Missing Certain "Biographical Links" in Who we are.
 

This is very simple. This is not who I am but rather what I do and have done in relation to this forum. 40+ years in show business and used to be a rather very frequent flyer. Producer, Director, Choreographer and Published Author that used to be a "Broadway Baby" (gypsy) that is now a caregiver to those with Alzheimer's and HIV. I live near Hollywood, CA and I think that is all you need to know. OH, BTW, age;55 relative mindset: 25 still very active and physically fit as I was a professional dancer. I am also a human rights activist and a political activist. In other words, I always have something to say about something due to the fact that I am a triple Aries by birth. OK. Know enough about me now? Good. So let's talk!

Thanks for all the welcomes. This seems to be a real nice site with very friendly rather than mean people. A very nice and fresh feeling. Two thumbs up for flyertalk!!

Long time lurker here, First day of posting.

I live in the Cleveland area and caught the travel bug in the late 90's when my parents split and moved to opposite ends of the US (CLE and SFO). I was fortunate enough to rack up some 300,000 lifetime miles on United before I was 18, airplanes and airports have been where I feel at home ever since.

I am currently in Grad School in Akron, Ohio studying Taxation. I recently got interested in travel to more or less non-traditional locations after studying abroad in South Korea. I just got back from a trip to Istanbul, and I have trips booked for Pamplona, Spain in July; and Southeast Asia in September.

Flyertalk has been an invaluable resource, and I look forward to adding to the community going forward.

I'm Laurel from Northeast PA; home airports AVP, ABE, PHL. Many years ago when I had far less discretionary income but far more discretionary time, my friends and I routinely hopped the first available flight to wherever we could board a fight to with only a toothbrush, passport, and credit card. That introduced me to the magic of the accidental vacation. Some of my most exciting adventures have been to places I wouldn't have intentionally visited.

Flyertalk has rekindled that spirit. If it's cheap and I can go, I go. I am a grateful lurker on this forum and try to follow the masters on the trick it forum. I love having the opportunity to learn from them and hope someday to be able to contribute and pay it forward.

That is a great story and a great introduction, a big welcome to you! Glad to hear the travel fires have been re-stoked.

Hi everyone! I've been a lurker for a little while now, but I figured it was time to make it official! I'm 25, and my home airports are DFW and DAL. I'm getting ready to hit the road pretty heavily in the coming months; I'm a medical student about to apply to residency programs all over the country. I'm a bit of a foodie and getting to try interesting new foods is what I love most about traveling.

I'm excited to join the FlyerTalk community so I can make the most of my travels and share my own tips and tricks!

antignos
 

Paul
Las Vegas
WSU Grad GO Cougs
Attended Japando this year. My first Do!

Hi everyone,

Found these forums through another website so here I am.

Name: Jamie
Age: 25
Job: RAF Avionics Techie
Fav Carrier: BA

Currently deployed in the Falkland Islands so wont be around much until August/September time when I return to the UK from these windswept Islands. Travel quite alot at home with work and to my families villa in spain. Hoping to learn more about rewards etc in the future from this site.

Brooklyn Tour
 

Hi Everyone,

My name is Bill and my wife Donna will be with me on the tour . I heard about the tour and FlyerTalk on a flight from LAX to JFK about five years ago. We are looking forward to the tour, great fun and great people. We are from CT.

Thanks,
Bill

Welcome to FT, oilbarrierbill!

I have moved your post to "Who we all are" where new members introduce themselves. Are you referring to the http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/commu...14-2014-a.html? If so, have you registered for the tour?

Flyer Talk is a GREAT website
 

First, I hope I am posting this in the right forum.

Secondly, Thank you flyer talk and everyone that contributes to this board. I don't post a lot because you guys/girls are so far ahead of me with FF miles. Though I don't post I have sat back for a good while now. I currently have over 400,000 FF miles with AAdvantage, 65,000 US Airways, and 140,000 with Southwest. I have reached my companion pass status with southwest for the 3rd year in a row. I was able to fly my wife and myself to Hawaii and back first class, and I have booked several other trips already with points to spare.

Before reading flyer talks I didn't get to travel much. Now thanks to FT it is common for me to travel. I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for their contributions

Flyer Talk is a GREAT website
 

Now use those miles before they devalue and you make a new post titled, "Flyer Talkers Screwed Me"

introduction
 

hello all,
I love travelling to new places as it helps you revive yourself. Looking forward to getting to know new things. Cheers.

