Hey there

I also wanted to introduce myself after reading for quite some time in this very helpful forum.
I live 30 km south of FRA. I am 32 years of age. I work for an electronic components distributor as a material planner and logistics engineer. My flying is mainly leisure mostly on weekends from FRA to SZG to my fiancée. My nick comes mainly due to the fact that I love the ocean. In my free time I play squash.

So long

aquaguy

Okay, okay, I'll play along.
 

I'm a thirtysomething recovering IT guy, transplanted from ex-PHL to the tropics, working wherever science, technology, education and policy messily collide, and providing an outlet for some miniscule amount of the free world's tax dollars to go for something other than politicians getting into sex scandals. :)

I have family and friends in North America, Europe and Africa who I sometimes visit on personal travel, and maybe once every few years I officially get sent somewhere "on business," but most of my travel is just to attend conferences and keep up with what's going on in fields I need to know about.

When I'm not butt-in-seat or working my butt off, I like outdoor activities like biking, hiking, swimming and sometimes running. I also enjoy learning a little bit of new languages, and am to the point where I can greet people in... probably fifteen or so.

I'd like to go to Australia/New Zealand, somewhere in South America, Cape Town, and Irkutsk. And I'd like to cut back to 75,000 EQM a year.

Me 1,172
 

My name is Carianne but I answer to Cari or SK online because SKingList was my screen name just about everywhere for a long time. I'm 28 and for a long time I was an NWA flyer due to travel between the US and Osaka, Japan. I know DTW a little too well I think ;)

My travel has evolved recently and being NY based and in favor of direct flights (due to length of flights, segments are rarely an issue for me) I've switched a lot of my flying to CO (had old, somehow never expired, miles there) and AA depending on where I need to go.

I'm a 28 year old NYU graduate student pursuing a Masters' Degree in Tourism and Travel Management and working for NYC & Company, New York City's tourism marketing office.

That's me in a nutshell. Any questions, feel free to ask. I'm usually floating around somewhere in Travel Buzz, or the AA, CO or NWA fora.

hey... i hope this is where i can introduce myself...im sarah!!! uh, im kinda bad a talking about myself so PM me if u wanna chat but i hope to see u around the forum. :)

haha
 

Ok.. since we all know who we are now.... well who "aren't" we? ;) :D^ :D^

btw... I'm Brandon :D^

I thought I'd responded to this thread a long time ago, but apparently not (must be one of the other ones like it)...

I'm a game writer/designer, working primarily on MMOs. After a three year absence, I've moved back to Seattle, the most beautiful place in the world! Yay!

After seeing FT mentioned in a WSJ article, I checked it out and signed up about two years ago. While I don't travel extensively, travel itself interests me quite a bit.

Since joining FT, I've been able to rustle up enough miles to finally get status on United (even if it is just 2P). I've met a number of wonderful folks; ran through airports with a couple of them on unfortunately literal mileage runs; and enjoy the community here tremendously.

Introduction and Thanks!
 

Just wanted to pop in and sort of introduce myself and say a huge thank you to the founder, the mods and the knowledgeable posters whose writing I've been reading now for the last several hours.

I am obviously a newbie (number of posts and join date make that clear) but I have a feeling I'll be spending a lot of time here ...

I am about to make my very first MR a week from Monday and before today I didn't even know there was a name for it!

Realized that I was going to be 1200 miles shy of Silver on US Air (I know it sounds like small stuff in comparison to what a lot of regulars here have, but I think it will still be a good first step).

When I told my co-workers about it, they all had the same reaction: "So where are you going to go before the New Year to get the bump?" And they ALL agree it is totally worth it (we all travel a LOT for our job).

My husband thinks I am stark-raving mad but he doesn't travel much for his work.

So I'm flying down to Florida to do my holiday shopping at my favorite mall and when I come back I'll be Silver :)

And now the sky is the limit ... who knows, next year at this time I could have worked my way up to Platinum at Marriott (I think I have a good shot at that one) and whatever the next step is with US Air (our winter vacation is to the Virgin Islands on United so I know I can get partner miles for that, a good start!!!)

So again, thanks in advance for the advice, words of wisdom and just plain assurance I'm not nuts ... :rolleyes:

Well, welcome! Just so you know, you ARE nuts (but clearly you have found equally crazy people). :)

JazzieCazzie Welcome to FT! :)

Warning - this place can be addictive ;) If you find yourself planning a trip to Europe just to come meet us all at a a party, you know you are hooked :D

In the meantime, I hope your MR goes smoothly and silver is gained

Welcome to FlyerTalk, I think you have found a good home!:D^

Since you seem to be in the DC area, please consider joining us for a get together in DC in January. The thread can be found here, and it should be a lot of fun.
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=755792

JC, you're already wise beyond your years. ;)

My suggestion, run, before its too late (and I suspect it is). :p

Welcome to Flyertalk.

Dan

MRs and shopping, what an excellent combination! I'll have to think about doing a few of those combos myself in 2008.

Welcome to FT!

Believe it or not, I'll actually be IN LA during that span ... might even be able to do the LAX dinner on 1/18!

And hopefully can do another DC meetup in the future!

Hah, great coincidence!:D Feel free to post in that thread whenever you are closer to making a decision. Would be great if you joined us!

I can't believe I never posted in here...
 

I just searched the thread and couldn't find a post by myself...I can't believe I never introduced myself!

I am currently 24 years old, and joined Flyertalk between my 4th and 5th years of undergrad. At the time, I had been working as a consultant to various student organizations, traveling almost every weekend and getting acustomed to a lifestyle I knew I had to have.

Recently, my travel has been centered around weekly commutes up to the Bay Area (SFO/SJC/OAK) to visit my girlfriend, and I fill in the gaps with the occasional weekend trip to NYC or IAD. I am currently preparing to move up the Bay Area and am looking for my next challenge in life.

I have met some truly incredible people since becoming part of this community. Every time I step onto a plane, I think about how FT has enriched my life. I started off here to learn the Game, but I've stayed for the laughs, the friends and the adventure.