Haha. I know I'm certainly more active on here during the week.

Ah, a fair weather box poster, eh? ;)

+ 1.

Although I figured I'd check in and share that I hit my head on a rhino tusk this a.m. :eek:

Did you make it to Five Guys? I ended up staying in NYC until late yesterday.

Negative. Ended up forgoing 5 guys in favor of catching an earlier Shuttle flight to beat the Thunderstorm(s). It kinda sorta worked.

In other, glorious, news, I found a Chick-Fil-A that's only 15 miles from my house! :D

How did NYC treat you?

Assigning Seats for a Non-Elite
 

Can I make a call to the Gold line and have them assign seats for my fiance who is a non-elite? She is traveling on her own PNR - IAH-MIA and FLL-IAH. On neither of those flights were any seats available, except for premium seats. So, essentially, she is stuck without seat assignments until check-in. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Worth the 2 minute investment in my opinion. What's the worst they'll say, no?

If you are on the same flight they will (or should) do it. If you are not on the same flight the benefit should not be extended to her. There was a reasonable uproar over this when they stopped allowing Plat/Golds to call in and do it but the general consensus is that this is the appropriate policy since just knowing someone who is elite shouldn't get you their elite benefits.

It doesn't seem fair that a non-elite should have to go without a seat assignment because all of the regular seats are filled and only the "premium" seats are available. 9A isn't "premium" IMO, yet it is blocked out. She, nor I, are asking for any special seating. All that is wanted is a seat assigned - anywhere in the cabin. Is that too much to ask for?:confused:

SPG has failed me this weekend. I'm in a broom-closet of a ground-level room at the 4P Ft. Walton Beach, facing the parking lot. There are multiple stains of indeterminate origin on the carpet, and the room smells of sodden wildebeest. Unfortunately, this corner of Redneckistan is fully booked for the weekend.

Sorry to hear that. But it is Fort Walton Beach, after all. Isn't that part of the Redneck Riviera?

Why is it not fair? CO purposefully stops assigning seats when the plane hits some number of assigned seats, generally between 50-75%. They do this so that they can accommodate families and such at the airport and get them seats together. Of course, this made more sense before OLCI when families would get to the airport early to get seats together, but that's why they do it. And the "premium" seats certainly aren't premium by any rational standard, other than being at the front of the plane, but that's why CO theoretically tries to reserve them for elites. If you really want a seat assignment now call and ask for one. They might say yes and they might say no, but either way they're doing it correctly.

Yes, it is. And much like Daytona they get the bulk of their visitors during spring break and from other similar groups. There is no reason for them to invest in repairs or renovations when the rooms are just going to get trashed the following year by another crowd who doesn't care at all if the room was damaged when they get there.

Anyone here ever been to SGN ?

Yeah...spent 4 days there in August '06. And baglady is either there right now or just left.

I wasn't all that impressed with it. They have some nice bits, but otherwise it seemed very cheap to me rather than inexpensive. Hassles on every corner to buy something and few real nice touristy things to do, IMO. Then again, some delicious pho from a random street vendor, cinnamon sticks that were 3 feet tall and generally an all-around busy town.

Reunification palace was eerie and interesting, but that and the post office were a half-day worth of stuff to see and then we were ready to get out of town.

If there are more specific things you're looking to know ask and I can give you my version.

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You are right baglady went to HKG and then i think SGN, the reason I was asking is because I may be going to KUL in early Jan , and was trying to figure out if I should go to SGN or not.