San Diego
 

Just found this site after it was mentioned in the WSJ article today about people buying $1 coins and turning them in and grabbing the miles.

Thought it was a very interesting way to play the system. The airlines are always taking away, so we as consumers have to play the games ourselves to make travel more friendly for us.

I'm also a traveler who's interested in making as many trips as possible.

Now that we are upon winter I'm looking at ski trips and heading to the Vancouver Olympics in February.

Any feedback on how to get the most out of this board would be appreciated.

Thank you.

Welcome to Flyertalk chicken_and_waffles and limojjj!

Welcome to FT!

A good way to start is reading the sticky threads on top of each forum that fits your interests, let it be airline forums, rental car, or credit cards forums.

Also read the threads in the first 2 pages in each forum. Usually a "hot" topic/deal will attract many posts quickly and stays visible at forum's frontpage.

FTers use tons of "code" words, which may lose any newbie in any minute. :D For that reason, don't hesitate using FT Help Menu (@ your upper right screen on top of each page). Study Glossary if you must.

Enjoy FT!

Hi All!

Allison from Pittsburgh. I've been lurking around on the site for a few months now, figure it's time I start engaging :)

I'm a consultant for a software/services company - my weekly routes are on DL, currently PIT-ATL, previously was on PIT-DTW for a year; though I enjoy personal travel to DEN, BOS, JFK, BWI and PHL (not as much personal travel as we all wish for, though). My last fantastic journey away from work was CDG, Brussels & Amsterdam for 10 days. Booked for Lima, Peru on LAN in May 2010!!

Seems like some great folks on here who are super knowledgeable on the industry - education on the inner workings of the travel industry is something I am interested in on the side, and it also makes the hours in the tube go by much faster when you have friends at the gate and counter!! Cheers :)

Hi Everyone....
 

Hello Everyone, i'm summer rose from US. So glad to be part of this community and hoping to met new friends. Adventurous, loves to travel and learn new things.

welcome!
 

welcome to FT summerose!

Hello Flyertalk Members!
 

Hello,
I am new member of this forum and I hope all of you will help me in evry problems.

With Regards,
mick

Welcome on FT, mick1804 ^

Who am I?
 

Well, after standing on the sidelines of this forum for a while, I decided to finally post something and this thread provides the perfect opportunity. I'm married and live just north of Cincinnati. Just us and two demanding pets.

I've worked in the hotel industry for close to 20 years - but will remain mum on the name of my employer. My current role exposes me to the vagaries of every domestic airline, rental car company, and hotel company in the U.S. As such, I travel every week to 3/4/5 cities. It's never dull.

Looking forward to making e-friends and sharing some thoughts about this crazy travelife. My father suggested I should write articles under the headline: "Everyone is Entitled to my Opinion".

FT pointers would be welcome. Safe travels, all!

new here
 

stumbled upon this website as I was looking up fear of flying support. I have a massive fear of flying but am a frequent traveler. I live in Israel, spend a lot of year back and forth between here and my home state of California. Its a very long flight. I have recently added a baby to the mix, so it only gets more interesting.

I have already started to look at some of the posts and i love it! looking forward to more...

It's not my first post, but I haven't introduced myself, so ...
I found Flyertalk through a Google search on best travel luggage, back in May. I was headed to South Africa, my first international trip, and needed a big suitcase. The advice here led me to a Briggs&Riley.

I lurked for a few months, learning about the ropes. Eventually, over Thanksgiving I felt I had some knowledge and jumped in. Since I don't travel much, I'm looking for the deals. Between the BA Visa and US cheap miles, I will have over 500K miles, enough for several years worth of trips. Now, I just need to plan them :)

I live in Louisville. Now, I'm an assistant professor of statistics. Before that, I was a grad student. Before that, a consultant - not much flying, but lots of hotel stays.

Hello FTers

After almost one year of reading decided to say hello here :)

Name:
Greg

Location:
WAW

Occupation:
Lawyer

Usually flying with:
LO, LH and LX

Hobby:
Travelling around (Europe, South Asia and US mostly) usually just for pure pleasure of flying plus some business sometimes of course.

Additional info:
Almost PPL(A) licence owner

My name is Paul. 45 years old, married with three young daughters. Co-owner of a skin care/infection control manufacturing company, and call on our distributors across the country. Almost all domestic travel, though a good chance of heading to China in 2010. When UA came out with E+ seats, I was all over it - I'm a bit tall (6'6") and the leg room won me over. I've had an overall positive experience with UA (a few exceptions) and made 1K for the first time today. Love, love, love to travel with the exception of being away from my family. I also deeply appreciate the massive information available in this forum. Good people with (so far) very few condescending posts or comments.

welcome to flyertalk, gregorious and pauliboy :)

Just joined. Started doing sales consulting for a tech firm in late '08 and my miles/points/status was all over the place and a complete mess. Completely squandered most of 2009 as far as that goes, so here I am trying to prepare myself for 2010. In NYC and planning accordingly (never straying away from EWR/CO ever again!).

That, and I love flying, planes, airports, hotels and generally just traveling anywhere. "Moving is living," right?

Hope to learn here and hopefully (sooner than later) give back as well.