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sellouts posted:My parents checked into their room a day early and were given a complimentary upgrade because they were on my reservation. And gave them the walk in shower room as they are old. I love spg. Can you get Silvercar outside of TX now? Last time I heard/saw about them was reading an in-flight magazine a few years ago. The concept in general seems good, I hate dealing with traditional rental places.
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Flying for a quick 1-day trip to DC via DCA. Flying in should be fine, more importantly, since it's DCA, how much earlier do you have to show up? I remember reading somewhere it's a more sensitive airport, so security sucks more.
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sink the biz posted:depends which day and time. If it's a Thursday it'll be a poo poo show. Any other day should be fine. I woke up with a massive hangover at 730, but still made it in time thankfully. Security line non existent, hooray for Wednesdays.
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I usually fly Delta to bank up miles and status, but hopped on Southwest today to fly during eclipse. WN1375, one of the five they designated for viewing. Mad props -- they squiggled and swizzled the flight route to give a view to both sides of the plane, free glasses on board, everything. Guess they are alright after all!
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Aug 21, 2017 19:03
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:hello i work in the motor vehicle industry in aftersales so my scenic destinations are places like: Sorry about Flint. Grew up near there, went to school there, used Bishop occasionally. I almost hit Delta Silver this year being “just an engineer” from the number of conferences and workshops I went too. But, no way I can make the MQDs or segments in the two months left. Travel kind of sucks.
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Nov 11, 2017 09:13
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Award tickets disappeared for a non-stop back from NRT to SEA, so instead of going through PDX or LAX, I decided to do NRT-DTW-SEA, because NRT-DTW is now the new A350 XWB. Excited to check it out – probably not worth the follow-on 5hr flight in a 738/739, but that's my usual flight from DTW-SEA, so I'm not too broken up about it.
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Nov 17, 2017 20:05
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Tell me about those anti-tamper bags for duty frees. Going NRT-DTW-SEA, and I have to recheck / redo everything in DTW. Had the shop here put in the bag, and I took the booze out of boxes so the TSA can do their bullshit on it. Correct plan? Also, NRT-DTW is a Delta A350 — I’m excited / cautiously optimistic.
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Inquiring with the friendly Delta agent at DTW, he was like "dude, just put it in your bag before you recheck it, we don't re-weigh them." (I thought I'd have to go to a counter and reweigh the already close-to-limit bags, which is why I didn't think about this). Thanks buddy!  Delta A350 was also nice (T ticket), supremely comfortable and didn't feel as dried out / tired afterwards. The 739 ride afterwards in contrast, while a perfectly good airplane, felt more like a normal flight for me, in that I was dehydrated and tired at the end. movax fucked around with this message at 09:54 on Dec 5, 2017 |
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DJCobol posted:Wonderful, I can't wait to get stuck at JFK. I wonder if I should book a hotel just in case right now and cancel it if I don't need it. Where do those deals generally show up? Email, cheap flights newsletter, etc?
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Dec 14, 2017 09:36
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Failed Die Hard 2 attempt? 
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Dec 18, 2017 06:05
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i fly airplanes posted:Delta gives you a Prepaid Visa gift card. Basically cash. I used to convert mine directly into Amazon gift cards. Leave no prepaid balance behind! 
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Dec 27, 2017 22:23
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ScooterMcTiny posted:FYI for anyone who has the Delta AMEX, I called about having them waive the annual fee since they jacked the MQD waiver, which they didn’t do but they offered 40k Miles or a $175 statement credit Any magic words you used during the call? They claimed they couldn't adjust miles or credit.
