# Announcement: Flight number xxxx "WITH SERVICE" to city yyyy...Shut up, dammit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 14, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-flight-number-xxxx-with-service-to-city-yyyy-shut-up-dammit/1025686 "2025-12-14T15:02:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-flight-number-xxxx-with-service-to-city-yyyy-shut-up-dammit/1025686/41 "2025-12-16T02:42:19Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@robby](#): > > > > Yes, sure did! It was absolutely amazing! They said there were 120 balloons in the air that morning. That sounds about right from what I could see. > > That’s one of those things I’ve never thought about doing, but I bet I’d enjoy it. One neat thing is that because you move with the breeze, you don’t feel any wind. Nor was there any perceptible motion that might make a person get airsickness. It was very calm overall. I would definitely do it again. However…my sister did it back in 2007 and said that the wind picked up so much after they took off that they landed a few miles away from where they’d planned, did a hard landing, and were then dragged along the ground for 100 feet. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-flight-number-xxxx-with-service-to-city-yyyy-shut-up-dammit/1025686/42 "2025-12-16T03:46:06Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > entitled to choice of cigar or coconut. Delivered by Swallow? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-flight-number-xxxx-with-service-to-city-yyyy-shut-up-dammit/1025686/43 "2025-12-16T12:17:26Z")
> [@robby](#): > > He ended by landing right in the pickup trailer That’s intentional, big baskets are heavy, & small balloons are ao much better than flying cattle cars. I’m jealous as i want to fly there some day ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-flight-number-xxxx-with-service-to-city-yyyy-shut-up-dammit/1025686/44 "2025-12-24T19:10:56Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > > [@robby](#): > > > > Also, not everyone knows their flight number.\* But everyone knows their destination > > And that’s how you end up in Paris, Texas 🤣 “with service to Versailles, Kentucky.”\* \*pronounced ver-SALES. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-flight-number-xxxx-with-service-to-city-yyyy-shut-up-dammit/1025686/45 "2025-12-25T14:59:41Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@Procrustus](#): > > > > i wonder if they are so deluded that they believe it, or they know that it’s bullshit. > > Very likely the latter. But I can guarantee that the airline gets a cut from people using their co-branded credit card (which is issued by a big bank). And, of course, getting someone to get the airline’s credit card creates a certain level of functional brand loyalty, because the points/miles are only going to be applicable only to that airline. Just to make it clear; airlines _definitely_ get a cut of whatever you spend when you use their branded credit card. You earn miles or points for each dollar spent using that card, and the bank issuing the card has to _buy_ those miles or points from the airline. That means, in the case of the Delta SkyMiles card issued by American Express, that Amex pays Delta _billions_ each year and other airlines also get money (perhaps not as much) from the banks that issue their credit cards. Many of the airlines make little profit from or even lose money on just flying people around. They rely on other revenue streams like the affiliated credit cards, the vacation packages they promote and other such programs, to make up the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-flight-number-xxxx-with-service-to-city-yyyy-shut-up-dammit/1025686/46 "2025-12-25T15:19:46Z")
I immediately thought of THIS– [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1ToCBdPedgU/maxresdefault.jpg "Airplane!’s Funniest Scene Was Based on Real Life!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ToCBdPedgU) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-flight-number-xxxx-with-service-to-city-yyyy-shut-up-dammit/1025686.md?page=2)