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Finally made it to SFO this morning. SW flights are easy peasy man. Almost to A-list now with the last few last-minute-bookings at business select fare prices. National's executive selection here sucks though. A bunch of base model crap. FrozenVent posted:Seriously, they make those little packs of baby wipes, I never leave home without them. sellouts posted:But I never check a bag on biz trips so it's all in a carryon anyways. Aristotle Animes posted:I also travel with scented oils to put on washcloths and stuff into the AC to make the room smell nice. It relaxes me. I have a fairly manly job but I travel like a total fag. Like I said, go ahead and laugh, i certainly do. But I work long hours on the road and I like peace and comfort in my room which translates to sanity. :-X Thoguh posted:A lot of times I'll actually toss a single use thing of woolite in my carry on to allow for some emergency sink laundry in case of a cancelled flight or if I just end up running short during a trip. Though of course when I ended up overnight in Atlanta last month I had forgotten to include that in my carry on.
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Lyon posted:I was just stranded for the first time too. Drove from Philly area to EWR because the flight was about $800 cheaper to go EWR to PHL to SLC versus the direct flight out of PHL. Flight got cancelled in PHL and no flight to SLC until the next day at 615 pm so I rented a car in PHL and drove back to my apartment for the night. All in all it wasn't that bad but the whole thing was a pain in the neck. Kind of related to this, but has anyone ever tried booking ZFV fares from Philly? ZFV is an Amtrak train that goes between PHL and EWR. Usually way cheaper than flying direct from Philly. I've heard there are tons of hassles associated with this. Such as booking ZFV round trip, UA not recognizing that you were on the train, then canceling the rest of the itinerary. Curious to see if anyone else has had that experience.
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Kinfolk Jones posted:Kind of related to this, but has anyone ever tried booking ZFV fares from Philly? ZFV is an Amtrak train that goes between PHL and EWR. Usually way cheaper than flying direct from Philly. I've heard there are tons of hassles associated with this. Such as booking ZFV round trip, UA not recognizing that you were on the train, then canceling the rest of the itinerary. Curious to see if anyone else has had that experience. check prices again if you haven't already. I've heard nightmares with mp trying to get miles alone. I've used PHL a 4 times this year instead of bwi because UA is dumping extra capacity there trying to keep the the loss down due to departing USair. I picked up a SEA-PHL fare 2 days out that was $175. I can understand the want to save on EWR origin. All UA hubs are captive hubs with dumb fares. Flying direct to IAD or EWR for me is stupid expensive so I end up going to BWI, PHL or even BOS and suffering the 2hr drive some place.
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Last night the front desk clerk recommended either olive garden or longhorn steak house. : ( at least the Hampton here in Cookeville Tennessee is nice and new with a Starbucks next door.
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Aristotle Animes posted:Last night the front desk clerk recommended either olive garden or longhorn steak house. You're in Cookeville, TN, bro. Longhorn is pretty "hah clah-iss" out there. The best eats are probably at dives that the front desk clerk of a Hampton's Inn wouldn't know about.
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Anyone want a postcard from Bellevue/Seattle? PM me Also, the Westin here is really, really nice. The whole area is fancy.
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Fryhtaning posted:You're in Cookeville, TN, bro. Longhorn is pretty "hah clah-iss" out there. The best eats are probably at dives that the front desk clerk of a Hampton's Inn wouldn't know about. Hey. There are some good places away from the highway, near Tennessee Tech's campus. Spankie's is one of the student hangouts, if they're still around. Mauricio's was pretty good Italian a few years ago.
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taco show posted:Anyone want a postcard from Bellevue/Seattle? PM me Sent!
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I'm curious: what advice would you want to give an infrequent traveler colleague if you were about to be forced to travel with them?
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Thanks for the advice on Cookeville spots. I'm based out of Seattle/Bellevue we probably passed in the air if you flew Sunday. anitsirK posted:I'm curious: what advice would you want to give an infrequent traveler colleague if you were about to be forced to travel with them? don't look me in the eye while you file past into steerage. In fact, just don't talk to me at the airport period.
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anitsirK posted:I'm curious: what advice would you want to give an infrequent traveler colleague if you were about to be forced to travel with them? Depends on where you are going and how much street smarts he has. Heck, some goon got scared shitless relocating to Switzerland of all places in the world.
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taco show posted:Anyone want a postcard from Bellevue/Seattle? PM me I used to live a few blocks from that Westin (assuming its the one in Belltown). Highly recommend Shiro or Lola in that area for food and Rob Roy for drinks.
