StarmegaDO 2010 (SMD2) Nov 1-6, 2010 Masterthread
Oct 18, 2010, 11:39 am
#1711
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: SEA
Programs: UA AS DL Hyatt SPG/Bonvoy HHonors
Posts: 2,008
Picasso Exhibit at Seattle Art Museum
For those Starmegado'ers who are not immediately leaving Seattle, there is a significan exhibit of Picasso paintings opening up at the Seattle Art Museum which is definitely worth seeing. It is being called "not to miss". I'm going next week. You'd need to book tickets in advance to be sure to get in.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...picasso09.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index....e_seattle.html
Museum website and ticket information:
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhi...?eventID=18788
The Seattle Art Museum is downtown and a reasonably easy walk from the Westin or Sharaton.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...picasso09.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index....e_seattle.html
Museum website and ticket information:
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhi...?eventID=18788
The Seattle Art Museum is downtown and a reasonably easy walk from the Westin or Sharaton.
Oct 18, 2010, 11:53 am
#1712
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Lifetime 1K, AA EXP, VS Silver, HY Diamond, HI Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 339
Picasso also in SF in 2011
For those Starmegado'ers who are not immediately leaving Seattle, there is a significan exhibit of Picasso paintings opening up at the Seattle Art Museum which is definitely worth seeing. It is being called "not to miss". I'm going next week. You'd need to book tickets in advance to be sure to get in.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...picasso09.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index....e_seattle.html
Museum website and ticket information:
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhi...?eventID=18788
The Seattle Art Museum is downtown and a reasonably easy walk from the Westin or Sharaton.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...picasso09.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index....e_seattle.html
Museum website and ticket information:
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhi...?eventID=18788
The Seattle Art Museum is downtown and a reasonably easy walk from the Westin or Sharaton.
http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/Picasso/
And also will be at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco from June 11 to September 25, 2011:
http://deyoung.famsf.org/deyoung/exh...-picasso-paris
FYI, if you're in SF now through December 18, 2010, the deYoung is also exhibiting Post-Impressionist works (Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne) from the Musee d'Orsay in Paris:
http://deyoung.famsf.org/orsay
Look forward to meeting folks in a few weeks!
Oct 18, 2010, 11:55 am
#1713
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 7,323
Folks, I was hoping that most of you would go to the Frequent Traveler Awards and support our efforts on putting together an award in the Freddies void.
Right now, the regular Flyertalk group is almost full, while less than half of the Star Mega DOers have RSVPd and paid.
I know that the last years of the Freddies were free and our intentions is to get to that point in the future, but we need to get the cash first. The cost per person is almost 100 USD, so we are covering quite a bit.
But 40 bucks for a full dinner and free alcohol from 6PM-1130PM is an amount I did not have any problems paying, especially with the number of airline execs attending.
So please get your RSVP done as soon as possible.
http://www.ftawards.com/rsvp/
Oct 18, 2010, 12:23 pm
#1714
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: FLL
Programs: Delta GM, (fmr US CP/PP/GP!), DL SkyClub, Marriott Lifetime Platinum, Avis Chairman's Club
Posts: 5,162
Oh, we have a special plan for you and it includes a couple of goons
Folks, I was hoping that most of you would go to the Frequent Traveler Awards and support our efforts on putting together an award in the Freddies void.
Right now, the regular Flyertalk group is almost full, while less than half of the Star Mega DOers have RSVPd and paid.
I know that the last years of the Freddies were free and our intentions is to get to that point in the future, but we need to get the cash first. The cost per person is almost 100 USD, so we are covering quite a bit.
But 40 bucks for a full dinner and free alcohol from 6PM-1130PM is an amount I did not have any problems paying, especially with the number of airline execs attending.
So please get your RSVP done as soon as possible.
http://www.ftawards.com/rsvp/
Folks, I was hoping that most of you would go to the Frequent Traveler Awards and support our efforts on putting together an award in the Freddies void.
Right now, the regular Flyertalk group is almost full, while less than half of the Star Mega DOers have RSVPd and paid.
I know that the last years of the Freddies were free and our intentions is to get to that point in the future, but we need to get the cash first. The cost per person is almost 100 USD, so we are covering quite a bit.
But 40 bucks for a full dinner and free alcohol from 6PM-1130PM is an amount I did not have any problems paying, especially with the number of airline execs attending.
So please get your RSVP done as soon as possible.
http://www.ftawards.com/rsvp/
Come on guys, join in and pay up, $41.50 is very reasonable for food PLUS drinks, even if you only drink fruit juice or soda!
Oct 18, 2010, 1:01 pm
#1715
Join Date: May 2007
Location: CLE
Programs: OnePass Platinum, Starwood Platinum, Avis First, Hilton Silver, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 2,751
Oct 18, 2010, 1:05 pm
#1716
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: FLL
Programs: Delta GM, (fmr US CP/PP/GP!), DL SkyClub, Marriott Lifetime Platinum, Avis Chairman's Club
Posts: 5,162
Oct 18, 2010, 2:44 pm
#1717
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Programs: UA 1K 1MMer & LT UC (when flying UA); Hyatt Credit Cardist; HHonors Diamond; Marriott Gold via UA 1K
Posts: 6,956
Oct 18, 2010, 2:56 pm
#1718
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: PSM
Posts: 69,232
Oct 18, 2010, 3:25 pm
#1719
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: 42mi from AMS
Programs: UA 1K 1MM, Marriott LT Au, Hilton C, IHG PtA
Posts: 576
Originally Posted by tommy777
Oh, we have a special plan for you and it includes a couple of goons
Oct 18, 2010, 3:31 pm
#1720
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: San Francisco
Programs: UA 1P, AA, DL, BA, LH
Posts: 293
Oh, we have a special plan for you and it includes a couple of goons
So please get your RSVP done as soon as possible.
http://www.ftawards.com/rsvp/
So please get your RSVP done as soon as possible.
http://www.ftawards.com/rsvp/
I RSVP'd and paid for the FTAwards, looking forward to it.