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Arzakon posted:Going to Japan at the end of Feb for work close to Haneda. Do I fly SEA-LAX-HND, doing 3 hours in the air to save myself 2 hours in Tokyo public transit doing SEA-NRT? There isn't immediate GUC space on either flight but there are 20+ first class seats open and LAX-HND are good A330 seats and not mediocre 767 seats. I guess if I miss the upgrade then flying through LAX is definitely the worse scenario. SEA-NRT was on an older 763ER (Delta right?). Taking the NEX into Shinagawa wasn’t that big of a deal; there’s also a JR line that runs out to it. But that’s time you could be using to get to your hotel and some awesome yakitori. On return, then you’ve got limousine bus to get back to the airport and you’re hosed if you hit traffic. I’d do HND. Sad that Delta gave their HND slots to the LAX run; PDX and SEA get NRT. 
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:bro come on i know gm's policy is business for managers and above I get my upgrade with the “either send me there earlier in coach, get me an extra night at a hotel so I can be operational, or put me in business so I can loving sleep” The spoiler alert of course is that I fit just fine in economy and can sleep through anything but business class is nice. On a SEA-AMS A330-300 right now, an OG Northwest bird. Smooth ride and nice interior. I guess Airbus might be OK.
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Jan 30, 2018 02:38
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Today was my third flight in two weeks where people just straight up watch poo poo on their phones with speakers on and no headphones. What the gently caress!
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I’m heading to Ireland next week care of an (intentional) 18 hour layover at IAD (SEA-IAD-DUB). Get in around 0630 (red-eye), what’s the best way for me to get a shower and store my stuff so I can go visit Udvar-Hazy during the day? Peasant status on all airlines 
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Tyro posted:Is that layover not long enough for your company to get you a hotel? That would be easiest by far. If that's not an option I'd burn some points to get a room at a residence inn or something. It’s personal travel (Scott’s Cheap Flights as the source), so it’s all on me. With how pricey airport storage could be, might not be a bad idea to look into as treating it as a pricey shower + storage combo.
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Mar 22, 2018 06:50
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While we’re on the Delta train, I need to get a ticket to Europe for the beginning of May. First, gently caress those guys for listing a basic economy fare and getting me all excited about low cost round trip. Secondarily, it’s a 70K mile ticket if I use points. There’s no real advantage to just sitting on SkyMiles, so I shouldn’t feel bad about spending, right?
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Mar 28, 2018 16:09
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I don't know where your O&D are but current Euro fare sales are decently cheap if you are staying a weekend. Delta does not offer E on long-haul to my knowledge although that could be slightly out-of-date. Origin is SEA, destination can effectively be anywhere in EU, AMS or CDG are nice from Delta. $634 was the price for basic economy, but I don’t want a lovely seat for a trans-Atlantic. I’ll look up the mileage and see what it comes out too for the miles...
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Mar 29, 2018 03:20
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Discover Bank is the other option that’s truly free; I’ve just decided to live with Chase fees in the interim, or use a Currency Exchange that’s running a special with no fees above a certain amount and bank the points. gently caress banks.
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turing_test posted:Flights to Tanzania were pretty solid, the Istanbul lounge is amazing, but on the first leg there were four children in business class and one screamed uninterrupted through the entire flight while her mom yelled at her to be quiet. Lady, they have TVs at every seat for a reason... These people should be banned from flying. Had my seat mate get thrown off my flight (United) last week from going batshit crazy and punching the seat / tearing up the seat back pamphlets and repeatedly swearing at the rest of his travel companions (very, very large Ethiopian family). Didn’t even get free booze or moved up
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PP has been getting shittier as a benefit for CSR holders because I think more and more lounges are telling PP to get hosed. When I’m flying Delta though, the Platinum dropping lounge access to $30 is worth it IMO, because that’s the minimum you’ll spend with tip anywhere at a sit-down in the airport. That said, I think both cards are getting outclassed by competitors / other cards in their own product line and are losing their value considering the annual fee. Maybe I’ll try retention line and see if I can get the fee waived.
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Mad Wack posted:my last lufthansa flight was on a 747-800 and the pilot kept bragging about how he was flying the longest plane in the world and also streamed the flight cams to economy (and told us in business how to find them) My parents and brother flew back yesterday to the States from Munich on a 748, I don’t think they appreciated the beauty of the airplane they were on. My last 747 flight was ICN-HKG a few weeks back (Asiana 744) now I have the experience of an SEA 747 commuter flight. It’s not fun.
