Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 13845957)

Congrats.

We found an outstanding breakfast place in downtown Portsmouth. Kind of a diner place with great things like crab omelets. Can't remember the name but it's hard to miss. It's on the main street, there's a line out the door, and the place is covered inside with all sorts of tackiness. Portsmouth is a nice town to walk around, and the Sheraton is quite convenient for that. It's also worth the short trip across the drawbridge to Kittery for a lobster roll on someone's back deck over the water by their lobster shed on the island. Cross the bridge, hang a right or left down the first street, and you'll see a few houses that have such businesses. Hard to beat a fresh lobster roll (made from a lobster the shack's owner caught) and beer, while sitting on the water watching the boats, served by a local in their backyard, all for about $12.

Originally Posted by gbryan84 (Post 13845700)

This is because you dont pay state income tax or own a home (ie. pay RE taxes or mortgage interest). Your standard deduction is probably greater than itemized.

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 13845940)

The one drawback for non 1ks is that UA takes meal orders by status. So, as a 1K i always get my first pick.

Now, if I didn't have status, it would suck.

Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 13846089)

The home part is relevant but some of us do get pretty decent sales tax deductions in lieu of state income tax deductions.

Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 13845689)

Need to fill in the missing concept of "hopped into a rental we picked up this morning with many bonus miles". Congrats on a no-hassle car sale.

Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 13845729)

The making of WN's new "Florida One"

A hideous paint job, IMO, but a pretty cool video.

Originally Posted by monitor (Post 13846092)

I do not have UA status but it does not matter what you pay for the ticket. The service almost always sucks and the aircraft usually are poorly maintained and ratty looking inside.

And to think that this time next year all of the tickets around here might be on UA stock and all of the flight numbers might be UA. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by monitor (Post 13846092)

The service almost always sucks and the aircraft usually are poorly maintained and ratty looking inside.

Originally Posted by FT Lurker (Post 13846039)

Was it The Friendly Toast?

Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 13846121)

The video is flawed, actually. They show a 738 for assembly and a 73G for painting and delivery.

Originally Posted by monitor (Post 13846092)

I do not have UA status but it does not matter what you pay for the ticket. The service almost always sucks and the aircraft usually are poorly maintained and ratty looking inside.

And to think that this time next year all of the tickets around here might be on UA stock and all of the flight numbers might be UA. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 13846144)

I will say that they've been slowly getting better. The international planes are showing some improvement, especially the ones with the new seats.

The domestic ones still have a bit to go, but the ones they've retrofitted with the new seats are off to a good start.

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 13846144)

I will say that they've been slowly getting better. The international planes are showing some improvement, especially the ones with the new seats.

The domestic ones still have a bit to go, but the ones they've retrofitted with the new seats are off to a good start.

Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 13846177)

Getting rid of the 737s also decreased the overall nastiness of the UA mainline domestic flight by a factor of 10.

Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 13846121)

The video is flawed, actually. They show a 738 for assembly and a 73G for painting and delivery.