Hi everyone - I'm 26 years old, live in NYC and work in finance. I travel every few weeks for work and as much as I can when I get some time off. I have the benefit of a younger yet wiser brother who shows me the ropes on how to maximize miles, and also occasionally offers me his hard earned miles for award travel. I'm excited to be a member of FT, and I look forward to learning and likewise contributing (as best as I can) to the FT community.

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Greetings everyone -- I'm Deborah, an off-and-on lurker and first-time poster. I'm a 30something government attorney in San Francisco, on maternity leave until September with my second child. Not a full-out road warrior at this point in my career, more of a business-trip-every-couple-of-months person, plus leisure trips (if you can call flying with a 3-year-old and a baby leisure trips...) at roughly the same frequency. Many of those trips are cross-country -- I'm a pretty recent transplant to San Francisco after living and working various places throughout the Northeast the rest of my life. I'm amazed by the knowledge and good nature that FlyerTalkers bring to the table.

I am in the midst of a somewhat quixotic quest to find a treasured lost object (no $ value, just sentimental) that I left on a United plane flying SFO-IAD. Is there an appropriate place I could tap the FlyerTalkers' collective wisdom on that question?

Glad to be here and looking forward to participating more.

Hmm, I guess it's about time after 18 months on FT that I finally posted here.

I am The Brendog (Stupid college nickname that stuck...) and I am a 30-something Sales Engineer/Program Manager for a big GPS company and based just north of NYC, but rarely ever home. In theory, I have a wife (Who is an attorney, no less...), as well, but she's generally on the road, too, so it's hard to say anymore... :D

On the very odd occasions that I'm not working, posting on FT while waiting for a plane, or travelling, I'm generally hiking, brewing/drinking beer, and sleeping. I generally hang out on the CO forum and on Omni, although I do occasionally make my way onto other boards and try to spread my hatred of WN...

While surly, I'm always up for a drink and I become much more easy-going after 3 or 4 of them.

Cheers

My name is ben. I travel every week to different state for my job. I am in consulting and have been on the road for the past 5 year. I spent more time in the state than in canada even though I am canadian

Sean, been traveling for a little over 15 years now, 42 years old.

Have been working for the past 15 years now as a Telecommunications Consultant Engineer for an Insurance Company and have traveled to many a Catastrophe site as well as our other large call centers throughout the country.

Favorite carrier to date I think has to be United, with maybe Lufthansa as a close second.

Hi Everyone,

New poster, heard about this site from Cholula, so thanks. Clinical scientist, widowed, native Atlantan (so a Delta girl), love skating, symphony, baking, SEC football (and most sports) and travel about 60% of time giving scientific presentations, mostly domestic; however, also to Europe and Israel.

BellaB

Hi,
New member & would like to introduce myself.
Working in the New Energy markets – specifically in fuel cells.
Based in Melbourne Australia – often travelling to:
Germany (all over)
France (Strasbourg & Paris)
Netherlands
UK (up north)
Japan
US
Being so far away has advantages AND disadvantages.
-you get to see the best and worst of airlines and travel in general!

Looking forward to contributing and hopefully catching up.

Trent

Hi to All;
I'm a disabled veteran living in the Smoky Mountains of NC. I enlisted in the Army to go to Nuclear Power Plant Operators School. The Berlin Crisis altered that and I was assigned to an infantry unit. Just when I though things couldn't get any worse, my life went to the dogs.... literately. I was reassigned to the MP Corp as a Dog Handler. So much for a good education and career.

I did manage to get a degree in Tallahassee, Fl. "Go Noles". Traveled some internationally in my younger days. Now travel for leisure as the miles accrue. I'm one of the CC warriors. I haven't paid money for a seat in many a year. I dabble in RE investments and thats a good source of mile too.

I learned just about all I know about FF miles right here on the FlyerTalk Forums.

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I live in the DC Meto area. I like to travel. We own timeshares in Mexico and the Bahamas.

