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Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 11699820)

hilarious, kayak across the pacific ocean.

Google Maps used to tell people to swim the Atlantic Ocean.

It's a conspiracy I tell you. I've seen Four (4) Canada commercials in the past 10 minutes.

belynch, why not do elsewhere in Asia with your 300K? HKG comes to mind.

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Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 11700062)

I've seen Four (4) Canada commercials in the past 10 minutes.

I see that commercial for Israel every morning during ABC News, at the same time. Still haven't gone, much as they want me to.

Ever seen the Canadian domestic violence PSA's that were banned from TV up there?

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Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 11700062)

It's a conspiracy I tell you. I've seen Four (4) Canada commercials in the past 10 minutes.

You'd have your choice of Tim Hortons!^

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 11700055)

Google Maps used to tell people to swim the Atlantic Ocean.

They probably realized how unrealistic that was. :p

I just got a very bad peanut in some crunchy peanut butter, my mouth is so bitter tasting now I wan to suck on unripened persimmons.

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Originally Posted by fozz (Post 11699927)

But the LAX-SIN nonstop seems elusive. I can get JFK-FRA-SIN on LH. :D

Though, I am still tempted. Any idea when they are going to swap the 744?

Someone started a rumor that the JFK route will be swapped to A380 this summer, of course that is very false since the next A380 goes to CDG and the do not have more coming in time to make such a change.

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Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 11699554)

big drug store builds building
lists store on private site were only a few people see it, subsidiary company buys the building at an inflated price(5 million), company that built the building has a set 25 year lease for an insane rate (upwards of 500k a year).

So, what seems fishy? Why would they sell the building, only to lease it at a FAR HIGHER price? and why would subsidiary company be the buyer?

All kinds of plausible (and many legitimate) explanations.

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Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11699587)

I would imagine it relates to taxes and incentives offered to build vs operate.

Capital expenditures requires access to capital (parent company). Plus, it could be a "neutral" transaction - add in taxes and such over a 25 year period and the building is expensive.

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 11699665)

Deltalina and a stripper pole couldn't make me get on a flight that long.

She has a nice voice but I don't find her that particularly attractive - I've even posted that in the DL side of FT. And she's short.

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Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 11699820)

hilarious, kayak across the pacific ocean.

Better than those 38 consecutive toll roads in Japan. Hell with that.

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Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11700052)

And acquiring those miles is often not pleasant.

If I were going to earn that many US DM's, I would be thinking "multi-partner promotion".

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Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11699971)

US*. I believe it was 90k / person in J (for the trip we actually got to take).

*As cr@p as they are, I never had a problem redeeming miles.

UPGR podcast did a whole thing on them , they don't starnet block
so redemption is great, but :rolleyes: radiation level is also very high .

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Originally Posted by CO 1E (Post 11699965)

The French Laundry, of course.

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Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11699964)

Wow.

Any suggestions on dumping 300k CO miles for 2 folks?

Wait for 60K more , then hit up EK to the Maldives , Mauritius or Seychelles
I think those are 180K , fozz just had this award he knows the exact requirement.

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Originally Posted by rolov (Post 11700166)

Wait for 60K more

Interesting. A few strategically placed OP shopping partners plus a few more visits to the ABQ burro should take care of that in short order.

When I did my US divorce and was analyzing which alliance/airline to go to, a differentiating factor with SkyTeam (the kids who got picked last) was the ability to redeem to SEZ. If I do AF instead of EK, what's the redemption rate? (I can't make heads or tails of CO's stupid charts) :rolleyes:

CM, HKG is all fine and pandy but I like to vacation in places that I probably won't get to for work. Plus, it needs to be accessible, or en route to, a beach.

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Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 11700127)

Better than those 38 consecutive toll roads in Japan. Hell with that.

With names firefox can't display.

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Originally Posted by rolov (Post 11700132)

but :rolleyes: radiation level is also very high.

Uh huh. If your goal is to collect miles to burn on crazy vacations, it's really hard to beat DM. If your goal is to collect miles as an ancillary benefit to routine travel, without jeopardizing your sanity, stay well clear of US.

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Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11700195)

Im pretty sure it still Series 10 so It may be the same amount of mileage. They don't have the separate EK chart like they used to.
The one thing to watch out for with AF is the possibility of their special config planes going to SEZ, The :rolleyes: Afaire config. I think they use it for Indian Ocean and Caribe.