American Airlines Twitter

If you are a business owner that has resisted getting on Twitter.com, here’s the first really good reason to get a Twitter Account. The airlines are one of the very first companies to provide customer service on Twitter. If your flight is delayed or there is a long line at the airport and you need to urgently contact an airline customer service representative which is part of the traveling experience today, you can “patiently” take out your iPhone or Blackberry and tweet a customer service rep. You may be surprised that you are actually contacted by an Airlines Customer Service Representative.

The other day I flew from Los Angeles to Miami and I waited over 45 minutes in the Miami baggage claim area with the hundred or so passengers on the plane for our luggage. In frustration, I twittered @AAirwaves. In less than 15 minutes, the baggage from our finally started rolling onto the carousel and guess whos bag was the third bag…MY BAG! It may not have had anything to do with my tweet but it sure felt good as I grabbed my bag among the large crowd of passengers and headed for the empty taxi line.

Here’s the list of Airlines with Twitter Accounts.

@AirFranceUS – Air France Twitter account
@AlaskaAir - Alaska Airlines Twitter account
@AAirwaves – American Twitter account
@BritishAirways – American Twitter account
@Continental - Continental Twitter account
@DeltaAirlines – Delta Twitter account
@flyfrontier – Frontier Airlines (Denver, CO)
@JetBlue - JetBlue Twitter Account
@FlyHawaiian - Hawaiian Arilines
@SouthwestAir – Southwest Airlines
@SpiritAirlines - Spirit Airlines
@UnitedAirlines – United Airlines Twitter account
@USAirways – USAirways Twitter account
@VirginAmerica - Virgin Airlines
@VirginAtlantic - Virgin Atlatnic

Finally, remember that in order to send a Direct Message on Twitter, the Twitter member must be following you. So before you go on your trip, you should follow these accounts. Otherwise you can post a tweet and wait for your response.

Also, here a list of other Twitter Airlines accounts including International Airlines.

@AerArann
@_Aeroflot_
@aegeanairlines
@aerosvit
@AirAsiaDotCom
@air_baltic
@airberlin_DE
@airberlin_US
@airescolombia
@Air_France
@AirFranceUK
@airnzuk
@AIRNZUSA
@AirSouthwest
@allegiantair
@AllNipponAirUSA
@AsianaAirlines
@ASIANA_SF
@AtlanticAir
@Austrian_NL
@AustrianSrbija
@bmibaby_com
@British_Airways
@Cathay_Pacific
@cathaypacificUK
@cathaypacificUS
@Cirrus_Airlines
@clickair (Bracelona)
@Corendon
@CzechAirlines
@EasternAirways (UK)
@easyJet
@easyJet_DE
@easyjet_promos
@easyJetCare
@easyjetspain
@easyjetuk
@elal_airlines
@Estonian_Air
@Eurofly
@Eurofly_Air
@flyairnorth
@flyairnz
@FlyAustrian
@flybe
@FlyEmirate
@flykingfisher
@flymepegasus
@flyniki
@fly_pacificblue
@FLYSAS_com
@flyseair
@FrontierStorm
@GarudaIndonesia
@germanwings_com
@GoAirlines
@horizonair
@IberiaAirlines
@Icelandair37
@icelandexpress
@iflygo
@Jet2com
@jet4you
@JetstarAirways
@kenyaairways
@klm
@KLM_UK
@KoreanAir_KE
@last_seat
@LOTpolish
@Lufthansa_DE
@Lufthansa_USA
@MAS
@Meridiana_Air
@mexicana_com
@MokuleleAir
@OfficialGulfAir
@philippineair
@piedmontair
@QantasUSA
@QFTravelInsider
@qatarairways
@SAS_Norge
@SASGroup
@SeaPortAir
@skyeurope
@Skywest_Airline
@southwestair
@spanair
@SQairlines
@SrilankanUK
@SunCountryAir
@sunwingairlines
@SwissAirLines
@TAMAirlines
@TAMLinhasAereas
@tapnews
@ThaiAirwaysAust
@themonarchbeach
@tigerairways
@TigerAirwaysAU
@transaviacom
@TUIflycom
@turkishairlines
@ucurbenipegasus
@USA3000Airlines
@usairways
@VAustralia
@viajaVolaris
@virginblue
@vivaaerobus
@vueling
@westjet
@wizzair

@JetBlueCheeps – JetBlue.com promotions on Twitter.

