Jesus would fly coach, says the FAB.
The Bishop and the 8th Commandment, in der Spiegel Online of 24 Jan. 2013 is a great read, in German, so ask your local German speaker to translate.
The Bishop and the 8th Commandment, in der Spiegel Online of 24 Jan. 2013 is a great read, in German, so ask your local German speaker to translate.
The K-landnews team never misses an opportunity to punch holes in a Spiegel story, for example, our post "Welcome Home" did just that.
This time, however, we highly recommend the story about how Der Spiegel reported that a German bishop flew First Class to India to help the poor.
The story was also picked up in other media reports at the time.
If we understand the lawyers' letters, the sworn statement, the threats, the court proceedings, correctly, it was just one holy misunderstanding, somewhat like this:
The bishop was supposed to fly only in Business Class when his travel companion, the Generalvikar, pulled out his private bonus miles, added a few euros and got them an upgrade to First Class.
So, it looks like the bishop flew Business Class but had a seat in First Class because the guy next to him upgraded both.
We had a couple of open questions.
We asked our Former Altar Boy (FAB), and here is what he said:
Why not Coach, is it because the hat is too big for the overhead bin in Coach?
And could the HowTo folks on the Internet do a short article about how bonus miles work with respect to "private" miles?
So, it looks like the bishop flew Business Class but had a seat in First Class because the guy next to him upgraded both.
We had a couple of open questions.
We asked our Former Altar Boy (FAB), and here is what he said:
Why not Coach, is it because the hat is too big for the overhead bin in Coach?
And could the HowTo folks on the Internet do a short article about how bonus miles work with respect to "private" miles?
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