Welcome to FlyerTalk!

Enjoy the increased points and miles!:-:

Well, I just posted in the New Member Roll Call thread before I saw this one. I'm not a new member - joined in 2008 - but haven't been active in far too long. Glad to be diving back into the FT pool. I've missed the events, the do's, the learning, the traveling and most of all, the community.

I'm based in PHX but planning to relocate to SYD in the new year. That gives me the opportunity to take whatever little bits and pieces of info I've learned from FT over the years and apply them to a whole new situation. That will be an adventure and I'm looking forward to it.

ALIEF

wow, that's a move, how exciting !

Wishing you the best!

Hey!

I hope that I am posting this in the right place. My name is James and I've done a lot of travelling over the years and I quite often find myself on this forum from search results when looking things up about flying or going away somewhere, so alas I decided to join the community!

I look forward to chatting with you all!

Thanks
James

Hello James & welcome.

hi. i havent flown on a plane since i was 8... but I will someday.

In response to your comment about more user info, my name is Max_danger, and I spent 225-250 days a year on the road. Previously lived in Tokyo for a long time, before moving back to the States when my daughters headed to high school. Despite my US base, I am responsible for all of our business activities throughout Asia. As a result, I spend a lot of time moving between, Japan, Korea, China, HKG, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan and India. I have been adhering to this life for 24 years. While it often sucks not being closer to home, if I do not like it I had better find a new career fast! At the same time, I have had to the chance to see a lot of the world, from Ushuaia, Argentina, to Thule Greenland, to Vladivostok Russia, to Pau, France to Rio Branco, Brazil and everything in between. The biggest challenge is to find interesting, exciting and practical ways to make weekends enjoyable memorable while visiting the same cities on a regular basis, and while also going to new cities. The new cities are easy. Going shopping is boring. One thing has been to take up distance running and tennis. One, it is a great way to stay in shape, an interesting way to see a city, something to plan, and a way to meet interesting people. Second, they do not require a lot of gear. For the running, I plan my hotels to be near parks and good areas for running (safe), and at the same always looking for new areas in the same cities. There is a whole nother world in most cities early in the morning (try Lumphini Park in Bangkok). Tennis has also been great. When I am in a city for a weekend, I try to book a hotel that has a tennis court or access to a tennis court. Then I call the athletic desk and ask for a hitting lesson with the pro or if they have a member that wants to play (most hotels have private club attached to their athletic facilities). This has provided regular games, and a great way to meet interesting people in a city.

My name is Lane Thomas, i am sixty two, married and have nine grand children. I normally fly two or three times a year to catch a cruise ship. I am currently planning a trip to London to attend a convention and since I have never been there before I will take a vacation.

Hello! I'm almost childishly excited to join FT. Hesitant for a while but today I jumped in with confidence!

I'm a husband, father of 2, live in NYC and travel frequently for work (bank). I'm just beginning to truly understand the power of miles and the neat ways to maximize how much I can earn for things I do anyway (fly, shop, etc.)

I'm in serious awe of some of the more experienced posters' knowledge and am psyched to up my 'game'. Hopefully I can share a few valuable nuggets here and there as well.

I joined a while back but am finally getting into the fun and games of it all. Made it to Madrid and Montreal this year, Puerto Rico and Budapest on the books for next year!

hello~ Actually I posted in the intros over at miles & points but seems that this one is more "well known" I'll repost it here instead~

I guess I'm probably one of the younger(est?) members on the site at 15, but I've actually been reading flyertalk since I was 12... lol. My name is Evan, I'm from Singapore, and I fly much less than most people here. In fact I fly so little I only just manage to retain my frequent flyer membership. Most of this is due to the fact that I'm obviously 15 and I don't have enough money to go flying about any time I want and I have massive school commitments (study, council) that prevent me from doing so... and I also have a very spoilt 6 year old sis who complains wherever she goes and in doing so spoils the entire trip.

I fly very little so I always try to treasure every moment of flight and am a big fan of collecting airline menus. I planespot frequently at my home airport (SIN) but do go to Seletar occasionally to see more "interesting" aviation. However as I grow older and earn my own cash (hopefully) I do hope to fly and travel more without the hassle of bringing a ridiculous number of overweight baggage along as my family always do when we get on a plane. Actually I used to be a nervous flyer but as an aviation enthusiast now I understand everything around me so it's much better but turbulence still makes me nervous and paranoid.

As for FF miles... lol... I'm happy that I can retain my membership. That's all. I do enjoy reading about them though (good preparation when family decides I am finally old enough to travel alone) and fantasising about having a whole wallet of gold cards.

Favourite airline... CX. I do not like SQ, I have bad memories with them when I was young, and feel that CX service is more "real" (SQ FAs look, and act, like robots).

I think that's all now haha it's great to be part of this community (:

Exited to exchange travel tips and hear from my fellow travelers. I am frugal and extravagant at the same time, so any and all kind of travel is appealing to me. I am a nurse in Henderson Nevada (just outside of Vegas), and love to cook, hike, swim and experience a good nights sleep.

Welcome to FT. I was hoping to visit the airfield at Henderson in October when I was in town for the NBAA convention (business aviation) -- they used Henderson for the static displays. There were some pretty cool planes there from the photos I saw (737 BBJ, A319CJ, G650, Globals, Embraers, etc.).

-J.

Welcome everyone!

Hello Folk,

I get this community on google.com searching. I am newbie here and I hope i will be get more knowledge here.