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Old Jan 1, 2011, 4:43 am
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Old Jan 1, 2011, 7:44 am
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A new year's eve red-eye to start the year?
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Old Jan 1, 2011, 9:05 am
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And the countdown starts..........will check the thread on Dec-31 to see the final score.
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Old Jan 1, 2011, 9:14 am
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Originally Posted by Ken hAAmer
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I am guessing you were doing some flying around Asia, as otherwise, posting at 3:43 AM Pacific time, you'd be going supersonic around the West Coast!
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Old Jan 1, 2011, 10:06 am
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Well, I'm still on the plane. We land in about 2 hours. But I figured as long as I was checked in, it was a fait accompli.
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Old Jan 1, 2011, 10:12 am
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A new year's eve red-eye to start the year?
Nah, I was supposed to be home a few days ago. But after stick-handling my way through snowstorms on both coasts, rainstorms, tornadoes, and holiday travellers, I still ended up being stranded for 2 days, by a faulty cargo door latch. But I was housed, fed and watered by the airline. I had a different kind of NYE, and pretty spectacular to boot.
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Old Jan 1, 2011, 10:17 am
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Originally Posted by Ken hAAmer
Nah, I was supposed to be home a few days ago. But after stick-handling my way through snowstorms on both coasts, rainstorms, tornadoes, and holiday travellers, I still ended up being stranded for 2 days, by a faulty cargo door latch. But I was housed, fed and watered by the airline. I had a different kind of NYE, and pretty spectacular to boot.
Well, lets hear about it hee, hee!
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Old Jan 1, 2011, 10:39 am
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Well, lets hear about it hee, hee!
Too many secrets would be revealed.

But one thing I will reveal is this in-flight Wi-Fi is utterly brilliant. I've been surfing for the past few hours, and listening to XM radio on-line at the same time. Maybe 1 5-second dropout every 30 minutes or so. I even watched 5 minites of PBS Nova online to see if it could stream video. It's not perfect, but it's certainly watchable.
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Old Jan 1, 2011, 10:49 am
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on thing i love about UA is Channel 9, air traffic control conversations
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Old Jan 1, 2011, 4:04 pm
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Originally Posted by global_happy_traveller
on thing i love about UA is Channel 9, air traffic control conversations
Such as this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbTjJ...eature=related
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Old Jan 2, 2011, 4:10 am
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I had in-flight wifi on an SQ flight SIN-FRA a few years back (5?) and no dropouts. Tech has come a long way :P
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Old Jan 2, 2011, 8:05 am
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OT, snarky little dig at WN by the UA flight attendant at 4m40s of the video. Wonder if thats a UA script or her own little bit
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Old Jan 2, 2011, 9:16 am
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Interesting AE website error.
My current status tally for 2010 is 0 and my 2009 tally is what I earned in 2010?! No column for 2011 shows up.
Also still showing me as P although I should be E. I wonder who runs this website?
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Old Jan 2, 2011, 9:23 am
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Originally Posted by Ken hAAmer
Nah, I was supposed to be home a few days ago. But after stick-handling my way through snowstorms on both coasts, rainstorms, tornadoes, and holiday travellers, I still ended up being stranded for 2 days, by a faulty cargo door latch. But I was housed, fed and watered by the airline. I had a different kind of NYE, and pretty spectacular to boot.
sounded like a great experience..... housed, fed and watered.... a plant or a pet?
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