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Mackieman posted:I'll never understand why people with that kind of money don't have a half share in a NetJet or something and never fly commercially unless there is no other viable option. A jet with the range to go London to LA probably starts to get pricey even for somebody in that wealth range.
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Mackieman posted:I'll never understand why people with that kind of money don't have a half share in a NetJet or something and never fly commercially unless there is no other viable option. NetJets is pretty non-cost effective for intercontinental flights.
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Feb 4, 2015 15:46
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Mackieman posted:I'll never understand why people with that kind of money don't have a half share in a NetJet or something and never fly commercially unless there is no other viable option. Because they're often not as wealthy as they'd like you to think they are.
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Feb 4, 2015 16:02
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Also those tiny rear end private planes suck for long haul flights. First class commercial is way more comfortable.
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Feb 4, 2015 17:15
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Bloodnose posted:Also those tiny rear end private planes suck for long haul flights. First class commercial is way more comfortable. Yeah, no. For long haul transcon stuff you're talking Bombardier Global Express, Dassault 7x, Embraer Lineage 1000, which are all configured with actual bedrooms. It's like the Etihad Residence on steroids. First class commercial is definitely not more comfortable.
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Feb 4, 2015 18:04
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Yeah, no. For long haul transcon stuff you're talking Bombardier Global Express, Dassault 7x, Embraer Lineage 1000, which are all configured with actual bedrooms. It's like the Etihad Residence on steroids. First class commercial is definitely not more comfortable.
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Feb 4, 2015 20:00
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Small White Dragon posted:International first class can be pretty kickass. Even business class is amazing on many airlines these days. Qatar Airways gives you some drat good food on flights to the Middle East and India. Its business class seats are actually enclosed in private cubicles and recline into completely flat beds.
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Feb 4, 2015 21:14
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Small White Dragon posted:International first class can be pretty kickass. Not compared to a private jet outfitted for long haul flights. I've never ridden in one, but I work in aerospace and I know guys who do the interiors for those things so they've showed me pictures/schematics. God drat are those things opulent.
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Feb 4, 2015 21:33
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Small White Dragon posted:International first class can be pretty kickass. It's still not on the level of a Global Express outfitted for overnight. It's not. Look up some videos and images.
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Feb 4, 2015 22:08
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It does look pretty nice, but I also see the cabin is only 6'3" high (at its highest point, it's a curved aircraft fuselage of course). I'm an inch taller than that and I'd think it'd start to get pretty claustrophobic after hour 6 or so. But then I guess I won't knock it till I've tried it.
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Feb 4, 2015 22:18
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Bloodnose posted:Also those tiny rear end private planes suck for long haul flights. First class commercial is way more comfortable. I've only flown one of those things. While first class commercial is pretty awesome, the airline products differ massively and some of the top luxury first class cabins fly very limited routes. For example, Singapore Airlines only flies to SFO LAX NYC and IAH. You would still be connecting in major airports if you live outside a megacity, and that might be a big deal for executives that can afford them. Also it kind of astounds me there are people in the world that book full-fare United Global First that can cost as much, if not more, than things like Lufthansa First.
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Feb 4, 2015 23:43
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I'm baffled by anyone that would waste miles on UA global first if there were options other than Air India. Tho I suppose the partner redemption rates now make it prohibitive in a lot of cases.
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Feb 5, 2015 05:33
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AdrenalinG posted:I do. I don't have plat though so I can't PM you. Thanks man - some goons hooked me up but I might be requesting further advice and assistance later on this year. Will contact you if so.
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Aristotle Animes posted:I'm baffled by anyone that would waste miles on UA global first if there were options other than Air India. Indeed, F on partners is particularly bad. C is only 10K miles more in most cases which is a little more palatable to me. Now if only I could bend their routing rules to my will...
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Feb 5, 2015 14:11
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Anyone ever flown Aeroflot premium economy? It's only a little more than the other carrier's economy, like $1100 to Europe via Moscow.
