Hi!

I'm also quite new here and am quite glad that I found FT as it is extremely interesting, so I read here almost every day
I live in a (from an American's point of view ) small town in Germany. My "home-airport" is Munich. I am studying English and Geography (educational business) at a university. Having studied business administration before, I also lived in HEL for 4 months (internship). In my spare time I read a lot and create websites etc.

I really adore travelling (must be the genes ), but cannot travel as much as I would like to (limited time & money). Which doesn't prevent me from planning (also for others) and I'm also quite good at "optimizing costs" of all kind (ok, sometimes I'm a bit stingy )
Usually I travel together with my family for leisure, but 1-2 times per year also alone as my partner lives in Northern Europe.

FT has been really helpful and interesting for me so far and it is really nice to be here! ^

somuchtosee & Amaran, welcome to FlyerTalk.

we're looking forward to your participation here

if you need assistance, please contact any moderator. We're here to assist you.

once again: welcome onboard ^

chrissxb
co-moderator cbuzz

User ID: JALFAN
Location: New York City, NY
DOB: September 14, 1973
[B]Country of Origin:[B]Born in Tokyo, Japan (Mother:Japanese; Father:British)
Marital Status: Married with 1 daughter (actually wife has second daughter in the oven... ready to give birth any minute now).
Occupation: Assistant Manager in Marketing&Public Relations Coordinator for major Japanese corporation.
Travel: Visit family in Japan every year and travel extensively worldwide.
Last U.S. Domestic Travel: Honolulu, Hawaii on CO (EWR=HNL). Review to follow in the next couple of days.
Last International Travel: Tokyo, Japan on JL (JFK=NRT). Review to follow in the next couple of days.

Well that's about it.

JALFAN

OK I'll add mine in....

I've lurked for over a year actually, I have NO idea what took me so long to actually get a user name and password and contribute!

UserID: skAAinsteph
Name: Stephanie
Location: DCA (used to be DFW)
Born: July 1975 making me 31 now (how did that happen????)
Random: Single, government work, yes I used to skate now I teach seasonally, I am one of those who drinks at the bar in the sky in F!
Best AC story as I am totally an AC brat: season finale of Desparate Housewives this past season - in DFW AC C, flight delayed from DFW -ABQ was set to board at 8:50, show would end at 9, I had to make it to another terminal, AC rep said she wouldcall over to make sure I made the flight so I could watch the last 10 minutes of my show

Granted, I have been passenger to many a CRJ.... 300's and 700's *makes a face* Along with my fair share of 777's *yay* and the lesser planes, but it's all starting over for me. I now have a boyfriend who enjoy's the air as much as I do and I think it will be something good for me. I hate flying alone, and now I don't have to. It's nice to know that someone is impressed by the fact that I can identify planes without having to look at the safety packet, which sometimes happens to be labeled for a different plane than one could currently be on.
I am not here to rave about my new found companion, I actually want to know a little more than what I think I may know. I offer a humble request to all that read this....
Useless knowledge.... fill me up with useless flight knowledge, either about planes, their habitants, or airports. Hit me folks... I am always eager.

I just found this thread - great idea. I have posted here on and off for a few years.

User ID: ebayj (My name starts with a J and I live in the East Bay - I am not an Ebay shopper
Name: Justin
Location: East Bay suburbs. I live just a few miles from OAK, which I use for most domestic travel - I usually use SFO when traveling outside the US.
Age: 45, pushing 46 with both hands
Random: Been unemployed most of the summer, which has been GREAT - going back to work in Payroll Management next month.
Travel: As often as I possibly can, and rarely for business, thankfully.
2006 Trips:
March: Caribbean for my cruise this year
March: Calgary for World Figure Skating Championships
Several Phoenix business trips this spring
July: Vegas for July 4
August: Provincetown
August: Santa Fe
August: Vegas again!
Sept.: New York City
Sept/Oct.: Bike tour of Provence

This board is a treasure trove of useful information and helpful people.

I am fairly new here too. I lurked for a couple of months before joining.