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Aristotle Animes posted:Thanks for the advice on Cookeville spots. I'm out of DC but I had family in Cookeville till a couple of weeks ago. Spent many Christmas and Thanksgiving holidays there.
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Oh if you are in Seattle, try this place out. http://www.yelp.com/biz/pike-place-chowder-seattle Really good chowder, better than the ones I had in New England
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anitsirK posted:I'm curious: what advice would you want to give an infrequent traveler colleague if you were about to be forced to travel with them? Even if your bag is not yet packed, you have already packed too much of the wrong stuff and not enough of the right stuff. I've seen plenty of people bring giant bags for 5 day trips that must be checked and still not have pens, chargers, business cards (if you do that sorta thing) and so on.
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I had a good experience yesterday/today with traveling. Flight to Chicago delayed, finally left an hour and ten late. Flight to Chicago takes off, takes very circuitous route, circles a bit, lands in Chicago about an hour and 45 late in a thunderstorm. Due to thunderstorms, the ground personnel are all taking shelter, so we sit on the ramp for a bit Get in to the gate, probably 2:30 late. Since I have to go to a wedding this week after my work trip, I have an extra bag, necessitating checking luggage. Wait around for an hour for checked bag. Realize that bag is not coming. Instead of driving 3 hours to my final destination, get a hotel in Chicago to pick up bag in the AM. $texas. Pick up bag, head to final. Try to check in to hotel. All early checkin rooms have been taken by a massive tour group. 
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Could always have been worse. If it happened last weekend I imagine lollapalooza would have caused the hotels to be even more expensive and less available.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I had a good experience yesterday/today with traveling. I pray to Saint Christopher everytime I travel. That way you have someone to blame.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I had a good experience yesterday/today with traveling. I have been home for something like 6 days since May 28 and I just found out about an hour ago that instead of going home tomorrow I have to go to long island for 1.5 weeks. A few hours ago I returned to my hotel room instead of getting falling down drunk at the local Applebees. If I had been drunk there wouldn't have been enough time to rebook in the morning and I could have gone home until Sunday maybe. There is a lesson in there somewhere.
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Momentarily broke into cold sweat this morning when the hertz return guy insisted I did not rent from this location O_O
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Does anyone know when TSA is killing random-access precheck? Everything I find just says "soon!!!"
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Does anyone know when TSA is killing random-access precheck? Everything I find just says "soon!!!" I don't think they've made a formal announcement of timing for the change. This is in keeping with their general front of security theater because if no one knows the details, we're more safe. 
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Sheeeyah, I don't think TSA wants to let the terrorist know their plans. BOI has pictures colored by kids saying thank you to TSA for keeping us safe also a photo of kds hugging a TSO  I think children are about the only people that believe it these days.
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Aristotle Animes posted:Sheeeyah, I don't think TSA wants to let the terrorist know their plans. Funny thing is last time I was flying out of BOI (several years ago) it was a contract station; no actual TSA folks there.
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Mackieman posted:Funny thing is last time I was flying out of BOI (several years ago) it was a contract station; no actual TSA folks there. I never learned to tell the difference. Do contracts wear different uniform?
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I'm a new college grad, and I'm about to have my 3rd and hopefully final interview for a field service engineering position. The job requires travel 80% of the time, but jobs almost never last more than 5 days, ranging anywhere from one to five. The interviewers have said that they almost always get their field engineers home for the weekends. I'm looking forward to the travel, and don't have a relationship or any log term commitments to tie me down. My question is how does this travel schedule compare to others in terms of quality of life? Have you guys/gals found that lots of little trips are better for your sanity than being gone for months at a time?
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I'm about 60-70% travel with most trips being 3-6 days counting travel days. City hopping during the week is a little rough on me. When I work Florida our rep there usually jams 3 or 4 engagements and at least a couple dinners into a week which necessitates a lot of hotel hopping and windshield time. I'd have to say that burns me out much more than spending 5 days in one place. I guess for me, back to back trips for 3-4 weeks straight is a road to burnout as road time means extreme hours and very little sleep. I have to pace myself just a bit on long stretches of travel which ironically makes some stops longer by a day then they may have been otherwise. I dont' like staying over the weekend but I do it every now and again. I fly a lot of Sundays to hit the ground running on Monday morning and never end up taking the preceding Friday off like I tell my boss I'm going to. :-/ I think it's hotel hopping that gets me the most. Putting my poo poo in drawers and not having to repack for a couple nights is a big one for me. Digging through a suitcase for crap night after night when it's not worth it to unpack is what makes me feel like an animal. Thoguh posted:Are you moving somewhere new? It'll be tough to develop a social group with that kind of schedule.
