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Air France Replies

In a previous post I wrote about the disservice I had on board an Air France flight. I have recently received the following letter in reply (Scanned image of the letter):

Dear Mr ALTMAN,

Your letter was transmitted to us by the by the Flying Blue Service. Thank you for having taken the time to write to us, thus giving us the occasion to communicate with you. We welcome feedback from our passengers, as we realize that this is our best means to maintain, and whenever necessary, improve the quality of our service.

We are sorry to learn that you were dissatisfied with the conditions during your flight from Paris to Tel Aviv, on 22/05/07. l fully understand your displeasure, and wish to apologize on behalf of Air France. We try to satisfy the passenger’s seat requests. but we cannot guarantee them. l regret the Exit seat couldn’t be assigned to you for safety reasons.

Furthermore, we do our utmost to insure the all-round professionalism of Air France cabin crews throughout their career. Your cabin crew is required to speak three languages, including English and french. We are generally proud of the professionalism af Air france personnel. I am sorry that on this occasion the service you received was not up to standard.

I do hope that you will afford us another opportunity to serve you to your entire satisfaction.

Yours sincerely,

LISE LEVY
Customer Relations Officer

No miles were credited to my account. I’m not sure if I’m going to take this futher.

June 16th, 2007 at 16:00 Posted by epsalon | Frequent Flyer, Hawaii, Travel | no comments

My future, all layed out

I guess most of you know that I am going to Stanford for my post-doc. This has become much more real now that I have a detailed plan for the next few months.

On June 21st I’m getting my J-1 visa. By the end of June I submit my now complete thesis. On the first week of July I go to Dastuhl, Germany for a seminar. On August 2nd at 12:00 noon I take my PhD exam, and the next day fly to the European Debating Championships in Istanbul, returning on August 12. By the end of August (or maybe July) I leave my dorm room, and by September I finish all my dealings with the Technion and get a certificate confirming my Ph.D. Then on September 17th I fly to Stanford. And then the world ends.

I have no real plan for afterwards. All I know is I would have to look for housing. I don’t even know where I’ll stay for the first day. I have never rented an apartment in my life, and now I have to do it all alone in a strange country. I’m scared.

June 16th, 2007 at 03:34 Posted by epsalon | USA | 5 comments