My name is Valerie, I live in sunny San Diego, and my DH and I love to travel. He thinks I am the master of earning and getting FF miles. This board has been extremely helpful for me in that respect. I love taking miles to upgrade to FC.


Let's see what else:
Career: Corporate Interior Designer
Age: 32 (going on 29 )

Travel: The last couple of years have been slow travel ones for us, but we hope to change that soon.
Last trip i took was to Savannah, GA last weekend on US Air.

Previous to that Tennessee to visit family on Delta (I usually fly that trip 1-2 times a year, but don;t really consider that a vacation)

And previous to that - NYC last October. (We used to live in NYC)

Last time I went international was in 2002 to London. Yikes, it has been too long!
I guess if you consider Mexico international, we did take a cruise to Cabo in 2003.

So, I am looking forward to learning more and meeting other like-minded travel people on this board.

Handle: JDiver (I'm Jos�, a Master Scuba Diver diving 57 years in 36 countries with about ~26 certifications; yeah, I do like it; we have done a lot of wreck diving and diving with sharks.

Location: Roseville, California and many other places (home airport is SMF).

DOB: HAH! Let's just say I am an early Vietnam veteran.

Country of Origin: M�xico. Natal language is Castilian / Spanish.Can order cold beer in many languages.

Marital Status: Married three times. To one woman. Uh, yes, Lady JDiver, from the east coast; we met in Japan and married there - once in the Tokyo ward office, once in the U. S. Embassy, once in the chapel. We've been together 47 or 141 years, depending on whether we are serving concurrently or consecutively.

Occupation: Management, OD and Training Consultant (behavior in workplace and diversity issues specialties, work with government, industry and law enforcement.) Previously global navaids / comm engineer, (now inactive) pilot.

Travel: 7 continents, ~95 countries - LOVE travel, the best education there is.
Last international travel: Never ends.

Favorite place: Many, but possibly Antarctica and some underwater special places.

Favorite aircraft: DC-3 (first commercial flight AA DC-3 MEX-MTY-SAT)

Spare time: None , I'm a volunteer Moderator and Senior Moderator here (and was the equivalent on CompuServe and GEnie before that), do some local volunteering, and I also do some freelance writing.

Hobbies: Our dogs (a Basenji and a "Basomeji"); photography; scuba diving; natural history; travel.

I love: early morning walks, watching the steam rise from the creek, observing otters, wood ducks and listening the calling of birds.

I hate: Nah, life's too short; I am kind of intolerant of intolerance.
Why am I responding now? After 5 years of holding out, it was about time!

What about FlyerTalk? Great community sharing information that adds immeasurably to my travel. I'm an active member of the FlyerTalker Lending Team on www.Kiva.org. We have over 300 members and have lent over $150,000 to budding entrepreneurs.

User ID: majorwibi
Location: Tooele, UT - bedroom community about 30min W of SLC
DOB: 10 SEP 1978
Country of Origin: US
Marital Status: Married with with no kids even planned
Occupation: Senior Test Director for US DoD
Travel: Mostly to DC, Detroit, Ft. Hood TX and the sandbox
Last U.S. Domestic Travel: SLC - DCA on DL
Last International Travel: SLC to Suriname (cant remember the airport code but it was a small podunk airport)

I guess this is the best place to start.
I am an Implementation Consultant for a healthcare software company. I just recently moved into this position from a software support position, so business travel is relatively new to me. But so far I really enjoy travelling and enjoy working with clients face-to-face. I mostly fly out of Springfield, MO (SGF). I do not have a territory that I fly to most often, due to the fact that we have clients in all 50 states.

OK, after being a member for almost a year, I finally figured out where this thread lives... LOL. I guess I didn't get the FlyerTalker Map in the mail with my welcome kit...

Xinerevelle comes from my first and middle names: Christine Revelle. Friends started calling me "xine" in email about 12 years ago, similar to calling Christmas "xmas"... Revelle is a family name.

I'm married to a former frequent flyer who has been extremely jealous that my jobs over the past few years have included travel. His position (paper mill superintendent) is pretty place-bound. We are expecting our first little traveler just after Thanksgiving. Therefore, my traveling has been reduced to the round-trip to the grocery store and the gas station lately.

