Hey everyone, I'm a 24 yr old student based in Frankfurt, Germany. I've been passively reading flyertalk for a couple years now and finally decided that it's time to take a more active role myself.

My travel is mainly restricted to Europe which is why its pretty hard for me to rack up status miles. Luckily, Lufthansa had the 30 segments for FTL promotion this year which I easily achieved. My goal for next year is to become Star Gold somewhere.

I enjoy flyertalk mainly for the trip reports, the travel buzz forum and the travel products section. Thanks everyone for this great forum!

Hello People.
I'm Peter, 22, Born in UK, residing in Bulgaria at the moment. I'm a citizen of the world. still haven't got a lot of chances to explore the EARTH but I definitely will. I've visited some Europe countries and also have been on a work and travel program in USA. Now I'm in front of my trip to Macedonia to see the biggest reggae star nowadays - Gentleman.

Hey people read and subscribed to flyer talk for some time. Thought I would say Hello. From New Zealand and travel for pleasure not work. Usually get to Australia about six times a year and Europe annually.

Cheers

who we all are
 

This sounds like a really odd!!! subject to be talking about so any wasy.Iam a young girl that loves sports and loves to be physicaly active when it comes to playing rubby league and other different sports.

I leave in Australia and i was just wanting to say hello to those out there on line reading this;)

Englishman in PA
 

I am from England originally and now live in central PA. Travel a lot as an independent consultant. US Airways Platinum right now and will probably get C this year!

Hello all,

My name is Marc and I am a Customer Service Manager at a large Customer Contact Center in Vancouver, BC. I have been reading this forum for several years and finally decided to join the discussion. I look forward to speaking with you all soon.

Marc

I'm a university student. 20 years old. living in Seoul, Korea. I love traveling and places I want to visit forward are Bali, Turkey, Europe, and the US.

i'm tony...28 years old from eastern north carolina. mostly traveling to philadelphia and ottawa to visit family.

Hello
 

I've been lurking for about 4 months and enjoy reading the different FT forums. I'm 49, for the next few weeks anyway. I'm spending the big 5-0 & Christmas in Roma~my favorite city in the world. This will be my 1st ever solo intl trip.
I LOVE travel but have been sidelined due to a chronic pain condition which makes flying difficult unless my UG goes through & even w/ that it's hard on me. (I usually get UG on either inbound/outbound but never both) My upcoming trip is most likely my last intl trip so here's to hoping my UG to F from C (actually Z) goes through on 12/31 homebound, but doubt it will.
I have traveled since I was 7 y/o my father was in USAF. I lived in Germany 4 years 10-14 y/o and spoke fluent German altho I can barely say hello now. I am blessed to have seen many wonderful things/places and to have met some incredible people throughout my life.
I've been to EU Turkey Caribbean all over US..Dream trip would be Australia. My favorite job was as a blackjack/roulette dealer at Lake Tahoe & Vegas. I'm married to a non traveler~No children :( owned by 2 German Shepherds and a cat :) Wishing you all safe travels.

Hello
 

I am a new member here. This is a good website. I hope to get some valuable information from here.
:)

Hello all. I am Texas based and have flown in and out of DFW for over 30 years. I have looked at this site for some time now before deciding to join.

I am a database consultant and give lectures to corporations in north America.

I also took up golf 5 years ago and travel by either land or air and play as much as my wife will allow. ;)

Hello FT's,
Long time lurker that has just joined. Full time traveler based at IAH for about 6 years now. This site has been great to me and I feel that I may have learned a little in the past 6 years to be able to contribute something now and then. :)

New member. In the UK. Like travel (obviously) - generally prefer not to fly but often unavoidable. I would rather drive from here to Syria (again) than fly to New York. But still.
Retired. My partner will retire in about a year. Just beginning to think about a 12 month round the world trip after she has retired. So looking for info etc.

Hello... I'm just a guy who likes to share AND gain valuable information on this amazing online community... I mainly travel from SFO-DEN-SFO on UA and if you ever see a young looking guy wearing a tie/suit, that is probably me..

English happens to be my 2nd language, but I understand 100% as I have lived in the US for a long time..with exceptions of some abbreviations on FlyerTalk haha.

Here is my FlightMemory..

Have a nice day/night to you all.

Hello everyone!

My name is Kathleen. I live in Southern CA. My daughter and I are planning a 17 day trip to London, Paris, and Rome. April 14- May 1.

I have never been, and my daughter is 13 now, so she is old enough to appreciate the experience.

I have been scouring the travel sites, trying to find a decent fare and some unusual experiences to have. I am excited to have found this forum!

Welcome to all our newest members!

Edmonton-based IBM consultant travelling to YYZ monthly. Just made E on AP, so trying to gauge the best selections using FT.

ffcgnnow1 mario is new here.
 

Hi guys I am a regular guy that loves to travel and is addicted to collection Miles, points etc. I have lived all over the world but I am now based in Germany. Cologne. I´ve joined your site to learn ´observe and interact with others that may schare my addiction. mario

Hi All, I'm a SF based software professional that travels sometimes. Recently came across this site when I was doing a search on AA Citicard for which I got a targeted offer.
I'm proud to say I'm now addicted to collecting miles!!

I'm going to need some help.
 

My name is Krikor. I am Armenian, born in Lebanon. I have lived in the states since I was 2 yrs. old. I am married and have 2 kids. I've spent 27 of my 45 years in Salt Lake City, UT where I have lots of family. I am an Air Traffic Controller. I live in Spring, TX northwest of Houston. I love traveling, especially flying because it gets you to your destinantion much quicker than driving. The major issue with flying for me is that it's not as affordable as I would like it to be, especially when I have to buy 4 tickets. Hopefully with this forum I will learn how to take advantage of my home airline (Continental/United) and travel more often and go to more exotic locations with my family.

