grenouille: please feel free to watch this board for the complete schedule for the NYC get together.

It's a free form, nothing in stone event except for the dinner.

hope to me you then or sometime in the near future!

I have been posting messages on the board for a few months so I thought it is about time to introduce myself...
I am 26 years old currently living in the States. I grew up in Hong Kong but had my education in England so I traveled at least 50,000 miles a year between Hong Kong and England and other vacation places for the 11 years I was studying in England.
I then moved to the States to work for an IT consulting company and surprise, the work requires a lot travel! For the last two years I have been on international assignment and racked up a lot of miles. Last year was my record with over 210,000 actual miles. My favourite program / airline is BA for its household program, and its 1st class beds!!! I have been a BA Gold and United Prem Exec for the last three years. I am now working back in the States this year and will be flying mostly United since it is my company's preferred carrier and maybe I can make 1K!

I'm a new member here, and shadow suggested posting a bio -- here goes!

I'm a management consultant in healthcare who lives in the Boston area. Most (oops -- actually ALL) of my clients are several hundred/thousand miles away, so my frequent flyerness went from moderate to mega about 8 weeks ago, which made me interested in these forums and this site.

Otherwise, my wife and I have four kids (twin boy/girl [10], two other daughters [4,6]) and two dogs (meatheads). While I love what I do and how I do it, leaving home is the hardest thing -- but my wife has become an expert at making the kids think that dad really comes home every night (I tried telling them the truth about my travel about a year ago, and the result was worse than the last act of Carmen, so we let them believe I come back late every day, and leave early every morning).

Anyhow, really enjoy the thoughts and comments here!

WOW Bear! Another news (or former) news hound! It's nice to have the fourth estate represented well here.

Ok folks, I created a WHO WE ALL ARE 5 so let's move over there

Who We All are 5...please add to this one.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum95/HTML/000236.html

Hello. I live in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and have been flying -mostly Northwest- between 120,000 and 200,000 miles a year for the last twelve years. Until I retired last year I was director of Domestic Disaster Response for the Lutheran Church... so accomodations ranged from Marriotts (where I am a platinum member) to four-walls-no-roof. I am about to finish my twelfth and final year as a Northwest gold/platinum... February will take me back to silver. I am enjoying being home and working in the garden... and enjoying travelling now to places that are fun ( like Germany last month for the Christmas markets and good beer). I enjoy reading "Flyer Talk", and wish the accumulated wisdom had been around when I really needed it ! I went to a "travel seminar" once, which was supposed to teach us how to travel better for less. It did help some... it was the first I ever heard of back to backs, when that was still an unfamiliar practice. But I think some of you should be running the seminar. Keep up the good work, and good luck in your travels.

Hello. I live in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and have been flying -mostly Northwest- between 120,000 and 200,000 miles a year for the last twelve years. Until I retired last year I was director of Domestic Disaster Response for the Lutheran Church... so accomodations ranged from Marriotts (where I am a platinum member) to four-walls-no-roof. I am about to finish my twelfth and final year as a Northwest gold/platinum... February will take me back to silver. I am enjoying being home and working in the garden... and enjoying travelling now to places that are fun ( like Germany last month for the Christmas markets and good beer). I enjoy reading "Flyer Talk", and wish the accumulated wisdom had been around when I really needed it ! I went to a "travel seminar" once, which was supposed to teach us how to travel better for less. It did help some... it was the first I ever heard of back to backs, when that was still an unfamiliar practice. But I think some of you should be running the seminar. Keep up the good work, and good luck in your travels.

Hello. I live in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and have been flying -mostly Northwest- between 120,000 and 200,000 miles a year for the last twelve years. Until I retired last year I was director of Domestic Disaster Response for the Lutheran Church... so accomodations ranged from Marriotts (where I am a platinum member) to four-walls-no-roof. I am about to finish my twelfth and final year as a Northwest gold/platinum... February will take me back to silver. I am enjoying being home and working in the garden... and enjoying travelling now to places that are fun ( like Germany last month for the Christmas markets and good beer). I enjoy reading "Flyer Talk", and wish the accumulated wisdom had been around when I really needed it ! I went to a "travel seminar" once, which was supposed to teach us how to travel better for less. It did help some... it was the first I ever heard of back to backs, when that was still an unfamiliar practice. But I think some of you should be running the seminar. Keep up the good work, and good luck in your travels.

Not having DSL anymore (with a connection of at least 500Kbps), I am now working out of Seattle during the week and only have dialup. It's pretty sad. So I only go to certain areas on FT, and missed these threads. Does anyone really care who I am this late in the game?