Pratikchya

Welcome to Flyertalk, I look forward to reading your posts.

pratikchya1, welcome to FlyerTalk. I'll move your introduction to the CommunityBuzz forum where many new members also introduce themselves. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator, TravelBuzz.

I've been lurking for at least a month and have spent over $300 easily based on insights from forum members here. My wife is extremely happy now! :rolleyes:

Honolulu based military member with HQ in Camp Parks, Dublin, CA., have to travel every now and then but I'd like to bump this up to monthly or at least every other month.

If anyone has hiking or exercise questions for the Hawaii (mainly Oahu) area I can help. Nightlife, uh, not so much anymore unless they accept 8 yr old children. I will make/achieve Silver status on DL next week after a trip to Monterey, CA. Unfortunately it's not all on DL. My next goal is Gold Medallion level before Camp Arifjan next June.

Hello fellow travelers

Name: Tim
Profession: Project Manager, Power Generation Industry
Born: April 1980
Location: Taipei, Riyadh, Muscat, Dubai
Favorite Air Carrier: Cathay Pacific (They have the most destinations available from East Asia to the Middle East.)

Been traveling between East Asia/Middle East/North America twice a year from 1990s to mid 2000s.
Was a NW Worldperks member for years prior to Delta's takeover bid.
Only started to travel internationally again after getting this new job in 2012. Hope to
learn a lot more from my fellow travelers.


Tim

Hi,

I did have another account here but needed to change the name and figured with only 20 posts or so probably easier to start again!

I've used flyertalk a fair bit over the years to help book and find the best way to use miles for various leisure trips. Only ever had one trip which involved work, which was "just" a quick Club Europe trip with BA.

I try and travel as much as time and funds can allow, living in the UK is great as most of Europe is a short cheap hop away, but it's nice to go further every now and again and thanks to flyertalk I can do it a little more comfortably by keeping informed about flight sales and upgrade offers.

Welcome (back) to FT, Jem90!

As already explained by PM, duplicate usernames/accounts are not allowed according to the FT rules. Thank you for contacting the Community Director to have your accounts merged. I hope you will be an active member of FT with your new handle. :)

Aloha.
Name: Stephen

Profession: Full time dad, part-time teacher trainer

Born: March 1971

Location: Honolulu or Fukuoka

Favorite Air Carrier:Delta (their the only ones that fly a direct route between my commute)


Hope to meet some of the other FTers in Honolulu (or Fukuoka).

Went to Hong Kong in 1972 and since then have been to Europe every 2-3 weeks, Asia quarterly, Australia twice annually, with additional trips to Africa and South America.
Tips to frustrated traveler:
Make traveling yours, travel light, if it doesn't go with you on the plane then it doesn't go, pack smartly, explore sites and cities , see different perspectives and different cultures, i have been to museums in over 50 countries and many have early evening hours( recently wonderful Ethnographic museum in Mexico City) explore local food (with care) , travel with a sense of discovery, drink lightly, exercise daily, rent a bike, boat, roller blades , skis ( last year did a full day bike ride on a weekend in Bangkok with a local person recommended by a bike club-he didn't speak a word of English and we had a blast covering almost 40 miles in 8 hours, dont cop out because of age -I am 64 and have been on the road for close to 42 years , dont stay stuck in the lobby of an American hotel, read a book on local history, hire a private guide-Did so In Kyoto 3 weeks back and it was a great afternoon,often tell my business associates to take me to dinner where they woudl take their families, it aint fancy but boy have i had great experiences, keep an open mind, down load lectures-listen while waiting in lines or in taxi or exercising- I am on lecture #21 by Prof Lyod Kraemer on European Thought and Culture and listed at least 30-60 minutes a day while exercising or in transit-be cool, roll with the punches, dont get frustrated-travel at times can really suck-but take it in stride and make it yours and always go with a positive attitude, a spring in your step, and make it a learning experience-78 countries, 100's of cities, fabulous experiences , awesome food, great friends-I have been blessed

I've been a road warrior for just a hair of 10 years. I think all of those, I was out for at least 300 days. For 7 of the years my girlfriend worked with me, and we towed a large fifth wheel everywhere. I have RV park rewards like most of you have hotel rewards. She recently wanted to actually see our house some, and took a job just in our office.

