joe! — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:51:49 +0000

“I WANT THE DELICATE FUCKING HONEYSUCKLE AROMAS GODDAMMIT.”

Tom, you make me laugh too much.

By: Dante

Dante — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:59:34 +0000

Club World, World Traveller Plus, I assume the next stage is Super-Maxi-Magnum Jetsetting Social Club? it’s rapidly becoming apparent that air travel has developed it’s own thoroughly impenetrable lingo since I last used it.

By: Cpt.Average

Cpt.Average — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:29:35 +0000

@Davie: Anticipation or Trepidation?

By: Davie

Davie — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:16:02 +0000

Reading these has made me view my upcoming flight–the first in thirteen years–with increasing anticipation.

By: TooNu

TooNu — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:43:42 +0000

I don’t know how you do this sort of writing, it’s awesome. One thing that I can’t stop thinking though is, if this was me I would much rather not write and instead sit and play my DS, or watch the movie and drink a little whilst thinking how great it is to be pampered.

Did you take the piss out of the steward service and be a complete arse because you can?

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By: Lack_26

Lack_26 — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:58:24 +0000

I can almost taste the flight after reading this. (Luck git, I always put up with the paupers).

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:46:03 +0000

If I wasn’t already haunted I wouldn’t be drinking.

That’s not true.

By: Oramnis

Oramnis — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:28:18 +0000

In their defense, more people tend to favour a nice Pino Grigio. They can be hauntingly aromatic.

By: Drug Crazed Dropkick

Drug Crazed Dropkick — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:59:56 +0000

These are a joy to read Mr Francis.

Especially as I’ve just come off 3 planes on my return from Americaland. God love cancellations and then connecting flights!