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Lote posted:I’m on one of the new Max 8 737s. I’m kinda surprised that they don’t have any power outlets. I was on a MAX 9 a few days ago from CNX to DMK. It’s a quiet plane.
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War Pigs had pretty good beer also, if I recall correctly. Bollyfood was surprisingly good Indian food as well, on the casual side of things. Nice loungers to sit outside on and people watch while stuffing yourself with curry.
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caberham posted:And she did a bit of breast feeding. I almost saw a boob but of course I turned my head away. Business/Frequent Travel: I almost saw a boob
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Coco13 posted:My summer cold came at the exact same week I flew to Dallas for a ton of meetings. Any advice for how to combat being sick on the road? Sleep.
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Jun 11, 2018 21:04
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Tracking prices for SEA-DTW RT 7/5 to 7/12, KAYAK shows that it dips occasionally during the week; this close to the travel dates, should I pull the trigger now or wait another day to grab it Tuesday/Wednesday? I probably should have bought these last week. Bonus question: Is there a hidden trick / way to try and get SEA-DTW for this weekend for a sane price or is it "last seats available will go for an insane amount?". I'm idly curious if going to the airport day of would result in anything special.
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psydude posted:I think LATAM wins the award for the least leg room possible for an airline. Thai Lion Air. I’ll post a picture when I’m back at my desktop, it was tiiiiiiiiny.
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KillHour posted:So FYI, the Awful App apparently counts as a messaging app if you fly Delta, meaning you can use it for free. It's slow as balls but it mostly works and is better than nothing. I haven’t figured out exactly what they do to choose what works or not (ports, DNS, dunno) but since push notifications run through a different path than the apps that use them, you can still get those for say Slack while being unable to reply.
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I’m really curious what you’re selling with the setups you’re taking around, surveillance / security / pornographic equipment?
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porkface posted:I just chose to re-enter the US via SFO rather than LAX after a brutally long trip. My international SFO experience was returning from Mexico and getting onto the BART in something like 10 minutes, most of which was walking to the BART station. It was fast as gently caress with GE.
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At SEA, sometimes the Pre-check minion is a local employee and I’ve told them I have Pre and they let me through... (Asiana didn’t support Pre-check and I figured it was a worth a try...didn’t expect it to work)
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:ugh, my Gothenburg trip got pushed back to late November so I'm really not looking forward to it at all now! What’s the popular stuff in Gothenburg? Also, what’s up with United today? Woke up at 0400 to get to the airport for my flight and already got a notification that it’s delayed by three hours which means my connection is already pre-hosed and I’m not getting to Seattle on time. gently caress everyone at that airline with a rusty loving dildo. I should post the screenshots of the Twitter support rep telling me my best chance was to charm the airport reps into helping me out the last time they hosed me (only a month ago!)
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KillHour posted:Right, now I can't go to A or S because my gf might read this post. Thanks a lot, rear end in a top hat. How many frequent flyer miles does white knighting get you? Asking for a friend.
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Are we talking about awful airports? I nominate MSY. No lounges, expensive beers and just hot as balls with staff that doesn’t give two fucks.
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Lote posted:There’s a Delta lounge. Excuse me while I message my coworkers “WTF!?!”. Trust but verify truly a maxim in life.
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The lack of consistency is what drives me crazy; suddenly at MSY I have to take out my laptop / tablets? And then I get chided by a TSA minion for not continually reminding them that I have pre-check since they merge the lines together. At least my frequent airports (SEA, DTW) are consistent though at SEA...automated bins, why, and the pre-check only checkpoint being as far as possible from Delta gates.
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porkface posted:Right, but how many times have you hit underwear 0? UNDERWEAR ZERO Sounds like a good band / album name to me.
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