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Thoguh posted:I was in ATL last year and happened to be walking behind a group of fresh out of bootcamp guys talking amongst themselves trying to come up with the least awkward way to respond to all the people patting them on the back, cheering, or thanking them. By the time they got to the end of the terminal I think they just wished they didn't have to travel wearing their uniforms so people would leave them alone. but you might get lots of perks wearing that uniform like free upgrades or extra bag space
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Ah, the one thing I forgot about being tied into frequent business travel is the people who give their upgrades to military people. It's fine that they do that, but boy they'd never shut the gently caress up about it. If you think the stereotype of vegans and their self-congratulations is bad, meet one of these fuckers.
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Blinkman987 posted:Ah, the one thing I forgot about being tied into frequent business travel is the people who give their upgrades to military people. It's fine that they do that, but boy they'd never shut the gently caress up about it. If you think the stereotype of vegans and their self-congratulations is bad, meet one of these fuckers. Oh god I know 2 of those, and one is a cross-fitter. I'd rather deal with the "do you know who I am" type of traveler.
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I do that occasionally but this is literally the first time I have ever told anyone about it other than the gate agent.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:
But of course it's:  It was dxb to mle, at first I thought maybe they were doing a lot of cargo but the holds looked empty too. The way back is more full, but still surprising they aren't using their smallest A330 or something.
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Nov 24, 2015 00:58
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what route and exactly how much of a bath are they taking on that flight
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Excuse me, sir, do you have a minute to talk about Open and Fair Skies?
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Nov 24, 2015 02:08
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Still should use an a330 and shove that 773 into Orlando or Las Vegas or whatever bullshit us market doesn't need it
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Nov 24, 2015 02:27
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Would the Admirals Club at ORD be willing (or able) to change a TV to the Michigan-OSU game this Saturday or are those screens permanently set to CNN/weather? I'd prefer to not have to hold down a spot at an airport restaurant for 3+ hours.
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Nov 24, 2015 03:05
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I would be very surprised if they weren't already showing that game. Boston sky club always has sox/pats/Bruins/Celtics on one of the TVs by the bar.
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Nov 24, 2015 05:02
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Blinkman987 posted:Ah, the one thing I forgot about being tied into frequent business travel is the people who give their upgrades to military people. It's fine that they do that, but boy they'd never shut the gently caress up about it. If you think the stereotype of vegans and their self-congratulations is bad, meet one of these fuckers. Never seen an upgrade given to a troop at united. I'm more comfortable not being subjected to out pourings of nationalism on my flights.
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Nov 24, 2015 15:21
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poo poo my suit is all wrinkled up in the suit bag. No time for dry clean. Only thing I can think of is putting it in the shower and soaking some steam.
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Nov 25, 2015 00:11
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That works tolerably well as does hitting it with an iron carefully.
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Holy poo poo some of you guys are some jaded assholes. I've upgraded service members from time to time; I figure it's the least I can do for people who are willing to fight on my behalf (regardless of whether or not that fight makes sense). I'm also not a jerk about it and try to point out that I'm somehow better than others because of it. If you don't want to do that, no big deal, but don't call other people lovely for doing it unless they're actually doing something lovely.
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Nov 25, 2015 00:35
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caberham posted:poo poo my suit is all wrinkled up in the suit bag. No time for dry clean. Only thing I can think of is putting it in the shower and soaking some steam. That plus a light ironing usually takes care of most wrinkles and stuff.
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Mackieman posted:Holy poo poo some of you guys are some jaded assholes. I've upgraded service members from time to time; I figure it's the least I can do for people who are willing to fight on my behalf (regardless of whether or not that fight makes sense). I'm also not a jerk about it and try to point out that I'm somehow better than others because of it. If you don't want to do that, no big deal, but don't call other people lovely for doing it unless they're actually doing something lovely. I wasn't knocking anyone for doing it. Its the people that have to loudly brag about it to literally everyone about how good of a person that makes them that we are bitching about.
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Mackieman posted:Holy poo poo some of you guys are some jaded assholes.
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You're still the worst no matter your justification for being so.
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Nov 25, 2015 05:49
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My apologies for not posting the previous post in proper business attire
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DJCobol posted:I wasn't knocking anyone for doing it. Its the people that have to loudly brag about it to literally everyone about how good of a person that makes them that we are bitching about. Sure, that's fair. That sort of horseshit is the same as the jerks who derive self-worth from the status they have with the airline. sellouts posted:My apologies for not posting the previous post in proper business attire I left my top hat at home. 
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sellouts posted:You're still the worst no matter your justification for being so. gawrsh
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People say social media taught us to never do anything embarrassing online because it'll be saved forever, and we are always defined by our worst moment. I say that internet forums taught us that long ago.
