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Aristotle Animes posted:Subway? For dinner? Hahahaha! I would have attempted to bully him into paying for everybody under poo poo pretext of he's senior in dept X and they always have to pay. KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:US Domestic Air: Generally coach, but pick something reasonable and justifiable. This means I can justify F if it's a 10-15% premium. It also means I can justify nonstops if they are not horrendously expensive.
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P.D.B. Fishsticks posted:Pretty much, everyone's terrified of being the next GSA/Vegas scandal, so we've swung the pendulum so far the other way to try to show how much we're not living large. All of our travel (not just conferences) now requires two-star general approval. Yeah, the GSA stuff was super hosed but the effect depends on where you work - while my own organization's travel policies and thresholds of approval didn't change at all, we just got audited more often (100% of the time instead of the previous ~25%). All reimbursement people can loving hang.
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We have an excel sheet with generally allowed amounts or guidelines depending on what city we visit, as long as you don't abuse things, they're pretty much ok with whatever.
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Any advice on maximizing workouts on the road? I'm sure I'm about to eat like an idiot for a few months and most of the hotel gyms I stay in lack things like free weights or sanitation.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Any advice on maximizing workouts on the road? I'm sure I'm about to eat like an idiot for a few months and most of the hotel gyms I stay in lack things like free weights or sanitation. The big gym chains like 24 hour Fitness la fitness etc. can sometimes be expensed or covered under a wellness benefit. There are many apps and services that do guided body weight exercises that are hard if you make yourself do it right and with full effort. You can also improvise weights like lift your end table or overhead press chairs (I have done this) Jump ropes are easy to pack and extremely intensive for cardio. Also moving around during the day , taking the stairs etc will add up.
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If I'm in an environment where it's conducive I will go running. And I try to stay at hotels that at least have some kind of weights if possible. If not, the stuff Xguard86 recommended works. Maybe put P90x or a similar program on your computer/ipad if that's your thing? Right now I'm using a Gold's Gym that's near my hotel, they worked out a deal with the hotel, can use the gym for a $5 fee per day. No brainer. If there is a chain in the areas you tend to travel to, it may be worth joining. As far as chow, I try to eat healthy two meals a day. Depending on what you are doing for work and how long you are at a location you may be able to do grocery shopping and prepare your own lunches.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Any advice on maximizing workouts on the road? I'm sure I'm about to eat like an idiot for a few months and most of the hotel gyms I stay in lack things like free weights or sanitation. When I'm feeling ambitious I do P90 or P90X videos, since all I have to do is bring some bands and I'm not at the mercy of what the hotel fitness room has available. I'm feeling ambitious less often than I should.
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Jan 7, 2015 20:47
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Thoguh posted:When I'm feeling ambitious I do P90 or P90X videos, since all I have to do is bring some bands and I'm not at the mercy of what the hotel fitness room has available. I'm feeling ambitious less often than I should. Yeah the real trick is motivation. I try to pack my gym clothes with me in the morning and not go back to the hotel because it's hard once you're back not to hit the wine and couch.
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There's a drop-in app with day passes for gyms which I forget off hand but I think it's useful. A guy I know developed it, so it definitely could be poo poo. I'll try to find the name. I tend to run when I'm away from home. You can run anywhere, and there's a treadmill everywhere, and I could use the god damned cardio. I also try to take the stairs and park far away and do all that jazz, I find it helps.
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Jan 7, 2015 23:01
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I wonder if I can just expense any weight gain to my agency.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I wonder if I can just expense any weight gain to my agency. lmao I would be rich if I could.
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Got bumped up from Gold to Platinum with United with only 50.8K PQM during 2014. That's fun I guess.
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Sukashi posted:Got bumped up from Gold to Platinum with United with only 50.8K PQM during 2014. That's fun I guess. How many PQD?
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$10,000+. Decent amount of flying this year in business.
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Sukashi posted:Got bumped up from Gold to Platinum with United with only 50.8K PQM during 2014. That's fun I guess. I have a friend that was really close to your situation. Did you ask for it? I told him to call but he never did.
