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ssullivan Sep 5, 2009 10:59 am


Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 12333677)
This happened at IAH and only the fire dept can turn off the alarm :rolleyes: The entire C south was blaring for a good 25 minutes....most people outside in the terminal in a Panic, 2 announcements in the Pclub not to panic, no problems. That was a long 25 minutes, ears hurt.

Only 25 minutes? That's nothing. A few years ago a friend and I sat through a similar false alarm at YYZ that took close to 90 minutes to get the alarms silenced.

ssullivan Sep 5, 2009 11:04 am


Originally Posted by cheepneezy (Post 12334255)
Flipburger menu: Looks yummy. Except for the foie gras shake.:eek:

That shake is surprisingly good. Has a very nice nutty flavor to it.

ssullivan Sep 5, 2009 11:11 am

Just submitted my ticket request for ATL-MSY round trip, via IAD, DEN, and ORD, to the travel agent. Praying their holiday weekend crew doesn't question it and issues the ticket quickly. 8,986 EQMs on this one, with the double EQM promo. Nonstop on DL it's 850 EQMs, and on my normal CO routing via IAH it's 2,378. :D

sbm12 Sep 5, 2009 11:19 am


Originally Posted by Scott6067 (Post 12335301)
Welcome to FTer and to The Box! This is a fun place but there is but one rule to The Box: One must start at the begining and read all posts to understand the Box! :D

This is a fun and additive place, pull up a chair, read a few pages and see what you think!

Ummm...that's a spammer you're responding to. :)

Greetings from ORD. I'm back in the USA for a grand total of about 6 hours before heading to Canadia this evening. Wheels down to in the SkyClub was about 75 minutes. Not bad considering I had to claim bags, ride the tram and re-check.

ssullivan Sep 5, 2009 11:41 am

Travel agent issued my round the US ridiculous ticket without questioning it. :D

Only have to do a few more of those and 1K is mine.

mnmag Sep 5, 2009 12:35 pm


Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 12336286)
Travel agent issued my round the US ridiculous ticket without questioning it. :D

Only have to do a few more of those and 1K is mine.

Cool!^ Way to go!:cool:

ssullivan Sep 5, 2009 12:57 pm


Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 12336392)
Cool!^ Way to go!:cool:

Debating whether I should put another one through today, or wait and not try to do too many at once. Last thing I need them doing is saying "We found a slightly cheaper fare that's nonstop…" or "We found a slightly cheaper one stop fare on US Airways that's a UA codeshare…"

xFF Sep 5, 2009 1:00 pm


Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 12335322)
call me skeptical but I think that user is a sig whore paid to post. I see this all the time on my vB setup and looks just the same, starting to post up to about 10 times in threads with something 'relevant' just to get more clicks.

Please forebear my ignorance, but what does someone like this get out of it, or what data are they mining? And what's a vB setup? Thanks.

Scott6067 Sep 5, 2009 1:09 pm


Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 12335322)
call me skeptical but I think that user is a sig whore paid to post. I see this all the time on my vB setup and looks just the same, starting to post up to about 10 times in threads with something 'relevant' just to get more clicks.

Interesting, that is what I get for trying to be nice after an 18hour day of work and exercise. :rolleyes:


Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 12335604)
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_0 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7A341 Safari/528.16)

Good morning box. I am getting on Marta to collect my fencing gear from my old club.

Sounds like fun! Are you going to wear the gear back on the Marta? We had a university official in today and she was telling me that half the RVs in Georgia are here in Stillwater for the game. This may be a good weekend to be in ATL and Georgia for that matter.


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12335763)
Morning, Box. Trying out the new panini maker for lunch today...ciabatta bread, turkey, prosciutto, avocado. :D

Sounds tasty, I will be by for dinner! ;)


Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 12335921)
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_0 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7A341 Safari/528.16)

Had crystal for lunch.

Should you really have Meth for lunch? I thought it was for more after dinner.


Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 12336221)
Ummm...that's a spammer you're responding to. :)

Greetings from ORD. I'm back in the USA for a grand total of about 6 hours before heading to Canadia this evening. Wheels down to in the SkyClub was about 75 minutes. Not bad considering I had to claim bags, ride the tram and re-check.

Welcome home for the day! interesting... Will have to try to not be so nice. :D


Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 12336286)
Travel agent issued my round the US ridiculous ticket without questioning it. :D

Only have to do a few more of those and 1K is mine.

You may have gotten the TA to ticket but what type of :rolleyes: or :confused: did you get from the partner?


Originally Posted by xFF (Post 12336476)
Please forebear my ignorance, but what does someone like this get out of it, or what data are they mining? And what's a vB setup? Thanks.

Bag Lady's Husband

rkkwan Sep 5, 2009 1:53 pm

Pop quiz time. Where did this CO 738 just touch down at? [Note: this is a regularly scheduled flight. No tricks.]

http://rkkwan.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p781056480-4.jpg

Steph3n Sep 5, 2009 2:02 pm


Originally Posted by xFF (Post 12336476)
Please forebear my ignorance, but what does someone like this get out of it, or what data are they mining? And what's a vB setup? Thanks.

They have links, they get google indexing and clicks through to their spamvertized page. They are not data mining so much as getting paid to post for linkage.

vB setup = my forums using vBulletin. :)

icurhere2 Sep 5, 2009 2:07 pm


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12335763)
Morning, Box. Trying out the new panini maker for lunch today...ciabatta bread, turkey, prosciutto, avocado. :D

Sounds yummy - remember you will have to continue using the machine to keep it around ...


Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 12336201)
Just submitted my ticket request for ATL-MSY round trip, via IAD, DEN, and ORD, to the travel agent. Praying their holiday weekend crew doesn't question it and issues the ticket quickly. 8,986 EQMs on this one, with the double EQM promo. Nonstop on DL it's 850 EQMs, and on my normal CO routing via IAH it's 2,378. :D

That's a nice routing you have there - what kind of RDMs will this trip earn you?

ssullivan Sep 5, 2009 2:18 pm


Originally Posted by Scott6067 (Post 12336494)
Sounds like fun! Are you going to wear the gear back on the Marta? We had a university official in today and she was telling me that half the RVs in Georgia are here in Stillwater for the game. This may be a good weekend to be in ATL and Georgia for that matter.

ATL is packed this weekend. This is DragonCon weekend, Alabama and Virginia Tech are playing at the Georgia Dome, Georgia Tech has a game, and it's Black Gay Pride weekend. Did I miss anything?

ssullivan Sep 5, 2009 2:21 pm


Originally Posted by Scott6067 (Post 12336494)
You may have gotten the TA to ticket but what type of :rolleyes: or :confused: did you get from the partner?

He doesn't know yet. I think he's given up on trying to keep up with my itineraries or where I am. If in doubt he'll ask me or just check Google Latitude.

I'm sure I'll get a :rolleyes: and :confused: at some point. Then I'll explain things like 1K, CR1s, and SWUs, and I'll get an even larger :confused:. That's usually followed by me saying "Where would you like to go next year on vacation? I can probably get us there in first or business class."

ssullivan Sep 5, 2009 2:23 pm


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 12336636)
That's a nice routing you have there - what kind of RDMs will this trip earn you?

RDMs are decent enough, I guess – right around 5,615. I'm more interested in the massive EQMs I can rack up thanks to UA's overly generous routing rules concerning connections.


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