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Feb 5, 2015 14:23
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smackfu posted:Anyone ever flown Aeroflot premium economy? It's only a little more than the other carrier's economy, like $1100 to Europe via Moscow. I have heard the hard product is pretty nice - good food, wider seats, more pitch. Similar to US domestic first. However, I have also heard that Aeroflot is still ragingly inconsistent with stuff like boarding process etc. These are both second-hand. For the same price as other economy, I'd do it.
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I fly Aeroflot all the time (I'm in Moscow). It's actually a lot better than it used to be. Go for it. Edit: At the same time, don't spend an extra 6 hours in transit just to sit in a bigger seat. Get there as fast as you can. Pissingintowind fucked around with this message at 14:35 on Feb 5, 2015 |
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Feb 5, 2015 14:30
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Pissingintowind posted:I fly Aeroflot all the time (I'm in Moscow). It's actually a lot better than it used to be. Go for it. I book longer layovers in Australia to enjoy the Qantas first lounges 
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Feb 5, 2015 20:29
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AdrenalinG posted:I book longer layovers in Australia to enjoy the Qantas first lounges What the hell itinerary connects through Australia? Or do you start/end there and connect through Sydney or Canberra?
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Feb 6, 2015 02:11
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I've only been doing this two months but I hate every single person on a plane, car rental, or hotel that's on vacation.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I've only been doing this two months but I hate every single person on a plane, car rental, or hotel that's on vacation. Give it another couple of months and you'll drop the qualifier.
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Feb 6, 2015 04:13
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Midjack posted:What the hell itinerary connects through Australia? Or do you start/end there and connect through Sydney or Canberra? The entire South Pacific to the majority of Asia?
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Feb 6, 2015 04:22
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I've only been doing this two months but I hate every single person on a plane, car rental, or hotel that's on vacation. It doesn't get better. Vacationers are the bane of my travel experiences.
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Feb 6, 2015 04:38
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I've only been doing this two months but I hate every single person on a plane, car rental, or hotel that's on vacation. when the plane lands, people clap
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Midjack posted:What the hell itinerary connects through Australia? Or do you start/end there and connect through Sydney or Canberra? New Zealand, or a bunch of Oceania destinations. Here's a tip for anyone booking award tickets to Australia: it's sometimes cheaper both in mileage to route to a random Oceania place connecting through Australia, and you will also save the taxes that apply for terminating travel in Australia. Aristotle Animes posted:when the plane lands, people clap
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AdrenalinG posted:
I've seen that flying into Beijing as well
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When it happens, when they clap, an icicle of anguishing embarrassment runs down my back right to my crack and another grazes my taint; both point to and threaten my butthole. For the next month, every time the wheels go down I break into a sweat, please don't clap pleasse don't clap no no no don't clap DON'T clap please please please. Just keep your hands busy with the hog snacks you brought. I loving HATE YOU! i'm sorry. please just don't DON'T just don't do it. it's stupid and pointless I HOPE THIS THING CRASHES. not really just please control yourself. don't clap don't clap don't DON'T Clarmpet. Pobble. Porple clarmp charmp champ. Claerpeto parmple. Wern teh plurn luends. No clarp.
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Aristotle Animes posted:When it happens, when they clap, an icicle of anguishing embarrassment runs down my back right to my crack and another grazes my taint; both point to and threaten my butthole. For the next month, every time the wheels go down I break into a sweat, please don't clap pleasse don't clap no no no don't clap DON'T clap please please please. Just keep your hands busy with the hog snacks you brought. I loving HATE YOU! i'm sorry. please just don't DON'T just don't do it. it's stupid and pointless I HOPE THIS THING CRASHES. not really just please control yourself. don't clap don't clap don't DON'T Clarmpet. Pobble. Porple clarmp charmp champ. Claerpeto parmple. Wern teh plurn luends. No clarp. Someone got into the Dewar's white label. 