There were also some sites that required a credit card to check your ranking or offered a free trial. Those sites were not included in my top 10.

So here’s my list of Top Twitter Ranking sites.

1. Wefollow.com
2. Twitterholic.com
3. Twinfluence.com
4. Twitter-friends.com
5. Twitterscore.net
6. Twitrank.me
7. Twitterank.com
8. Twitteranlayzer.com
9. Topfollowfriday.com
10. Twitalyzer.com

For a complete list go to the SocialMedialists.com Wiki Top Twitter Raking Tools.

1. From your Twitter Account, Click Settings, Devices. Enter your Mobile Phone Number and select the checkbox for Twitter to Send Text Messages to your phone.  

2. Twitter will send you a verfication code. Using your phone, send a text message to 40404 (United States) with that code. You will receive a SMS message back from Twitter that your device and sms alerts are enabled.  

3. You should use the Twitter SMS command “ON” to enable your phone notifications texting it to 40404. Your Phone is now enabled to receive Direct Twitter messages only. To test this, have a friend send you a direct Twitter message. Here are other useful commands:

• ON
• OFF
• STOP, QUIT
• ON username
• OFF username
• FOLLOW username
• LEAVE username

4. Here are commands for sending a message and other commands.

• @username +message
• D username +message
• WHOIS username
• GET username
• NUDGE username
• FAV username
• STATS
• INVITE phonenumber

A link to all the Twitter site listing these command is at: http://help.twitter.com/portal

5. Finally, Twitter has a Device Setting that allows you to turn on and off your updates via the web and to stop them at night. 

From Twitter.com

1. From your Twitter.com Home or Profile page, click “updates”

2. Put your cursor over the tweet you want to delete. You will see a trash can icon to the right of the message below the star or favorites icon as shown below.

3. You will receive the following dialog box, click [OK].

From TweetDeck

4. Click Other Actions –> Tweet –> Delete

This morning as I logged on to my TweetDeck Twitter Client Application on my MacPro and scanned through the most recent Tweets of the Twitter members that I follow and some of my Favorites I bookmarked using TweetDeck, I found a recommendation from @JMarieDirect, a local Twitter. The site is http://www.namechk.com and allows you to check instantaneously if your user name is available at many top Social Media and Social Networking sites such as Blogger, Digg, Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, MySpace and YouTube. As I have talked about before in this blog, if you are a business owner and have a business name or brand that you want to protect, then you should register that name on some of these top social media sites before someone else registers it. In addition, if you have a unique first and last name, then you should also register it.  Here’s the URL or website address again. www.namechk.com will also help you if you are one that doesn’t write down all your user names and passwords and forgot if you registered on one of these sites.

http://www.namechk.com

So if you haven’t yet registered for Twitter or some of these other social media sites, I hope you find the time this week or weekend to do so.

Twitter Message Commands
@username = Reply to
D @username = Direct message
DM @username = Direct Message
PRT = Partial Retweet or Please Retweet
RT = Retweet
#followfriday = A list of recommended users to follow on Fridays.

