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futureacnp Apr 26, 2009 3:44 pm


Originally Posted by CollegeFlyer (Post 11647804)
The $45 Connecticut Limo ride to BDL is a pain, isn't it? And a cab costs $100+!

I'm so glad I don't have to do that anymore. BOS is accessible by subway for $1.70, or it's a 30-minute cab ride for $40! So much easier and cheaper to rack up miles out of BOS. Kudos to you for managing it out of BDL.

Honestly, I would never spend $45 on a crappy Connecticut Limo. I drive my own, but even I have offered many of my friends ride to BDL. I'd rather make them take me out to lunch/dinner than suffer in a CT Limo Van. :P

Hey, I'd do anything (and have done it numerous times) including flying out of BDL, HPN, PVD, JFK, LGA, EWR, ANYTHING but HVN. Anything to avoid US.

denniskiasu Apr 26, 2009 3:56 pm

northwestern uni, senior, econ and stats major, currently 1P united.

mersk862 Apr 26, 2009 4:12 pm

Was a Medallion from Sophomore year of college on.

Platinum by the age of 23 now (less than a year removed from the good ol' days).

SchmutzigMSP Apr 26, 2009 5:04 pm


Originally Posted by baroqueboy (Post 11647455)
I'm not an elite, but I know someone who went to Oxford University, and flew back home to Chicago to visit his parents about twice a month, all in paid F (on his parents' tab no doubt). After 2 years of this craziness, he made GS.

Pardon my language, but holy fsck. :eek:

I guess we know how UA has been kept afloat. :D

KNRG Apr 26, 2009 6:35 pm

Note "elite" yet, but I crunched the numbers from my last two years (where i started flying around frequently) and hopped onto a legacy at the start of this year. I should make my first status level at CO in about a month and might be a decent level by the end of the year as my travel for the year is starting to ramp up.

I'm a theatrical scenic designer out of Central/South Florida, moving later this year to Orange County California for a grad program.

Platy Apr 26, 2009 6:56 pm

Student and QF Platinum (Oneworld Emerald)
 
I am a PhD student out of University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, but my supervisor moved to Harvard Medical School, Boston. Judicious use of instant upgrade fares on AA and routing through HNL on my trips from Australia to Boston allows very rapid progress to Platinum in the QF FF scheme!

whakojacko Apr 27, 2009 12:09 pm

Junior CS Major @ Carnegie Mellon, 2p past 3 years, going to be 1P this year w/DEQM.

Im honestly convinced a lot more students should be elite...Any student who goes to school on the other side of the country from their home naturally does about 4 RTs a year..That alone is almost 25k EQM. The premium of also buying on the (not always the cheapest) carrier is definitely worth it for Elite...

jfkeze Apr 27, 2009 12:40 pm

I'm NYC based... ehm.. graduated finance undergrad in 2007, but still use my College ID in Europe ;), I made plat that year, kept it in 2008 and now will be ExPlat... but I am trying to control myself with all these good deals... :D

any college FTs heading to BooDoo in Andorra?

MflyerCVG Apr 27, 2009 6:26 pm

I'm a materials engineer that graduated from Michigan in December and am taking a gap semester before starting work. I'll be hitting Silver elite this Sunday with a MR to FRA. Its a shame all the flights I took since Jan weren't on NW...I'd be approaching plat...but sometimes the fares on UA and VA are just too good to pass up.

mersk862 Apr 27, 2009 7:39 pm


Originally Posted by jfkeze (Post 11652831)
any college FTs heading to BooDoo in Andorra?

Sadly, I'm heading to the other big European DO that'll be happening in FRA the week after Boo Doo - can't afford to take that much time off work.

mkt Apr 28, 2009 11:49 pm

I'm doing a third year after my masters right now

PHLstudent Apr 29, 2009 6:38 am

My school is a 5 year co-op education school. I'm ending my 4th year and heading into my fifth year after the summer term. Thanks to my 3 6 month job rotations I've been able to feed my flying addiction for the past 2 years. Made 2P last year for the first time. Thanks to studying abroad in London right now and 2 weddings in Asia I will comfortably make 1P by next month maybe June. Debating if I should do some some MRs in the the second half of the year for 1K.


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