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Sukashi posted:Got bumped up from Gold to Platinum with United with only 50.8K PQM during 2014. That's fun I guess. Huh. I had 45K PQM and didn't get Gold. Is it too late to ask?
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Didn't ask for it - I confirmed I had Gold before the end of the year, and logged in randomly last night to book some award travel and saw Platinum instead. I guess I tripped over some hidden annual spend threshold? Definitely doesn't hurt to ask especially if your spend was quite high.
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Well I called and was told their marketing people are still trying to sort out what the cutoffs will be and what promotions and offers will be offered to which customers. She said to wait 2 weeks and if I don't get an email offer I can call back and try to get bumped up.
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Has anyone here traveled to Seoul for work? Heading out there for a work conference and wanted to ask about some tips/advice.
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deviltry posted:Has anyone here traveled to Seoul for work? I have- what do you want to know? Feel free to PM
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Well poo poo, I left my corporate card at home. Guess I'm floating this Canadian trip on my personal card. At least I get points? 
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taco show posted:Well poo poo, I left my corporate card at home. Guess I'm floating this Canadian trip on my personal card. At least I get points? Oh man, I'm glad you posted that. I departing on a last minute trip in about an hour and had totally forgotten to put my corporate card back into my wallet until I read your post.
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deviltry posted:Has anyone here traveled to Seoul for work? Does the Army in 2001 count? No, I didn't think so. Still, Seoul is a great city. The people are very polite and welcoming to Westerners, and there's literally everything to do within an hour. Want to ski in the morning and hit the beach in the evening? You can do it in South Korea. Like clubs? Museums? Seafood? Amusement parks? They have those, too. I'd love to travel there on vacation if I could get a wife and 3 kids to be in a plane all day and go past Hawaii.
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Thoguh posted:Oh man, I'm glad you posted that. I departing on a last minute trip in about an hour and had totally forgotten to put my corporate card back into my wallet until I read your post. I'm here for you  Also, anyone have suggestions for what's good around downtown Toronto? I'm in the financial district (Hilton) and it's apparently a restaurant wasteland. I'll be eating solo tonight and taking out youngish (late 20s) clients for happy hour tomorrow.
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First time in my career I have been allowed to book a class other than economy - Premium Economy here I come 
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taco show posted:and taking out youngish (late 20s) clients for happy hour tomorrow. I can't get enough of those goddamn video games!
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Ynglaur posted:Still, Seoul is a great city. The people are very polite and welcoming to Westerners, and there's literally everything to do within an hour. sink the biz posted:I have- what do you want to know? Feel free to PM Thanks folks. I don't have PM access but I'll share my questions here. The South Korea thread is more ex-pat centric than tourists so it's a diff. perspective. 1. How credit card friendly is Seoul? Is it like Tokyo in that you're better off with a fistful of cash? Since I have to use my company's AmEx, I'm wondering if they take AmEx over there? 2. How do you handle situations where you need to spend cash (like food vendors?), do you just use your personal debit to grab cash and hope your company reimburses you back? 3. Do you recommend taking taxis from airport to hotel? I'm staying near Gangnum (ehhhhh, sexy lady!) at the Park Hyatt (w00t!!). Is it gonna be horribly expensive like Tokyo? Or under $100? 4. How did you handle the wifi situation? I'm thinking of renting a MiFi edge to help me navigate the city (and not be dependent on potentially sketchy hotel wifi) -- not sure where I can grab one. Thanks in advance!
