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Sunday December 30. Flyertalkers and Randy on television

Sunday December 30. Flyertalkers and Randy on television

Old Dec 30, 2007, 2:01 pm
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It was good to see some FT "old timers" on TV. I wish the segment was longer. As for the negative remarks on the CBS News website, just ignore them. Life's too short to care about such ignorant rants.
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Old Dec 30, 2007, 2:33 pm
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tkey75, I just knew they'd put your comment below in their show!

Jay Teadtke told Doane that he has to "dumb it down" when he talks to other people about travel.
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Old Dec 30, 2007, 2:37 pm
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Originally Posted by ECOTONE
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."



Haha, so narrow minded.. a paying pax is a paying pax. That person must have been cut in front of by an elite member.
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Old Dec 30, 2007, 3:02 pm
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Its online now:

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_vi...ml?id=3623800n


Click on

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"Going the Extra Mile"

They caught me slurping my Minestrone Soup.

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Old Dec 30, 2007, 3:04 pm
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Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
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.
Not necessarily. Padding segments can add a significant amount of miles as well. Consider this:

EWR-LAX (nonstop): 2454
EWR-IAD-SFO-LAX: 3919

Thats about 40% more miles. I always requal on miles, but I rely heavily on improving my cpm via creative routing. I expect a lot of runners do.

Now as for the guy flying ORD-IND buying a hotel room and flying back in the morning - Unless he is getting really cheap stays in IND that he needs to requalify for his hotel program, I think he needs some sort of intervention.
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Old Dec 30, 2007, 3:11 pm
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I thought it was a very nice segment. I think it takes a special person to risk both DEN and ORD on the same MR during the winter.

Bravo to the MR folks!
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Old Dec 30, 2007, 3:16 pm
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Originally Posted by ECOTONE
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."



That quote was from the guy who walked past me in an upgraded FC seat on his way to the unique Hell that is a transcon middle coach seat.

Last edited by Cholula; Dec 30, 2007 at 8:17 pm Reason: Clarity...(<:)
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Old Dec 30, 2007, 3:24 pm
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Originally Posted by ljp99
Its online now:

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_vi...ml?id=3623800n

They caught me slurping my Minestrone Soup.
That one didn't work for me - it brought up another story. Try this one.
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Old Dec 30, 2007, 3:28 pm
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I agree -

Thats why I edited to add:

Click on

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"Going the Extra Mile"

on the right hand side of screen.

(which now brings up a red x, so maybe too many people are trying to view at once ????)
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Old Dec 30, 2007, 3:28 pm
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Originally Posted by Cholula
That quote was from the guy who walked past me in an upgraded FC seat on his way to the unique Hell that is a transcon coach seat.
edit: transcon middle coach seat.
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Old Dec 30, 2007, 3:32 pm
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Originally Posted by VPescado
That one didn't work for me - it brought up another story. Try this one.
Can't get it to play. I can get the other segments. Any ideas?
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Old Dec 30, 2007, 3:49 pm
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Originally Posted by obscure2k
Can't get it to play. I can get the other segments. Any ideas?
Same here.
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Old Dec 30, 2007, 4:24 pm
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Originally Posted by obscure2k
Can't get it to play. I can get the other segments. Any ideas?
Me either!!! It's doesn't work for me at all. Sorry! Please fixed it these video for me. Thanks! I need your help for me that I am trying to listening the video about frequent flyers miles from FT. It's importance that I just want to hear from Randy by entire FT.
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Old Dec 30, 2007, 4:29 pm
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It doesn't work for me either, all the other ones on the page do.

But I had it on Tivo and just watched it there.

I wonder who is the larger loser, the people who take mileage runs and support the airlines we all love and hate, or the guy who has nothing better to do on a Sunday afternoon then post stupid comments about the stories he sees on a website all day?

He actually sounds like a total loser, several times stressing the fact that he goes out of his way not to interact with anybody.

Too funny.
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Old Dec 30, 2007, 4:30 pm
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Originally Posted by mikey1003
Are we all going to chip in and buy Randy a hair cut?

I'm bald so I am jealous
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You could buy his hair for a toupee
I'm guessing a little something more than length is required.
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