Welcome to FT! I've merged this into our thread for introducing yourself to FT - hope you have a great time learning and sharing

Jenbel
Co-moderator, Communitybuzz!

I've been a member for several years, but only recently did I notice and think about posting here. The prompt for that was signing up for BooDooSix, (my first FT Do) and then deciding what the heck - sign up for the Star Alliance MegaDO too, "as long as I was in Europe anyway."

I'm a family doctor who used to be a heavy air traveler when I was a health insurance executive (boo-hiss from the US crowd, I know). Now that I am back in clinical medicine and loving it, I don't travel as much. But since my dad was a pilot and I've been in the air since very early infancy, "not as much" can still be quite a bit.

I have home bases in NC and WA, and at the moment I am enjoying working temporary jobs in different locations, currently in West Virginia for the last few months. In between temp assignments, I can indulge my travel lust!

I've learned a lot here on FT, and I am excited about getting more involved.

Kristin

Hi everybody, nice to meet ya!

Likewise, welcome to Flyertalk.

I am new guy too in Flyertalk and I like this place. There is many nice and helpful people :))

Hi!
 

After hours of lurking on FT per day, I decided to finally give in and try to get in on all of the action around here! I'm a 23 year old medical student, currently living in Cleveland, but lived all over the world when I was younger, which is where my love of travel must have started. I'm originally Iraqi, with family displaced all over the place. I first stumbled on this site when I hit Elite for AC Aeroplan and tried to figure out which benefits would work the best for me, and I've been hooked ever since. I'm definitely a Star Alliance flyer as I hate splitting my points between different programs, I'd rather have them consolidated in one place. Looking forward to learning as much as I can from all of the helpful people around here.

Scared to death of flying
 

I'm a former regular flyer.

Did lots of jetBlue between JFK and Tampa when my family moved to Florida after a company relocation.

After last year, I have not been on a plane, and now drive between Tampa and NYC.

New here!
 

Hi FT'ers. I'm Brett and have next to nil in the creativity department which is how I came up with my handle name. I was born in '84 which covers the latter part of the handle. I've been reading the forums here for a few weeks now but decided to join in on the conversation now.

My home base is BWI, which means by extension DCA, IAD, or even PHL. But living about 5 miles from BWI makes it the option of choice.

In the past I've only been a leisure traveler, flying once or twice a year to TPA and maybe one or two other flights to various locations. I've always wanted to travel the world but never got that 'aha' moment of how to do it until just a couple months ago. It started with being bumped from an economy flight to ATH and being re-routed to MUC via US Airways' Envoy class. The MUC flight left a few hours after the one to ATH so I was able to go enjoy the lounge in PHL while waiting. All in all I netted about 10,000 miles and thus began (begins) my adventure here.

Just wanted to introduce myself!

Greetings!
 

This my first experience so HELP!!! Tell me more and I'll jump right in!
Female and Black Atlanta based willing to travel, if you'll take me there!^

Hi FT! I'm based out of PIT, and mostly fly around for leisure. I'm originally from SIN, and fly there twice a year on average which is how I've earned *G.

I'm new...I come from Hong Kong. Although I am under 18, I once worked (still working indeed) for BA, so I have huge loyalty to BA! Love this place.

Hi folks!
 

Hello FlyerTalk forums! I came across these forums after stumbling upon a video called Frequent Flyer on Vimeo. It caught my attention and made me wonder if this is something I would be interested in. I love to fly, but have only ever really been up in the air 20 times maximum in my life. I don't even have a frequent flyer card yet, so clearly there is some work to be done on my end.

So clearly I need to start reading up on the subject, if anyone can point me in the right direction to some amazing getting started threads it would be much appreciated.

Cheers :D

Hello everyone
 

New to FT, just want to say hello!

Jiangsu, welcome to FlyerTalk!

We're moving this thread to our CommunityBuzz! Forum and merging it with our ongoing Who We All Are thread.

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Cholula
OMNI Co-Moderator

I am new to this, have flown all over but never maximized the points
 

I am a world traveler, but did not travel to accrue air flyer points. I wish I had married the desire to travel and the wisdom of being savvy with frequent flyer programs. I've got lots of travel on my horizon, can anyone please help me get started? I have only about 75,000 with Star Alliance, Aeroplan. What should I do next?

Thank you!
Meyton

Thought it was about time...
 

I think it's about time I posted in this thread. I've been meaning to for a while so here goes:

I'm currently 21 years old, my interest in FF programs probably began at around 18 and I joined FT last year and am now hooked. I currently study a Bachelor of Commerce at Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand. Majors are in accounting and management, with a minor in business law. My degree is 4 years and I have one more year left (2010) before getting a full time job. I have a very keen interest in the aviation industry so my dream job upon graduation would be a job in Qantas' 2011 corporate graduate stream. I spend my summer all over the place, with this one being in AKL. In addition to this I am a volunteer and casual paramedic and studying for a paramedicine qualification as one of many extra-curricular activites.