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deviltry posted:Thanks folks. I don't have PM access but I'll share my questions here. The South Korea thread is more ex-pat centric than tourists so it's a diff. perspective. 2. This depends mostly on your company's policy I think. I usually did cash advances at the hotel front desk and expensed the service charges but not the actual money. I would then expense each cash transaction I made. 3. Incheon to Gangnam is about a 80000-90000 won taxi ride. Airport limo bus to Gangnam is like 15000 IIRC, at least to the Express Bus Terminal (고속터미널). I don't know where the Park Hyatt is but it should be similar. The bus and taxi stops are located right outside of the airport doors. Be wary of hustlers soliciting cab fares inside the airport walls, they will rip you off. This goes for cab drivers in general, make sure they are running the meter and not making you pay a predetermined fare. 4. Hotel Internet is fine. Korea has a firewall for porn but nothing else really weird. You can probably rent a MiFi device at the airport. I just bought a prepaid SIM at http://egsimcard.co.kr. I traveled to Korea a lot last year, let me know if you have more questions. How long is your stay? canoshiz fucked around with this message at 06:34 on Jan 14, 2015 |
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I stopped over in Seoul for a couple days (for fun) on my way to Hong Kong last year. I primarily used a credit card everywhere and had no trouble doing so. And I agree, Airport Limo Bus is the way to go. I don't speak a lick of Korean, but everybody was super friendly. Have a good time!
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South Korea thread is expat centric because people don't really go to Korea for vacation when it's wedged between Japan and China. If you post in the thread, and install kakao chat, Seoul Goons are an awesome bunch. Amazing hosts. Hit up Lummox and Don't Ask Kant, they do the Korean Welcome Committee. Oh and rent a wifi-egg they are cheap and super fast
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Had a fake "emotional support dog" next to me yesterday for a four hour flight. I can't really fault the owner, who was totally open about the fact it was just his pet dog and he got a kit online that had a vest like thing with "E.S.A." on it and a fake ID thing. The dog was reasonably well behaved so it ended up not being a big deal. Nothing like that pig that poo poo all over everything on that US Airways flight a month or two back. But I really hope that either congress or the FAA does something soon to limit people from bringing untrained pets onto planes. They seem to become more prevalent every year. I know that emotional support animals are a real thing but the vast majority of people claiming that really just are avoiding fees and wanting to keep their pets with them. And it is a crapshoot whether they are going to be disruptive or not.
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Please tell me more about the pig. Wasn't there a gag in airplane where economy class is full of livestock and what not?
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http://www.businessinsider.com/us-airways-removed-pooping-pig-and-owner-from-flight-2014-12 Basically someone brought their stinky 70 pound emotional support pig on a plane, where it began to poo poo in the aisle. They were asked to leave the plane, which they did without much complaint. The article has a pretty  picture of a pig hefted over someone's shoulder.
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canoshiz posted:4. Hotel Internet is fine. Korea has a firewall for porn but nothing else really weird. You can probably rent a MiFi device at the airport. I just bought a prepaid SIM at http://egsimcard.co.kr. Thanks canoshiz, Small White Dragon, and caberham! I'm staying for a lil' over a week, splitting that between work and extending for quick vacay. Even better, I am bringing my spouse along like a sugar momma. He gets to play while I do my conference.I'll def get kakaotalk. Where do you recommend renting a MiFi in the airport? Is there a general area? Any company you recommend? I'll check out your link as well.
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/delta-flight-attendants-request-union-vote-1421177667 Greenfielded Atlanta going to unionized FAs despite management's party line on how good they have it without a union would be a message to all the bosses. I hope they do it. Volkwagen greenfielded to TN and those workers went to the UAW. Maybe the Boeing plant in Charleston will wise up one day.
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Aristotle Animes posted:http://www.wsj.com/articles/delta-flight-attendants-request-union-vote-1421177667 VW was a super, super weird instance for a lot of reasons but basically it boiled down to the fact that VW AG wanted a union and VWoA plus the state of TN did not want a union.
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deviltry posted:Thanks canoshiz, Small White Dragon, and caberham! You don't need a mifi at all in S Korea. There are hotspots everywhere including on the busses, subway, etc. SK, Olleh, and LGU+ all offer packages and have English versions of their website. I think you were asking about taxis earlier - uber is also an option.
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2 of 68 on the upgrade list for my 4 1/2 hour flight to Atlanta.  For zero seats. 
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Thoguh posted:2 of 68 on the upgrade list for my 4 1/2 hour flight to Atlanta.
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Small White Dragon posted:From where? I always saw insane lists like that between ATL and LAX or SFO, but I was always towards the bottom of the list. SNA
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