Top Twitter Acronymns, Twitter Abbreviations

1 = one, won
2 = to, too, two
4ward = forward
4 = for, four
abt = about
ab = about
b/c because
b4 = before
BFN = bye for enow
bgd = background
BTW sort { |a, b| }By The Way
CelebrityTweet = A tweet by a Celebrity.
chk = check
cld = could
clk = click
da = the
deets = details
Drunktwittering = Tweet while drunk
Dweet = Tweet while drunk
Eml = email
Em = email
fab = fabulous
fave = favorite
fav = favorite
FB Facebook
Followers = Twitter members that follow your updates.
FTF = Face to Face
FTL For the Loss or For the Lose
FTW For the Win
fwd = forward
FYI = for your information
Geotwitter = The geographical location of the most recent tweets.
GR8 = great
Hashtag = Adding categorical metadata to your tweets by using the # tag such as #sports.
IC = I see
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IM = Instant Message
IOW = In Other Words
IRL In Real Life
itz = it is
JK j/k = just kidding
JSYK = just so you know
JV = Joint Venture
kewl = cool
K = okay
L8er = later
L8 = late
LMAO = Laughing My Ass Off
LMAO = Laughing my ass off
lmk = let me know
LMK Let Me Know
LOL = laught out loud
mil = million
mistweet = A tweet that was sent in error or that one later regrets.
njoy = enjoy
Nudge + user name = A Twitter command used to remind a Friend to update their Twitter status or be active on Twitter.
OH = overheard
OMG = oh my god or oh my gosh
OMW = on my way
peeps = people
plz = please
pple = people
PPL = People
props = proper respect
PWN = Own
ROFL = rolling on the floor laughing
RU? = are you?
R = are
shld = should
thx tx = thanks
TIA = thanks in advance
TIA = thanks in advance
ttyl = talk to you later
ttys = talk to you soon
Twadd = To add someone as a friend.
Twaffic = Twitter traffic
Twaggle = A gaggle of followers.
Twaiglist = To sell something on Twitter like Craigslist.
Twaiting = Twittering while waiting.
Twardware = Twitter hardware.
Twashdot = News for Twitter similar to Slashdot.org.
Twaunt = To taunt someone over Twitter.
Twead = To read a tweet.
Twebay = To sell something on Twitter like Ebay.
Tweekend = Spending your weekend reading and posting on Twitter.
Tweepish = Feeling sheepish or regretful about something you tweeted.
Tweeple = Twitter people, Twitter members, Twitter users.
tweeps = People on Twitter.
Tweeps = Twitter updates
Tweeps = Twitterites that follow each other from one social network to another.
Tweet Pushers = Bloggers whose ideas are featured on The Wall Tweet Journal.
Tweet-back = Referencing a previous Twitter conversation.
Tweet-dropping = Eavesdropping on another member’s Home page in With Friends mode.
Tweetaholism = The uncontrolled use of Twitter similar to an addiction.
Tweetard = A Twitter retard.
Tweeter = A user of Twitter.
Tweetheart = A Twitter sweetheart.
Tweeting = The act of posting on Twitter.
Tweetin = When a group of Twitter users agree to get together at a set time to twitter.
Tweetsulted = insulted
Tweetsult = insult
Tweets = Posts on Twitter by Twitter members.
Tweet = Twitter updates
Twerminology = Twitter terminology
Twexplanation = Sending a nebulous tweet and having to explain it while offline on Twitter.
Twhepherd = The Twitter employee that finds and restores lost followers to your twaggle.
Twhiner = A twitterer who only ever posts whiney, negative tweets.
Twideo-cronicity = When you’re watching someone’s videos and they are simultaneously leaving a comment or tweet for, at or about you.
Twiends = Twitter + Friends
Twike = To ride a bike with Twitter.
TWinkedin = Inviting friends made on Twitter to connect with you on Linkedin.
Twistcuffs = Fighting with a fellow twitterer over twitter.
Twistory = Any history of Twitter
Twis = To dis a fellow twitterer.
Twitcrush
Twitosphere = Community of Twitterers.
Twittastic = Fantastic, wonderful, superb, coined by the folks at Twitterholic when referring to their robots.
Twittcrastination = Twittering in the form of procrastination.
Twittduit = If you need to tweet a friend that does not follow you, post a Twittduit asking your followers to pass a message.
Twittectomy = unfollowing friends.
Twitter-ku = Those who either post on both Twitter and Jaiku.
Twitter-Light Zone = When you are when you return to Twitter after any time away and feel disoriented and lost.
Twitterati = The elite members or A-list members of Twitter that everyone wants to follow and be followed by.
Twitterbate = To masturbate to another user’s tweets.
Twittercal mass = A community that has achieved a critical mass of twitterers.
Twitterer = A user of Twitter.
Twitterfly = A social butterfly on Twitter as evidenced by the extreme use of @ signs.
Twitterholic = A person who is addicted to using Twitter.
Twitterific = A really good Twitter thing. It’s also a third party application for Twitter.
Twittering = To send a Twitter message.
Twitterish = Erractic behavior with short outbursts.
Twitteritas = Women who play with their twitters.
Twitterject = Interject your tweet into an existing tweet stream of conversation.
Twitterlooing = Twitting from the bathroom.
Twitterloop = to be caught up with your friend’s tweets and upon the conversation.
Twittermob = An unruly and ragtag horde of people who descend on an ill-prepared location after a provocative Twitter message.
Twitterories = Clusters of twitterers that follow and friend each other with little overlap with other clusters.
Twitterpated =To be overwhelmed by Twitter messages.
Twitterphoria = The elation you feel when the person you’ve added as a friend adds you back.
Twitterpreneur = An entrepreneur on Twitter
Twitterrhea = The act of sending too man Twitter messages.
Twitterstream = The Twitter timeline (public or friends).
Twittertude = Bad Twitter attitude. Or a state of being, like solitude only with other people present.
Twitterverse = The Whole Community of Twitter
Twittfeinated, Twigged Out, Twired = To be so hyped up on twittering that you cannot sleep.
Twittfessional = A confession made on Twitter.
Twitticisms = Witty tweets.
Twittilate = To arouse with tweets.
Twittish = Too skittish to twitter.
Twittonary = dictionary of twitter terminology.
Twittsomnia = Twittering due to inability to sleep, thus compounding inability to sleep.
Twittworking = Networking with Twitterites using Twitter.
Twit = Twitter updates
Twixt and tween = Can’t decide who or what to tweet.
Twode = to hack on the Twitter API.
Twofor = Replying to two unrelated Twitter messages with a single tweet.
TwoingTwoing = To twitter about wonderful things.
Twollower = Twitter + Follower
Twoogle = Twitter as the human Google. Pose a question, get near-instantaneous results.
Twoops = When you accidently send a private sms to Twitter.
Twoosh = A full 140 character twitter.
Twopsies = When you drop things because you are twittering.
Tword = Words forms by appending TW to the original word.
Twouche = Someone acting like a big fat jerk via Twitter.
Twurvey = A survey sent out over Twitter.
Twype = To type on Twitter.
TYT = Take your time.
TYVM = Thank you very much.
TY = Thanks
u’ve = for you have
ur = your
U = you.
V2V = voice to voice (chatting on the phone)
W or w/ =with
wazzup? or whatddup? = what’s up
wld = would
wOOt! = an expression of joy or excitement.
woz = was
wtf = what the f***
wth = what the heck
YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary
yr = your
YVW = you’re very welcome
YW = you’re welcome