Oct 18, 2010, 3:36 pm
#1721
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 7,323
Just had our call today and after cleaning out the list of participants that has not paid, we are in the hole 9K USD 
Yes, there has been some signups the last week, but it pretty much made up for the people who have canceled/not paid up.
So the tally is STILL over 30 seats open...
We have gotten a lot of suggestions, thank you for sending them. The problem with most of the suggestions is time.
So in my opinion, we have 3 options:
Option 1
We can sell a premium economy with the middle seat open in the first rows, the latest shuttle from the Sheraton and Concierge to the gates in IAH and PHX, but the same service on board as Economy, but you receive F miles .
Option 2
Everyone forks over 50 bucks. (a logistical nightmare
)
Option 3
We kick off 15 people and downgrade to a 737-900
My guess is we'll do option #1 and hope we can get 20 people to go for that deal...
Your thoughts are appreciated.
Yes, there has been some signups the last week, but it pretty much made up for the people who have canceled/not paid up.
So the tally is STILL over 30 seats open...
We have gotten a lot of suggestions, thank you for sending them. The problem with most of the suggestions is time.
So in my opinion, we have 3 options:
Option 1
We can sell a premium economy with the middle seat open in the first rows, the latest shuttle from the Sheraton and Concierge to the gates in IAH and PHX, but the same service on board as Economy, but you receive F miles .
Option 2
Everyone forks over 50 bucks. (a logistical nightmare
)Option 3
We kick off 15 people and downgrade to a 737-900
My guess is we'll do option #1 and hope we can get 20 people to go for that deal...
Your thoughts are appreciated.
Oct 18, 2010, 3:37 pm
#1722
Senior Moderator, Moderator: Community Buzz and Ambassador: Miles & More (Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, and other partners)
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: 150km from MAN
Programs: LH SEN** HH Diamond
Posts: 29,517
SMD2 seatmaps
Thank you to everybody who has sent me their seat assignments on SMD2 flights. For the benefit of those of you who might not have seen my original post, I am creating seatmaps for the following SMD2 flights. I have added a couple more since my previous post.
LH405 JFK-FRA 01 NOV
LX15 JFK-ZRH 01 NOV (new)
LH440 FRA-IAH 03 NOV
CO47 FRA-IAH 03 NOV
CO1905 IAH-PHX-PAE 05 NOV (to follow)
LH491 SEA-FRA 07 NOV (new)
Please PM your seat assignments for any of the TATL flights to me so I can add them to the seatmaps. It will make it easier for me to ensure I don't miss anybody if you send your information by PM rather than post it here and clutter this thread.
Participation is entirely voluntary. But what's the point in coming to SMD2 and staying anonymous?
LH405 JFK-FRA 01 NOV
LX15 JFK-ZRH 01 NOV (new)
LH440 FRA-IAH 03 NOV
CO47 FRA-IAH 03 NOV
CO1905 IAH-PHX-PAE 05 NOV (to follow)
LH491 SEA-FRA 07 NOV (new)
Please PM your seat assignments for any of the TATL flights to me so I can add them to the seatmaps. It will make it easier for me to ensure I don't miss anybody if you send your information by PM rather than post it here and clutter this thread.
Participation is entirely voluntary. But what's the point in coming to SMD2 and staying anonymous?
Last edited by NewbieRunner; Oct 18, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Oct 18, 2010, 3:38 pm
#1723
Senior Moderator, Moderator: Community Buzz and Ambassador: Miles & More (Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, and other partners)
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: 150km from MAN
Programs: LH SEN** HH Diamond
Posts: 29,517
LX15 JFK-ZRH 01 Nov 2010 seatmap
Please PM your seat assignment to be added on the map. 
Code:
A B D G K +-----------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | 4 | | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | 5 | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | 6 | | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | 7 | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | 8 | | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | hughw | | xxxxxx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | 9 | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | Pat+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | 10 | | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | 11 | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | 12 | | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | 14 | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+
Last edited by NewbieRunner; Oct 31, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Oct 18, 2010, 3:39 pm
#1724
Senior Moderator, Moderator: Community Buzz and Ambassador: Miles & More (Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, and other partners)
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: 150km from MAN
Programs: LH SEN** HH Diamond
Posts: 29,517
LH491 SEA-FRA 07 Nov 2010 seatmap
Please PM your seat assignment to be added on the map.
Code:
A D G K
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1 | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx |
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2 | mtresc | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | Newbie |
| | | | | | Runner |
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A C D G H K
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3 | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx |
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4 | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx |
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10 | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | Cuba | Venio | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx |
| | | | Libre | | | | |
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11 | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx |
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12 | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx |
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14 | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | | xxxxxx | xxxxxx |
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Last edited by NewbieRunner; Oct 25, 2010 at 6:10 am
Oct 18, 2010, 3:45 pm
#1725
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Long Island, NY
Programs: CoFounder and Chairman, FFOCUS (Frequent Flyers Organized and concerned about Unacceptable Service.
Posts: 1,341
Thanks Tommy, I will bring a bodyguard
I should be all paid up, and am trying to get some friends to come along.
It will be interesting to say the least.
For my history with Doug, please see your PM's.
I should be all paid up, and am trying to get some friends to come along.
It will be interesting to say the least.
For my history with Doug, please see your PM's.