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I'm not ruling out another one of these this season. I get the good prices by piggybacking my mother's group which has to be a Flyers game, but I am willing to explore buying cheaper seats for an FT-only event.

I think we've established I'm up for any trip as long as the price is manageable and/or I have VDB credits to burn. Witness the following trips to (and escapes from) NJ:

Central NJ Mini Do - VDB credit for not flying on a CR2
Hockey Do - WN credit bought for pennies on eBay, got a VDB on the way home
Footie Do - SkyTeam USA VDB credit out, UA VDB credit back

AMF in NJ

Jun 24, 2010 6:59 pm

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Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14190862)

Better success ratio than :rolleyes:puck. :-:

ConciergeMike

Jun 24, 2010 7:01 pm

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Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14190862)

Central NJ Mini Do - VDB credit for not flying on a CR2

But you endured the CR2 on the way up IIRC. I remember checking NWA Mobile and feeling sorry over the thought.

icurhere2

Jun 24, 2010 7:01 pm

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 14190856)

CO only excels at Gin. All their other onboard liquors are teh suck.

SkyTeam USA carries Woodford, Glenlivet, and then all forms of :rolleyes:

icurhere2

Jun 24, 2010 7:02 pm

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 14190873)

But you endured the CR2 on the way up IIRC. I remember checking NWA Mobile and feeling sorry over the thought.

862 miles of CR2 (MEM-PHL), not that I was traumatized. The former HP CRJ I had MEM-PHX (when my CO MEM-SMF run went pear-shaped) was even more :rolleyes:

icurhere2

Jun 24, 2010 7:04 pm

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Originally Posted by AMF in NJ (Post 14190868)

Better success ratio than :rolleyes:puck. :-:

I also got a $150 travel credit on the trip back from Footie Do, if you want to be precise.

msv	Jun 24, 2010 7:04 pm

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Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14190877)

SkyTeam USA carries Woodford, Glenlivet, and then all forms of :rolleyes:

They were doing Glenlivet tastings at my local store last week. I thought that was rather odd stuff

msv	Jun 24, 2010 7:05 pm

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Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14190882)

I also got a $150 travel credit on the trip back from Footie Do, if you want to be precise.

You did spend quite a few hours in transit as I recall:)

ConciergeMike

Jun 24, 2010 7:06 pm

I tried Jameson for the first and only time in the duty free area of SNN. The Irish can keep that crap.

Anglo Large Clawed Otter

Jun 24, 2010 7:06 pm

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Originally Posted by AMF in NJ (Post 14190868)

Better success ratio than :rolleyes:puck. :-:

t:rollpuck: is a volume grifter.

icurhere2

Jun 24, 2010 7:07 pm

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Originally Posted by msv (Post 14190889)

You did spend quite a few hours in transit as I recall:)

I spent two hours of the morning walking back and forth from a UA RCC to the gate, then did spend 6 hours in the IAD LH Lounge. Frustrating but I've had worse days - traveling with a laptop and netbook, life doesn't get too bad.

xFF	Jun 24, 2010 7:07 pm

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Originally Posted by mwg25 (Post 14189759)

a friend who's moving to the city in July to take an i-banking job (near the southeast corner of Central Park). He's interested in living in SoHo, the West Village, Greenwich Village, Gramercy or Tribeca. (Worked in NYC at Goldman for a summer but otherwise has spent no time in the city.)

FWIW, my advice would be for him, as an entry level i-banker, to look to minimize his commute and day-to-day hassles for the first year. Using a day or two, staying in town, do the commute to each neighborhood from his building, imagining rain, slush and darkness. Walk the neighborhoods to find the mix of shops and markets that appeal. And, as someone else mentioned, add the East Side near to work to the equation.

After he survives the first year (which will just fly past for him), there's plenty of time, and by then first hand experience, to optimize where he can most see himself at home for a longer pull.

icurhere2

Jun 24, 2010 7:09 pm

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 14190894)

t:rollpuck: is a volume grifter.

I'm going to try to be more strategic tomorrow, attempting to SDC onto flights with marginally better potential. :-:

Anglo Large Clawed Otter

Jun 24, 2010 7:15 pm

CO must have peed in UA's cornflakes. UA is hitting all the CO hubs with discount fares to Asia.

icurhere2

Jun 24, 2010 7:17 pm

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 14190920)

CO must have peed in UA's cornflakes. UA is hitting all the CO hubs with discount fares to Asia.

I was just about to comment on this. :-:

Correction: UA hasn't attacked the fortress hublet yet.

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