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sellouts posted:yeah dude air travel is totally poo poo because I sold my preferences to cut a line. Post, username, etc. Didn't say you caused it, just that you deserve it. Edit: I am the government and I'm telling you, don't give up information regardless of what deal they offer you.
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poo poo, you're in the exclusive club of people who work for government? Do they keep the aliens at area 51 or are they really beneath wright Patterson?
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May 20, 2017 18:10
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When I was in the Army many years ago I got a Top Secret clearance (which is a lot duller than it sounds) meaning the Gob'ment already has my number, down to the color of my ball hair (probably). Global Entry was a no brainer for me because at worst it might only correct information they already had. From there to Clear was no big deal. I mean, the Matrix already *has* me, etc. so.... BTW they never actually sold that biometric data, they were stopped by a lawsuit. They were trying to sell it to be used in-kind to the company that the new Clear (which is different from the one that went bankrupt in 2009) became.
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May 20, 2017 18:28
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I heard the government built a tall tower at every airport so they could watch everything 
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May 20, 2017 20:46
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Midjack posted:Post, username, etc. Deserve what? An expedited trip through the airport to minimize my inconvenience to a level comparable to a busy day at Starbucks? Thanks! My suggestion Mr Gubment is that perhaps you stop giving your time to your employer and find a different perspective. Bad poo poo and days happen but it doesn't have to be nearly the hellscape you claim it is (and it certainly isn't because of information that was provided).
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May 21, 2017 00:07
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Flying on Saturday is nice. Airport is less crowded, not rushing to make a meeting, and AA upgraded me twice to domestic F. Except it totally ruins my weekend. Oh well.
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May 21, 2017 00:47
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Mandalay posted:Flying on Saturday is nice. Airport is less crowded, not rushing to make a meeting, and AA upgraded me twice to domestic F. Last time I flew on a Saturday I spent the entire time playing Zelda, exactly what I would've done at home.
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May 21, 2017 06:03
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I had two one-way tickets on United, CLT-IAH on Friday and IAH-CLT this morning as I was attending a charity event for United in Houston. I recieved upgrades on both flights and was looking forward to a plesant ride in 1A on an E175 both ways. Could someone explain to me why, then, I flew both ways on AA in Y? 
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May 21, 2017 23:55
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I don't understand Also AA is hungry for the paid plat pro upgrades. I got 3 emails about it each with a slightly lower price. This week I'm booking enough travel to hit it before Labor Day.
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May 22, 2017 00:43
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Mackieman posted:I had two one-way tickets on United, CLT-IAH on Friday and IAH-CLT this morning as I was attending a charity event for United in Houston. I recieved upgrades on both flights and was looking forward to a plesant ride in 1A on an E175 both ways. United updated their software again? 
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May 22, 2017 01:32
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Midjack posted:United updated their software again? If only. There were two E175 cancellations on IAH-CLT today. No idea why Mesa and Republic can't keep their (relatively brand new) birds in the air.
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May 22, 2017 02:21
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Sitting on a PHL to SFO that it 2.5 hours behind right now due to what was apparently SCHEDULED construction at SFO that shut down 2 runways. Somehow this being scheduled didn't cause them to mark the flight as delayed until after it was already supposed to be boarding, and it took them 3 or 4 tries before they got finally called the right boarding time.
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May 22, 2017 03:01
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Mackieman posted:If only. There were two E175 cancellations on IAH-CLT today. No idea why Mesa and Republic can't keep their (relatively brand new) birds in the air. At least UA still has an interline agreement with AA. You would have been SOL on say DL or WN Also I flew an AA E75 from IAH to LAX in F. Loud plane. It was decent but nothing memorable.
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May 22, 2017 04:39
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Lyft now has a partnership with Delta. That was the only push I needed to dump Uber. I'm pretty much throwing absolutely everything into Delta Points. The majority of my flights are Delta, personal AMEX a SkyMiles Card and SPG w/ Delta although I can't see how much this program last much longer after the Marriot buyout.
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May 22, 2017 04:50
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Are DL Skyclubs nicer than AA lounges in general? Iirc an Amex Plat gives you access.