Here is the very first steps to creating a Twitter account or getting your business on Twitter.

User Name 15 Characters or Less — Think of a Twitter user name that is 15 characters or less for you or your business. Most individuals,  Celebrities and Athletes will use their First and Last Name as their twitter name, their business name or their stage name/brand. Here are some examples:

• Athletes: LanceArmstrong, dwight_howard, THE_REAL_SHAQ
• Celebrities: 50cent, snoopdogg, Emeril, algore, MarthStewart, kathyperry, johncmayer, MariahHBF, iamdiddy, britneyspears
• Professionals: BarackObama, SteveJobs, guykawasaki, andersoncooper, SenJohnMcCain, Gstephanopolous, martinog
• Businesses: TheEllenShow, YelpMiami, readersdigest, MHEAT, nytimeshealth

2) Do I create a Twitter name using my first and last name or using my business name? I would start by creating a Twitter user name for your first and last name. You will probably end up creating an additional one for your business name.

3) Upper/Lower Case, Punctuation in your Twitter Account

• Upper and Lower Case Letters – It’s like an email address, you can use upper and lower case letters. So the twitter account MartinOgawa is the same as martinogawa.
•  Underscore Key “_” – The underscore [_} key is allowed like in THE_REAL_SHAQ.
• Spaces – Using spaces in your Twitter user name is not allowed.

4) Changing Your Twitter User Name –Once you sign-up , it is possible to change your Twitter user name including modifying the upper and lowercase letters.

5) So here is the Twitter Signup form.

https://twitter.com/signup

Note: I would recommend using your real first name and last name rather than an alias. I will talk about this issue later in one of our blogs.

6) After you signup, here is some important information:

• Your Twitter Profile Page is: http://www.twitter.com/yourusername
• To Login, click the Login link at the top of your pofile page or go to http://twitter.com/login
• User Name: You can login with your Twitter user name or email address, the user name field is not upper and lowercase sensitive so I can login with MartinOgawa or martinogawa.

Good luck! See you on Twitter. And don’t forget add follow @martinog and @OgawaDesign!