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Anglo Large Clawed Otter Jun 10, 2010 7:11 am


Originally Posted by FT Lurker (Post 14109089)
Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry9630/4.7.1.57 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/104)

Bom Diddly Box!

Fixed. :-:

COFlyerCLE Jun 10, 2010 7:12 am


Originally Posted by gbryan84 (Post 14109429)
:confused:


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14109440)
Apparently Chase representatives are in PClubs handing out items to promote the PPlus card.

Nothing too exciting... a pretty platinum-colored bag with water, milanos, truffles, apple, deck of cards, and stuff about the Chase PP card.

We already have one PPCard in the house - I'm probably not going to grab one myself. We'll see.

icurhere2 Jun 10, 2010 7:16 am

If only I had 20,000 SPG points ...

gbryan84 Jun 10, 2010 7:20 am


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14109515)

Rolov, will you be in CPT during this time. Seems like a decent deal.

rolov Jun 10, 2010 7:20 am


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14109440)
Apparently Chase representatives are in PClubs handing out items to promote the PPlus card.

I present you a helpful post from yesterday:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...l#post14109534

windwalker Jun 10, 2010 7:21 am


Originally Posted by Mackieman (Post 14109360)

not reading/clicking EVERY post I see


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14109515)

Wonder how my daughter would feel if I miss the wedding, hmmmmm

rolov Jun 10, 2010 7:24 am


Originally Posted by gbryan84 (Post 14109537)
Rolov, will you be in CPT during this time. Seems like a decent deal.

No I get back the 22, but that link points to Greece, did I read correctly?

mwg25 Jun 10, 2010 7:25 am

A post I composed yesterday afternoon and then forgot to actually "send"
 
First of all, thank you for all the DC/BWI discussion. It's a subject about which I knew very little until recently, and with which it would really behoove me to get more familiar.


Originally Posted by belynch (Post 14103105)
I keep looking at my savings account and thinking of all the wonderful, and productive, things I could be doing with that money (paying down the mortgage, upgrading to the :-: Suite at the Conrad MLE, paying off the Canuck's student loans, investing, etc.) and then I realize that all that money is earmarked for "Teh Joyous Gayla of Financial Drain." :rolleyes:

YUP.

Great title. This afternoon's next task is composing an email to my mother full of crow and humble pie, in the interest of not having to assume the entire Financial Drain rather than just part of it.


Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 14103549)
I am finding form good deals from ZFV to teh west coast. 245ish o/w for B :-:

Hmmmmm.


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 14103612)
Missed my two-year mark by about three pounds. Ended up having lost 56.9 pounds over the last two years, wanted to hit -60. Now to take this morning's weight and figure out what a good target for the wedding would be.

^^ to you. Awesome.


Originally Posted by PSU Mudder (Post 14103944)
Morning Box -- Mind if I ask WWTBD?

Looking at two options for a flight next Wed the 16th:

218 EWR-TPA dep 6:30p, arrive 9:39p
318 EWR-TPA dep 8:35p, arrive 11:44p

No checked bags, can't leave Manhattan until about 4:45p or so. Have an hour drive to Sarasota after arrival for meetings the next morning, and I'm already going to be short on sleep from flying into NYC early that morning.

Here's the real dilemma: the earlier flight is a 738, and the later one is a 739. I'm sportin silver these days, and a look at the seat maps shows an upgrade possible on either flight (exits are empty, elite sections with a smattering of seats filled, back is packed), but it clearly looks like the later flight has a better shot. However, there is dinner in F on the earlier flight and just drinks on the later one. Furthermore, I'm guessing the earlier one will have a 45 minute taxi, while the later one should be only 10 or so.

This has been addressed by many already, but I'd like to add a +1 to the thought that making it in time for a 6:30 flight is going to be TIGHT. Not necessarily impossible, but I personally would rather avoid the inevitable freaking-out as you cross your fingers on the train.


Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 14104000)
It pains me that my employer still has our computers on XP, with no announced plan to upgrade.


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14104019)
My state-issued computer is still on XP (as is my netbook) - no upgrade seemingly in my future.

Same here. We're on a new-laptop-every-3-years plan, I've just completed 2 with mine. I assume that those who will get new ones starting this fall and here on out will have Win7; how we'll deal with a 2-OS environment for a couple years I don't know.


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 14104001)
That's a downline question of mine. I need to figure out at what point going back to the gym should happen.

As soon as possible. It'll make you feel better, give another dimension to the progress, and provide a whole host of other health benefits besides just the dropping numbers.

Do you and Connection and/or your friends have any things like running/biking/tennis that you both enjoy?


Originally Posted by AMF in NJ (Post 14104005)
[ALCO]What about Fairbanks? :-:[/ALCO]

HAHAHAHA. :p Perfect.


Originally Posted by FT Lurker (Post 14104136)
It's a long block between Herald Square and Penn

Yes. Yes it is.


Originally Posted by CO 1E (Post 14104411)
If I'm flying out of DCA and not first thing in the morning, I try to get there a bit early so that I can spend some time in the P Club. It's such a unique club with great views, and I like to take at least 15 minutes there to enjoy it. Hell, I even hang out there for a bit after flights sometimes. It's one of my favorite clubs and who knows whether they will keep it after the merger.


Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 14104470)
I agree with you on that club. It has always been one of my favorites. I spent about 3 hours there last Friday afternoon, as I got off the plane and had several back-to-back conference calls for work I needed to take before hopping on Metro and heading home.

I've only been in there once, but I agree, it's really nice. Was very sad to be sitting only a few yards away from its door during my very very long delay at DCA this past weekend.


Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 14104543)
Honestly, after nearly 10 years of doing business with them, I've never had a problem with Chase. Not one.

+1. No issues. And the one time they screwed something up (charged a fee that - as I understood it - they shouldn't have), they explained that I had actually missed the exact nuance of the rule, but (as I had never made any such mistake before) they agreed to waive it "just this once". Can't complain too much.


Originally Posted by xFF (Post 14105060)
What's the best non-rush route from PHL (actually more interested in your opinion for NJ Turnpike points)? Over Tappan Zee, though NY state, or GWB? Does it change if final destination is PVD and not BOS?


Originally Posted by Phudnik (Post 14105220)
I would think that this would depend on the traffic on the bridges. We usually take the GWB going from Philly to Westchester but the traffic was pretty bad last time and we might have done better to take the Tappan Zee.

My suggestion, again based in part on 10-year-old experience, would be:

NJ Turnpike to [Garden State/Tappan Zee/287] or [GWB/Henry Hudson Parkway/Cross County] to the Hutchinson River Parkway to the Merritt.

Going to Boston you'd go from the Merritt to I-91 to I-84 to the Mass Pike.

Going to Providence you'd go from the Merritt to I-95 somewhere around New Haven.

I would recommend staying far away from the Cross Bronx/Bruckner/New England Thruway.

Generally, the GWB is only your best choice if you're driving through at...oh, midnight, or something like that. I would take 287/Tappan Zee for sure.

The Cr:rolleyes:ss Br:rolleyes:nx has been labeled "the worst 5 miles of highway in America" and I believe it. The first time I ever drove into NYC (from further north in the Hudson Valley) I ended up coming in on this road on a Friday afternoon and it was truly horrifying.

icurhere2 Jun 10, 2010 7:28 am


Originally Posted by windwalker (Post 14109545)
Wonder how my daughter would feel if I miss the wedding, hmmmmm

In my mind, that experience for enough SPG points to get 25,000 FF miles is a screaming redemption value. Getting to Greece at precisely that time might be a bit of a challenge but ...

Anglo Large Clawed Otter Jun 10, 2010 7:47 am

Last tranche of SPG--->BA transferred. Now, for teh waiting. :rolleyes:

ConciergeMike Jun 10, 2010 7:49 am


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14109515)

Wow wow wow. :eek:


Originally Posted by mwg25 (Post 14109570)
^^ to you. Awesome.

Thanks. :D


Originally Posted by mwg25 (Post 14109570)
As soon as possible. It'll make you feel better, give another dimension to the progress, and provide a whole host of other health benefits besides just the dropping numbers.

This is a good point. In the absence of funds for a membership somewhere, I might just have to go pick up some freeweights.


Originally Posted by mwg25 (Post 14109570)
Do you and Connection and/or your friends have any things like running/biking/tennis that you both enjoy?

We are pretty much friendless in this area. All of her friends are already married with kids and have moved away. The one couple that I know out here (best man and his girlfriend) essentially have zero downtime since the girl is in a Master's program and working full-time and the guy just got admitted to the Rutgers dual-degree MBA/JD program. Combine my odd schedule with her normal schedule, and that she doesn't like gyms and doesn't much like to sweat and it's a recipe for :rolleyes:.


Originally Posted by mwg25 (Post 14109570)
The Cr:rolleyes:ss Br:rolleyes:nx has been labeled "the worst 5 miles of highway in America" and I believe it. The first time I ever drove into NYC (from further north in the Hudson Valley) I ended up coming in on this road on a Friday afternoon and it was truly horrifying.

The Cross Bronx is a workout for the car when the road is empty, what with the potholes and such. If you catch it at good times it's not that bad at all. I have way too much experience with it, since I used to have to take the exit for Jerome Ave. to get to an aunt and uncle's house.


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14109587)
In my mind, that experience for enough SPG points to get 25,000 FF miles is a screaming redemption value. Getting to Greece at precisely that time might be a bit of a challenge but ...

No joke. What a deal.

Morning, Box.

ssullivan Jun 10, 2010 7:52 am


Originally Posted by mwg25 (Post 14109570)
Same here. We're on a new-laptop-every-3-years plan, I've just completed 2 with mine. I assume that those who will get new ones starting this fall and here on out will have Win7; how we'll deal with a 2-OS environment for a couple years I don't know.

We used to get a new one every three years, but it's now every four. As far as I know, the new ones that are being issued right now still have Windows XP.

Anglo Large Clawed Otter Jun 10, 2010 7:52 am


icurhere2 Jun 10, 2010 7:53 am

I'm off to make a presentation to 200-250 senior-enlisted service members.

windwalker Jun 10, 2010 8:01 am

SPG Greece appears goooooone


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