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May 22, 2017 04:53
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Mandalay posted:Are DL Skyclubs nicer than AA lounges in general? Iirc an Amex Plat gives you access. Caveat: only when flying Delta
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May 22, 2017 05:34
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Your idea of a rental upgrade for 1 person in Manhattan is a base model Chrysler minivan with 30k miles? gently caress you Avis. Edit: also the wheel broke on my travelpro crew 3 luggage. So much for quality. KillHour fucked around with this message at 12:50 on May 22, 2017 |
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May 22, 2017 12:46
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If you rented through Avis by choice then you have no one to blame but yourself.
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May 22, 2017 12:58
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Mandalay posted:Flying on Saturday is nice. Airport is less crowded, not rushing to make a meeting, and AA upgraded me twice to domestic F. Not in my city. International airport is always busiest on Saturday mornings. Domestic is mostly filled with people not on business trips who always slow things do.
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May 22, 2017 13:02
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Fists Up posted:Not in my city. International airport is always busiest on Saturday mornings. Domestic is mostly filled with people not on business trips who always slow things do. God, do you remember the days before Pre when TSA experimented with self selected lines based on traveler experience? They'd have lines for families, normal and experienced travelers, the idea being they'd have appropriate staffing for each level of sophistication. Of course people saw the experienced traveler line was short and used it. My fondest memory of that system was the family of six in the experienced traveler line arguing with TSA about how their carry on snow globes shouldn't count as liquids because they purchased them, I guess?
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May 22, 2017 13:07
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KillHour posted:Your idea of a rental upgrade for 1 person in Manhattan is a base model Chrysler minivan with 30k miles? gently caress you Avis. Every car rental chain aside from National is garbage trash.
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May 22, 2017 13:38
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Mandalay posted:Are DL Skyclubs nicer than AA lounges in general? Iirc an Amex Plat gives you access. ohgodwhat posted:God, do you remember the days before Pre when TSA experimented with self selected lines based on traveler experience? They'd have lines for families, normal and experienced travelers, the idea being they'd have appropriate staffing for each level of sophistication. Of course people saw the experienced traveler line was short and used it. I'm having flashbacks to when I used to fly SW out of Chicago Midway. The black diamond lane all the way on the right for experienced travelers was always filled with wheelchairs and strollers. Tab8715 posted:Every car rental chain aside from National is garbage trash. A million times this. DJCobol fucked around with this message at 13:57 on May 22, 2017 |
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May 22, 2017 13:54
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ohgodwhat posted:God, do you remember the days before Pre when TSA experimented with self selected lines based on traveler experience? They'd have lines for families, normal and experienced travelers, the idea being they'd have appropriate staffing for each level of sophistication. Of course people saw the experienced traveler line was short and used it. That sounds horrendous but I at least live in Australia where our TSA equivalent are fairly chill (most of the time).
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May 22, 2017 14:09
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Tab8715 posted:Every car rental chain aside from National is garbage trash. Enterprise was mostly ok to me but now I forego the rental entirely and just use Lyft for everything. It actually comes out to be significantly cheaper. Also pro-tip for Lyft: if you use the scheduling feature it will lock in the price ahead of time and also give you a bit of a discount (I think?). So regular commute trips that you know you're going to take such as going to/from the airport or the office can be scheduled so you don't have to wait or deal with surge pricing.
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Noctone posted:If you rented through Avis by choice then you have no one to blame but yourself. Just rented a car through them in Milan for July. Should I be worried?
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ohgodwhat posted:God, do you remember the days before Pre when TSA experimented with self selected lines based on traveler experience? They'd have lines for families, normal and experienced travelers, the idea being they'd have appropriate staffing for each level of sophistication. Of course people saw the experienced traveler line was short and used it. gently caress, this post unearth flashbacks to fighting idiots at DFW who couldn't understand that their family wasn't any more special than the other families using the green line and demanded to use the black line. Also flying on weekends can be very hit or miss for me; less people in my way, but more inexperienced travelers in my way.
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ohgodwhat posted:God, do you remember the days before Pre when TSA experimented with self selected lines based on traveler experience? They'd have lines for families, normal and experienced travelers, the idea being they'd have appropriate staffing for each level of sophistication. Of course people saw the experienced traveler line was short and used it. I always chose the "I have no idea what I'm doing line" because it was faster. No one wanted to admit that so they'd always pick the "Sure, I travel weekly" line.
