On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:33:06 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 16:12:33 on
Tue, 26 Jan 2016, Paul Corfield remarked:

It's funny, I've just been on a couple of long Singapore Airlines flights,
and their charming cabin crews are obviously trained to start every
encounter with, "Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr Recliner...", even if you've
not been waiting at all. So, say, you order a Singapore Sling or a G&T,
they come back with it in a couple of minutes, and still apologise for
keeping you waiting. It seems very polite at first, but gets a bit
irritating after a while.

Please don't take this the wrong way but the thought of a stewardess
saying "Mr Recliner" just made me laugh out loud.

It's obviously a cultural issue because I've only ever been addressed by
name on a small subset of Middle-East airlines.

Qantas cabin staff also address passengers by name in business and
first class, so perhaps not entirely cultural.

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John Ray

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:23:13 +0000
John Ray wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:33:06 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:
It's obviously a cultural issue because I've only ever been addressed by
name on a small subset of Middle-East airlines.

Qantas cabin staff also address passengers by name in business and
first class, so perhaps not entirely cultural.

That only happens if your name is "Mate" though.

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Spud

On 2016\01\27 12:34, d wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:23:13 +0000
John Ray wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:33:06 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:
It's obviously a cultural issue because I've only ever been addressed by
name on a small subset of Middle-East airlines.

Qantas cabin staff also address passengers by name in business and
first class, so perhaps not entirely cultural.

That only happens if your name is "Mate" though.

Or Sheila.

In message , at 12:23:13 on
Wed, 27 Jan 2016, John Ray remarked:
Please don't take this the wrong way but the thought of a stewardess
saying "Mr Recliner" just made me laugh out loud.

It's obviously a cultural issue because I've only ever been addressed by
name on a small subset of Middle-East airlines.

Qantas cabin staff also address passengers by name in business and
first class, so perhaps not entirely cultural.

Quantas and Emirates codeshare, of course. When I flew to Brisbane it
was on Emirates.
--
Roland Perry

On 27/01/2016 13:29, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:23:13 on
Wed, 27 Jan 2016, John Ray remarked:
Please don't take this the wrong way but the thought of a stewardess
saying "Mr Recliner" just made me laugh out loud.

It's obviously a cultural issue because I've only ever been addressed by
name on a small subset of Middle-East airlines.

Qantas cabin staff also address passengers by name in business and
first class, so perhaps not entirely cultural.

Quantas and Emirates codeshare, of course. When I flew to Brisbane it
was on Emirates.

Quantas?

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:29:17 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:23:13 on
Wed, 27 Jan 2016, John Ray remarked:
Please don't take this the wrong way but the thought of a stewardess
saying "Mr Recliner" just made me laugh out loud.

It's obviously a cultural issue because I've only ever been addressed by
name on a small subset of Middle-East airlines.

Qantas cabin staff also address passengers by name in business and
first class, so perhaps not entirely cultural.

Quantas and Emirates codeshare, of course. When I flew to Brisbane it
was on Emirates.

Codeshare - airline industry speak for sub contracting. Perhaps other
industries should take the same approach - order a new Ford, get a Vauxhall.
Order Virgin broadband, get BT.

--
Spud

In message , at 14:17:42 on Wed, 27 Jan
2016, Someone Somewhere remarked:

Quantas and Emirates codeshare, of course. When I flew to Brisbane it
was on Emirates.

Quantas?

A popular Australian airline m'lud.
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Roland Perry

In message , at 14:44:26 on Wed, 27 Jan
2016, d remarked:
Please don't take this the wrong way but the thought of a stewardess
saying "Mr Recliner" just made me laugh out loud.

It's obviously a cultural issue because I've only ever been addressed by
name on a small subset of Middle-East airlines.

Qantas cabin staff also address passengers by name in business and
first class, so perhaps not entirely cultural.

Quantas and Emirates codeshare, of course. When I flew to Brisbane it
was on Emirates.

Codeshare - airline industry speak for sub contracting.

It's a bit more than that. Akin to ticket inter-availability on UK
trains. Specifically the way Mega"bus" tickets are available on specific
East Midlands Trains.

It can get complicated though - I took my wife to Gatwick North for a
Delta flight which turned out to be a codeshared Virgin Atlantic flight,
and they check-in at the south terminal. (Also probably codeshared to
AF/KLM)

Perhaps other industries should take the same approach - order a new
Ford, get a Vauxhall. Order Virgin broadband, get BT.

Done already. Order Plusnet, get BT; order a VW Sharan and get a Ford
Galaxy; order a John Lewis kitchen appliance and it's probably from
Electrolux.
--
Roland Perry

On 2016\01\27 15:06, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 14:17:42 on Wed, 27 Jan
2016, Someone Somewhere remarked:

Quantas and Emirates codeshare, of course. When I flew to Brisbane it
was on Emirates.

Quantas?

A popular Australian airline m'lud.

The qantity of letters is wrong for that.

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:25:00 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
Done already. Order Plusnet, get BT; order a VW Sharan and get a Ford
Galaxy; order a John Lewis kitchen appliance and it's probably from
Electrolux.

Fair point.

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Spud