MRY-SFO delayed. Took Taxi Instead. Can I get miles?
Oct 16, 2006, 9:14 pm
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Originally Posted by snic
I prefer the idea that people who choose to live in northern California have no time to waste on useless words. And with that I'll take BART to MUNI, take N Judah to beach, and forget all about articles while I look at water.
It was the late 70s, I believe, when these advanced grammar lessons were dropped from the school system. Edukation ain't what it used two be.
Oct 16, 2006, 11:41 pm
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Originally Posted by Wi-Fi
(At the risk of getting this thread bounced to the deepest recesses of Flyertalk) as a fifth generation San Franciscan I need to point that articles are actually used for streetcars and buses. It's "the N-Judah", "the 38 Geary", etc. But you are absolutely right about not using them with freeways. "The 101 what?" I always ask my SoCal relatives. It's a unique name! You don't say "the President Bush, the Barry Bonds, the Herb Caen, the Golden Gate Bridge". Okay, so you do say the last one; the rules are admittedly complex...
BTW: "the Golden Gate Bridge" works just fine, because, as referenced before, it's a landmark and a pronoun.
Oct 17, 2006, 12:44 am
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I'm sorry, but "101 was jammed" sounds soooooooo strange. "the 101 was jammed" makes so much more sense. There is, after all, only one 101! While saying "the Barry Bonds" is not grammatically correct, saying "I was on 101" is not either... now if you were to say "I was on U.S. Route 101," I'd give ya that... otherwise you need an article!
Dec 20, 2012, 9:41 pm
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If anyone is interested, MRY has an agreement with local taxi companies and I have been told by agents there that any Gold member or above gets a free cab ride to SFO regardless of reason for flight delay/cancellation. So far I have used it twice for weather delays, once as a Gold and once as a Platinum.
On that note, United won't pay for your cab from SFO-MRY, only MRY-SFO since it facilitates onward connections.
On that note, United won't pay for your cab from SFO-MRY, only MRY-SFO since it facilitates onward connections.
Dec 20, 2012, 9:57 pm
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Thanks for posting! This is an incredibly useful piece of trivia! I wonder what the misconnect rate is for these flights, it seems like it's pretty high.
Dec 20, 2012, 10:03 pm
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Since around July I've had delayed/canceled MRY-SFO/SFO-MRY flights about 50%+ of the time. I only learned of the "secret" benefit in October and have since used it twice. They pay between $225-$270 to SFO and somewhere in the $100-$200 range for SJC (I guess sometimes they re-route pax through there).
Dec 24, 2012, 9:48 am
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(PS: There was heavy traffic on 101 - note absence of definite article - so they were delayed by about an hour, and she had to get rebooked again. Delays aren't limited to airlines!)
Dec 24, 2012, 12:27 pm
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This is good to know. I like to fly to MRY on fare sales, but they do have a lot of cancellations and delays.
Dec 24, 2012, 12:29 pm
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Dec 24, 2012, 2:22 pm
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If ANA can do a shuttle bus between SJC and SFO, then why not UA with a taxi service to/from MRY!
Dec 24, 2012, 7:24 pm
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Actually there is a shuttle between SFO and Monterey, which departs every hour or so (maybe a bit less frequently). It's not run by an airline, but if I were UA I'd look into contracting with them to either set up a code-share agreement or have them take passengers whose flights have been canceled (or both).
Dec 24, 2012, 9:26 pm
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That shuttle will not work because they have a strict limit on free baggage. If you end up with 4 gold+ members who have 10 checked bags, 4 briefcases/backpacks and 4 carry on bags, they will be 10 bags over the limit.