Checking Mandy Moore In....

Hey Folks--

Not to many folks know who she is but I was able to check in Mandy Moore, the Actress known for dating Zach Braff and in the Movie "A Walk to Remember". She was flying on us to CMH out of STL. She walked up to the Kiosk , and I said Hello how are they doing. She said doing good, Asked where they were off to and they replied CMH. Now through this time I was figuring she looked really familair but I couldn't place whom she was just yet.

They set their bags on the weight, and Mandy's bag was over 5 pounds. I asked her if she could remove 5 pounds or it would be a 25 dollar charge, she like any normal person balked, and goes Oh 25 I don't want to pay that! So she proceeds to take the 5 pounds out and got it down to 50 pounds.

I printed her boarding pass, and bag tags and when I saw MANDY MOORE on it, i suddenly realized who she was. But I wasn't really sure for sure. I did know she was from FL so if her ID stated it, it definetly was her.

I asked for her ID, and indeed it said AMANDA LEIGH MOORE, which is indeed her real name, and it was a FL License!

I thanked her for flying us and told her the gate and said she needed to take her bags ot security and to have a good day she said thanks and you have a good day too!

My god guys she is just as stunning in person as she is in pictures. Yes she did get her A boarding Pass, she even mentioned she went online 24hrs in advance to check in to be sure she got her A haha.

I said she would be allowed to pre board if she wanted to, she said no thanks I will be ok. One would expect celebrities to insist on pre boarding but not her!

The Gate Agent at the gate though insisted she pre boarded and then she said ok I will.

She mixed and mingled with the other folks in the gate area, standing in line like everyone else does, no special treatment or anything.

Very Nice Woman and so down to earth!

Thats my story folks, thought it was very cool!

Alex

Very cool. I've heard nice things about her in the past as well.

I've met many celebrities in my day, and have quite a few good stories. Once I accidentally cursed out Danny Devito. Another time I met Johnny Knoxville and had to check his ID, and learned his real name is Phillip Clapp, and his California ID had a pic of him wearing a priest collar.

I could go on, but don't want to hijack that much. Great Story, Alex!

On a similar note...

I was picking my brother up from JFK on Saturday night at Terminal 9. He was coming back from Seoul via Tokyo and LAX. Anyways on his flight was Jason Hervey (Wayne from The Wonder Years). So I saw him at baggage claim (really short!). And guess who picked him up? Scott Baio from Charles in Charge!

Alex did you dirty you're pants afterward?

I think a better question is that since you checked her in did you cher her OUT! ;) And if so than Tommy's question would be appropriate.

I met her back in 2002, very nice in person. It was when she was dating Andy Roddick. I met both Mandy and Andy after the U.S. Open Finals. I have a 2002 U.S Open program signed by both of them.


Eric

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Originally Posted by hiss srq

I think a better question is that since you checked her in did you cher her OUT! ;) And if so than Tommy's question would be appropriate.

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[quote}My god guys she is just as stunning in person as she is in pictures[/quote]

Well based on the comment zippy I take it Alex did. It's amazing you haven't run a plane into the terminal yet, lololol

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Originally Posted by RDU-JFK

On a similar note...

I was picking my brother up from JFK on Saturday night at Terminal 9. He was coming back from Seoul via Tokyo and LAX. Anyways on his flight was Jason Hervey (Wayne from The Wonder Years). So I saw him at baggage claim (really short!). And guess who picked him up? Scott Baio from Charles in Charge!

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The two of them were on the Stern show today, Scott talking about all his "conquests" and Jason about his pornstar wife.

Corey

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Not to many folks know who she is but I was able to check in Mandy Moore, the Actress known for dating Zach Braff and in the Movie "A Walk to Remember".

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Am I the only one who remembers when she was first a popular singer? That's what I'll always remember her for (<--no lyrical pun intended).

No, Mel, your not the only one.

someone post a pic, i have no idea who you're talking about.

Google images works wonders ;)

http://www.bartcop.com/mandy-moore-virgin.jpg

Damn. That's a pic alright. Gigantic photo.

*gulp* **adjusts collar**

She used to be blond too...

In her Candy days....

http://images.allposters.com/images/45/002_3481.jpg

Okay, now I remember the music part of it. Didnt she do a video with Nick Leche or however you spell it on the boardwalk on Cony Island? I knew about walk to remember because a girl forced me to see it in Utah with her but it turned out to be a pretty good flick.

Ryan--

That would be Jessica Simpson....get your Blonde's Straight ;)


Alex

Has her career tanked so much that she has to fly Southwest? Jessica Biel flies Eos...

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Originally Posted by Nonstop2AUH

Has her career tanked so much that she has to fly Southwest? Jessica Biel flies Eos...

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Not sure if Eos flies STL-CMH... :wink:

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Originally Posted by Nonstop2AUH

Has her career tanked so much that she has to fly Southwest? Jessica Biel flies Eos...

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Mandy Moore stars in a recent movie starring Robin Williams and John Krasinski (Jim on The Office) which is a pretty big deal. So no, she's doing pretty well. :)

That brings up another question: do airlines comp celebs the way other businesses do? I would think an exposure-hungry startup like Eos would gladly fly Jessica Biel for nothing, but what about AA or Delta?

If they do it is rare. I have sold some full fares and lower class tickets to celebs in the past. One flipped because she bought a 150 dollar same day ticket and I would not upgrade her in fact. I laughed at it.

STL-CMH, good point, not exactly a sector with much high end demand so if you're not going to charter what other choices are there?

As for comps, I can't speak for the industry as a whole but I do get the impression that the upmarket startups (and Eos in specific) 'hosted' some VIP passengers to get word of mouth in the celebrity/banking/executive demographic. The ROI on this is likely quite good at such niche players because comping, say, Jessica Biel or Sarah Ferguson or some top investment banker so they tell their friends to fly Eos can be alot better cost/benefit than running some ads, the response to which is hard to quantify.

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If they do it is rare. I have sold some full fares and lower class tickets to celebs in the past. One flipped because she bought a 150 dollar same day ticket and I would not upgrade her in fact. I laughed at it.

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And whom would that be, Sir?

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John Krasinski (Jim on The Office)

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YAY! :mrgreen: