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Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 11857143)

My flight on monday from PHL is showing A5/Y0 :D:

The numbers are looking better and better for you.

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Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11856909)

For $1 the FA will spit in your ramen. You'll fill the remaining noodles up with your tears.

I would already be crying if I were on US.

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Originally Posted by KNRG (Post 11857005)

Quick advice request: I think i may be entirely and utterly sick of Paris and the French. Any coping suggestions? I have 26 long days left.

Eurostar or discount airline.

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Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 11857010)

Get out of Paris on the weekends. Eurostar is nice a quick to London.

Or Thalys to AMS.

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Originally Posted by KNRG (Post 11857182)

If you have a friend with a webcam, use Skype.

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Originally Posted by Scott6067 (Post 11857580)

I was thinking the same thing!

Thinking like me hurts your credibility.

I'm about to book an itinerary on AAnother AAirline that has one flight completely zeroed out on July 5th :confused: One literally cannot purchase that flight alone but it comes up as a valid connection.

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Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 11857701)

Thinking like me hurts your credibility.

I hereby retract my earlier comment!!

For those keeping tally on the hemispherphobias I may break mine. My sis-in-law wants me to go with my brother and her this summer to GIG. I want to go but will likely route via PTY to get the upgrades and the extra airport and the CO Lounge their. Time will tell though.

CO gets the PAWfect competion!!

I am not a pet owner so can't understand this but in Jult their will be an airlines that is fly that is for the dogs (& cats)!!!

PetAirways will service IAD,ORD,DEN,LAX,NYC.

More details here: www.petairways.com

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Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 11857339)

Last year I replaced my double garage door and a single door at a friends house. I had to replace it all, tracks, springs, door, ect and I am glad I did it myself. I saved a ton of money. I didnt know what I was doing, but I figured it all out with only one :rolleyes: moment.

I thought about doing it but I live in a townhouse so replacing the door is a whole lot of :rolleyes: I would have to go through with the condo association. I don't think I'm up for rebuilding the whole system onto the existing door plus with my MR this weekend and a semi-regular travel schedule after that, I just don't have the time.

Plus, since I have a home office, part of the expense is tax-deductable....this is after all the door to the building where my office is! ^

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Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 11853257)

This thread is classic :D

http://www.airlinecrew.net/vbulletin...=212230&page=3

As in classic :rolleyes:. I do enjoy by daily helping of that board. Must be the M in me.

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Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 11854347)

How about the Violent Femmes in the pouring rain?

I love the Violent Femmes and saw them many moons ago. About the same time I thought the 688 club was a sane environment.

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Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11854450)

Some unsolicited advice for the box this a.m. from someone who grew up in a beach community:

The idea of sex on a beach (not the drink) is far better than the practical application of said event. Especially when it's windy. :rolleyes:

Must agree completely. Better said than done. I have an ex boyfriend who was an optomotrist in coastal SC. He loved it except he hated having sand in his car. Plus1 has said he shares this ideal way of living. I guess that means I will be living on the beach somewhere in my retirement while Plus1 is reading sandfree somewhere.

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Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 11854612)

He did the 7 AM Sunday mornign lawn mow once when he first moved in years ago. Maybe I should hold an outdoors box party, that will teach them. :D

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Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11855065)

Bah. Humbug.

I was upgraded on tomorrow's flight, doubt TheCanuck will be.

I like aisle seats, she likes windows. I'm going to give her the seat in F on this flight and I'll sit in whY. I saw on the seat map a primo aisle seat opened up but I can't change the stupid seat because I split the PNR and never got her new record locator.

I called up and the agent said "we can't move that person to an exit row seat because they are not Elite." I explained the situation and they told me no way, no how.

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Another victim of CO'S INANE COMPANION UPGRADE POLICY.

I'll say this as gently as I can. Sitting apart from each other can be a really nice thing!

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Originally Posted by sfogate (Post 11855401)

Me too. I think I'll avoid that pilot idiot thread and arguing with TWA Fan 1 for awhile. My head hurts. :D

How is it you are so wise? I get riled up and then realize it's just not worth it!

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Originally Posted by fozz (Post 11855405)

I really think we should take the survivor approach and be able to vote people off the island.

Who wants to make it a Talkboard issue? :D

That, my friend, is why you are the Wizard of Fozz!