I am currently working from home doing some consulting work so that I can stay home with the baby. Not a lot of travel on the horizon for me, except for visits to family.

In my professional life I've held a variety of related positions, most surrounding some form of marketing, proposal generation, and training. I'm a certified trainer for DDI and AchieveGlobal management products. These days I am doing some subcontracting work for a company that does Visioning for communities and other organizations.

I've been an American Cancer Society volunteer for about 5 years, sitting on my local unit board of directors and chairing the income development and patient services committees as well. I just finished a state-wide leadership program for ACS. Additionally, I was the president of my local Junior Achievement board for 2 years and am still a JA classroom volunteer, too.

My undergrad Economics degree is from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and my graduate degree in Corporate Communication is from Florida State University.

I grew up in Grand Rapids (GRR), Michigan, went to college in Cleveland (CLE), then lived in Columbia, Maryland for 7 years (BWI or DCA), before moving to Panama City Beach (PFN), Florida about 8 years ago.

Mr. Xine and I use our hotel points mainly for trips to Spring Training in central Florida each spring. He's a big Cleveland Indians fan, so we spend a long weekend in the Orlando/Tampa area watching as many games as we can while settling into the free Hampton Inns at night. Maybe now that I'm switching from a Skymiles Amex to a HHonors Amex for next year maybe we'll be able to splurge on Hiltons instead of Hampton Inns.

Oh, and I love this place! FT has given me the power and the confidence to stand up and demand what is coming to me when I get bumped, or to figure out how to squeeze the most out of my lowly Delta Silver status (or to even know to call it FO status when on the Delta thread...). And who could forget all those bonuses I got from the Priority Club board??? Again, thanks for all of the help, everyone!

Okay I am new here and I was told this is the place to show who we are. So here I am!

User ID: HSXAGENT but feel free to call me Anthony or Tony

Location: Los Angeles, CA

DOB: 1/10/78

Occupation: Concierge for an Upscale Doll Store... Yeap they have Concierge Services.

Travel: Transcon travel all the time, Europe at least once a year.

Last U.S. Domestic Travel: LAX-PVD (UA) Visiting my Mother... No review to follow... I'm sure you don't want to be bored with my mother's rantings!

Last International Travel: London, England (LAX-LHR-LAX) on UA.

I am now free on weekends and would love to do 75,000 miles in less than 2 months for under $1000.00, on UA. Do you think I can do it, Do you think this lonely Premier can do it?

So help me do the impossible, send me any and every MR fares you find from LAX on UA.

LMAO....

User ID: jdls22 (J. LaSalle
Location: Brick, NJ (1hour South of NYC)
DOB: 20 Sept 1974
Country of Origin: US
Marital Status: Married with with no kids, 2 on the way
Occupation: Director of Global Product Sourcing
Travel: Mostly to China, some domestic US, some Europe
Last U.S. Domestic Travel: EWR-PHX
Last International Travel: EWR-PEK

Upcoming Travel:
EWR-LAS 10/28
EWR-PEK 11/11
EWR-PEK 12/11
EWR-PEK 1/15

User Name: elll (my name's ella)
I live in Houston, work for financial management consultant, travel for pleasure rather than business.

I love to explore areas I've previously not been, but I'm also addicted to NYC theater (been to NYC 2x this year).

I'm single, fifty-something and have worked the past few years on getting my nieces and nephews infected with the travel bug - and teaching them the "right" way to be a traveler (respectful, good manners, etc.)

I really enjoy reading all of the threads and have learned quite a bit. Hopefully, there will be a point at which I can contribute something positive.

Hello to everyone on this thread.

I'm a technical consultant. I spent a lot of time on conference calls, WebEx, and e-mail. And for three to six days a month, I'll travel to some client.

I was born in the Philippines, but was raised in Jersey City, New Jersey. I am your garden-variety geek, with my early technology being the Vic 20 and the Commodore 64. I am now married with one daughter, living in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Peace!