Sunday December 30. Flyertalkers and Randy on television
Dec 30, 2007, 7:54 am
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I haven't seen it yet...it's still taping on my TV. 
But it's one of the folks who attended the Soup DO (and who may or may not want to equate a FT handle to a real name):
But it's one of the folks who attended the Soup DO (and who may or may not want to equate a FT handle to a real name):
The Honored Guest List:
Mr. & Mrs. San Diego (the special guests)
Catman (Le Hoste) and just me at the moment
dhammer (making his FIRST SOup Do appearance, finally!
)
flyerwife (who has been here before but not a Soup DO!)
ljp99 (Alley Cat and first time Souper I believe)
Analise (Alley cat and First Soup DO!!!)
Cordelli (anotehr first timer I believe)
BroadwayBoy (first F-T Do ever!)
stockmanjr (repeat Souper)
bk3day (another repeat Souper)
scflier and Mrs. scflier (first timer Soupers)
Sunnyhere (yet another first time Souper, representing the Las Vegas FT-ers!)
AL CARLOS (first timer Soup Do-er)
cpx (another Alley Cat!)
tkey75 (another first time SOuper!)
Mr. & Mrs. San Diego (the special guests)
Catman (Le Hoste) and just me at the moment
dhammer (making his FIRST SOup Do appearance, finally!
) flyerwife (who has been here before but not a Soup DO!)
ljp99 (Alley Cat and first time Souper I believe)
Analise (Alley cat and First Soup DO!!!)
Cordelli (anotehr first timer I believe)
BroadwayBoy (first F-T Do ever!)
stockmanjr (repeat Souper)
bk3day (another repeat Souper)
scflier and Mrs. scflier (first timer Soupers)
Sunnyhere (yet another first time Souper, representing the Las Vegas FT-ers!)
AL CARLOS (first timer Soup Do-er)
cpx (another Alley Cat!)
tkey75 (another first time SOuper!)
Dec 30, 2007, 8:36 am
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Just saw it--good segment. Thanks for CBS for giving a fair chance to explain the method to our madness, and to Jenny for representing us well.
Dec 30, 2007, 8:37 am
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I woke up at 0600 California time for this.
This 4 minute plus story went by so fast. I guess CBS used the importrant comments.
I must say that George, SanDiego1K's husband, looked good. As a matter of fact, we all looked good.
Shame on CBS for putting me and Catman on the cutting room floor. 
I guess that I didn't have to tell my wife as much as I did prior to the broadcast.
dh
Dec 30, 2007, 8:53 am
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Originally Posted by Cholula
Maybe Sunday mornings start earlier in the LA area than elsewhere on the Left Coast.
Dec 30, 2007, 9:36 am
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Here's a synopsis on the 5 minute segment.
- Came on at 23 minutes into the broadcast
- Jenny had the most air time. She is a UA flyer and appeared to be a segment runner. She had an FT tag on her backpack. She had the most air time, and presented herself very well. (She was not a SoupDo-er; I've no idea what her FT handle is.)
- Randy Petersen was filmed at House of Miles. As part of his interview, he showed the Mileage Run forum. You could see a lot of handles from the folks who had started threads.
- Michael Faeter (sp?), was an AA flyer who was going for EXP. I've no idea if he is an FTer.
- There were stock clips of WN and Jetblue in the air - which aren't typically mileage runner airlines.
There was footage of the 2 tables of Soup Do'ers. Shown were: - cordelli
- Mr. SanDiego1K
- stockmanjr
- bk3day
- dhammer53
- ljp99
- Catman
- sc flier + wife
- tkey - talked about airport codes
Dec 30, 2007, 10:19 am
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I watch Sunday Morning every Sunday (actually have it on a dvr), and just happened to catch this segment. The show airs from 8-9:30am PHX time.
Here is a transcript of the show:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3656875.shtml
And where was the, "Soup Do"???
On a more relevant topic, why would someone do ORD-DSM-DEN several times when you could just do a trip to Europe??? I'd rather do (and did) a long trip or 2 than bunches of small stuff.
Here is a transcript of the show:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3656875.shtml
And where was the, "Soup Do"???
On a more relevant topic, why would someone do ORD-DSM-DEN several times when you could just do a trip to Europe??? I'd rather do (and did) a long trip or 2 than bunches of small stuff.
Dec 30, 2007, 10:30 am
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Jenny appeared to qualify with segments. She talked about flying as many segments as possible, and adding segments to trips. She was focused on short hops, multiple fights.
Dec 30, 2007, 1:01 pm
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I love the comment on the CBS website:
"This is simply shameful. To have such a vacant life as to waste it sitting on airplanes just to sit on more airplanes, albeit the concept of having a better seat. These people should consider something akin to addiction counseling. Not only are they wasting their own lives, but the time and effort of dozens of people who are processing their tickets and securing airline flights by making the line a few minutes longer. It is inconsiderate of the people who truly have a function and a goal for their travel and need to get somewhere."
"This is simply shameful. To have such a vacant life as to waste it sitting on airplanes just to sit on more airplanes, albeit the concept of having a better seat. These people should consider something akin to addiction counseling. Not only are they wasting their own lives, but the time and effort of dozens of people who are processing their tickets and securing airline flights by making the line a few minutes longer. It is inconsiderate of the people who truly have a function and a goal for their travel and need to get somewhere."