Are you ready for an exciting flight full of your fellow frequent travelers?
Would you like to party while winging your way across the USA?
Does getting behind the scenes at airports and airplane manufacturers sound better than your normal workaday plans?
Would you like to earn miles at the same time?
Our annual StarMegaDo charter flight is scheduled for November 5, 2010. This year we have chartered a Continental Boeing 757-300 to take 216 enthusiasts across the USA. This year's charter itinerary is as follows:
November 5, 2010:
- 0700 CST: CO 1905 takes off from IAH bound for PHX
- 0800 MST: We park at the US Airways hangar
- 0800-1200 MST: US Airways invites the participants to their PHX Hub & LH invites you to their ACTA
- 1200 MST: We board CO 1905 from the regular PHX terminal
- 1500 PST: We land at Paine Field in Everett Washington Paine (PAE) for a special tour of the Boeing factory and to see LH's latest aircraft, the B 747-8i
- 1900 PST Starwood reception in downtown Seattle
November 6, 2010:
- 0900 PST Optional return charter flight SEA-IAH aboard our charter aircraft (included in price)
We still have about 30 seats left on this trip. The cost for economy seats is 699$. This includes transportation and catering. You will earn both elite and redeemable miles for the flights on your choice of CO, UA, LH, or BD. We can also offer a discount code for 5%-13% of of CO flights taken in conjunction with the event.
To sign up, please go to the following link:
https://www2.starmegado.com/signup/
This charter is the core event of the StarMegaDo 2010 which spans the first 6 days of November. You don't have to participate in all of the events, but you do have to participate in the charter to attend any of the other events. There is much more to sign up for an enjoy. Just read the posts below!
We are looking forward to seeing you on board!
Tommy777, Oliver2002, Xyzzy
Event Organizers
Public Charter flights operated under Title 14CFR Part 380 DOT PC 10 153 by TomOli, LLC with flights on Continental Airlines.
Conditions applicable to the charter are in the operator-participant contract, available here
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Dear Flyertalk members
The 2009 Star Alliance Mega DO was one of the largest and most successful FlyerTalk events ever. The sold-out event gave 229 distinguished members the opportunity to meet dozens of airlines executives like Herr Wolfgang Mayerhuber, President and CEO of Lufthansa, Graham Atkinson, President of United Mileage Plus, and Jaan Albrecht, President of Star Alliance. The lucky participants got to do a low pass, buzz the tower in Toulouse and wake up the French ATC with the most beautiful lady flying (a 757 mind you), followed by an exclusive visit to the Airbus factory to take a close look at the Airbus 380 production. 4 full days packed with once-in-a-lifetime experiences will be remembered forever by the 229 lucky participants.
After thousands of hours of planning and impeccable execution (minus 30 missing Leis that showed up in Tommy’s work laptop bag a week later), the 3 volunteers
tommy777, oliver2002, and
xyzzy put their feet up at the Sofitel in Munich, ordered some Weisswurst, drank a liter of Gin, and agreed that they had pulled off the by far most amazing DO in Flyertalk’s 12 year history.
Christmas came and the three organizers started thinking. Can this be topped; can we make an even better experience?
The answer was yes.
Introducing
The brand new
2010 Star Alliance Mega DO.
Yep, that’s right. We are doing it again and this year’s event will be even more Mega. By far!
Where else can you:
* Drink Champagne and chat with dozens of airline executives, including the top brass of the new United, the world’s largest airline. That’s right. Tell Jeff he’d better not remove Economy Plus -- in person. Tell Herr Wolfgang to shut down the BMI call centers in India. Buy Doug a 2USD Coke! Oh, and of course have a great meal and unlimited Champagne on their tab!
* Hang out with the Starwood executives & tell Chris that it’s time to give Platinums free breakfast
* Participate in influential workshops, get the exclusive inside tours, and yes, you can get your picture taken inside an airplane engine
* Fly on very special party flights across the Atlantic to Frankfurt and then To Houston. Send ACARS messages between the 3 aircrafts that have FTers on board - a Lufthansa 747, a Swiss A330 and an Austrian 777.