Hi,

I'm a Community College student living in Auburn, Washington (At the moment anyway before transfer).. And I'm 19, a hopeful international transfer student to some good university here in the US

I'm from Asia, specifically Indonesia.. Usually flies off about 2x a year to indonesia.. roughly 21,900 miles by Economy; 26,750 miles by Business; or 32,800 by First, and 3-7x around the US a year.

My preferred carriers are Star Alliance Carriers and I've joined about 1/2 of those carriers' mileage program.

I know my username might be a little weird, but that's me.. a general flyer that almost always use Economy or (about 1/12 of the time) Business..

Looking forward to joining the community here, asking questions, maybe answering some too..

Usually flies with United and Virgin America (after its introduction this year) for domestic travels; and with Singapore (starting last year) for international flights; and Silk Air (starting last year) for Regional Asia.

I've had a lot of experiences trying out different carriers, and hope I can contribute my experiences here.

Thanks!

Hey,

I'm an engineering student, currently a junior, going to school in the San Francisco Bay Area. I'm originally from upstate New York, and most of my flying is for trips back home (4-6 times per year). I usually fly United, because until relatively recently it was the only US carrier that flew to China. I only fly Economy, except when I get bumped and get a F seat on the replacement flight. Also, I'm on track to get 2P this year.

Let's see, Epsilon0 was a legacy from a period in high school when I was really obsessed with physics.

My name is Jeff, and I have been travelling since August, so I'm kind've a newbie at this.

I am travelling from Indy to Delaware mostly, and have been staying at Staybridge Suites.

I am an instructor by trade, and fly out here mostly every week.

Hi

Di - live in UK (where the history comes from) and mainly fly AA, but have a BA blue member card too.

Found you lot when I was on TA posting about AA status - learnt too late about a Platinum challenge!

However I am now at last a Gold earned through normal means. I don't travel for work - purely for my holidays.

I have a timeshare in Tenerife but I always exchange to Florida or Carribean.

Me and my bloke bought a house in Ormond Beach in May this year so we earn our points from visiting there twice a year.

I have been lurking for a while but not found anything to post about yet. Just trying to learn the hints tips and tricks of AAdvantage useage.
Diana
PS - my moniker is PTbird cos I have a PT Cruiser and I am a bird....

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Hi All!
I live in Phoenix, teaching history and government to young teens and mentoring a plethora of new (and not so new) teachers. I only do about 35k a year, to conferences, seminars, some leisure. I've learned a lot on this forum- spread my handouts and materials so they don't look so dangerous to TSA, that I'm not alone in finding certain personal articles missing from my checked bags, how to handle a high-end hotel staff when my room starts flooding from the ceiling and I have to present with 2 hours sleep. I appreciate all the advice!

My life is feast or famine- either too busy, or time off but pooped. Have learned to love the gym (yep- new grandma here and don't want to look it), crazy about exploring new places (comes from parents who are both world travelers). Headed to Seattle and Portland soon, possibly Boston after that.

Not too much time on planes, but enough to understand.

I Was Sir-Lurk-A-Lot But Decided To Chime In!
 

Hello all!

My name is Andrew and I'm a Professional Motorcycle Racing photographer who covers the AMA Superbike Series here in the US and when there isn't a clash of schedules, the MotoGP World Championship. I'm also Senior AMA Photographer for RoadRacerX magazine, maintain a column with Cycleworld online, and am consitently published in numerous motorcycle magazines worldwide. I live on the West Coast of California, a few miles north of Laguna Seca in a small town called Capitola. I travel extensively around the US and then elsewhere around the globe depending on assignments.

I have visited this site many times and have gleaned very useful information from it's depths and wanted to join to be able to maybe offer something in return and have some questions answered (which I'll post in due course...)

That's all, more about me (and my whitterings) can be found below which is my blog, which then links to my website...

Thanks for listening.

Andrew :)