Bingo. Secondary social science. I have plans past the public school classroom, but I have not yet had coffee and therefore have very little desire to type it all out.

Just got home from my JFK-ORD-SEA-IAH-NRT-EWR-SEA-EWR whirlwind weekend. Spent 26 hours in Tokyo, had a blast in Shinjuku and Ginza. AA took good care of me, will post about it in AA forum later. CO was generally good, with the Houston-based employees actually beating out the Newark-based staff for the first time ever in my travel experience.

Interestingly, the upgrade did not clear on my final SEA-EWR leg (ironically enough, this particular segment -- a redeye transcon flown in exit row coach - was my requalifying flight for Platinum Elite!) even though the flight showed F seats available for sale up to 6 hours before the flight, and my being #2 on the upgrade list. In fact, only one person was "upgraded" on the entire flight -- appeared everyone else in F either bought instant upgrade or staright F tix, and a bunch of them switched onto my flight at the last minute.

CO had major trouble with my bag on my return NRT-EWR-SEA-EWR flights. The bag tag would not print automatically at Narita, and it ultimately took some sorting out with a redcoat to get a manual bag tag for my luggage. Sidebar: United Airlines now handles CO flights at Narita, and as you might expect, they are very much "green thumb" and afraid to apply anything but a strict interpretation of the rules. For instance, expect plenty of resistance should you attempt to make a same-day change at Narita - the agents there believe 1) no fees are waived for Plats, and 2) the routing cannot be changed.

OK, since I seem to be here by myself:

Morning, Box.

Good Morning to you CM and to all of teh Box. Popping in real quick to say a big howdy! Hope everyone is having a great day!^

In addition, welcome home HeathrowGuy glad you had a great trip! Also glad AA worked for you. As you can tell from my signature, I kinda like it.;) I have been thinking a great deal lately that a CO and AA combo for my flying would be a great one-two punch!:-:

No, there are others of us here, just not logged in.

All that talk about video games late last night was making me glad that I have girls whose games concern caring for animals and so forth -- at least until they just got into a fight over the Barbies they were playing with under the dining room table. :rolleyes:

Yes, but LH has first class as well. I wouldn't expect Business to be as nice. It's the same feeling I have about UA C.

Morning Box. Almost 10 hours of sleep and I feel rested, but on the other hand, the cold I started coming down with two days ago in Amsterdam is worse. I can hardly breathe.

The last line of this post pretty much sums up my current opinion of DL.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/12894255-post59.html

G'morning, Box.

Mild hangover here this morning, combined with my not really having slept for the past four nights finally starting to catch up. Nap time this afternoon is looking VERY nice right now.

G'morning, Box,

Welcome home ssullivan, hope you're feeling better.


Phase I of winterize the pine bushes is complete. I have them wrapped in snow fencing so they don't split when the snow comes cascading(so I'm told) off the metal roof. Need to hit Home Depot for a few more metal stakes and finish up zip tying everything together.

Morning, Box. At the PHX RCC watching WN planes come and go. I inquired about being protected on later flights if we miss our DEN connection and was given the information I was afraid of: All UA, US, and CO flights are zeroed out and oversold in Y today. At this point, the only hope I think we have if we do actually miss the connection is AA through DFW.

Fingers, toes, and whatever else we got are crossed. :-:

Sorry to 'burst your bubble' -- but girls present a whole other host of 'issues' -- just wait!;):rolleyes:

G'Mornin', B:rolleyes:X! This is B:rolleyes:X post 1500 for me!!!^:-::D:cool:

Without beating a "dead horse" and/or "preaching to the choir", DL reflects a remarkably different attitude towards its elite base as opposed to NW. Some go as far as to say it is an "antagonistic relationship". I think it is just a little culturally different. NW was that "midwest" doing business based upon relationship style. DL is an interesting hybrid of Southern warmth combined with a maniacal approach to the "bottom line."

Stated somewhat differently, NW would let you get "the better end of the deal" from time to time if it meant keeping you over the long run. With DL, it is more focused on the here and now, so any "concession" given needs to be justified up front. YMMV

Holding the 'crossed' space for you, here!;):D^
Keep us posted!

Good morning / almost afternoon Box. Looks to be a nice sunny and warmish day here. Floors vacuumed (how they got that dirty is a mystery) and with warmish weather, it's time to put the last of the outdoor decorations up.