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Thoguh posted:Are you moving somewhere new? It'll be tough to develop a social group with that kind of schedule. Nah, it's based in my home town. A social life seems doable on 2 too 4 days a week but maybe I'm just being optimistic?
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man i love flyertalk. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luft...-come-back.html Dear FT, I drank and ate so much in the lounge that when I boarded the plane I had to yarg the sausages and cold cuts (I'm sure we've all been there) then LOT preceded to treat me like a disgusting pig. Please tell me that they should apologize for shooing my whale rear end off the flight and making me buy another ticket. PS. Do they ever refresh the vol-au-vent tray around here? We still have 5 minutes so I think I'll get me another pint. Burp.
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Let's not clutter this thread with flyertalk drivel, shall we?
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Sorry, I didn't know that was taboo. I find that place to be alternately informative and then hilariously over the top on just about every level.
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Aristotle Animes posted:Sorry, I didn't know that was taboo. I find that place to be alternately informative and then hilariously over the top on just about every level. I picture everyone who posts there as the guys from the 'upper class twit' Monty Python sketch.
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Here's one I'm genuinely curious about that is kind of an old FT chestnut. Where do people stand on viewing content that may be questionable while flying? For me, I can be surprisingly conservative when it comes to offending others and while I spend a good deal of time on planes, I can obviously find another time to catch up on GOT or other HBO soft porn shows. You'll never hear me advocate censorship or uttering the words "family values" without a deriding tone but to me it's just beyond the pale when people watch horror movies with gory violence or nekidd people, subjecting others to their screens. Even if there aren't kids around to see that, you think you might be making other people uncomfortable?? If you are in a window seat or have the screen so it's not viewable to anyone else, knock yourself out. Although I do hate it when people watch war/horror flicks on night flights where their is a lot of strobing light emanating from the video device. FT always has a loud I PAID FOR THAT SEAT I'LL DO WHATEVER I WANT IN IT contingent. And this was on the Air Canada board. A couple people made spergy arguments that acceptable is subjective and therefore you shouldn't even try to be decent. O_o
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Aristotle Animes posted:man i love flyertalk. Wish I could see the airline employee's version of that story.
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Stupid weather in Atlanta last night caused a two hour delay for my flight this morning (they missed the curfew at SNA and had to fly to LAX, then bring the plane to SNA this morning), now it is hitting again and I have been sitting on the tarmac in ATL for almost an hour. I just wanna go home. 
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Aristotle Animes posted:Here's one I'm genuinely curious about that is kind of an old FT chestnut. Where do people stand on viewing content that may be questionable while flying? For me, I can be surprisingly conservative when it comes to offending others and while I spend a good deal of time on planes, I can obviously find another time to catch up on GOT or other HBO soft porn shows. You'll never hear me advocate censorship or uttering the words "family values" without a deriding tone but to me it's just beyond the pale when people watch horror movies with gory violence or nekidd people, subjecting others to their screens. Even if there aren't kids around to see that, you think you might be making other people uncomfortable?? If you are in a window seat or have the screen so it's not viewable to anyone else, knock yourself out. Although I do hate it when people watch war/horror flicks on night flights where their is a lot of strobing light emanating from the video device. PG13 strikes me as a good cutoff. I basically don't look at boobs, incidental or not, on the plane. Though I did discover a couple of years ago that the Saturday Night Fever on United entertainment systems is the longer unedited version.
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Aristotle Animes posted:Here's one I'm genuinely curious about that is kind of an old FT chestnut. Where do people stand on viewing content that may be questionable while flying? For me, I can be surprisingly conservative when it comes to offending others and while I spend a good deal of time on planes, I can obviously find another time to catch up on GOT or other HBO soft porn shows. You'll never hear me advocate censorship or uttering the words "family values" without a deriding tone but to me it's just beyond the pale when people watch horror movies with gory violence or nekidd people, subjecting others to their screens. Even if there aren't kids around to see that, you think you might be making other people uncomfortable?? If you are in a window seat or have the screen so it's not viewable to anyone else, knock yourself out. Although I do hate it when people watch war/horror flicks on night flights where their is a lot of strobing light emanating from the video device. This is a can vs should question to me. Can you watch stuff that may upset other people? Sure, knock yourself out. Should you? Probably not, unless you want to deal with upset people. The freedom to do something does not entitle you to a pass from criticism for doing it.
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Getting sick of only being able to get a real workout in on the weekends. Last week I lied to a gym in middle of nowhere TX by telling telling them I was there for a final interview in said small shithole city and I should be moving there soon. They gave me a free week and I only did it because they didn't do day passes. Does this make me a bad person? Anyone else ever do this on the road?
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