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Choosing Your Seat Neighb. Trough Facebook: KLM

travelavnut From Netherlands, joined May 2010, 1380 posts, RR: 5
Posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 3009 times:

KLM is continuing it's innovating use of social media (in my humble opinion that is ), they are gonna start with a new project where you can choose your seat neighbour based on his/hers Facebook or LinkedIN profile;

(sorry only in Dutch);
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2685639/kl...rman-kiezen-via-sociale-media.html

"Als een passagier incheckt op internet kunnen de profielen van LinkedIn en Facebook gekoppeld worden. Andere passagiers kunnen zo een buurman uitkiezen met wie zij bijvoorbeeld overeenkomsten hebben.

Uiteraard moeten passagiers er zelf voor kiezen deze informatie te delen."

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Translation: When a passenger checks in through internet he can connect his/hers LinkedIN or Facebook profile. In that way passengers can choose seat neighbours with which they share similarities.

Of course passengers can choose themselves if they want to share information or not.
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Could come in handy for networking business people. No official word on when this pilot is gonna start though.

[Edited 2011-12-05 06:56:44]

Live From Amsterdam!

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jetmatt777 From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 2660 posts, RR: 37
Reply 1, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 2955 times:

This could be extremely smart, or incredibly stupid. I still haven't decided yet.... I like the thinking outside the box, though. One thing I am certain of is, I need a fresh soda....

[Edited 2011-12-05 07:08:12]

No info

leftyboarder From Turkey, joined Apr 2008, 647 posts, RR: 1
Reply 2, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 2876 times:

Nice idea at first, but what about people who do not spend half of their life on FB or LinkedIn, and as a result are "unsociable"? Will they be relegated to the back of the plane?

sw733 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 6072 posts, RR: 10
Reply 3, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 2812 times:

Quoting leftyboarder (Reply 2):
but what about people who do not spend half of their life on FB or LinkedIn

I think this will be most people. I would expect only a few people to do this unless it really catches on with other airlines...just a little something that KLM can do to market themselves. Obviously there will be plenty of people who choose not to do it, or simply are not on either website...or, heck, are even in countries where they cannot access Facebook easily (such as China)

rdh3e From United States of America, joined Mar 2011, 1059 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 2567 times:

Quoting sw733 (Reply 3):
I would expect only a few people to do this unless it really catches on with other airlines..

I think this would be extremely popular with the younger male crowd, trying to get next to a young attractive lass. Will they then sell those seats at a premium?

PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 11106 posts, RR: 63
Reply 5, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 2546 times:

Brilliant! I'll take the seat beside that leggy blonde who's pictured undressing herself after a couple of drinks. Interactive IFE just got a little more personal...

Dan

ju068 From Serbia, joined Aug 2009, 2579 posts, RR: 6
Reply 6, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 2527 times:

Quoting sw733 (Reply 3):
I would expect only a few people to do this unless it really catches on with other airlines..

I think that they are trying to reach out to the younger crowd. When I visited my friend in the Netherlands they all told me that they never check KLM out because it's considered as a Business oriented and expensive airline.

Ychocky From Canada, joined Jul 2009, 164 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 2384 times:

Interesting.

AF/KL already had http://www.bluenity.com/ which linked users on flights. You could chat with folks on the flight you are on, or folks arriving to your destination at the same time. People often share tips and info. For example I recommended a Indian restaurant off Kensington High St. and a someone from the other side of the world had a nice meal out, which was pretty cool

This only expands on that idea.

Giancavia From Vatican City, joined Feb 2010, 1244 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 2273 times:

Gonna all end a bit rapey...

kl911 From Ireland, joined Jul 2003, 4974 posts, RR: 14
Reply 9, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 2258 times:

Very good idea, young people can join other young people, same for the elderly, and most important, I hope by judging the facebook pic to choose a seatmate of normal proportions.
And, that pretty blond.....

" The European consumer would crawl naked over broken glass to get low fares." Michael O'Leary

andrefranca From Brazil, joined May 2011, 379 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 2222 times:

Quoting ju068 (Reply 6):

sometimes they can be even 800 USD more expensive than the next competitor! but seems things are changing.... afterall on this "evil market" when in Rome......

aklrno From United States of America, joined Dec 2010, 682 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 2009 times:

Quoting leftyboarder (Reply 2):
Brilliant! I'll take the seat beside that leggy blonde who's pictured undressing herself after a couple of drinks. Interactive IFE just got a little more personal...

I'd like the seat next to the very thin person. Gender is irrelevant.

airtrainer From Belgium, joined Aug 2003, 1517 posts, RR: 13
Reply 12, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 1980 times:

Quoting aklrno (Reply 11):

I'd like the seat next to the very thin person. Gender is irrelevant.

Quoting PlymSpotter (Reply 5):
Brilliant! I'll take the seat beside that leggy blonde who's pictured undressing herself after a couple of drinks. Interactive IFE just got a little more personal...

And if you want an empty row, what about creating a fake FB account with an extremely ugly picture so that nobody would want to seat next to you ? Oh wait, it could work with real pictures too

Life is short : eat dessert first !

SomedayTrijet From China, joined Nov 2010, 140 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 1859 times:

Quoting ju068 (Reply 6):
When I visited my friend in the Netherlands they all told me that they never check KLM out because it's considered as a Business oriented and expensive airline.

Quoting andrefranca (Reply 10):
sometimes they can be even 800 USD more expensive than the next competitor! but seems things are changing.... afterall on this "evil market" when in Rome......

Interesting. From my experience, when checking intercontinental flights from ARN its almost always that KLM is among the cheapest ones. Usually they are much cheaper then SK, LH or BA.

Someday I will fly on a Trijet

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