Hi guys!

My name is Michael and I live in So. California. (Long Beach, CA to be exact).

I'm 30 year old, and have been working as a motorcycle police officer for the past 5 years.

Besides trying out food and new places to eat, my other passion is traveling. I have been fortunate enough that I've been able to do a little bit of traveling over the past few years.

This is my first post here, and I'm glad to have found this forum. Hope to be able to learn from the travel "pros" and maybe one day be able to give some advice.

myke

Hello from Waterloo
 

I'm a frequent traveller, mostly for business as I work with a global non-profit.

I live in Waterloo, Canada (the silicon valley of the north!)

Hi all
 

Dear All;
It is my pleasure to be in such nice forum,
i'm khairi , and my FFP is Skywards of Emirates and my hotel programe is PriortyClub of ICH (Gold )and Miles&points of Hilton(Silver)

Warm welcome to our new members!

Im a 'commuter' flyer, guess that would be the correct term.
Fly back and forth between Houston and NYC every two weeks; get on a tugboat for two weeks running up to Albany delivering finished petroleum products, get off, fly home to Texas. Repeat. ;)
Fly primarily B6, used to be on CO, havent flown them in almost 18 months.
Fly Southwest and USAir occasionally.....and grudgingly.....no likey. :td:

saying hi...!
 

Hello Everyone...!
" I am wiki,24 male,new to the forum. Reading books is my hobby.I'm positively looking forward to the forum and its members.I want to thank administrator for giving us the space for sharing our knowledge. I would just like to say hi to everyone.Hope i will enjoy it here.There are lot of people with good knowledge here.It would be nice meeting them.Nice to meet you.Have a good day...!"

Welcome to FT.

Hi folk!

I'm Yannis, 25 y/o, and i moved to Pittsburgh, PA from Grenoble (south-east France). I travel to Europe but also within USA because of my job (consultant).
Anything about PIT i would be glad to help!

Hearty Greetings From A New Member.!!!
 

Hello Member,:cool:

I am Casa Anita from Mexico. I had my eye on Condos and Hotel and had been trying for days to guess it's identity. I finally found it - on this site. Great being apart of this site and and can't wait to participate in this forum with my fellow members.

Hope you members going to cooperate with me and allow me to enjoy and stay.^

Thanks,
- Casa Anita:p

Hola Casa Anita,

Welcome to FT and feel free to read and learn, there are a lot of things to learn here.

Enjoy your stay.

Hi,
my name is Michael, i'm 27 and from Germany (area around DUS).
Some of the german guys here may know me from the VFT.
Michael

Hi, I was born in the USA but lived in Asia and Africa, with short stints in Europe.

Many thanks to everyone who unknowingly gave me such good advice over the years I was just a lurker here.

Quick Intro
 

Just want to say hello and happy new year to everyone.

I've visited the forum off and on for several years, often finding very useful tidbits. For various reasons, I was a reader not a writer on the forums - and this is my very first post. A huge, huge thanks goes out to all of you for your shared wisdom and experiences. Seriously, I appreciate it. Maybe this year I'll start posting now and then to give back to the group.

I'm from the US but have lived in Europe (Italy and Germany) for over a decade. I was previously AZ FA (ST Elite+) for several years. I'm currently LH Sen (*A Gold) although that's about to expire since I'm currently traveling a bit less annually than I did there for a few years.

I probably won't be able to reach AZ FA or LH Sen this year, so I'm considering other options for 2011. Mostly likely, I'm going to go for *A Gold on either Aegean or Asiana for the easier qualification. I'm leaning toward Asiana but haven't quite decided yet.

Anyway, nice to meet you all. See you on the forums!

Hi Everydog - I've been a lurker on the forums too, but thinking of being more active. Maybe I'll see you around!

Happy New Year! Just joined after lurking for the past 5+ years. A little slow here in Charlotte, North Carolina USA. FlyerTalk is amazing and a wealth of information.
Anyways, I never traveled much and never had status until 5+ years ago. Since then, I maintain Chairmans on US Air and Platinum on Delta due to the travels to Europe and Asia for work - I am an accountant specializing in tax for a US based conglomerate.
I look forward to meeting everyone on the road. Safe travels.

Hi
 

Only just started recently on this forum, still got lots to catch up on, I am sure 2011 will be the most rewarding with all the advice and help on offer.

45yo from Scotland, mostly travel within the UK on business and further a field for vacation.

While going through my old Conde Nast magazines came across the great article on Flyertalk and had to sign up. My family and I travel from Calgary Alberta to Victoria BC about 6 times a year but am hoping I can find some way for the points to add up.

Hey everybody! My name's Brandon and I found out about this site thru a bunch of FF's on the wineberserker forum.

I live in Atlanta and my company merged with a company in Houston, so I'm basically flying like a consultant between Houston and Atlanta for the next six months playing a transitional role and I want to max out my Delta FF miles & Marriott points. I can fly out of Houston to anywhere I want(doesn't have to be ATL) basically for less than $500, so I'm planning on hitting up Napa & Vegas a fair amount. Thanks and I look forward to exploring the forums.

Brad in Seattle
 

Hi All,

I'm Brad, 26 residing in Seattle.

I fell upon FT thanks to fellow FT Pat with lots of numbers ;)

I met Pat on a flight from ORD to SEA and she encouraged me to check out FT. I lurked for a while and finally figured I might as well contribute (or at least keep the guru's busy with ?s)

I time road-races and triathlons and travel mostly for work, although did my first MR in Dec. and planning on more in 2011.

Welcome and Happy New Year to all our new members!