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Roland Perry · January 27th 16, 02:25 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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.
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Roland Perry