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When I was waiting for my Northwelta flight at E2 last week, I saw a UA cornucopia parked in D. I know the 752 that starts its day there goes to SFO, and there was also a 319, 320 and 737.

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Originally Posted by Brituchenite (Post 12615336)

if ever I won the lottery, I would be poor again instantly. I would give it all away! :D

My fiancee and I have had this hypothetical discussion many times...

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Originally Posted by Brituchenite (Post 12615406)

yeah. NJ taxes...:td:

Blech. NJ tax structure sucks.

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Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 12615411)

If I won a very large lottery, I would live comfortably and use the rest for worthwhile charitable causes.

We have decided that if the lottery hit was big enough, we would do the following:

Pay off her parents' house
Pay off my mother's house
Set up education trusts for her three nieces...those kids are brilliant for their ages and their parents should not have to sweat getting them the best possible higher education.
Make a large contribution to several charities or causes that have personal meaning to us (Rotary, Dress for Success, Fisher House, USO, cancer research come to mind)
Have a designated amount that we each are allowed to blow any way we want

Steph3n

Oct 12, 2009 8:20 pm

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Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 12615556)

The source is the problem. For a handful of routes it can be done reasonably easily as there are sources out there that won't notice a handful of queries on a regular basis. Running the queries for a few hundred routes would likely get you into legal trouble in a hurry unless you're buying in directly to the GDSes for your data.

I don't think it would be that bad, take the top 100 city pairs, query twice a day from 5-10 different IPs to whatever the source is, it could even be spread over time for 10 city pairs in a batch. the objective would just be to plot trends over a week, month, quarter, and eventually a year.

cheepneezy

Oct 12, 2009 8:21 pm

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Originally Posted by AMF in NJ (Post 12615580)

FareOtter? :-:

I'm sure ALCO already has that registered, reserved and trademarked.:p

icurhere2

Oct 12, 2009 8:23 pm

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12615599)

We have decided that if the lottery hit was big enough, we would do the following:

Set up education trusts for her three nieces...those kids are brilliant for their ages and their parents should not have to sweat getting them the best possible higher education.

According to my current will, if I were to die unexpectedly my estate has to pay for any of my nieces or nephews (included "adopted") to go to college before any remainder is distributed.

baglady

Oct 12, 2009 8:23 pm

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 12615126)

I've chosen the past few times. As long as J.Edward or others choose
somewhere that isn't in Katy, Sugarland, Teh Woodlands, etc., I'm game.

Ahem. Katy, Sugarland is so bad? Puhlease :p

sbm12

Oct 12, 2009 8:24 pm

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Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 12615600)

A hundred a day probably wouldn't be too bad. The problem is that only going for 100 is a very limited trending. You also have to consider carriers and which ones would show in which query or if you'd get specific per city-pair.

I've got the code to do the data mining. I'm not sure it is worth it on such a large scale. You're definitely running afoul of the T&C of the websites that serve up the data and that's probably not a great way to build a business.

MilesDavis

Oct 12, 2009 8:26 pm

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 12614518)

Stranger Danger! Stranger Danger! :p

Hey, I've been around quite often the last 24-36 hours! :D

Olton Hall

Oct 12, 2009 8:27 pm

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 12615245)

If I ever win the lottery, I'm going to apply for a job as a GA with CO, then purposefully screw-up EUAs until I'm terminated. I wonder how long I could make it.

It might take years to be terminated. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Brituchenite (Post 12615336)

if ever I won the lottery, I would be poor again instantly. I would give it all away! :D

Thank you for thinking of me. I'll be more than happy to accept all of your winnings.

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