New guy here.

Was born in central Illinois and lived there until graduating from college (SIU).

Then lived in Chicago, NYC, Berlin, Germany, Los Angeles and now a full-time, happy resident of Las Vegas.

Mostly, I have been, and currently am, a teacher. However, I have worked a lot in the legal field and worked for a major film studio in LA for several years.

I like to write, like movies, and love to travel - when I lived in Europe, I pretty much hit every country in Western and Eastern Europe. One teensy-tiny problem is that I really hate flying - that said, I still do fly, and if anyone is offering, feel free to send me airline tickets. I just don't enjoy getting on planes and am one of those nervous fliers, especially during take off and landing. However, my logic always wins out and I get on planes and go whenever the opportunity arises.

The nice thing about living in Las Vegas is that you seldom have to twist anyone's arm to get them to come and visit. I have seen relatives I hadn't seen in 45 years (no joke) and almost every German I know has flown here to visit. That is how my website came to be - I simply got tired of answering the same questions over and over, so figured I would write up my opinions about everything people have asked me about Las Vegas and throw them out there for the world to see.

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Hi folks

Page 72? no one is going to read this ;-)

Geoff checking in from Newport, Rhode Island. I was born in Stevenage, England - the family house eight miles from the end of Runway 26 at Luton Airport. My handle PINKTRISTAR honours Court Line Aviation's L1011 G-BAAB which was an almost daily sight over the house in the early 1970s. The other Court Tristar was G-BAAA - but ORANGETRISTAR was just too long to contemplate!

Moved Stateside in the early 1990s, (love will make you do strange things!), and finally settled in Rhode Island.

My lovely English accent can be heard on 99.3 WJZS-FM (jazz and blues) www.993wjzs.com over the weekend. During the week, I am the morning producer for the folks who report the traffic news on Providence area radioand TV stations.

Away from broadcasting I operate a courier/messenger service. Now I wish I could score mileage for PDQ/VIP/express cargo on the airlines, although Northwest kindly gave me an upgrade to first out of PVD last month for the business!!

Oh - I am one of those British plane spotters! I travel to see new planes! And photograph them too! Its just frustrating that some people think pointing a camera at a plane makes me a criminal!!

http://photosbygeoff.fotopic.net

Nice to meet you all!

Geoff

Hi! Nice to meet you all!

I am an academic with a rather well known university here in the US (hint : it's in New Haven). Found out about FT about a year ago, and now I wouldn't do anything on travel stuff until I have consulted/searched/read obsessively the threads here on FT!

Eugene

Hey, I read it! Welcome to FlyerTalk. There are a whole lot of interesting folks like yourself in here.

Finally got around to getting over here and posting...

User name dbmaury, which makes sense since my name is D. Blair Maury.

Parents cursed me with a female name, but am very male. I played college football and was an offensive tackle, so I am what they refer to as large.

Age: 35

Location: I am seemingly stuck right now outside of Norfolk, VA. I used to commute between here and Austin, TX but I never get back there anymore. The current Mrs. Maury lives here (as does a former Mrs. Maury) so I suppose the roots will stay here a while.

Children: I have two sons (12 &5) from a former marriage who split time between me and their mother and I have a 6 month old daughter with my current wife.

Born: Richmond, VA

I studied in Paris as an undergrad and still speak passable French. My wife was a Russian major, so we can't get jobs in 2 languages.

Occupation: I have been in government sales for technology companies but am toying with the idea of breaking off and starting my own company.

Interesting fact: My wife is about to make Silver Medallion on DL next week even though we have never paid for her to take a flight. I fly her all over on my bump vouchers.

Interesting fact II: I put my first wife through school at William & Mary when we first got married and current wife went back and finished her undergrad degree (at 35) at UVA when we first married. I joke that if this marriage goes south, I am finding a woman who didn't finish at Virginia Tech and completing the cycle.

I am officially a FT addict.

Damn, I thought Indiana University was in Bloomington, IN. ;)

Handle: Geogirl (It's "geo" as in "earth." NOT the car.)

Location: Indianapolis

DOB: 6/17, during Watergate.

Occupation: Small Business Strategist and Coach, InnerBuild Services.

Education: M.A. Social Psychology, University of Iowa, Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and Certified Reiki Master-Teacher.

Spare time: What is that? Spare time? I...don't understand. Just kidding. In my spare time, I read a TON, work out with my tormentor- I mean, trainer, cook, and work on a couple of my other small businesses: PopQuotes, FlyerFlak, and my SO's software development and domain services company. And I fly.

Hobbies: Traveling. Reading. Crafts. Writing. Languages. Collecting geodes, rocks, and mineral specimens from interesting places. My list is long, but my time is short.

Travel: All but 9 of the United States, Canada, Grand Cayman, and Mexico. Starting my "official" international travels in November, 2006, after a lifetime of dreaming.

Favorite place: I haven't seen enough places to decide yet. I suspect Paris and Scotland in general will rate highly. Currently, nonspecific mountains and nonspecific oceans rank near the top.

Last U.S. Domestic Travel: IND-BOS for a haircut last Tuesday.

Next International Travel: IND-ORD-CDG at the end of November

Languages: English (primary), passable French, skoshi Japanese, and currently learning Italian, Spanish, and a bit of Swedish.

What about FlyerTalk? A serious, self-perpetuating, joyful addiction that seems tailor-made just for me. I couldn't be happier to have found such a fantastic, challenging place.

GG

Hi all.

I am new to flyertalk but have been lurking about 6 months.

Name: Chris
Location: Chicago (ORD or MKE)
Occupation: non-profit fundraising consultant
Age: eligible for AARP
I love to travel but family responsibilities have kept me home.
This year things have changed, I will make GLD AA for the first time ever. Having read about others trips and challenges, I am signed up to start a PLT challenge December 1.
Now I need to read more to find out how to maximize my EQPs. I currently have trips booked that will give me just over 7000 EQPs.

