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Originally Posted by ssullivan
(Post 10830583)
FlightMemory is finally up to date again. I've been flying too much, and too busy, and haven't kept up with it.
Tonight's last flight will be flight number 725, and will add a new route (CLT-ATL) and a new plane (EMB-190). |
Originally Posted by ssullivan
(Post 10830458)
I had forgotten how much I liked the CLT atrium area between the concourses. I haven't set foot in this portion of the CLT terminal since this week in 1997, when my family and I traveled to the DC area for Thanksgiving on a US mistake fare (IAH-BWI round trip all in for around $95).
I've got a four hour layover, and plan on spending it here, since there's not anything but US lounges here, and I'm not forking over $40 for a day pass to a US lounge. This is probably much nicer anyway, with the trees, pianist, view of the planes (looking at the Piedmont 319 for the third time on this trip) and the mobile over the bar with the different flying machines. |
Originally Posted by ConciergeMike
(Post 10830490)
First college football post of the day: I had never seen a player hydroplane until I was surfing past the Florida-FSU game. One of the Gators gained about five yards that unfortunately didn't count.
Originally Posted by monitor
(Post 10830552)
If you are not going into one of the lounges, check out one of the rocking chairs. I really liked those when I was a US flyer and sometimes did not even go into the Club but just lazed in one of them.
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Smith Street is in the Matrix Reloaded
...and in other random news I was watching the Matrix Reloaded (the second one) and just noticed 1600 Smith Street was in the foreground of the city skyline along with the Enron building and the Freedom Center.
Hmmm...maybe I have too much time on my hands. :eek: |
Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter
(Post 10830607)
Your Domestic FM is sufficiently ridiculous. Time to get to work on the international bits. :D
Personal travel in 2009 should add at least 5-6 international lines to the map, along with new airports on at least two continents. |
Originally Posted by J.Edward
(Post 10830628)
...and the Freedom Center.
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I'm working in Dallas December 9-11. My partner is flying to Dallas the evening of December 12 after work, so I'm staying over the weekend with him.
A friend and former coworker in Houston I haven't seen in over a year wants to have lunch on Friday, December 12 with another former coworker of ours. How insane is it for me to fly DAL-IAH, have lunch, and fly back to DAL a few hours later? The fare isn't too ridiculous. I'm supposed to be saving money, but the temptation to blow about $175 on flights and a rental car for lunch with two friends I haven't seen in over a year sure is tempting. And it's not like I want to just sit around in my hotel room all day that Friday. |
Originally Posted by sbm12
(Post 10830617)
I love those rocking chairs. They have some in STL, too.
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Originally Posted by sfogate
(Post 10830609)
I love this airport. Love the white walls, the high ceiling, the brightness and the rocking chairs. Even the food choices were good.
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Originally Posted by ssullivan
(Post 10830668)
Personal travel in 2009 should add at least 5-6 international lines to the map, along with new airports on at least two continents.
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Originally Posted by sfogate
(Post 10830609)
...Even the food choices were good.
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Originally Posted by ssullivan
(Post 10830668)
Personal travel in 2009 should add at least 5-6 international lines to the map, along with new airports on at least two continents.
Originally Posted by ssullivan
(Post 10830681)
How insane is it for me to fly DAL-IAH, have lunch, and fly back to DAL a few hours later? The fare isn't too ridiculous. I'm supposed to be saving money, but the temptation to blow about $175 on flights and a rental car for lunch with two friends I haven't seen in over a year sure is tempting. And it's not like I want to just sit around in my hotel room all day that Friday.
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Found out I'm probably going to the Jets-Denver game tomorrow. The BIL of the future came into some seats.
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Originally Posted by sbm12
(Post 10830749)
That's a bit more than I'd be happy paying. Doesn't mean I wouldn't do it, but I wouldn't be super happy paying for it.
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Ugh. This trip just got less awesome. US just delayed my CLT-ATL flight an hour.
And to make it worse, there's a US Dividend Miles MasterCard sign up table adjacent to my gate with two people working it who keep saying "Sir/Ma'am, are you flying US Airways today?" as they pull people over to sign them up for the credit card. At least I found a power outlet. |
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