Obviously being a student I don't have too much spare income to spend on gaining miles and status, but needless to say I spend much more than I probably should :p.

I am currently a Gold Elite Partner with NZ (entitled to *G benefits on NZ only) and base on QF, EK and DJ. I am also enrolled in HHonours and Priority Club (I used to work for IHG) and Hertz #1 Gold for good measure. Essentially my travel goal is to complete my first RTW in J, but that obviously requires a job and some income...

Hello everyone! I've enjoyed this board for several months now, but I've just now decided to join. As my username suggests, I'm from Tennessee. I guess my love of travel started with trips with my grandparents and parents growing up. Now that I'm an adult, I want that love to keep growing. My current working-class income makes that more challenging, so I'm glad I found this forum!

mr tom
 

my name is tom Clarke from USA ...i reside in California...

I've got to stop lurking sometime
 

Hello, I'm Jacob and I'm an alcoholic, uh I mean frequent flyer. I've been lurking around here for a while and figured it was about time I actually signed up so here I am.

I'm 26 years old, from Brooklyn, NY but currently living in Washington, DC. My nearest airport is DCA but I actually fly out of IAD more frequently usually on United.

Welcome to Flyertalk Jacob! Sounds like you're a drinking man with a frequent flyer problem ;). You'll fit in great here.

Hello!
 

Hello all

I've lurked on here for ages but am saying "hi" now I finally joined. I've only started flying a lot on business in the past year and mainly fly BA but with some BM and *A (CO) too.

I've found this forum to be very useful in answering some of my questions, if I have any of my own I'll ask here :)

Regards

HappyInTheAir

Hello all -

I have recently found this website and look forward to killing hours and hours of work time figuring out where to travel next!

I currently fly about 60k-70k miles annually, most of which is for work, and am enrolled in Alaska Airlines (MVP Gold), Hilton Honors (Gold) and Hertz (Gold). I live an work just outside of Seattle, WA and Alaska has given me the flexibility to travel on a lot of airlines to acrue points but this is still all pretty new to me.

I look forward to chatting with you and figuring out better ways to travel and utilize my rewards!

Cheers!

Okay I've been posting on here on-and-off for around three years, so I guess I should introduce myself. :)

Hi, my name is Clint, I live in Tucson, AZ and I'm 25 years old. I am the senior partner of a professional firm, and also working on my Master's in Physiology at the University of Arizona. My travel is mostly for leisure, but some for business; I would call it one of my major hobbies. It helps that I have friends and family scattered throughout the US, and also a few in Europe and Australia. Somewhere along the way (read: the first time it happened) I came to appreciate flying in F, and now I've turned into just another spoiled FTer who makes mileage runs just to keep his status. I never get over how much fun it is to nonchalantly hand whatever girl I happen to be dating at the time her F boarding pass before our weekend getaway. :D

New FTer
 

Hello everyone, I'm new on here, figured I should start by posting here something about myself. I'm a business and leisure traveler, far more for business. I'm hoping to up my mileage so I can be elite on airline flying. I'm elite on SPG with the short time I've been with them and love it. I spend my time flying out of IAH and stick to Continental primarily. I have been lurking for a long time reading incessantly to get more info for my travels, but hope I can start adding to the content myself now. I usually travel alone so it's nice to have info about where I'm going and the right way to do it. Thanks for all the valuable information already!

Been poking around here for a while and am fascinated with flying and frequent flyer programs (obsessed?). Thought I should fill in the info here as a courtesy since the anonomity of the internet is fun but has its downsides.

I'm an IT Consultant working mainly in Windows and Networks, but I fiddle with databases and PBX stuff as well. I also own a company that imports and distributes stainless steel water bottles in Canada and Australia. I do volunteer work with bereavement support groups from time to time as well.

I live west of Toronto, and used to fly fairly frequently (part work part leisure) though with two small children I've curtailed it somewhat. I have been AC Prestige and AA Gold, but not for a while now.

Anyway, very much appreciate the (mostly) friendly (and find amusing unfriendly) commentary on flyertalk; it's my favourite time waster that also teaches some really useful information.

I've been a lurker for a while here. Wish I had come across this site during my peak flying years. I'm based out of PDX and a DL frequent flyer. Good to see so many enthusiastic flyers.

Hi all! I've been a lurker here for years... I rack up a lot of TATL miles because my life partner lives in London, while I live in New York. Before FT I was booking flights based on which airline was cheapest at the time and accumulating dribs and drabs across multiple frequent flyer programs. While I'm by no means an expert compared with many here, at least now I understand the basics-- such as having frequent flyer-associated credit and debit cards; car rentals and purchases that'll yield miles; checking frequently for programs offers (DEQM, etc.); and that paying a little more for a flight that'll accumulate qualifying miles in a single program results in a net gain. When I look back on my uninformed travel habits I can hardly believe it, sometimes! Thanks, FT!

