I was digging through my old things the other day and came across something interesting, my old young explorer passport.
For the uninitiated, young explorer was the programme that SIA had for young kids aged 12 or under back in the early to mid 1990s. I'm not sure what's happened to it but I'm quite sure it went the way of Elvis, the Beatles and Stephen Forshaw a long time ago.
My dad had to fly to the US (SFO) very often for business and my family would tag along. My sister and I would present our young explorer cards at the desk and feel all grown up as the check in agent (they actually cared about their jobs back then) importantly handled our cards first and credited miles to our account (they even had their own tier system for young explorer, i think the more miles you flew the better gifts you were eligible for. like a pencil case. or a water bottle. no krug though)
I remember in the days before 9/11 they were much laxer with security on the plane. Sometimes the door to the cockpit would even be left open. We would be on the 747 and on the upper deck, and at some point in the flight the stewardess would come up to us and ask us if we wanted to go see the captain. Of course we did, and the captain would entertain us for about 15 minutes or so, pointing at various knobs and buttons before signing our passport book, which was to certify that we had travelled the miles.
Then one day I turned 13 and they sent me a blue krisflyer card, and my childhood ended there. Oh woe.
Anyone here still remembers this?
For the uninitiated, young explorer was the programme that SIA had for young kids aged 12 or under back in the early to mid 1990s. I'm not sure what's happened to it but I'm quite sure it went the way of Elvis, the Beatles and Stephen Forshaw a long time ago.
My dad had to fly to the US (SFO) very often for business and my family would tag along. My sister and I would present our young explorer cards at the desk and feel all grown up as the check in agent (they actually cared about their jobs back then) importantly handled our cards first and credited miles to our account (they even had their own tier system for young explorer, i think the more miles you flew the better gifts you were eligible for. like a pencil case. or a water bottle. no krug though)
I remember in the days before 9/11 they were much laxer with security on the plane. Sometimes the door to the cockpit would even be left open. We would be on the 747 and on the upper deck, and at some point in the flight the stewardess would come up to us and ask us if we wanted to go see the captain. Of course we did, and the captain would entertain us for about 15 minutes or so, pointing at various knobs and buttons before signing our passport book, which was to certify that we had travelled the miles.
Then one day I turned 13 and they sent me a blue krisflyer card, and my childhood ended there. Oh woe.
Anyone here still remembers this?
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