airbus320

Expensive for such a short timeframe.

kokonutz

$2800 for F is quite dear indeed. (prices updated in post #2)

I just bought an AA A fare IAD-POS AND a UA P fare DCA-DEN for less than $2800 combined. Then again, I won't get to tour a luggage factory on either of those two trips.

airbus320

Add in hotel costs and positioning flights and the cost is even more expensive for a three day trip.

freeloader

Wow... Just saw the prices. Even living 60 mins from the starting point, this is way outta my league. It's be about $2k for four days when all is said and done.

Kudos to those out there still organizing FT events on the cheap. My hat goes off to all of you

kokonutz

I think registration just opened. I wonder if it is sold out yet.

airbus320

IT problems with registration.
Registration now closed pending resolution.

kokonutz

Not surprised. As I noted in post #2 above, that booking engine was Mega Quirky.

My wife grew up in IT and always says that even today her favorite part of development is testing because, even as the PM these days, she likes to try to break things.

Looks like these guys could have used my wife before their go-live.

airbus320

My comment on another site was: Did they hot test the registration site before the launch.

kokonutz

In fairness testing is HARD. It requires a team to try to break something they have spent a lot of time and money developing. It's also easy to test with 1 or 2 hits coming at time. Far harder to test with hundreds of hits.

But it HAS to be done if you want a smooth go-live.

Worse, it appears that their booking engine confirmed not only reservations but also payments of those who booked but did not pay before it was shut down.

Those folks are in the fascinating situation of being the beneficiaries of a MegaDo fare mistake in their favor....will the DOT be informed if they do not honor the $0 booking and payment confirmations? Will lawsuits be threatened?

Seriously, though, this is why one tests.

hobo13

Must. Refrain.

kokonutz

Take my wife...please.

Actually I should be careful. One down-side of marrying a flyertalker is that she knows how to use the search feature for my name....




Update as of 4:30pm EDT: "We'll reopen booking once payment details are cleaned up. Sorry for any confusion and there is plenty of it. Always a payment snag, this time not PayPal but Authorize.net."



Bummer.

airbus320

Still quiet on the Milepoint SMD5 threads as of this am.

kokonutz

Website updated: SMD5 charter booking 2.0 scheduled to start at noon Central Time on Wednesday May 22

Randy says to those who booked before the booking engine went quirky: What seems a bit odd is that according to the chatter on MP, while the FTEF 'runs' this charter, all of the work appears to be taking place at the HoM by Randy. Did the FTEF subcontract the booking to RandyCo?

Here's yesterday's update from the Chairman of the FTEF:

So I looked at the charter documents and they say:

MEGADO, LLC!?!? That's a new one to me. I thought this shebang was run as a nonprofit by the FTEF?


ETA: I realize that with the fires they are currently fighting that no answer is likely to come anytime soon. But I checked the Delaware Division of Corporarations and here is what they say about MEGADO, LLC:

sbm12

Amazing what happens when one continues to post as though they know all the details when, in fact, they don't. Seems to be a pattern of sorts in this forum for that type of behavior. A shame, really, as it has the potential to be useful to the community as a place for reasoned discussion instead of misinformation.

nsx

Obviously they didn't hot test, so no.