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I don't think I've seen a service member board my delta flight in a long long time. The last time was a guy I sat next to in economy for a 15 hour flight. I taught him how we could have as much beer as we wanted for free. We made an empty beer can pyramid together.
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How does corporate travel expenses typically work for most of you. Does the company reimburse your expenses, hence you getting status and points for flights /hotels on the business dime... Or do most pay for your tickets outright through the corporate credit card so to speak?
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Untagged posted:How does corporate travel expenses typically work for most of you. Does the company reimburse your expenses, hence you getting status and points for flights /hotels on the business dime... Or do most pay for your tickets outright through the corporate credit card so to speak? Even if you pay on a company card you can earn the program credit; airlines and hotels don't care where the money comes from. Your employer may have policies against you accruing benefits to a personal account, in which case I recommend getting a job somewhere that sucks less.
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I use a company hired travel company to book flights and sometimes hotels, and I don't even use a credit card (it gets settled within the corporate account that I don't even see), but still get points. Midjack is right, if the company doesn't even allow you to accrue points its not a good situation.
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Untagged posted:How does corporate travel expenses typically work for most of you. Does the company reimburse your expenses, hence you getting status and points for flights /hotels on the business dime... Or do most pay for your tickets outright through the corporate credit card so to speak? I get to pay with my own credit cards and get reimbursed, he'll yeah double dipping.
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Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware you can still accrue points if you are not the one who technically pays for the bill. I've been eye-balling a job that involves a fair amount of travel, but the company pays for all of it. I was worried I wouldn't get all the sweet points and status upgrades. Have to check and see if they allow employees to transfer the points to a personal account.
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Untagged posted:Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware you can still accrue points if you are not the one who technically pays for the bill. I've been eye-balling a job that involves a fair amount of travel, but the company pays for all of it. I was worried I wouldn't get all the sweet points and status upgrades. Have to check and see if they allow employees to transfer the points to a personal account. No transfer to it, you'll get them directly. If you make your own reservations give the hotel, airline, or rental car place your program number when you make the reservation. If you have a travel agent give them your program numbers and they'll get them on the reservation for you. You probably won't have a policy that prohibits getting credit for your travel; it was more of an 80s and early 90s thing when some companies treated them like cash.
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Depends on your employer. I am frequently (but not always) told "no points" by hotels because of the negotiated discounted rates my agency pays. Hilton is the worst offender, I had about an 8 week stay they refused to even give me nights credit for.
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Untagged posted:How does corporate travel expenses typically work for most of you. Does the company reimburse your expenses, hence you getting status and points for flights /hotels on the business dime... Or do most pay for your tickets outright through the corporate credit card so to speak? Corporate card for everything except plane tickets which bill directly to our corporate accounts with the airlines. So I get hotel, airline, and rental car points but no double dipping with the actual spend. My frequent traveler numbers are attached to my profile in Conqur and are automatically included in my reservations. Thoguh fucked around with this message at 16:11 on Nov 29, 2015 |
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Barry posted:I get to pay with my own credit cards and get reimbursed, he'll yeah double dipping. Same. We have guidelines for flights, rental cars, and daily rate for hotels and meals, but those are flexible depending on where we are that week. I pay for everything with my own credit card, and I am reimbursed usually within a week.
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Thoguh posted:Corporate card for everything except plane tickets which bill directly to our corporate accounts with the airlines. So I get hotel, airline, and rental car points but no double dipping with the actual spend. My frequent traveler numbers are attached to my profile in Conqur and are automatically included in my reservations. See I use the corporate Amex for everything, but I also personally pay the 95$ a year for the rewards program so I get the air miles and hotel points and also all the amex points. Got an ipad from them !
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Well, I did it:
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Is that current balance or total flown miles? If the former - son you need to spend them things If the latter - congrats (I guess?)
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Is that current balance or total flown miles? Current balance. I have about 700,000 rear end-in-seat miles.
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Nov 29, 2015 23:37
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They aren't going to appreciate in value, you know? Zeroing my one world balance was remarkably liberating a few years ago.
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Just came back from an eventful MNL-HKG-LHR-CPH flight on Cathay. The first segment had a mothertrucking 777-300 which blew my mind. The last segment had us landing in the worst storm of the year. Now, on the short-haul 777 they had a weird concept: there was a padded... thing, about the size of your wrist, attached to the left side of the seat belts. What are those?
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Airbag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane_airbags
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sellouts posted:They aren't going to appreciate in value, you know? Yeah I am aggressively trying to cut my balance - keep about 150k in reserve for weddings/events emergency but the days of keeping a half mil on hand are over.
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Midjack posted:Current balance. I have about 700,000 rear end-in-seat miles. If you need help with those, let me know. I have an award booking to SCL coming up soon. 
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