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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1080 on: November 21, 2017, 04:54:22 PM »
El-Al's Hebrew facebook page linked to his post about the 787

there you go


Things can be different when they know a blogger is on board. Expect Dan (if he ever tries) to have an experience differnt than the rest of us.
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1081 on: November 21, 2017, 05:34:58 PM »
El-Al's Hebrew facebook page linked to his post about the 787
Whoa!

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1082 on: November 21, 2017, 07:36:56 PM »
El-Al's Hebrew facebook page linked to his post about the 787

Elalisrael page is also following OMAAT on Instagram.

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1083 on: November 21, 2017, 07:55:18 PM »
Elalisrael page is also following OMAAT on Instagram.

Are they following Dan?

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1084 on: November 21, 2017, 07:59:23 PM »
El-Al's Hebrew facebook page linked to his post about the 787
Twitter as well:
https://twitter.com/EL_AL_ISRAEL/status/930856242796515330
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1085 on: November 21, 2017, 08:57:38 PM »
best line ever is

"But the real highlight of the flight was the service. Working first class were two young and energetic ladies — Shanti and Nofar. They were incredibly professional, attentive, and friendly. On both of my flights the service is what stood out to me most about the EL AL experience."

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1086 on: November 21, 2017, 09:04:24 PM »
A la @ExGingi
Nah. Cholent is mainly a Friday staple. After shachris it's already beyond its peak.
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1087 on: November 21, 2017, 09:07:39 PM »
Nah. Cholent is mainly a Friday staple. After shachris it's already beyond its peak.
Only thing a parve cholent is good for is asher yatzar.
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1088 on: November 21, 2017, 10:51:00 PM »
LY was so prepared for him, would love to see his PNR...
its ridiculous, Ben was hopelessly hoodwinked by Elal

reading his reviews its like he visited Israel on a different planet.
Elal=amazing service  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Only thing a parve cholent is good for is asher yatzar.
haha ;D ;D

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1089 on: November 21, 2017, 11:06:57 PM »
its ridiculous, Ben was hopelessly hoodwinked by Elal

reading his reviews its like he visited Israel on a different planet.
Elal=amazing service  ;D ;D ;D ;D

It's exactly like the (famous?) joke about the dude who dreamed about visiting heaven (was boring) and hell (was fun), and then when he died and chose hell (was actually torture) he complained and they told him "before, you were a visitor; now you're an Oleh Chadash"...
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1090 on: November 21, 2017, 11:20:50 PM »
its ridiculous, Ben was hopelessly hoodwinked by Elal

reading his reviews its like he visited Israel on a different planet.
Elal=amazing service  ;D ;D ;D ;D
haha ;D ;D

I'd guess you don't know too many people that have flown LY premium cabin.
Not that he didn't get special treatment (honestly, although from a readers perspective I'd want to hear an objective report, as a company they'd be moronic not to make sure to treat him well), but many people that fly LY premium say the service is very good.
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1091 on: November 22, 2017, 06:28:16 AM »
Not sure what everyone is surprised about. Elal premium has good service.

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1092 on: November 22, 2017, 06:50:45 AM »
Not sure what everyone is surprised about. Elal premium has good service.
So I have heard. I have also heard that they treat their real frequent flyers very well.

But their Matmid program is a different story, and I doubt that any kind of special treatment might change a review of that.

Now let's see Lucy's review of the Matmid program.
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1093 on: November 22, 2017, 08:11:25 AM »
Now let's see Lucy's review of the Matmid program.
Huh?? What are you expecting him to review exactly?

And besides, El Al's redemption chart to most short-haul routes is far better than almost any *A or Skyteam chart for that region. To the US, perhaps they're a bit overpriced. But they aren't a US airline and their not necessarily trying to compete with the US programs. Also, El Al elites get far more FREE last minute upgrades based on empty space in J (same goes from J to F), than elites on the other airlines on this route.

(I hope I don't get banned from here for defending LY...)

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1094 on: November 22, 2017, 08:28:51 AM »
Huh?? What are you expecting him to review exactly?

And besides, El Al's redemption chart to most short-haul routes is far better than almost any *A or Skyteam chart for that region. To the US, perhaps they're a bit overpriced. But they aren't a US airline and their not necessarily trying to compete with the US programs. Also, El Al elites get far more FREE last minute upgrades based on empty space in J (same goes from J to F), than elites on the other airlines on this route.

(I hope I don't get banned from here for defending LY...)
I said above that LY treats their elites well.

However, the ridiculous YQ (if it can be called that - as unlike other airlines, I don't think it mirrors charges on revenue fares), and lack of partners for connections, are drawbacks that can't be ignored.

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1095 on: November 22, 2017, 08:31:36 AM »
And this is why I haven't gone out of my way to fly LY.
People will kvetch that I got special blogger treatment or that it would be better if I didn't order the SKML or...
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1096 on: November 22, 2017, 08:33:44 AM »



Now let's see Lucy's review of the Matmid program.

Was this deliberate?
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1097 on: November 22, 2017, 08:34:43 AM »

Was this deliberate?
Is @ExGingi one to spell something incorrectly?
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1098 on: November 22, 2017, 08:37:40 AM »
And this is why I haven't gone out of my way to fly LY.
People will kvetch that I got special blogger treatment or that it would be better if I didn't order the SKML or...
Point in case - requires going out of one's way, rather than being a natural option.

Even I would consider flying LY premium cabin if I would find a good value proposition, but so far I have found none.

I can currently buy Lifemiles for a RT to TLV in J for an anticipated trip for about $2100. Or I can book TK or even BA revenue for a few hundred more.
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1099 on: November 22, 2017, 08:38:38 AM »
Is @ExGingi one to spell something incorrectly?
On occasion I definitely do, but this can be attributed to autocorrect.
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