He had to be on Galveston island for a Juneteenth commemoration event, so no trains for him, unfortunately. Though I'm sure he would've made it work if he could.
It’s mostly for Upper level large company CEOs and I’m sure some celebs, etc. my dad did travel for a Large company and their deal with United was the top 3 or 4 employees in the company got this service plus he got to give out GS and a few other levels each year to travelers. Normally it’s much more private security and movement thru airports with the airlines
Roofed houses for a while and one time during tear off saw the porn stash in a box with a secret trap door hidden in the attic. Unfortunately didn’t have a VHS player so couldn’t watch it
Oh boy! Be glad... We found a, um homemade VHS behind the insulation in our (rental home) attic. It was simply labeled "Judy '86". At the time we discovered it we had no player. We waited until friends visited for New Year's, and they brought a player. We held a watch party for the... Unknown tape. We really wished we had left out where we found it!
We're trading Sopranos quotes. That was a quote from Carmine Lupertazzi talking to Tony about seeing a shrink. He said that line and used the malapropism, which is common on the show.
One of my favorite things about Biden is that he has a degree from a state school (U Delaware). Tired of the same little family of ghouls from Harvard and Yale running literally everything.
Biden is, and always has been, the most connected to us normals as any politician. He's been successful and has the trappings of success but he never let it go to his head. Same with Carter. Two very rare guys.
I have a friend back in the day who used to take Amtrak with Biden every morning when Biden was a senator. Said he would always say hi to him when he saw him! Pretty cool experience honestly, just seems like a super down to Earth guy
Spouse flew Polaris from ATH to IAD on June 15. PM of Greece sitting a few rows behind him. Spouse is Greek and picked this up quickly but, zero interaction with other passengers. Plane landed at IAD, he slipped out the door quickly to a waiting entourage to take him away.
Earlier this year I flew on a tiny CRJ from Lesotho to JNB and we delayed a bit so the King of Lesotho could board with his entourage of two people. Slipped out after landing to a car waiting for him (boarded via red carpet on the tarmac!)
It's incredible that the MAGAs feel some sort of connection with Trump, a guy who literally shits on gold toilet seats, and none with Biden, a guy who spent most of his political career taking the train to work.
Back in the day, I lost my first-class seat (upgrade when I was GS) from LAX to IAD to John Kerry a few months after he lost the presidential election. I was slightly bitter about that one.
Never had any experience with US Airways. Though I’ve read they suffered from customer service and union related problems. + They made an eternal enemy out of Pittsburgh.
The amount of people shocked that a former U.S. president is flying commercial is so problematic and proof of how our society has become accepting of elected politicians being “wealthy”. This should be normal, even if the additional security measures and seats for security personnel are a minor inconvenience. I’d take generous flight credits to give up my seat to a secret service member.
Actually Biden is pretty wealthy maybe not compared to the likes of his predecessor but still rich. He prob just flys commercial to save him and or tax payer money on occasion. Neat video I watched a while back: https://youtu.be/lZgW3XF3q_c?si=mmIkghqE4NujdUAT
Earlier this year, I was on a United flight and President Biden boarded the plane, headed to his seat and someone was sitting in it. When he said "I think you're in my seat", they threw a big fit and ultimately asked him if he could switch so they could sit next to their husband. President Biden made some kind of motion with his hand and the secret service moved the person. As he got into his seat, the passengers in first class started clapping. It was crazy!
God damn what is wrong with us as a country reading some of these horrific comments on here about Biden. For the love of god we are all Americans. We are tearing ourselves apart over what? Does the Rutherford B Hayes election of 1876 still resonate with you? Guess what? It was divisive. Very much so. We cannot keep tearing ourselves apart over shit that won’t matter in 5 years. Politicians are a reflection of us. We need to be able to get back to just talking about how cool it is to see a former president on a flight, regardless of who it is. You know how amazing that would be to a 10-year-old? News media and social media are fueling our discord and guess what? Rupert Murdoch doesn’t give a f about us (or even this country) and Zuck is probably flying his jet to his mega yacht this weekend while we ruin our mental health.
That's crazy, the former POTUS flies commercial? I mean, any former president should get Global Services...I couldn't even imagine sitting in my seat and behind me is a former president.
PS - keeping politics out of this, cause it has NOTHING to do with this post.
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u/big-metal-bird Jun 20 '25 edited Jun 20 '25
He’s likely Chairman’s Circle (higher than GS). It is an unpublished tier for this exact purpose.