Since then, I'm still driving, but now in hotels all the time. I'm also really close to a new job, that will get me a travel schedule that's much more normal (4-5 days at a time) so, I found you guys while researching suitcases and trying to pick a new one that's more appropriate for that type of travel.

It's been a big adjustment going from towing a house with your everywhere...to living out of the bags in your truck. Now I'm gearing up for the adjustment of needing smaller bags.

New member
 

Hi Everyone, My name is Fred and I 'am an environmentalist who has a passion for travelling. I am here to learn and meet people. I always enjoy meaningful conversation.

Hi Fred! Welcome to FT.

Welcome, Fred. You've come to the right place.

Just realized I never participated in a welcome thread since I have been here. So here is a bit about me.

Name: John
Occupation: Database Systems Analyst

I travel about once per year for work for a conference, but the rest of my travel is leasure and I like it that way. Prefer to fly on my own terms rather than because I have to. Try to make about 4-6 leasure trips a year, since next spring my student loans will be all paid off looking to be able to take a few more.

My leasure travel is to US Soccer games and New Mexico State volleyball games. Had my first leasure flight by myself in June 2011 to Los Angeles to see USA vs Mexico in the rose bowl, so my flying career is basically 3 years old. Had two flights in my life previous to that. Since then have been to Columbus Ohio twice, Kansas City, New York, and Mexico City for soccer games. Been to Honolulu and Phoenix for volleyball games, and this fall have some volleyball trips lined up to Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Phoenix, the flights are all paid for by my 50k point signup bonus from the Chase Southwest visa, and next month I will app for the barclaycard Arrival to cover the hotels. Since joining 3 years ago I definitely caught the miles and points fever. Feels like a great accomplishment to have trips to 3 cities, all flights and hotels paid for with points.

Then perhaps my biggest trip yet. this fall going to the USA vs Ireland game in Dublin on November 18th, but before that going to swing by London on the 15th to catch the England game at Wembley. Then next year hopefully if there are no changes to the AAdvantage program and we can combine US and AA miles I can go for that Qantas F award. Hoping to go to Brisbane, but connect in Sydney or Melbourne, or maybe see Perth or Alice Springs, so many possibilities.

This message board community the last 3 years has turned me from the typical once a year casual traveler, to someone addicted to miles and points. Thanks guys! ^

I'm Mike and live in the St. Louis area, but often spend time at the Lake of the Ozarks. Also spend some time in my home town of Gettysburg, PA, where we will eventually retire in about 5 years.

I travel for business and personal, so I'm involved with a lot of programs. About 75% of my business travel is in the Midwest, but also to other places like Boston, Vegas, DC, Orlando, etc. Personal travel is usually Vegas, PA, Mexico, Caribbean, and, this Fall, France and Great Britain.

I just found out about Flyer Talk from another board, Tug2.net. I look forward to checking out more threads on this board.

Mike

Hi there! I'm newish to the forums (lurker for a long while). I'm from Sarasota, FL.

As far as traveling, I'm a piker compared to most of you. We have two kiddos who are getting to the age where they're appreciating seeing different parts of the country. We have aspirations to visit friends on Kauai next year.

It's good to be here and I greatly appreciate everyone sharing their wisdom!

Hi all.

I've been a member for, um, *whispers embarrassedly* 4 years.

4 years! Where did that time go?

And in all that time I've not introduced myself. Mind you, I've only ever made 4 posts (the mathematically inclined amongst you will note that averages out at 1 post a year). In fact it had been so long since the last one, that until I came to ask a question tonight I had completely forgotten I'd posted at all.

I'm an ex-pat Kiwi, recently made British, who travelled pretty much non-stop for business related trips for 8 years, joined FT, promptly stopped travelling due to illness, and so stopped reading FT.

These days the occasional trips undertaken are to see family in Oz, but the other sort of illness, the travel bug, is getting the better of me and asking me to wander away again, so I'm making plans.

When not travelling, or not not travelling, I work at libraries. Other priorities are politics, perfume and jewellery.

