I am sitting here and trying to understand that I have been on a page called flyertalk.com for almost three years now, it felt like I joined yesterday.
I choose to look back at those years with my 4000th post. What have I done and what have I learnt? Where have I been and with who?
When I first found this page I thought I would just visit it once or twice (now its more like once or twice each hour) the flyertalk members are almost like a family now. So far I have not been to a Freddie Award but I hope I can attend this years event in Colorado Springs (See you there!).
United has now made some serious schedule changes so I am not sure how I will get to COS anymore, not sure if I can travel from Sweden one day earlier.
When I joined this place I didn’t know how to spell to elite status in either airline program or hotel programs. Thanx to Flyertalk I am now Star Gold at AirCanada which has helped me during the two years I have had the status. I have received OP upgrades and spent countless hours in airport lounges all over the world (or actually only in Europe and North America).
I know that Mexican Hat Dance is not a dance, I know that the Bath run has nothing to do with Thai currency (or maybe it has?), I have learnt words such as SWU, RTW and mileage runs.
Maybe you haven’t seen me before? That’s before I have mostly spent my time in the Star and SK forum where I have tried to provide with information from the inside. For those who doesn’t know yet, yes I am working for an airline. Its your job to find out which one
What have I done during those years? I have been flying around Europe to get the 55555 bonus last year (my friends still think I am crazy), I have signed up for almost every FF program(including Aeroflot) so that I wouldn’t miss the next Latinpass. My next mission is some Starwood hotels in Thailand and down under, I wonder why
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What have I done? I have attend Catman Do III, been on mileage runs with The- Longhauler and Hagbard Viking and flow down to Stockholm to have dinner with Austman and Sarecca(long time since I saw you around).
With these words I would like to say THANKS Flyertalk community. I have had a lot of fun the last three years and I hope the future will be as bright as well.
And finally, isn’t it time for a FT meeting in Sweden sometime?