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Originally Posted by fozz (Post 11855412)

I've learned that is as useful as washing toilet paper so I just avoid it altogether now.

Sadly, I'm avoiding the main CO forum more and more, it's starting to become toxic out there.

I've found the box has everything I really need to know - everything else is :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11856480)

I'm HotPocket Elite.

I sat beside the hot pocket inventor ORD-DEN. Not only was he delightful, modest and downright amazing, he was one of if not the best seat mates I've ever had (he also sent me a bunch of hot pockets free coupons)

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Originally Posted by sfogate (Post 11857683)

I have seen all kinds of weird things over bin space. I've had people tug on me and tell me that "their" bin was full of someone else's stuff. People who refuse to walk to the back to use the empty bins and want me to do that for them (...) and I've seen plenty of people place their bags in the forward bins and have a seat in the rear of the plane.

Last week I had a guy, who boarded at the very end, demand that I ask someone else to take their bags off the plane and check them, so that he could use the now empty space for his, because he refused to check his bag. That wasn't going to happen. I also had someone write in to CO accusing me of racial discrimination because I had to check his bag in since we were out of space. :rolleyes:

Some of these people need to get a life. Demand someone else check their bag to they can have space. :confused::rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by sfogate (Post 11857690)

The numbers are looking better and better for you.

I know, Let's keep our fingers crossed. I am doing PHL-IAH-SAN-EWR(redeye)-PHL and everything looks wide open except that phl-iah segment. I really hope I get an agent who is willing to play with my routing and let me change it slightly because I am traveling with a friend on that segment and would like to get rerouted together so I can go to LAS with him and maybe get him in F as my companion if it's available.

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Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11856585)

US is now selling ramen noodles for $3 as part of a new BOB program.

Keep it classy, US. :-::-::-:

I may be off but I'm seeing a 93% margin - go US :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by KNRG (Post 11857182)

I just feel starved for human contact and intelligent conversation. I did not realize how much I used to talk - even to random people - prior to this. I thought i was standoff-ish and anti-social. Apparently not.

I can't really talk to the french, and they seemingly have no desire to even try to communicate with me (except lots of people want me to take their picture at various tourist sights).

Went to some church today, it had mutes outfront with some petition - i dunno what about, they were mute and i can only read a little french - but it occured to me that i've been quite mute myself so far. I'm so busy trying to be polite and not be a loud obnoxious American that i've mostly been very quiet, nearly mute.

In the group I work/tour/travel with I think we're all that the point of being sick of each other too.. so communication within it has broken down to grunts, gestures, and one word answers.

I feel like the dog at the pet store that just a little too old to be a cute puppy and that everyone just passes by. I'd love to learn about the culture and the people, really be in and part of it - but everything ends up being me looking through the glass as an outsider.

I've been there - not in France but in China. It's tough. I used my off time reading books, exercising, hopping in the pool, watching House (I limited myself to 1 a day so I could spread it out). Hop on the train - you are in a very transient area - go for it. Go seek out a movie theatre (English with French subtitles). Post in the Community forum of FT!

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Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 11857629)

How about some of these people in teh F bin thread talking about pulling bags out of the bin and leaving them in the aisle to make space for their bag :rolleyes:

I loved your post ab out buying more insurance for your bag!! It made me laugh out loud.:D

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Originally Posted by Brituchenite (Post 11857996)

I loved your post ab out buying more insurance for your bag!! It made me laugh out loud.:D

I figured that they would not want to be bothered with extra work and that did the trick. :o

^ to the marriott in Virginia I just booked, going 11 miles out of the way to pick me up with the 'airport shuttle' :D

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Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 11857970)

Yeah your other flights are wide open. Your PHL-IAH flight is on the line as to whether or not it will oversell, it is however currently overbooked. :D

Most agents are willing to rebook you close to where you want to go if you volunteer. I often ask people, when we offer the next day's flight, if they would like to extend their return by one day, at no extra charge of course.

Baglady, with regards to the pilot/bracelet/Larry's annual salary thread, I wasn't so wise because I posted a few things before I figured out that hitting my head against the wall would be easier.

I may try to make it out to SFO now that I have two free marriott nights(that is free without award points....may add a 3rd night from points too) :D on one of those restricted weekend fares from IAH.