There's an overwhelming amount of info on FT. Give me another 4 years and I might just have worked out where everything is :)

Hey ya, I am a rock singer recently joined FT living in London but originally from Canada. Flying a lot these days into the Continent (Europe...as i have learned) and really trying to become savvy at this. Naturally FT is the place to come .. grovel grovel. I have kids growing up at an alarming rate and hopefully a lot more decent travel ahead. Really apreciate the posts and the charm. Seriously wanna keep my BA Exec card going up so... very interested in tier point runs. also it takes the guess work out of "where to go now" type questions. love music and comedy Dogs & Cats and having a laugh. so Hello!

Hi ;) I'm new and I want to say "hello" to everyone ...

ahh......jawad...... was leaving in dubai just came back to pakistan 2 weeks ago thats it and yeah i am a freelancer

Right, first post, here we go...

Name: Rich
Age: 32
Occupation: Managing Director

By day I run a chemical manufacturing company called ReAgent. I have a marketing background, created numerous websites including chemicals.co.uk and reagent.co.uk. I live in Chester, UK.

Been collecting miles and points for about 5 years, focus mainly on Avios and hotel programs (IHG, HH, CC). Travel mainly for pleasure, don't travel much for work, however this looks likely to change as my company is beginning to spread its' tentacles overseas.

Just want to say a massive THANK YOU to to the community at large for all the information I have gleaned from these forums :) ^

Guess I should "properly" introduce myself before I get too high in the post count/account age.

Name: Liz
Occupation: Grad student

I'm a chemical engineering grad student pursuing my PhD at UCSB, and most of my work is in theory. I first found out about MS while in my undergrad years (a small school in Pasadena) as somma' my friends had gotten into it. Didn't really care for it myself until I realized that grad school offers this awkward combination of incredible schedule flexibility (esp. as a theorist) and absolutely no disposable income. As one of my friends put it, "double your income with this one easy trick, discovered by a mom!", and now I'm hooked. Doing all of the tracking, optimization, research, etc appeals to me as a fun aside when I'm sick of thinking about research but my brain refuses to "turn off".

Anyway, now I'm taking impromptu vacations and living an inexpensive but exciting life, so maybe I'll see somma' ya'll around!

Hi, I'm FlightCancelled. Fairly new to the world of collecting points, but I feel that I'm already getting experienced. It's only one year since I realized that "hey, I can earn points"! A couple of months later I was going on daytrips all around Europe. I went to Washington D.C. (from Bergen in Norway) on a weekend trip in April and went three times to Athens (from Oslo in Norway) in one week. Point challenges and 3x points-routes are scary stuff. :D Of course I also travel for leisure every now and then, where it's either football trips (soccer for you americans) or the countries around the Mediterranean Sea that are the most popular.

Now I am moving to Grand Forks, North Dakota to start my education as an Air Traffic Controller for the Norwegian company Avinor (Avinor AS is a state-owned limited company that operates most of the civil airports in Norway. The Norwegian state, via the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications, controls 100 percent of the share capital. Source: Wikipedia). Really happy to be one out of the 25 who got in, of around 700 applicants.

Welcome to FT!

-J.

Hello,

I'm Eric and I'm 15 with a passion for collecting points of various types. My first FF program was Continental OnePass when I was 2. I travel on a regular basis and can normally make premier silver (United) in a good year.It's hard to convince my mom to extend her trip by a few hours to fly in business/first class :confused: Mileage runs have always been part of the tradition between my father and me.

I can't wait until I can get CCs and start churning!

Hi all,

"long" time here, but never seen this thread.
My name is Marco, Italian, but living in German.

I am a Computer Engineer

:)

Just new to posting
 

Hi All,

I have been reading flyertalk for news on AA for some time, and just spotted this page.

Name: Michelle
Occupation: ARS Specialist

I'm a audience response specialist and currently reside in Las Vegas. I grew up in a Naval family and one could say that I was born to travel. I am very fortunate that I get to travel domestically and internationally through out the year. My boyfriend when asked where i am always looks up and points to the sky and says "her bum is flying over some city"! Glad that I found FT, what a great place to get the latest on what the airlines are up to.

M

Hi! I'm Frank and I own a SCUBA dive shop in Playa del Carmen Mexico that specializes in Cave Diving.

It is pretty amazing that my work is also my hobby. :)