Delta Air Lines became a social media and news sensation in recent years for their long-standing program offering aircraft trading cards that pilots can carry to give away to passengers. The program flew under the radar for decades but has become far more well known over the past few years as passengers go viral asking for them on TikTok and Instagram.
Pilot yesterday was excited when I asked about the trading cards
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Passengers absolutely love getting these cards!
@sarowarrr Got my first trading card!!! Ask your pilot for one before or after your flight! #delta #tradingcards #collectibles ♬ original sound – Sarowar
While Delta gets all the attention, did you know that United Airlines has these cards too?
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A flight attendant offers this advice for picking up trading cards,
Flight attendant here- always ask the flight attendants at the boarding door while boarding; we can check if it’s a good time for you to pop your head in and ask. Usually during deplaning the pilots may have another flight to work or a commuting flight they are running home to and may not be on the plane when you leave. Most of us are happy to let you talk to the pilots as long as they aren’t running any of their pre-flight checklists. Additionally, always ask to check out the flight deck if you are truly interested, most enjoy seeing visitors of all ages!!!
While both Delta and United have these cards that pilots can give to passengers, American Airlines does not. As American’s CEO says, ‘never spend a dollar you don’t have to’.
Gary Leff,
May I submit on this fine Saturday evening that the content of this post is germane and wholesome and unlike your past posts in which you have exploited the mentally ill or baited your most bigoted readership into politically charged incivility. I prefer to see more content of the type in this post as opposed to those posts. My best wishes,
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Dick,
What a thoughtful letter. However, you know that you are being disingenuous. I’ve witnessed and responded to some of your hateful comments on here (on other posts). This is Gary’s website, and he hosts it from the USA, which is still a ‘free country,’ unless you have news for us, so he so as he wishes with VFTW. Politics is people, money, and power, and all that is very much intertwined in modern life and travel too. If you disagree with something someone said, you can ignore or engage. And if you can’t handle the heat, get out of the kitchen!
Respectfully,
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