Hey I'm new
 

Hi there,

I live in San Francisco. Luckily, I grew up as the son of a family travel writer, so I got to go on a bunch of really fun family trips as a kid. I miss traveling!

My last two big trips were both several years ago, Thailand and London/Paris. I'm now looking to save up miles and vacation days to visit friends in New York, Singapore and London/Paris by the end of the year.

I'm totally new to travel hacking and have a Virgin America Elevate card. I love Virgin America's flights, but the interest rate is kind of ridiculous and I'm just shy of 19k miles.

Since I'm so close to SFO, I'm thinking of applying for a United Airlines credit or debit card. I know these cards get deals every once in a while -- I'm kicking myself for not getting the 100k British Airways card. I'm wondering if now's the right time to get a United card, and if credit or debit is the best way to go.

If you have any tips for SFO for international or domestic travel, please feel free to message me! I rarely travel for work, so if you have any tips for racking up miles, ping me.

-Matt

new here
 

hello everyone,

My name is Jikan A. I'm a novice priest in the Tendai tradition of Buddhism. This means I need to travel a lot for training and teaching (and to get away from both of those sometimes...). It also means I need to find creative ways to economize and get from A to B without much trouble or expense.

I'm here to learn how to do a better job of that, and to meet some nice people too.

Hi Everyone
 

My name is Danial, I'm new to the forum,I'm thinking of Travailing next year and would like to make friends and get some good advice before travel world.

hi
 

You may want to post in the beginners forum. You are kinda off topic here. Welcome though.

Make sure to get miles for all your trips...I didn't do that when I traveled for awhile.

Why is your name spelled wrong?

Moving to CB Forum. Welcome to FT!!

Hi all I just joined,

As for me I'm a college student on the East Coast of the US who likes to travel.

Greetings!

I just joined. I've been using this website as a resource and decided I might as well join the community.

I fly a fair amount for work.

And i have pretty bad luck with hotel rooms. Or maybe i'm just too picky.

either way...

Hi!

Dave

hello my names Hunted :) I found this forum looking for any kind of travel community, to find any good advices about vacation travel for my family. I think this place is just what I was looking for ... thank you :)

Hi,

I live in NYC and interested in becoming an FBI agent. Any info on this is greatly appreciated!

GG

Hello, I'm new here and thought I'd say Hi.
I love to travel to China and do about 3 times a year to see my Lao Po.
I also travel a lot here in the U.S. for work.
My name is Mike, and it's nice to meet you all.

Hi All.

Newbie here and other info below:
Age: 27 y/o, single and female
Job: SEO Specialist
Country of Origin: Philippines
Nationality: Filipina

Just ask me if you wanna know anything about me or my country. :)

Where have you been all my life?
 

I Feel like I've found my way home and will sleep well tonight knowing that I have thousands of like-minded "imaginary" travel friends watching over fares, upgrades and policy changes in this wondeful, crazy world of travel we dare not live without....

It's my mother's doing, really...winning 2 separate 5* African safari vacations when I was young. At 12 years old, multi-course rooftop dining in Brussels and the walk-in sunken bathtubs at the Mt. Kenya Safari Club made a lasting impression on one from a family spiritually rich but financially,shall we say, limited.

And so it began, the tireless hunt for luxury and value miles and memories. My old passports are some of my most cherished possession and this truly my passion. Thank you for welcoming me "home"...

Hi everyone. My name is Vicki. I've been lurking for a long time but never posted. I always feel that I sound silly. I probably should work on that. Anyway, I live in Woodbury, MN, a Twin Cities suburb and work as a legal secretary in a Minneapolis law firm. I travel when I can afford it and really appreciate the information here about ways to earn miles. My favorite trip is my annual trip to Honolulu. I really like it there and it calls me back each year. There's something about Hawaii that does that. Otherwise, I travel to visit my daughter who lives in China near Hong Kong and have made several trips to Europe. Being a baby boomer, I'm saving frantically for retirement (both dollars to live on and miles), so traveling is just a treat now. All the more reason to enjoy vicariously the experiences I read about here. Thank you all.

Hello everyone. I thought I would just post in this thread to get my first post out of the way! :p

Hi everyone! My name is Heidi and I live in SLC. I travel for work about 3 months out of the year, other than that I LOVE to travel for fun. Last year I've been to S. Africa, Hong Kong, Thailand and many random states in between..
I have been a mile junkie for a while now, but never knew how to do it well - until I found this site! I am so glad there are people like me out there (all of my friends think I am insane - especially when I tried to tell them about the DHG(Th) thread).. Other newbies, if you have hours to kill at work.. check this out.
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