college student elite roll call
Apr 26, 2009 | 3:44 pm
#16
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: BDL
Programs: AA PLT, UA 1K (2k), Hyatt Diamond, SPG Platinum, HHonors Gold
Posts: 683
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.
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.
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.
Apr 26, 2009 | 4:12 pm
#18
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: The best state in the USA - Florida!
Programs: Marriott Titanium/LT Plat, AS Titanium, Disney AP
Posts: 14,532
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).
Platinum by the age of 23 now (less than a year removed from the good ol' days).
Apr 26, 2009 | 5:04 pm
#19
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 8,884
I guess we know how UA has been kept afloat.
Apr 26, 2009 | 6:35 pm
#20
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Tampa, FL
Programs: Nothing - I'm useless!
Posts: 2,441
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.
I'm a theatrical scenic designer out of Central/South Florida, moving later this year to Orange County California for a grad program.
Apr 26, 2009 | 6:56 pm
#21
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Australia
Posts: 993
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!
Apr 27, 2009 | 12:09 pm
#22
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: SFO
Programs: UA, AS, some others
Posts: 1,369
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...
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...
Apr 27, 2009 | 12:40 pm
#23
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Multiple locations
Programs: AAdvantage ExPlat LT Gold, BA Silver, Aegean Star Gold
Posts: 5,255
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...
any college FTs heading to BooDoo in Andorra?
, 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... any college FTs heading to BooDoo in Andorra?
Apr 27, 2009 | 6:26 pm
#24
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: CVG, DTW
Programs: DL Gold
Posts: 134
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.
Apr 27, 2009 | 7:39 pm
#25
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: The best state in the USA - Florida!
Programs: Marriott Titanium/LT Plat, AS Titanium, Disney AP
Posts: 14,532
Apr 29, 2009 | 6:38 am
#27
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Just moved to Houston,TX
Programs: UA Platinum, SPG Platinum
Posts: 225
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.