I look forward to meeting the Flyertalk community

Since 2004, I've been a member of Flyertalk so thought it was time I chimed in on the "Who we all are" thread.

Location- Northeast Pennsylvania

Personal Information - Married with one son; went to college in PA and have worked, for the most part in my family's business, until it was sold. You know the old story. The first generation starts the business. The second generation grows it and the third generation sells it. Since then, I've spent much of my time volunteering for the Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation. Sjogren's syndrome is an autoimmune disease affecting about 4 million people. I volunteered my way up to Chairman of the Board of Directors which is my current position.

Hobbies- Reading, travel, football and, of course, reading Flyertalk

Last Domestic Travel- AVP-DCA
Last International Travel-PHL-CDG in October
AVP-NAS in October
Next Travel- AVP-SAN in Jan
AVP-PHX in Feb


Paris is my favorite travel destination.

Glad to be a member of Flyertalk. There's no travel question that ever goes unanswered.

Bobette

Location: St. Kitts, for now. I often relocate to other Caribbean Islands after 3 years in one location.

DOB: 7 Dec

Occupation: Retail Banking Manager, FirstCaribbean International Bank.

Hobbies: Traveling. Reading. Writing Financial Literacy articles.

Favorite place: Thus far it would be a toss up between Belize, Anguilla. The history, nature and culture of Belize are amasing. Anguilla is heaven for a wary traveler. The best white sand beaches on the planet, a slow island pace, fabulous cuisine, friendly people and some of the best resorts and villas in the world (recommend staying at Cap Juluca)

Last International Travel: SKB-SJU-MIA Customer Service benchmarking exercise.

Next International Travel: SKB-SJU-MIA Regional Banker’s Meeting early December

Languages: English (primary), French creole (patios), and currently learning Spanish

Hoping to meet Fellow Fter’s in person soon. PM me if you plan to visit St. Kitts soon.

Hey! Figured I might as well put something down about myself!

I'm Kris from Belfast (shock! :) ). I've been watching this site for about 2 years and even though I only recently joined I'm still trying to find my feet so to speak.

I work for a major UK bank for roughly the last 6 years and have recently returned from a 3 month break to Australia (well, ended up being oz with trips to Christchurch, NZ and San Francisco, USA).

My fav airline so far is UA, my flight from SYD to SFO was impressive compared to the shabby flight i had with VA LHR-SYD-LHR and the FA's made it interesting!

In my spare time I plan travelling, I'm a big movie buff and take an interest in politics (not local).

Any Q's you know where to get me!

Name: You can call me K, for now!

Location: Los Angeles

Age: Just turned 26!!

Profession: Operations Management, part-time translator for the entertainment industry

Education: B.A. in Japanese Language

Currently seeking: A new job that pays me much more $$$! LOL If anyone wants a person to settle Japanese business partnerships, I'm your man. I can speak the language fluently, and since I'm single, I am available to fly anytime, anywhere on a moments notice.

Been here for a while, but never formally introduced myself to FT. Not sure who keeps track of these, but whatever.

I am a graduate student at Kansas, currently working on two MA degrees: Japanese Language & Literature, and Russian & Eastern European Studies. I am fluent in Japanese, and I'm struggling to attain that same level in Russian, but I find that language extremely difficult. I will be taking the GMAT later this month, since I will likely be pursuing an MBA as well. So when all is said and done I hope to have 3 Masters degrees and a decent job. :)

I find myself surprisingly productive on flights, and I look forward to flying longhaul so I could get research done without distractions. I suppose my crowning achievement during a flight was writing an opinion essay on the territorial dispute between Russia and Japan (the southern Kurile islands); I submitted it for a competition and won the award for 2006. I wrote that essay during an MR earlier this year, and I suspect the bulk of my MA thesis will be written from my laptop at 35000 feet.

Other than reading FT, my hobbies include scuba diving, exercise/powerlifting, video games, and watching too much TV. And procrastinating (I'm a student, after all ;)). And of course traveling. If I were to choose a favorite destination so far, it would probably be Argentina. Buenos Aires is a stunning city, and I did a trip through Patagonia last year, and the region was absolutely beautiful. Places I'm dying to visit right now include Mongolia, Lake Baikal, Australia, and Sakhalin Island.

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Jay here....
Have been a lurker at flyertalk.com for a while but havent really actively posted. I am a management consultant for a major consulting company flying almost every week.

I am 28, married, born and brought up in India. I came to the US 4 yrs ago for my MBA and stayed on. Have vacationed in almost every famous part of india - from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.

I used to enjoy traveling every week for work but i recently got married and travel suddenly has started to suck. I cant imagine how much worse it gets once you have kids. Anyway this will be the first year i will hit Exec Plat on American on segments (goes to show that i fly too much).

Will start traveling to Kansas City or Atlanta location in the new year but no travel planned for work this year :-).

I plan to go back to India next year on vacation and maybe to Europe on a second honeymoon.

Jay

Hi everyone.

I've been reading FT for sometime, however, just joined recently on the advice of my brother who reads it all the time.

My user name is mingdrille which is a combination of our two favorite restaurants, Woo Loon Ming and Cafe Escadrille.

Born in Massachusetts and still here.

Until recently I worked as a meeting planner at a large well known computer company. I hope to work part time now as a meeting planner through a contractor.

I flew quite a bit on my job and hope to do more of it. I had the pleasure of visiting some great places (Scotland, Ireland, Amsterdam, Spain, Austria, Greece, France) and staying at 5 star hotels. I will certainly miss that part of the job.

Nice to meet all of you.