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Who is Cigarman?
A VERY frequent flier who happens to have the ear of management. He is not an employee of CO by any stretch.
And he's an all-around great guy, but it is the fact that he knows Larry well and has such a relationship with him that the mega-DOs exist. My recollection is that the idea of the first mega-DO came about as a bet between the two that cigarman could get some number of people to show up (20 or 50, maybe) if CO would host an open-house of some sort. Suffice it to say that the turnout was much higher than that and now CO does see the value in these sessions, just as much as we have fun at them.
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I've been on this forum for quite a while and gotten a lot of good answers to my questions, and provided some good answers to others. But I have one overiding question: Who is Cigarman? I know he has a name and all that. I've even seen his picture. But how does he fit into the Continental picture? Why does he have the advance info on CO's new policies and programs? What is his relationship to Continental? Does he work for them? Is he a friend of Larry's? Does his wife walk their dog with Larry's wife or do they have the same hairdresser? He has been a wonderful resource for all of us, but I am curious about how and why he can do what he does.
He is not really a person
but more of an urban legend
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If they DO not have the DO in Guam, I think the DO should be in Cleveland in February. How can you have a snowman building contest at the DO without a good supply of snow? DO you agree?
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As someone who won't make the event, I still love to watch and enjoy the buildup (and the folks complaining about the buildup ) to the event, then live vicariously through everyone else afterwards. Sounds like Cigarman does a super job with everything Would be nice to experience one day...
Why not try to attend? You've got plenty of notice!
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Can you finish showering them with your compliments within the allotted time? You might upset the other people on that tour if you take too long and delay them!
So, without wading through the pages I did a scan and figured out that a definate date has not been set yet for DO IV? When are we supposed to get a date? I'm going to PTY on that great fare in early Feb so I hope I can do the DO
Just to show my committment to DO IV (or was it my commitment to counseling.......). I LOVED I, II & III. But after 2 hours wasting my companies' time, all I have is a semi-definate date (another digression, but sounds like most of my single life), and a fuzzy location. IAH works for me, being home and all, so if votes are being counted - theres mine.
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So, without wading through the pages I did a scan and figured out that a definate date has not been set yet for DO IV? When are we supposed to get a date? I'm going to PTY on that great fare in early Feb so I hope I can do the DO
You'll need a fee waiver, assuming that they are out there to be had this year.
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Why not try to attend? You've got plenty of notice!
I would love to, and put some faces with the names and see some of the inner workings of the business, but I'm coming back from HNL with my sweetheart the Sunday before and will need to start refilling the coffee cans again But someday...
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Okay already, I am monitoring this thread from a tiny town in El Salvador in anticipation of booking my ticket. It's only been 5 days but the hotel finally *fixed* our internet and I want to book my tix and hotel asap. I need to get my CO DO on!!! After I, II, and III I do not want to break the chain! Plus I now have a roomie so I don't have to go alone.
Cigar???
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Okay already, I am monitoring this thread from a tiny town in El Salvador in anticipation of booking my ticket.
Why not just wait until the discount codes come out? With where oil has been going the last couple of weeks, I can't see fares going up too soon. In fact, I'd bet prices are still a little high, since CO likes to hold seats and soften pricing at 4-10 weeks out...and we're just on the outer edge of that. Lastly, I'm not sure it is the best time to impulse buy without research, as fares have been all over the place in the last week or 2, from my experience on some leisure routes (TPA and SLC).
) to the event, then live vicariously through everyone else afterwards. Sounds like Cigarman does a super job with everything 
Would be nice to experience one day...
and see some of the inner workings of the business, but I'm coming back from HNL with my sweetheart the Sunday before and will need to start refilling the coffee cans again 
