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movax posted:I read this last night — incredibly on-brand for AA response. In this case nothing that happened was AAs fault though and if anything the airport agents were as helpful as they could be so it works.
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Thoguh posted:In this case nothing that happened was AAs fault though and if anything the airport agents were as helpful as they could be so it works. I wasn't nor do I think anyone else was blaming this on AA, just pointing out how tone deaf the response was. And since that's typically AA "it works".
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It’s probably some overworked, underpaid person replying to all those. Why would they spend their time reading an entire article of tweets about stuff that is irrelevant to their job? Why would that person even tag AA? Why would that person even share that story to anyone but their friends?
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Vomik posted:Why would that person even tag AA? Why would that person even share that story to anyone but their friends?
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Jan 6, 2020 17:48
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Has anyone’s travel been affected? Consultants were saying that the airports today have been a shitshow due to the insanity going on with Iran/Iraq.
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I saw more troops passing through CLT and ATL than usual, but other than that nothing was different than ordinary.
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Cacafuego posted:Has anyone’s travel been affected? Consultants were saying that the airports today have been a shitshow due to the insanity going on with Iran/Iraq. Idiots were freaking out on Twitter because the big mean uniformed soldiers were going through airports in large numbers. Almost like they do on a normal basis. I'm actually more amused at the idea of the looks traded when the pre-boarding announcement comes on (I know, they were all likely on charter flights but still). Rolled over 51K miles, and looks like my year begins in earnest next week, 2 day trip back to ZRH. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
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Warbird posted:I saw more troops passing through CLT and ATL than usual, but other than that nothing was different than ordinary. RDU had a lot of announcements that if soldiers were going to certain locations please stop by the USO area. A lot of troops in CLT yesterday but they weren't uniform, just wearing the tell tale backpacks. But the TSA hadn't changed any procedures. My flights were a bit delayed but I suspect that was more AA fuckery than anything due to security.
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Are conventions the natural enemy of business travel? My hotel is swamped and next week I have to stay clear across town next week because everything is booked up. My fault for waiting so long.
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Jan 8, 2020 01:20
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Warbird posted:Are conventions the natural enemy of business travel? My hotel is swamped and next week I have to stay clear across town next week because everything is booked up. My fault for waiting so long. I mean....yeah? I have a list of major conventions for each area I normally travel to so I can NOPE NOPE NOPE anyone who proposes meeting during those times.
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Jan 8, 2020 01:40
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Motronic posted:I mean....yeah? I have a list of major conventions for each area I normally travel to so I can NOPE NOPE NOPE anyone who proposes meeting during those times. I got booked into a training class at the same time as Midwest Furry Con and the hotel I was staying at was attached to the convention center. That threw me a bit of a curve ball when I checked in. I had another class have a scheduling conflict with the US open and some of my students were paying $400 a night for a room at a Hampton Inn.
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Jan 8, 2020 01:49
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Warbird posted:Are conventions the natural enemy of business travel? My hotel is swamped and next week I have to stay clear across town next week because everything is booked up. My fault for waiting so long. Er...conventions are the reason for most of my business travel
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Mandalay posted:Er...conventions are the reason for most of my business travel Sure....but if you need to go somewhere and it's not for that convention and it's someplace like SF during SalesForce wouldn't it make sense to do it before or after? Even if your travel policy allows you to spend $800/night on a normally $200/night hotel your own sanity should be a consideration here.
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Warbird posted:Are conventions the natural enemy of business travel? My hotel is swamped and next week I have to stay clear across town next week because everything is booked up. My fault for waiting so long. No, the weather is the natural enemy. Conventions power business travel and are easily avoided if you either book ahead or pay through the nose. Unlike an airplane I’m rarely inconvenienced if a hotel is sold out vs not. I guess maybe I wait a little bit for an elevator? Actually at a couple hotel bars I’ve gotten better service and free drinks because I’m not one of the douchey convention bros.
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Jan 8, 2020 03:47
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My New Year's resolution this year is no booze while on the road. Let's see if I make it
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sellouts posted:I’m rarely inconvenienced if a hotel is sold out vs not. I guess maybe I wait a little bit for an elevator? Wow....you've never been to a hotel with a really popular conference in it.
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Jan 8, 2020 04:15
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Thomamelas posted:Midwest Furry Con
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sellouts posted:I guess maybe I wait a little bit for an elevator? I've seen multiple folks from the sales convention being hosted here this week hit both buttons to get an elevator faster. It already takes the better part of 20 minutes without them doing that due to all the extra traffic. Some etsy-ish convention is going on next week and all of the central part of the city is booked out. Best I can get near public transit is a solid 30 minute ride, but them's the breaks. God help me if I'm still on this contract when Dragon Con rolls around.
