Hacking Airphone

I flew on Delta and started reading the cheesy magazine (Sky Mall) found in the seat pocket in front of me. Hmm, call 242 for a rental car when you reach your destination. A free call from an airline phone? Could it be possible? Being bored, I picked up the GTE Airphone in the headrest of the seat in front of me and started dialing all the possible combinations. I even got an outside line without entering my credit card. It might have charged the phone call to my library card, I'm not sure. I went through all1000 combinations, here's what I found. Have phun! You cannot use the phone while the attendant is talking on the loudspeaker.

Pick up the phone

1 - English
2 - Espanol
3 - Francois
Speed Dialing is *
 
Once you choose the language, you're given another set of options.
 
1 - place a call
2 - Receive calls
3 - Data and Fax
4 - CNN
5 - More Services
6 - Billing
+ - Help
0 - GTE Operator
 
All phone numbers only use a 3 digit code. Out of 1000 possibilities,
these are the ones that connected. For the ones that didn't connect, a
recording was received "I am sorry the number you have dialed is invalid.
Please check your number and dial again or dial "0" for assistance".
 
006 - SkyTel Help Desk in Montreal, Canada
007 - Enter Personal ID number now
016 - GTE Airphone is available between the hours of 7AM to 8PM central
time Monday through Friday.
023 - Air Ordering Center - Sky Mall Catalog
034 - Air Ordering Center - Sky Mall Catalog
039 - GTE Airphone is available ...
045 - Air Ordering Center - Sky Mall Catalog
077 - GTE Airphone Operations - Talk to a real person. They run the whole
thing. They'll ask how you got this number. Tell them you misdialed.
111 - To place a call ... (Live audio of CNN)
112 - To Place a call ... (CNN Top stories)
113 - To place a call ... (CNN business news)
114 - To place a call ... (CNN Sports)
115 - To place a call ... (CNN health News)
116 - To place a call ... (CNN Money News)
117 - To place a call ... (CNN Celebrity Watch)
234 - GTE Airphone is available ...
242 - Hertz Rent-A-Car
247 - Open Development Prepaid Calling card (the calling card is 10 digits).
255 - GTE Pre-paid phone service (10 digits)
323 - Speak to a real person. Operations Maintenance Systems.
345 - To place a call, Pass Billing card through the slot on the right
+++++ (GTE Domestic teleconferencing service)
346 - To Place a call, Pass Billing card through the slot on the right +++++
357 - GTE Pre-paid phone service
376 - Please enter your personal ID# now.
377 - United Airlines flight dispatch. You can ask for the weather of any
airport!
433 - Fax machine
444 - To place a call, Pass billing Card through the slot on the right +++++
445 - Channel no longer available
483 - GTE Airphone is available ...
555 - GTE Operator
601 - Midwest Express Flight Operations (automated)
610 - GTE Prepaid phone service
622 - Inflight control operations for Delta Airlines
623 - Aircraft Maintenance United Airlines in Chicago
639 - To place a call, Pass billing card through slot on the right +++++
678 - To place a call, Pass billing card through slot on the right +++++
(International Conference Call)
682 - Air Canada Matainenance Control in Montreal, Canada. (live person)
711 - Airphone service from GTE
716 - Delta Tel Worldlink Network
726 - United Airlines. Press 1 for Fleet controller; Press 2 for Engine
Controller. Please enter the 4 digit aircraft number.
736 - Thank You for calling Action Cellular. For English, press 4; For
Japanese, press 5. The leader in short term satellite and cellular phone
rentals.
777 - GTE prepaid phone service. Please enter your account number.
779 - GTE prepaid phone service.
782 - Shared Technology Cellular rent-a-center in St. Louis (live person).
Land number for Shared Technology Cellular is (800)933-3836.
800 - Delta customer service for calling card from phones. Atlanta, GA
827 - InFlight Video Help line for Air Canada
832 - Tele-conferencing center
833 - Fax/modem
835 - Rent Express Company Directory Press a number.
847 - Special Member Service for Delta (Live Person)
877 - AT&T Long Distance
880 - Please enter personal ID number now.
888 - Please enter personal ID number now.
946 - GTE Airphone. To reach an air traveler, press the 10 digit # to call
another Airphone.
989 - Foreign language operator (recording)
999 - Fast Busy
 
If you use a credit card to make calls, here's what you get!
111 - Placing call to hear the live audio of CNN
112 - Placing call to hear the latest CNN top stories
113 - Placing call to hear the latest CNN business News
114 - Placing call to hear the latest CNN sports News
115 - Placing call to hear the latest CNN health News
116 - Placing call to hear the latest CNN money News
117 - Placing call to hear the latest CNN celebrity watch
345 - GTE Domestic teleconferencing service
346 - unknown
639 - unknown
678 - Placing an International Conference call