Of course we do, jeffrey... http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Bringing this forward ... seems like there are lots of new folks here these days. Welcome, all, and let us know a little about you.

[This message has been edited by dgolds (edited 02-14-2000).]

Thanks for the BF, dgolds, or I never would have noticed this.

I'm one of those new folks, arriving when the Globe and Mail (Toronto's National Newspaper) had an article about FT.

I'm 32 and live in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. I travel a little for work (I'm a computer technical support specialist), where we're not allowed to collect frequent flyer points, not even to donate to charity. I travel a LOT for my union, which does allow me to collect points, seeing as how they don't pay me for evening or weekend work. So I travel between YYG and Ottawa up to three times a month, with other trips to Toronto, Montreal, Moncton, Halifax, St. John's, Fredericton, Saint John, Quebec City, and Kingston on occasion.

I never actually joined a frequent flyer program; a friend who worked for Canadian got annoyed with me and signed me up without my knowledge back when I was a student and flying standby all the time. Since then I've used points to travel all over Canada and the United States, as well as sending tickets to friends and family. Trips planned for this year include San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, and possibly the Netherlands.

As yet another new person to the Board, I'd like to introduce myself. I am a 29 year old social studies teacher in Willoughby, OH, a suburb on the eastside of Cleveland. I've just returned to Ohio after recently spending almost four years in Budapest, Hungary (two years as an English teacher in the Budapest public schools and two years working for a British venture capital firm). I loved life in Central Europe! It was a wonderful time to be there with all the recent changes. While living in Hungary, I accumulated the bulk of my miles, primarily flying Delta and BA, but also flying KLM/NW. Unfortunately, I never made it to any frequent flyer levels. Always a bit short. Most of my internal travel in Europe was via train. Since my return to OH two years ago, I've gone back to Hungary three times and have another trip planned for this summer. If anyone would ever like some info on Budapest, or Hungary in general, I'd be glad to help.

Thanks to a friend, E, I found out about FT. Even though I haven't posted much, I'm always interested in reading the latest. Randy, you've got a great operation!

Guess it is about time I properly introduced myself...

On Friday I will turn 33. I live in CMH, where I was born and raised. Currently I am a sales manager for a large copier/printer manufacturer. When I am not working I like to travel, preferably to a place where the fish are easy to catch and the beer flows freely. A unique hobby of mine is entering sweepstakes. In the past 3 or so years I have won a ton of stuff -- mostly minor prizes but a few big ones too!

My travel history only runs back about 5 years. I started out flying about 4 times a year to different cities on business. Each year the business travel seems to have increased. This year I already have 35 segments in the bag, with another 50 scheduled by March 20. Most of my flights are less than 500 miles, so I LOVE the fact that the airlines recognize segments as qualifiers for elite status.

My carrier of choice is Delta. I also belong to the FF programs of United, TWA, America West, Continental, and US Airways. Something new to me this year has been my qualification for SM status on Delta. I LOVE it! I have read many of the stories about elite flying on FlyerTalk with interest and even a twinge of jealousy -- and now I actually get to live it! At the rate I'm going I will be PM by April -- a feat of which I will be quite proud...

A common trait I may share with many of you is that I truely ENJOY flying. I like everything about it -- from check-in to baggage claim (unless my baggage is lost...) To me flying is an adventure. Not everyone gets to do it -- and even fewer get to do it on a regular basis. I have met some super people during my travels, and have also had some experiences of a lifetime. On many flights I entertain myself by just looking out the window at this big, beautiful world we live in. For some reason the sight never grows old.

I have never been out of the US, so one of my goals this year or next is to fly somewhere overseas. London or Dublin seem like good first bets to me. I have no doubt that when I finally get to go my trip will be smooth sailing due to all of the tips and tricks I have learned from my fellow FlyerTalkers!

Looking forward to eventually meeting many of you!

Brian

My turn.

I am 35, as you can tell by my UserName I live in Southern California. I am working for a Great Plains VAR (accounting software). We have shown Great Plains that we can handle large National & International accounts, so that means I get to travel. I didn't travel much before last year (a flight or two every few years), then the floodgates opened. I flew over 40 segments & will probably do the same this year. I am married with 2 beautiful children. When I travel I hit as many brewpubs as I can. For fun we are involved in a Living History group reenacting the 1800 fur trapper days. My Job is high tech but my relaxation is no tech.

PerrySSocal

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