I have been around awhile, made a run of many post on the mega do thread -I do not get to travel for work. I do however gain lots of info here. I am originally from AZ and living just south of Green Bay. Been out here close to 30 years now. I spend my time here contemplating ways of getting back home where it is warm for a short winter break!

Babs

Welcome all :)

Hello, I am a Zone Business Manager for a major healthcare company, focusing on x-ray equipment for medical imaging purposes. I live in Charlotte and manage the business for a Zone that stretches from MD/DC/DE down to Florida and west to TN and AL. Being in CLT I fly US Airways a lot but with the recent addition of FL, GA, and AL to my territory I will likely also be sending some business Delta's way.

I am currently a US Airways Club member, and would be pleased to facilitate Club access to any FlyerTalker so interested if our schedules coincide.

I look forward to meeting some of the fine folks in the FlyerTalk community!

Dave Banerjee
 

Dave Banerjee, a CPA from Los Angeles with family in India. Always on the lookout for fare specials on business class from LAX-CCU. Always travel with spouse, Radhika. Age 55.

Suzy from Delaware. Usually fly out of Philadelphia. Prefer US Airways and am always looking for ways to maintain my metal status or to get upgrades. Mix of both business and personal travel.

Claude from Chicago. Used to earn all my miles the long and painful way, and then I found this place ^.

Mechanical Engineer and Senior project manager for a consulting firm. Some family in Canada, and a strong desire to visit all the cool places around the world...:cool: Now I finally see a path to accomplish that. Thank you Flyertalk.com!

Tom from DC (aka, "Travel Tom").

Travel agent and passionate about travel. This is a fantastic board and very addictive!!

Who am I
 

Abhi Agarwal.. A banking consultant working in a IT consulting firm in India.. travelling frequently to Europe.. a Frequent traveller with miles and more..Always on the look out for good fare deals and mileage redemption deals for award flights..

Who i am
 

Oliver Koenig
Currently living in Kiel, working on my start-up.
What do I do exactly? Creating educational material on the topic of Nature Culture and Education. Like nature trail concepts, signage and exhibit bases, interactive instalations, print materials etc.
Getting young and old back to discovering, enjoing and experiencing nature.

I am also starting to coordinate events for the Jewish Community in Kiel and Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Who am I
 

Kathi, living in South Dakota. Application training specialist, travel to hospitals and clinics in the US and Canada, training physicians how to use speech recognition software to do their patient documentation. Love my job but the travel gets old sometimes. However, been home since the 20th and am getting restless. :p . My home city has 3 airlines that fly - UA, NWA/Delta, and Allegiant. In my spare time I'm working on an Ode to the CRJ ...

All my travel is for business. Have an exciting assignment coming up in January to Honolulu. Never been before - got my husband a ticket with miles (has anyone found a way to upgrade an award ticket?), tacked on a couple extra free days of hotel with points. Love the points and miles! He's going to scuba dive and play while I'm working :(. I'm hoping the nights make up for it ;)

This is Me :)
 

Hey Everyone,

Name is Cazzi, Originally from the UK, however decamped to the UAE 7 years ago.

I am ex BA staff and currently work for Etihad Airways here in Abu Dhabi, as a duty manager for customer complaints *shields the onslaught!!* hehe

Have been reading flyertalk for AGES now, however only recently signed up and started posting, though only when necessary.

Hope everyone is ok, and hopefully having a good day! :D

Cazzi

My biography.
 

I am Lisa, a licensed social worker employed by a non-profit for the past 17 years in the Cleveland,OH area. I am also a Certified Information and Referral Specialist (CIRS), and certified by the Ohio Department on Aging (ODA). I am a volunteer with the Lake County Medical Reserve Corps as a psych social worker. My specialty is working with older persons and people over 18 who are living with mental disabilities.

I have started to concentrate on writing a novel about my childhood. "The House on North Cadillac Drive". I grew up on that street.

I am not a FF, but love to travel for fun. I have been to Israel three times, Egypt once. I have been to LAS three times, Arizona and California once, New England once, NYC three times (a long time ago), Chicago once, visited many Civil War sites in several states. Been to Canada three times. Been all over Ohio and PA.

My brother is a million+ FF. He is a venture capitalist. We are totally different but really respect each others work. I don't get along with my sister and other brother. My parents are in their 70's and well, and are FF. I worked for my father in his business in the 80's.

My wish is to be wealthy enough to do a RTW tour for about a year on my own. At least business class :). Donations always accepted!

My next adventure is a trip to Paris this Feb or March.

New member from San Diego.

Photographer / web designer by day... Training to be a LEO by night...

New member to flyer talk
 

Elche 571,

Airline Management background, over 28 years, living in Dubai, UAE for the past 2 years, previously living in Jeddah and Riyadh.Saudi Arabia.
Originaly from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Excelent forum.