Welcome to FT LuvAirFrance :)

I've taken the liberty of merging your thread into the introduction thread identifed by marbe166.

Hope you enjoy your time of FT

Jenbel
Co-moderator, Communitybuzz!

Hello As Well
 

I fly a fair amount, 2 - 3 times a month. Always found good info and tips.

Hello FT!

I've been lurking on the forums for 1-2 years now, mostly out of laziness of creating an account. I've now become the family go-to guy for all-things-travel because of it, so I guess I'll follow my greetings up with a big 'thank you' :D

A bit about myself... I currently live in Cairo, Egypt (studying) and in the Chicago-land area (also studying, sometimes living), and soon replacing that with Seattle, WA (working). Slightly complicated... I know.

As for travel, because of my Trans Atlantic flights, I'm mostly on BA. And because of that, I usually stick to AA for domestic flights (MD80... woo). And for hotels, I'm between Hilton and Starwood.

Looking forward to getting to know a lot of you FTers, esp those who frequent CAI-LHR-ORD or ORD-SEA.


-AQ

Hello!
 

Hello FT people!

I am a casual traveler in NJ who will probably also do more business travel in the coming year. I found FT earlier in the year when I decided to redeem Delta miles for the first time and have since learned a lot reading the forums. It helped me recently decide to move from Delta to Continental as my carrier of choice.

Thank you for all the great advice!! I find myself visiting the forums more and more frequently so I wanted to finally say hello. My wife thinks this is all very funny :D

Sorry if I babble too much about my life. Reflecting on it, I have an interesting life
with the travel and the cats and my work and interests and my many friends like all of you on FlyerTalk. And I like to share my adventures with someone who will listen!kunty

New here SKIEL from MSP
 

Hello-

Just wanted to say a quick hello and "Thanks" to all the members.

I've been a lurker since about May and have learned a lot from all of you. I have been traveling for 15+ years seeing the Midwest USA via the windshield of my car. The last 2 years I have taken to the air. I never "bothered" to get involved with all these "point programs". Oh what a fool I was. Thanks for showing me the light.

I'm now Diamond at Hyatt (120 day challenge) but would of gotten there organically anyway. Still trying to decide if I do points or FFN. I seem to be able to average 5 to 7 nights per month at Hyatt. Any comments on the workings of the Hyatt program is appreciated. I'm concentrating on them now.

I'm one stay away from Plat at PC staying there 3 or 4 nights per month when I cant find a Hyatt. I will have my 3rd RR flight from WN at the end of the week.

I have all of you to thank for the rewards I have gotten from the information you have passed on.

I have a Wonderful wife, 3 kids and 2 dogs that appreciate me coming home and mowing the yard or shoveling the driveway. They will also like the airline and hotel rewards I'm banking we we can all take a free trip.

- Steven

I'm one of those long time readers on FT that just recently started posting.

I've been involved in the travel industry for 33 years now, wound up at a rental car counter by age 18 while working my way through school, moved into corporate travel as a TA, did a stint in the PR end of it, spent the middle years of my career as the owner of a storefront travel agency and travel products retail store.

Now I work in corporate travel management, handle the troop movements for several companies that do business in all corners of the globe and service a small luxury leisure client list.

FlyerTalk has been very helpful as a resource in evaluating the topics of concern for the road warriors that I serve, including assisting in the management of their frequent travel and customer loyalty programs.

But mostly I've always been an airline nut, live and breath the industry, tend to hang with airline and travel agent employees/owners of the same ilk, or those that live a good chunk of their lives on the road.

Air travel. Love it or hate it, it can be a magnificent obsession. :)

Name: Jeremy
City of primary residence: NY
Places I frequent: Colombia, Vermont, Asia, Russia and Eastern Europe.
Reason for joining...I realized that I should pay more attention to the miles I am earning.

Free Tix redeemed: JFK-DPS (Bali, Indonesia)
LGA-AMS, BUD, and PRG.

Goal--Elite AA status. I am 5 K off now.
I need to have a status match to Delta...so I can enjoy some of the benefits on my +/- monthly trip to BOG.

:)

Hi All!

I've been a casual lurker here for about a year and can easily get sucked in for a few hours of reading at a time, so I figured I should get around to registering. ;)

I fly AA pretty exclusively, 3-4 times a year, although I do have some miles w/BA (taking advantage of their non-stop flight options.) I was lucky enough to be Gold w/AA last year, but just didn't fly enough to keep it up. *sniff*

Looking forward to all the good advice posted here. Thanks!

-Kath

Welcome to FT !

AF has definitely the classiest crew IMO. Their uniform plays a lot.

Hi from Norway!
 

I found this thread today, so thought I would write a little bit about myself.

I am from Norway, a very small country in the very north. And no, we don't have ice-bears in the streets...:) I am 36 years, married and we have a son at 14,5.

I am self-employed in the beauty-industry and travel a lot to shows and competitions all over the world. My husband also travels a lot with his work and since I am self-employed I sometimes have the opportunity to travel with him. My favorite places are Tokyo, London and Barcelona. However, I have not been to New-York yet...:-D

As a part-time job I am working at a travel-agency once a month. I do it mainly to keep in touch with the travel-industry (and to get some good offers...:-)).

I am not very much into miles and points, but after my next trip I will be an Elite-Gold with Flying Blue. I also payed my Ambassador membership after reading about it here. Unfortunately, since self-employed, nobody pay for my hotels, so can't afford the most expensive, but LOVE to stay at GOOD hotels (when I can get them for a bargain.... quite sad, but true... :-)).

I love this site and am glad to see that I am not the only "travel-nuts"...:-D


xxx.

Newbie
 

Hello everyone!, I'm new here and Great and useful forum. I hope to learn a lot with you!

greetings!

Welcome to FlyerTalk! ^

Welcome to FlyerTalk suprafoliaceous! I am sure you will find your time here well spent. Feel free to ask questions and make generous use of the search feature. Be aware that you may find a prude or two amongst the many members but most of are harmless (while sleeping) ;)

Likewise, welcome to Flyertalk.