Nov 22, 2012, 4:10 am
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Nov 5, 2009, 10:47 pm
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Nov 5, 2009, 10:48 pm
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Nov 6, 2009, 12:48 am
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Nov 6, 2009, 12:51 am
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Nov 6, 2009, 12:55 am
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My 4 hour nap after I got home from school is keeping me up. On Flyertalk. Cool. 
I just held a LAX-SEA fare and I couldn't pick any MVPG seats then I noticed it just said my Name not United757, MVP Gold, and I was like uhm I'm logged in, so I clicked on my account and found they were doing MP work! Phew, thought I had no status for a second there!
I just held a LAX-SEA fare and I couldn't pick any MVPG seats then I noticed it just said my Name not United757, MVP Gold, and I was like uhm I'm logged in, so I clicked on my account and found they were doing MP work! Phew, thought I had no status for a second there!
Nov 6, 2009, 1:17 am
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Nov 6, 2009, 1:18 am
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My 4 hour nap after I got home from school is keeping me up. On Flyertalk. Cool. I just held a LAX-SEA fare and I couldn't pick any MVPG seats then I noticed it just said my Name not United757, MVP Gold, and I was like uhm I'm logged in, so I clicked on my account and found they were doing MP work! Phew, thought I had no status for a second there!
I just held a LAX-SEA fare and I couldn't pick any MVPG seats then I noticed it just said my Name not United757, MVP Gold, and I was like uhm I'm logged in, so I clicked on my account and found they were doing MP work! Phew, thought I had no status for a second there!
Nov 6, 2009, 2:59 am
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One. No Taco King last night--just leftover fettuccine alfredo with a glass of a 2007 Penfold's Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet while watching late-night TV.
Nov 6, 2009, 4:34 am
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Nov 6, 2009, 5:56 am
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Just the one glass.
It's a decent wine and a phenomenal value--I think it was about $8 or $8.50 for the bottle. It's easily comparable to a $15-20 wine in the U.S. My only dislike is that it has a very strong alcohol taste--that kind that tastes like isopropyl alcohol smells--despite only having 13.5% ABV. Small sips keep that taste at bay, though.
To those who say, "What's he doing drinking a Shiraz with fettuccine alfredo?! That calls for a Chardonnay!", I say, any true enjoyer of wine will tell ya to drink whatever the heck you enjoy with whatever the heck food you want. And since I don't understand why anyone would use the words "white" and "wine" in the same sentence, I'll keep drinking my Cabs with my halibut and my Merlots with my chicken.
It's a decent wine and a phenomenal value--I think it was about $8 or $8.50 for the bottle. It's easily comparable to a $15-20 wine in the U.S. My only dislike is that it has a very strong alcohol taste--that kind that tastes like isopropyl alcohol smells--despite only having 13.5% ABV. Small sips keep that taste at bay, though.
To those who say, "What's he doing drinking a Shiraz with fettuccine alfredo?! That calls for a Chardonnay!", I say, any true enjoyer of wine will tell ya to drink whatever the heck you enjoy with whatever the heck food you want. And since I don't understand why anyone would use the words "white" and "wine" in the same sentence, I'll keep drinking my Cabs with my halibut and my Merlots with my chicken.
Last edited by jackal; Nov 6, 2009 at 9:17 am
Nov 6, 2009, 11:02 am
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To those who say, "What's he doing drinking a Shiraz with fettuccine alfredo?! That calls for a Chardonnay!", I say, any true enjoyer of wine will tell ya to drink whatever the heck you enjoy with whatever the heck food you want. And since I don't understand why anyone would use the words "white" and "wine" in the same sentence, I'll keep drinking my Cabs with my halibut and my Merlots with my chicken.
And I agree...you can drink whatever you want with whatever you want to eat.
Nov 6, 2009, 4:10 pm
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I have not paid much attention to the delta rollout as I suspect they were testing 2 1/2 planes on some routes i didn't fly. However, there have been some significant developments in the last month.
All 100 some odd MD88's in the fleet have WiFi. A large chunk of the 757-200's have it, and the rest will probably complete by year end.
I also read that they are doing overnight installs (which i find a bit shocking), and AirCell/GoGo coverage has been working generally good for most domestic flights.
The international fleet will get nothing, of course.
Row44 is great and all, but the air-to-ground system is extremely fast and low latency. It is, however, very touchy. I think i lost data a couple times through the flight. Makes sense because it is a ground based system, and obstructions can knock out service briefly. I suspect the Row44, although higher latency, has a more uniform user experience unless the plane is doing some wild bank at some high latitude, which is unlikely at cruise.
Nov 6, 2009, 4:13 pm
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