The Delta Forum Lounge Thread Everybody is Welcome! 2005-2018
Aug 3, 2017, 3:11 pm
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49,733 butt-in-seat miles on Delta & partners among 4 people (1 RT MSP-CEB, 3 OW CEB-MSP), grand total of miles credited: 670
I could make a case for another 938 (50% of 1876) miles for CEB-ICN, but why bother? I'm not even going to mail in the 11 year old's SkyPesos paperwork.
And the partnership is anything but seamless. I had to check in & hand over my baggage receipt 3 times enroute.
Last year I would have hit 3P (Silver) on UA if it weren't for the spending requirement, but at least I racked up some miles. >20K miles on Delta & partners yields almost nothing.
I did notice that some Marriott points for an overnight in Hong Kong were credited to Delta (probably neglected to remove my WorldPerks #), will fix that!
I could make a case for another 938 (50% of 1876) miles for CEB-ICN, but why bother? I'm not even going to mail in the 11 year old's SkyPesos paperwork.
And the partnership is anything but seamless. I had to check in & hand over my baggage receipt 3 times enroute.
Last year I would have hit 3P (Silver) on UA if it weren't for the spending requirement, but at least I racked up some miles. >20K miles on Delta & partners yields almost nothing.
I did notice that some Marriott points for an overnight in Hong Kong were credited to Delta (probably neglected to remove my WorldPerks #), will fix that!
Aug 3, 2017, 11:39 pm
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Aug 4, 2017, 10:28 am
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Sigh
Aug 7, 2017, 1:58 am
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Will the last person ex-pun-ged from the Lounge please ex-pun-ge the lights?
Aug 7, 2017, 6:19 am
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A morning in the life of Kipper and Mr. Kipper:
Kipper: Wake up at 5 AM, walk out to the kitchen, notice that the coffee carafe wasn't lined up properly and the coffee brewed, but instead of dripping into the carafe, dripped onto the bottom of the coffee maker and spread all over the counter.
Yell to Mr. Kipper that the coffee spilled everywhere, and he could help to clean up.
Continue cleaning, including moving the Kitchen-Aid mixer, the knife block, the SodaStream, and the FoodSaver.
Accidentally break a glass, while moving things.
Clean up the broken glass, and continue cleaning.
Tell Mr. Kipper not to bother helping when he finally walks into the kitchen.
Finish cleaning up and returning everything moved to its normal location.
Finally, at 5:30 AM, finish cleaning up the kitchen.
Mr. Kipper: Wake up at 5 AM, walk into the bathroom. Follow the normal morning routine, including spending 10 minutes in the bathroom.
Insert contact lenses.
Ask Kipper why she's upset and yelling about a little spilled coffee.
Walk into the kitchen, say, "Oh, I guess I'm not taking coffee to work today."
When 90% of the coffee is cleaned up, ask, "How can I help?"
Take the garbage to the garbage can, and then say, "I helped by taking the garbage out."
Get mad when Kipper apologizes for being grumpy this morning.
Leave for work before Kipper yells.
Kipper: Wake up at 5 AM, walk out to the kitchen, notice that the coffee carafe wasn't lined up properly and the coffee brewed, but instead of dripping into the carafe, dripped onto the bottom of the coffee maker and spread all over the counter.
Yell to Mr. Kipper that the coffee spilled everywhere, and he could help to clean up.
Continue cleaning, including moving the Kitchen-Aid mixer, the knife block, the SodaStream, and the FoodSaver.
Accidentally break a glass, while moving things.
Clean up the broken glass, and continue cleaning.
Tell Mr. Kipper not to bother helping when he finally walks into the kitchen.
Finish cleaning up and returning everything moved to its normal location.
Finally, at 5:30 AM, finish cleaning up the kitchen.
Mr. Kipper: Wake up at 5 AM, walk into the bathroom. Follow the normal morning routine, including spending 10 minutes in the bathroom.
Insert contact lenses.
Ask Kipper why she's upset and yelling about a little spilled coffee.
Walk into the kitchen, say, "Oh, I guess I'm not taking coffee to work today."
When 90% of the coffee is cleaned up, ask, "How can I help?"
Take the garbage to the garbage can, and then say, "I helped by taking the garbage out."
Get mad when Kipper apologizes for being grumpy this morning.
Leave for work before Kipper yells.
Aug 7, 2017, 1:18 pm
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Aug 7, 2017, 1:33 pm
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My first post in this thread after 10 years of posting in the DL forum:
The last couple of posts have been pun-derful. That is all. See you in 2027!
The last couple of posts have been pun-derful. That is all. See you in 2027!
Aug 7, 2017, 1:35 pm
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Dupe. (Of course, this would be my first dupe in 10 years of posting.)
Aug 7, 2017, 7:25 pm
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Congrats, Dov! Incidentally, your post appeared to have broken the rest of the Lounge, putting everyone else on your trademarked pun-ishing streak.
Aug 7, 2017, 7:27 pm
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Aug 7, 2017, 8:19 pm
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Aug 7, 2017, 8:21 pm
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in The Club@SJC w Zorak
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Aug 7, 2017, 8:23 pm
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Aug 7, 2017, 10:29 pm
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Aug 8, 2017, 11:54 am
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