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Jan 8, 2020 04:33
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Warbird posted:Are conventions the natural enemy of business travel? My hotel is swamped and next week I have to stay clear across town next week because everything is booked up. My fault for waiting so long. I had to go to DC during peak field trip season, had to stay in Largo, spending an hour on Metro every morning. Compared to my last DC trip, where I scored a hotel on the same block as the meetings.
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Jan 8, 2020 04:33
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I feel sorry for non-hackers stuck in Vegas during the Black Hat/BSidesLV/DEF CON week.
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Motronic posted:Wow....you've never been to a hotel with a really popular conference in it. I mean I’ve stayed at multiple properties at CES, SXSW at the Hilton and the Four Seasons, MIDEM in Cannes but sure? And a bunch of financial poo poo that shared hotels I was at but I didn’t know what was going on. Warbird posted:Best I can get near public transit is a solid 30 minute ride, but them's the breaks. Yeah, that sucks. I hate being unable to take public transpo with clients in major cities. sellouts fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Jan 8, 2020 |
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Jan 8, 2020 04:37
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sellouts posted:I mean I’ve stayed at multiple properties at CES, SXSW at the Hilton and the Four Seasons, MIDEM in Cannes but sure? And a bunch of financial poo poo that shared hotels I was at but I didn’t know what was going on. Vegas never doesn't have a conference, but I can't speak to the other two. I'm talking about things like a town (or a hotel you are staying at if you want to go more local) being taken over by a conference. Hilton Hawaiian Village is loving WRECKED by PTC every year. Like to the point where you can't get up in the towers (or back down again) inside of 40 minutes. So is every other place near it to a lesser extent. The entirety of the FD and blast radius thereof in SF is 3x minimum the price during Dreamforce. Most of Barcelona is similarly wrecked during MWC. Perhaps we're taking about much different attendee to hotel room/city sized conferences.
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Cocoa Crispies posted:I had to go to DC during peak field trip season, had to stay in Largo, spending an hour on Metro every morning. I got to explain DC during peak field trip season to the West Coasters who do my scheduling. They found it very puzzling.
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Motronic posted:Perhaps we're taking about much different attendee to hotel room/city sized conferences. *shrug* The hotels I stay at are often totally sold out, sxsw puts a blanket hold for all hotel rooms in the city and the Hilton is ground zero for all of their ballrooms, and all of these hotels are fully sold out. Not really fair to say I’ve never been at a popular hotel or conference. Guess my experiences are different.
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sellouts posted:*shrug* Yeah, I had to go to SXSWi for work back in ‘12 and the closest hotel room was halfway to San Antonio, an hour by car each way.
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God help you if you’re trying to do anything during Dreamforce. Salesforce *employees* are usually forced to stay in Oakland or by SFO because everything in the city is literally $900/night. I don’t think, though, that there are that many city takeover sized conferences or events overall that affect biz travelers. The only one I can think of for Chicago would be Lollapalooza and that’s mostly over a weekend.
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taco show posted:I don’t think, though, that there are that many city takeover sized conferences or events overall that affect biz travelers. The only one I can think of for Chicago would be Lollapalooza and that’s mostly over a weekend.
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I'm assuming the answer is no, but does anyone know if AA CS will let me transfer some of these 500mi upgrade stickers to my wife's account?
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taco show posted:I don’t think, though, that there are that many city takeover sized conferences or events overall that affect biz travelers. The only one I can think of for Chicago would be Lollapalooza and that’s mostly over a weekend. I agree and the airports aren’t noticeably worse after Lolla. Hotels are sold out but very similar to the what I posted.
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The Delta terminals at DTW are cool. Last time I flew to Detroit, I flew American and their terminal isn’t great. Anyway, god bless
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taco show posted:God help you if you’re trying to do anything during Dreamforce. Salesforce *employees* are usually forced to stay in Oakland or by SFO because everything in the city is literally $900/night. Indianapolis and GenCon.
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TheWevel posted:The Delta terminals at DTW are cool. Last time I flew to Detroit, I flew American and their terminal isn’t great. North terminal BOO
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Jan 8, 2020 19:40
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PIZZA.BAT posted:My New Year's resolution this year is no booze while on the road. Let's see if I make it You're going to blow it later this month when we go out for drinks after that concert.
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Jan 8, 2020 20:13
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KillHour posted:You're going to blow it later this month when we go out for drinks after that concert. that’s not for work!!!
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DJCobol posted:McNamara terminal YAY new North is pretty good though
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DJCobol posted:McNamara terminal YAY i like north terminal. it takes like five minutes from curb to gate either way also it got a chick fil a this week
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the talent deficit posted:i like north terminal. it takes like five minutes from curb to gate either way Whaaaaaa DTW has two Chick Fil A now?
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please dont eat the fundie chicken, there's also a popeyes in mcnamara
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:please dont eat the fundie chicken, there's also a popeyes in mcnamara You probably won’t even get stabbed to death at that one! 
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