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Residency Evil posted:Just rented a car through them in Milan for July. Should I be worried? Mostly I was speaking to domestic rentals, there's absolutely zero reason to rent from anyone but National if you can help it. Dunno when it comes to international rentals.
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Thomamelas posted:I always chose the "I have no idea what I'm doing line" because it was faster. No one wanted to admit that so they'd always pick the "Sure, I travel weekly" line. That's gonna be the slow line. I'm going to use the fast line!  Of course, the people that travel weekly know that it's the secret fast line.
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Anyone have further thoughts about their rental car company preference? I use Hertz just because I've got status through United. Seems totally adequate so far but I haven't shopped around enough to know what I could be missing. What are the criteria that go into your choice?
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Anachronist posted:Anyone have further thoughts about their rental car company preference? I use Hertz just because I've got status through United. Seems totally adequate so far but I haven't shopped around enough to know what I could be missing. What are the criteria that go into your choice? National is the only rational option. It's possible to have a great rental experience with Hertz, Avis, or the others, but it's a hell of a lot less likely than with National. The exec aisle almost always has a reasonable vehicle choice, almost always under 10K miles (and most under 5K) and a decent loyalty program. Being able to pick whatever car I want instead of whatever was assigned to me is also tits.
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Dear Biz Freqs, I'm doing this soon:  Specifically, the itinerary is: -May 29-31: Tokyo -May 31-June 2: Seoul -June 2-4: Jeonju -June 4-7: Jeju -June 7-8: Seoul -June 8-10: Ko Samet -June 10-13: Bangkok -June 13-15: Hong Kong If you're gonna be in any of those places on those dates and want to hang, get in touch. Some of those days I'm already all booked up, but others are pretty unprogrammed so I'd get together and grab a meal, a couple beers, whatever. Travelling with my wife for the whole thing and with a couple buddies for the Korea portion, but seeing new friends is always good too.
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May 23, 2017 03:34
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Noctone posted:If you rented through Avis by choice then you have no one to blame but yourself. My company ONLY allows rentals though Avis.
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KillHour posted:My company ONLY allows rentals though Avis. Same. Hence I use Lyft.
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Motronic posted:Sitting on a PHL to SFO that it 2.5 hours behind right now due to what was apparently SCHEDULED construction at SFO that shut down 2 runways. I was on AUS-SFO-CPH and had the exact same problem. In fact all the United flights through SFO were hosed, arrivals in particular. Departures seemed to be going out normally. So a shitload of missed connections. We ended up being routed through Chicago to go to CPH where I am today. Luckily SAS had seats. 5 hour delay but we landed 20 minutes after the original SFO flight so could be worse. I gather this runway mess is the result of: construction being scheduled weeks in advance and the airlines all going "shrug, we'll keep the flights on the same schedules and deal with the mess as it unfolds". Which is exactly what they did - I didn't even get a delayed notification until we were at the airport heading to the gate. What a load of poo poo this is. Since it is an FAA delay they don't even have to provide hotels/etc. or refunds, just re-accommodate, in some cases the next day. I bet if they had rescheduled ahead of time that would have been different.
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I'm in a hotel in downtown Brooklyn and it doesn't have blackout window shades, just see through decorative ones. That's like hotels 101, people. It's so drat bright in here!
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Ixian posted:I was on AUS-SFO-CPH and had the exact same problem. In fact all the United flights through SFO were hosed, arrivals in particular. Departures seemed to be going out normally. I'm sorry to hear this my airport dwelling brotha. Ixian posted:Since it is an FAA delay they don't even have to provide hotels/etc. or refunds, just re-accommodate, in some cases the next day. I bet if they had rescheduled ahead of time that would have been different. This is why we carry the holy amex platinum or the regaled chase sapphire preferred. For those worthy enough the vaunted "really nice" expense account. None can make us whole, but they make us feel a lot better about ourselves.
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pig slut lisa posted:Dear Biz Freqs, Come visit me in Hong Kong and Hong Kong and Tokyo goons are cool. Ask the japan lab thread or travel thread for restaurant recommendations
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Motronic posted:I'm sorry to hear this my airport dwelling brotha. I can use these cards during delays? For reasons other than for buying beer to drown my anger?
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Residency Evil posted:I can use these cards during delays? For reasons other than for buying beer to drown my anger? Lounge access, broh. And a travel concierge if you booked with the card.
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