Earn Your Wings (EYW) 2018 v7
Jun 19, 2018, 1:36 pm
#528
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: YYZ
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Jun 19, 2018, 1:54 pm
#529
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Join Date: Sep 2012
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We should be very close at the end. I have one more upgrade, and he has an extra lounge visit or two.
Jun 19, 2018, 2:24 pm
#530
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Right now, 1&2 are a pair. 3&4 are a pair. 5&6 are a pair.
I feel like they could have done a more interesting "team challenge"
I feel like they could have done a more interesting "team challenge"
Jun 19, 2018, 5:35 pm
#531
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Canada
Programs: AC SE100k, Marriott Titanium Elite, Accor Platinum, National Executive Elite
Posts: 349
Jun 19, 2018, 9:53 pm
#532
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 6
Cheating
Am I the only one p*ssed that CanadianCow had advance knowledge about this contest and is now firmly in the top 10 -- along with his friend American Bovine and a few others? Why is AC letting someone cheat the rest of us our of top 10/30? Have others filed complaints?
Jun 19, 2018, 10:22 pm
#533
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: YYC
Posts: 4,035
I understand being mad, but it should be directed at AC IT (like usual) for once again botching a roll out.
Jun 19, 2018, 11:50 pm
#534
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You realize I've been in the top grouping of every single EYW that had a top grouping (i.e. 1,3,4,5,6,7)? All the other people I flew with or discussed EYW with have also placed in the top 10 at least once.
It's not like any of us were a dark horse.
If it makes you feel better, I didn't earn a single badge that I had any kind of advance knowledge of. The 100% AQM bonus was way too lucrative to book anything else later.
Not to my knowledge. Let me know how that turns out.
So let's see. I told you they were crappy. And then I earned 0 of them. That sure helped me win the game.
I'm not even sure what you're suggesting here. That I know where my friends are going to rank? After last year's photo of 7 of us in the YUL MLL, and 6 of us on an E75, I thought it was public knowledge that a bunch of us are friends, and fly together for EYW.
p.s. You missed the post where I mentioned the team challenge before it was announced.
Jun 20, 2018, 5:51 am
#535
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Deep River, Ontario
Programs: AC SE/1MM, Bonvoy Ambassador/Lifetime Titanium, ALL Diamond, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 236
Also, you have to actively play this game, by which I mean you have to take the time to figure out the best routes, then book them and then you have to spend days and days flying those routes. The group of 7 (or various pairs, any way you want to look at it) do this better than anyone and , at least to me, it looks like they have a lot of fun doing it.
I could go on, but I am playing the game and I gotta go catch a flight ... or three.
Jun 20, 2018, 7:55 am
#536
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Canada
Programs: AC SE100k, Marriott Titanium Elite, Accor Platinum, National Executive Elite
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Jun 20, 2018, 7:44 pm
#537
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: YYZ
Programs: FOTSG Tangerine Ex E35k (AC)
Posts: 5,612
Fortunately there are relatively few trolls on FT. Mainly because of reactions like these 
RCHHMP however...
Anyways, sections of entire thread indicated 100k wings to rank top 10, not far off though we aren’t done yet but anyone could have done the math and gotten 150k wings and probably guaranteed themselves a spot. Would it take a lot of time with a calculator and flying ... erm yes. But didn’t the cow team and others do both these things? Or perhaps we should punish the cow for writing code to make it easier, how dare he. Maybe he should be forced to make the tool public after bookings close to allow others to use it, oh wait... he did
The rules are clear. But do feel free to complain, I can’t wait to see ACs response if you get one.
Edit - Okay so the rules aren’t all that clear. That’s why we have 537 posts explaining many of them.
RCHHMP however...
Anyways, sections of entire thread indicated 100k wings to rank top 10, not far off though we aren’t done yet but anyone could have done the math and gotten 150k wings and probably guaranteed themselves a spot. Would it take a lot of time with a calculator and flying ... erm yes. But didn’t the cow team and others do both these things? Or perhaps we should punish the cow for writing code to make it easier, how dare he. Maybe he should be forced to make the tool public after bookings close to allow others to use it, oh wait... he did
The rules are clear. But do feel free to complain, I can’t wait to see ACs response if you get one.
Edit - Okay so the rules aren’t all that clear. That’s why we have 537 posts explaining many of them.
Last edited by jc94; Jun 20, 2018 at 8:05 pm
Jun 23, 2018, 8:37 am
#538
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Deep River, Ontario
Programs: AC SE/1MM, Bonvoy Ambassador/Lifetime Titanium, ALL Diamond, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 236
I reached a SE threshold today and would like to offer at least partial thanks to Earn Your Wings.
Today, I took my 95th flight of the year (a non-EYW flight on Brussels Airlines BRU-LHR)
And to think that I was not even sure at the beginning of the year how or whether I would get to SE status. Sigh.
Today, I took my 95th flight of the year (a non-EYW flight on Brussels Airlines BRU-LHR)
And to think that I was not even sure at the beginning of the year how or whether I would get to SE status. Sigh.
I reached another SE threshold last week and wanted to thank Earn Your Wings again.
I flew my $20,000th dollar of the year. (which certainly is s sentence I never thought I would deliver ..in..my...life)
Jun 23, 2018, 8:42 am
#539
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Deep River, Ontario
Programs: AC SE/1MM, Bonvoy Ambassador/Lifetime Titanium, ALL Diamond, Hilton Diamond
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Also, I wanted to do a quick shout out to YVRFlyer.
It was good to run into you the other day and I enjoyed sharing notes (and, of course, talking about canadiancow behind his back is always fun - don't worry folks, it was all good - no trolls here).
Surprisingly, to me anyways, you are the first top player I have run into, but I look forward to others - as we proved on Thursday, even the odds of a random meeting are fairly good over time.
It was good to run into you the other day and I enjoyed sharing notes (and, of course, talking about canadiancow behind his back is always fun - don't worry folks, it was all good - no trolls here).
Surprisingly, to me anyways, you are the first top player I have run into, but I look forward to others - as we proved on Thursday, even the odds of a random meeting are fairly good over time.
Jun 23, 2018, 10:16 am
#540
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Canada
Programs: AC SE100k, Marriott Titanium Elite, Accor Platinum, National Executive Elite
Posts: 349
May be the other way around. I think AC is thanking you/its EYW team for having it accomplish some of its purpose.