* Have lunch under a 777
* Get a very exclusive inside tour of Boeing, the leaders of civil aviation’s home in Seattle. Be among the very few who have landed with a jet at the private airport Everett. Be one of the first in the world to get a close look at the new queen of the skies - the 747-8 Intercontinental, and also the plane of the future - the 787 Dreamliner
* Take part in the first
Frequent Traveler Awards (the voice of the Frequent Flyer), in the Spirit of the Freddies. Meet celebrities and airline executives from all over the world who will be attending the awards
* Fly on a special chartered plane* with very special catering and service. (Can you say Champagne better than Krug? Can you say XO? Can you say 30 year old Single Malt?) Oh, and you will of course earn miles (d’oh, this is Flyertalk!)
And the list just goes on. 6 days of once-in-a-lifetime experiences you would never get anywhere else, so exclusive they cannot be bought at any price. Clear your calendar.
You are hereby cordially invited!
The program:
Note: before you start reading the "Mega" Program of the Megado, note that you don't have to attend the entire program.
The core event you need to attend is the charter on Friday the 5th. Everything else is
optional. Also note that if you are not ticketed for the charter, we cannot admit you to the other events.
October 31
We have a little predo Party starting at the Westin in NYC. We meet at the Westin TS around 6pm.
November 1
Morning: 08.30 SPG will put up a little program at the Westin, breakfast will be served. This will last till latest 12.30-1pm
17.30 We meet at JFK airport for a 'snack' and drinks (in the T1 LH lounge hosted by LH NYC, so be prepared to meet execs and listen to speeches
) to board LH 405 to fly to FRA at 10pm
[or for those who want to try LX: we board LX 15 (in T4) to fly to ZRH and then LX 1072 to FRA]
[or for those who want to try OS: we board OS 88 to fly to VIE and then LH 1235 to FRA]
November 2
We arrive at FRA, the participants starting the SMD2 in Europe join us from this point
Tours and focus groups 14.30-18.00: LH will organise an event with their *A partners and the *A in the FRA area
14.30-16.30: we get an intimate session with the LH 'Lady Bee', the A380 flagship
17.00-19.00: a sneak peak at innovations LH will launch; and *A FFP Workshops
Evening reception at 19.00: Meet executives from *A and LH Group airlines
Surprise nightcap at a special location
November 3
We board LH440 (or CO 47 if you like to try CO) to fly to Houston, a special farewell in the FRA T1 C terminal
Evening : will be a quiet evening alone (no official events), to allow people to recover from the past flights the participants starting the SMD2 for the domestic US portion join us from this point
November 4
Continental day: CO will host us in IAH. We meet for pickup at 10 am and will be back latest at 3pm.
Evening: we take a break from SMD 2 to join the
FT awards event
November 5
at 5.15 we assenble in the lobby to take the hotel shuttles to the terminal to checkin at the group/elite desk in concourse E.
aprox 6.00 am We board our charter* flight in IAH to fly to PHX. Departure at aprox 7am.
The charter will be operated by a Continental 757-300 with 24 F and 192 Y config. Luggage check will be available and departure from the terminal like a normal scheduled departure. You will receive boarding passes the evening before.
On arrival in PHX we join US Airways for an event at US HQ. Program: meet Doug P. and 8 of his fellow execs plus much more.
aprox 12.30 pm: We depart PHX for PAE from the regular CO gate in the terminal
3 pm: we arrive in Paine Field at Boeing to tour the facilities and visit LH's latest aircraft type, the 748i, the 787 and much more.
November 6
Participants start their their journey home:
Europeans take LH 491 (dep. 15.45) back to FRA the next day
Domestic participants take the chartered plane back to IAH at 9 am from SEA (SEATAC). This is optional, you will have the option to request the additional leg if you desire. This will a be no-frill standard catering flight back as if you are flying regular mainline service.
* Please note that the charter we are is a public charter as per 14 CFR Section 380. All applicable laws apply.
To sign up please go to this site:
https://www2.starmegado.com/signup/