Bill: Welcome. You write that book someday. I would most definitely read it.

Hi folks
I'm 54 years old and live in Reno Nevada and have worked for the Legislature for the last 27 years. I've been a travel junkie all my life, spent my early years traveling the US-seen all 50 at least twice. Now my goal is to see every county, been to 63 so far. My job lets me earn a lot of comp time when the Legislature meets, I'm of the few who wants time off rather than be paid. Have been lucky enougth to take 2 or 3 months off a year for travel, realy like the out of the way places, that have not been discovered by the masses. Have reached the 1k level the last four years flying mainly UAL. Buy nothing but the cheap tickets, but end up flying business class 90% of the time because of the upgrades and other goodies one gets by flying with one airline.
Take a lot off weekend trips to South America, Europe, and Asia using United's
E fares. Have fallen in love with South East Asia, and plan on retiring their once I finish my 30 year job sentence. Will still be able to travel cheaply because of the great bucket shops in SEA. My motto is memories are what count, never want to be in the position to wonder what if, just do it. Life is good, travel is great. Happy flying

Derek Webster: Your program will run (and run and run and run and run and run.....)

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With so many Flyertalkers, we should start a 365 day calendar of us for 2001. (each day for a Flyertalker's birthday or special day.)

I MUST GET DECEMBER 31!!!!

Or: a calender of the cats and I guess other animals of the FLyertalkers.

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Gee, I never got around to posting one of these. For those who are interested, I'll keep it brief...

I'm 39 years old and live in the Seattle area, where I'm a creative director for a Web technology firm. My job is basically to come up with interesting and strategically useful ways to apply interactive tools. My biggest recent project was the design of an interactive VIP visitors-center environment for a telecom firm in the New York/New Jersey area, hence numerous SEA-EWR runs and Gold status on Continental.

I'm married with one son, aged five, who in my care has become a well-behaved veteran flyer. He can conceive of no higher excitement than a transatlantic overnight run in a British Airways Economy window seat. I, of course, have him beat: I can conceive of First. Give him a few years.

My first flight was on a QANTAS 707 from Idlewild to London Heathrow; I was not quite two years old. Since then I have logged about one million miles, averaging 80-100k per annum at present.

My most memorable flight came thanks to my prior life as a producer for a network TV news division, before this interactive stuff made life more interesting. I was travelling around Europe "with President Bush" -- more accurately, aboard the White House Press Charter, which was a clapped-out Pan Am 747-100 that followed Air Force One everywhere. No rules aboard the press charter: nobody really buckled up for takeoff or landing, food and drink flew everywhere, and one of the big sports was for two people to skate down the twin aisles during takeoff on seatback emergency cards in their stocking feet. They'd slam into the rear galleys at quite astonishing speed. Anyway, on one trip we shot an approach into Heathrow at dusk, flying west up the Thames toward the setting sun, and I stood between the pilot and first officer the whole way with ATC headphones on my head and a Pan Am glass full of Scotch in my hand. That was fun.

I have never been in a remotely dangerous situation on a commercial flight, I don't think, although I was on a CO 757 last year that was struck by lightning. I did walk away from a Cessna 152 wreck once. We landed in a mud field and totaled the plane, no harm done to us.

I've been signed up for FF programs since 1991 or so. Oh, the years that went by with me tossing the applications aside because "I'll never do anything with miles anyway"! That was before I knew Randy P.! Anyway, I have been elite with AA, NW and CO and now accumulate most of my miles on the OnePass, BA, and DL programs. My traffic patterns shift as I move from one client/geography to another... I like CO best in the States, but I don't know if I'll be able to keep my OnePass Elite tags now that the New Jersey job is over! I like the BA Exec Club USA because I can dump my domestic AA, AS, and HP miles in there, the FirstUSA Platinum Visa is a good product, and the Household Account feature is great -- we have relatives in England and the family vacation awards rack up more quickly that way.

I've never had significant trouble scoring award travel -- managed it on BA at the height of summer, on DL, QQ, AA, NW, UA... you name it. I don't know what the complaining is about. A wee bit of flexibility and there you are. I"m sending my wife off to SYD this spring in F on QF to see relations, courtesy OnePass. I haven't been on QF myself since toilet training, but I understand it's very nice!

My biggest business travel challenge is to remember that despite the mechanicals and the delays and the flaring tempers and the rotten food and the sheer exhaustion of it all, when the wings catch the air and the nose tilts up and the airport terminal gets smaller below you, dammit, it really is magic, even now, isn't it?

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Who we all are 5
 

I figured after 88 posts a new section was worth it for this OMNI AWARD WINNING FORUM.

We probably have enough to put together a book called "The Flyertalkers" with pixs, bios, quotable quotes but no earthshattering scandals. (After all, what scandal could happen on this little board! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif)

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif Good way to end this thread--over to who we all are 5:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum95/HTML/000236.html


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Here are the links to previous Who We All Are's so thankfully started by Baobab. Don't be shy now. Let us know who you are (even if you're not posting much).

In FlyerTalk Community:

Who We All Are 4:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum95/HTML/000196.html

Who We All Are 3: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum95/HTML/000052.html

In the Buzz:

Who We All Are 2: http://talk.flyertalk.com/forum/Foru.../001305-4.html

Who We All Are: http://talk.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/000469.html

I have been waiting for a very special occasion to talk a little about myself... So today is THE day!
I will soon be 40, am a French citizen and a Star Alliance addict, well not that much in fact. It depends on the fare.
I began flying 20 years ago, when I used to work on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. I also have been a FA for one month and I currently work both as a male nurse and a teacher.
What I like best is to travel worldwide, with two or three stays in the US/year.
I teach French as a foreign language, and would be glad to make a deal with airline companies in need of a special language training for their crew...
I can't bear Air France and their "do as little" policy both in flight and offices...
My next planned trips??? NYC in March, China, Chicago in May, Praha in November and maybe Buenos Aires one of these days...
Last (but not least): sorry about my English!
PS: this was my 30st post!!!! THE special occasion I've been waiting for!

felicitations (pour devenir officiellement MEMBRE).
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Thank you Rudi...

grenouille

Congratulations and welcome. I couldn't help but notice that you will be in NY in March and it just so happens that Catman is having a little planned weekend then. Perhaps you can make the Party in the Big Apple. Either way I hope to meet you soon.

Cheers Scott

grenouille.. a MEOWY welcome to Flyertalk and I hope you get a lot out of all of the advice and tips and fun we have here!

A flyertalk get together if you are unaware is a meeting of people who contribute to this board who talk miles, points, life, philsophy, favorite beers, places they have been. IT's like a giant family unit here.

If you are in New York City the weekend of March 17th to the 19th please consider yourself invited to my get together.

Here are the links:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum95/HTML/000008.html

and...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum95/HTML/000227.html

Hello everyone
I thank you all for your welcome, and your invitation to the flyingtalh get together...
I will certainly be in NYC around the 17th of March (I promised my old mum to show her the World, and to take her to NY once in her life...). If I happen to be there at that time, I will be very happy to see you, even for a few minutes (I will have to take care of Mum..., well, she is not that old in fact, but she speaks very little English and is not particularly interested in Miles. Shame on her!)
Anyway, if not in NYC, I will be in Chicago in May (13th to 18th, for the APA convention). In case we can't meet in NYC, I wish you a very happy meeting.
Could you please announce in advance where and when you will meet?
Have a nice day