IWS #230 - Stupid flies again - THE RESULTS

[cartman]

This is how an IWS is supposed to be. There was no one eliminator question, there was tight groupings across all responses. Without any further ado, here are the results:

IWS #230

1. Stupid doesn't care about the destination, Stupid just wants to fly on the airline with the most attractive flight attendants. Which airline does Stupid pick?

I thought this was going to be a runaway, as the first few submissions all mentioned the same airline. Then it wasn't mentioned again. Funny how that works.

Virgin - 6
American - 4
Delta - 2
Jet Blue - 1
Singapore - 1
Air France - 1
Emirates - 1
Hawaiian - 1
Southwest - 1

2. Stupid waited too long to buy the tickets, and is stuck in coach. What seat number is on Stupid's boarding pass?

Stupid doesn't fly much, as the answer that tied for the lead isn't a valid seat number on a plane. It is clear from the valid answers that Stupid likes a window seat.

20A - 3
20 -3
10A -2
10B - 1
15 - 1
38B - 1
30B - 1
100 - 1
28A - 1
1A - 1
1B - 1
10C - 1
10 - 1

3. Stupid finally arrives and heads to the rental car counter. What car does Stupid rent?

Stupid comes out on top again here, by picking a car rental company instead of a specific car.

Hertz - 3
Fusion - 2
Camry - 2
Mustang - 2
Corolla - 2
Malibu - 1
Focus - 1
Civic - 1
Taurus - 1
Accord - 1
Enterprise - 1
Toyota - 1

4. Stupid hops in the rental car and heads to the hotel. What hotel chain does Stupid pick?

Not a whole lot of variation, the bulk of the answers were to three chains.

Hilton - 5
Marriott - 4
Holiday Inn - 4
Best Western - 2
Motel 6 - 1
Holiday Inn Express - 1

5. At the airport for the flight home, Stupid finds out about the fun of being involuntarily bumped from an overbooked flight. What is Stupid offered by the airline as compensation for being bumped?

This was a tougher one to score. There were some similar answers, but I ended up splitting out into different categories, as I've experiences first hand all of the various forms of compensation for bumped flights. A voucher is different from a ticket, because a voucher is set for a certain amount, and a free ticket is good for any valid city pairs. And I have seen straight cash given, which can be spent on anything.

Voucher - 8
Cash - 5
Seat upgrade - 2
Ticket - 2
Meal - 1

6. Back at the home airport, Stupid waits at the bag carousel for the luggage to appear. Stupid doesn't know that the bags were put on the earlier bumped flight. How long does Stupid wait at the bag carousel before checking with the airline to see where the suitcase went?

It does take Stupid a bit of time to realize that their bag isn't on the carousel.

30 minutes - 8
1 hour - 6
45 minutes - 1
20 minutes - 1
15 minutes - 1
10 minutes - 1

The scoring:

Forgot their ID
Bisbo - 16
Alf - 24
NobodyHere - 48

Bag too big to fit in overhead bin
claphamsa - 240
Barkeep49 - 256
Umbrella - 288
Butter_of_69 - 320

Wants to use the restroom located in First Class
Sublime 2 - 360
Masked - 360
Pyser - 400
Karlfornia - 480
PurdueBrad - 576

Follows the flight attendant's safety briefing
Quiksand - 1536
nilodor - 1920
britrock88 - 2880

Gets an extra bag of peanuts
albionmoonlight - 4096
JeeberD - 5760

And the winner...
Scored the number for one of the flight attendants
Coffee Warlord - 6912

Thanks to all who participated!

[albionmoonlight]

Good contest.

[Umbrella]

I was debating between 20 and 20A for the seat, and remembered this was Stupid, and went with 20. I was actually surprised that most people picked an actual seat.

This was a tough one, and I sucked as usual. But good questions.

[JeeberD]

Gah! Stupid "Stupid" for picking a car rental company over a particular model! Not that my model choice did well at all. So damn close...

Congrats, CW!

[Pyser]

great questions

[Bisbo]

I am assuming that those who voted for Delta as having the prettiest flight attendants must be 'fat bitch' fetishists.

[QuikSand]

I'm disappointed that I misread the seat number question, and thought we were looking for a "bad seat" rather than just "in coach." I don't know what I would have done had I read it correctly, though, and I doubt it would matter overall as I was subpar elsewhere.

I ended up entering 38B as that seems to be the last row on a 737, but I do so knowing that this 45 second investment of my time was wayyyyy to much research for Stupid. (cf. Hertz)

Really good set of questions.

[Butter]

I am assuming that those who voted for Delta as having the prettiest flight attendants must be 'fat bitch' fetishists.

I pretty much took that question to be "pick an airline" because I didn't really know that any airline was known for having better looking attendants than others.

That would be why I finished in the bottom half.

I'm also with Kickstand on the car question.

[Alf]

At least, I am not last.

[britrock88]

Laughing at winning the car rental question with "Hertz" when I clearly misread the thing.

Yay, wooden medal!

Grats to CW!

And thanks again to cartman!

[Coffee Warlord]

Wow, I won one? It's been a long, long time.

[Coffee Warlord]

By the way, I need the mighty spreadsheet from someone.

[britrock88]

By the way, I need the mighty spreadsheet from someone.

Still convinced this is just a rumor.

[Bisbo]

At least, I am not last.

You can go to hell, Alf.