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Aristotle Animes posted:When it happens, when they clap, an icicle of anguishing embarrassment runs down my back right to my crack and another grazes my taint; both point to and threaten my butthole. For the next month, every time the wheels go down I break into a sweat, please don't clap pleasse don't clap no no no don't clap DON'T clap please please please. Just keep your hands busy with the hog snacks you brought. I loving HATE YOU! i'm sorry. please just don't DON'T just don't do it. it's stupid and pointless I HOPE THIS THING CRASHES. not really just please control yourself. don't clap don't clap don't DON'T Clarmpet. Pobble. Porple clarmp charmp champ. Claerpeto parmple. Wern teh plurn luends. No clarp. *lands at DIA* *everyone claps* *"Rocky Mountain High" starts playing over the speaker system* *kills self*
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DJCobol posted:It doesn't get better. Vacationers are the bane of my travel experiences. Remember when the TSA had the black diamond lanes for people who knew what they were doing?  Remember when Precheck pax were all actually precheck pax who knew what to do? Yeah, me either.
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Bisty Q. posted:Remember when the TSA had the black diamond lanes for people who knew what they were doing? Supposedly Precheck is going back to opt in only... once they get sufficient numbers of opt-ins. Ugh. The vacationers is why I really hate flying WN and why I don't like B6 very much either, though out of Boston B6 is like 3/4 business travelers.
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Bisty Q. posted:Remember when the TSA had the black diamond lanes for people who knew what they were doing? quote:Remember when Precheck pax were all actually precheck pax who knew what to do? Yeah, me either. KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Supposedly Precheck is going back to opt in only... once they get sufficient numbers of opt-ins. Ugh.
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Cobol doesn't a list on southwest avoid that problem?
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I think the TSA Precheck thing will fix itself over time. People who only fly occasionally are conditioned to taking everything out and doing the body scanners. When those first came out frequent travelers complained that vacationers didn't know what they were doing. Now security is slowly going back towards some level of sanity, and frequent travelers are once again complaining vacationers don't know what they're doing. It'll sort itself out. It doesn't help that the TSA isn't even consistent about what PreCheck entails. At my home airport, for example, PreCheck still requires you to take out your laptop and liquids, but lets you keep your shoes on and use the metal detector. Different airports have different rules even if you get the three beeps.
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Thoguh posted:I think the TSA Precheck thing will fix itself over time. People who only fly occasionally are conditioned to taking everything out and doing the body scanners. When those first came out frequent travelers complained that vacationers didn't know what they were doing. Now security is slowly going back towards some level of sanity, and frequent travelers are once again complaining vacationers don't know what they're doing. It'll sort itself out. Mine is "shoes on, coat on, liquids in, laptops in." It's so good, cause I can show up 5 minutes before boarding and walk right on. My precheck didn't show on my boarding pass last night and the tsa lady almost killed me. I wish we got issued cards or something.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Cobol doesn't a list on southwest avoid that problem? Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Mine is "shoes on, coat on, liquids in, laptops in." It's so good, cause I can show up 5 minutes before boarding and walk right on. DJCobol fucked around with this message at 16:51 on Feb 6, 2015 |
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:My precheck didn't show on my boarding pass last night and the tsa lady almost killed me. I wish we got issued cards or something. Having PreCheck doesn't guarantee you get it every single time. They still sometimes randomly leave you off, though that seems to happen a lot less often if you get it via signing up or Global Entry vs. getting it via an airline. When I got it through Delta I didn't get PreCheck about 1/3 of the time. Since I actually signed up for PreCheck I've only missed it once.
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At SNA, using the middle security lines, I'm normally through security and into the terminal in less than two minutes. Its awesome.
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Thoguh posted:Having PreCheck doesn't guarantee you get it every single time. They still sometimes randomly leave you off, though that seems to happen a lot less often if you get it via signing up or Global Entry vs. getting it via an airline. When I got it through Delta I didn't get PreCheck about 1/3 of the time. Since I actually signed up for PreCheck I've only missed it once. The only times I've had it not show up are when I haven't flown AA (aka outside of the US which makes sense), perhaps check if you have a place to put your known traveler ID in your FF profile! It's been very consistent for me.
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I'm actually glad to see vacationers. The more people flying the cheaper and more accessible air travel is. Besides it's fun to see people excited by the joys of flying. It's like watching senior citizens playing with smart phones. I just blame TSA and america for lovely security theatre.
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