I remember riding the DC10 on runs from MSP-MCO. Ahhh, those were the days. Too bad the plane was falling apart.

The Sheraton is a recently converted Radisson. Last time I was there, the insides hadn't been touched so you may just want to double check. Also, depending on time of day, getting from said hotel to the beach can be a royal pita. Traffic going down to LJ from the top of the hill just seems to get worse and worse.

I finally popped that cherry a few months ago on a UA SFO-LHR flight. It was quite an experience and i recommend it to anyone, even given the fact it was UA. :eek:

Yup. Stress breeds crazy coping mechanisms. Some turn to substances others turn to displacement of their emotions. Others laugh at people's misfortunes. And some of us write books.

I could tell stories all day but I'd probably offend (lose the respect of) most people that read this. Not that I have the respect of anyone on here... ;)

Good to know, thank you. @:-)

I see that some folks aren't being to kind to the property on TripAdvisor. How is the Sheraton in Carlsbad?

I did that last year on my UA AKL mistake fare. I loved it, despite the broken seats and crabby UA FAs.

There's a Sheraton in Carlsbad? :confused: I think that may be a conversion as well. I can't think of any SPG properties that are convenient to the beach.

4 points Sheraton Studio City (MC:rolleyes:) - how horrible? It looks scary, but its in my [points account] best interest to load up on SPG right now.

Only for one night. And it's the only SPG property that I can even consider based on where I need to be.

Stupid work getting in the way of acquiring points for vacation. :rolleyes:

According to the interwebs: http://www.sheratoncarlsbad.com/

ETA: Oct. is shaping up to be a dizzying month. Sometime around Oct. 20th I'm going to wake up on a flight and have that horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. I have no idea where I am or where I'm going.

I had a dead power port and flaky headphone jack. The FA just made a comment about how they don't bother fixing them anymore since they are replacing all the seats. At least I got a skykit out of the deal. ^

Hmmm, from where it is on a map, i'm inclined to say it's a new property. Plus that whole area is pretty nice, though the people can be a bit dense at times. :rolleyes: A bit of a trek from downtown though, especially with traffic.

Will I Get the Upgrade?
 

Still not upgraded on tomorrow's IAH-CLE flight. But there's hope — I'm number two on the upgrade list, and there's still three seats in play. Hopefully there are no Platinums with a higher fare class that haven't checked in yet, and nobody buys a last minute first class or Y-up fare.

On a related note, my EWR-ATL flight on Monday was upgraded yesterday. It's on a 735 and the fare class is L. Second time that's happened this year on that route on a Monday morning.

At the time I was too inexperienced with UA to know about skykits. I should have complained about the broken foot rest on my SYD-LAX flight, but the two upper deck flight attendants were so nasty that I was scared to say anything. And I found a pretty simple solution to keeping it from falling down by just putting my backpack under it.

Does C:rolleyes: have anything equivalent to a skykit? I had a malfunctioning seat in BF a few months ago and the FA promised me a concierge would meet me upon arrival in FRA.

Well, we all know how well that works. :rolleyes:

I hung around for a few minutes then said forget it, and left the airport. I never bothered following-up with it, but it still kind of cheeses me.

In other news, a coworker just bought a bunch of velvet paintings at a tag sale during lunch and we're going to hang them up in random offices and meeting tonight after everyone leaves. This should be fun.

I have stayed at that sheraton , its not that bad

REVUP coming back from HNL was a great idea. Doing the SDC to the HNL-EWR routing was even better. Only being charged $325 (FAQ says it is $350 for an elite to IAH/EWR) and not being charged the $50 for the SDC were just icing on the cake. :cool:

And I am home and able to get some work done today instead of wandering through Philly.

Holy crazy pricing.

I was all set to come on here and rant about C:rolleyes:'s pricing of a nonrefundable economy ticket to FRA (from EWR) at 2k for the last week in Oct.

And then I checked LH and DL and, much to my surprise, C:rolleyes: is the cheapest. By several hundred dollars (1500 in the case of LH).

Oh, lookiehere. SQ is $600 on the nonstop JFK-FRA. Not sure if the times will work, but for that price...

Yes; I've gotten their versions for mechanical delays for both domestic and int'l and compensation varies. Last month; Int'l delay of 3 or 4 hours (I'm not rememebering exact amount) - received meal voucher (again, don't remember exact amount - perhaps $40) and then the BF Concierge came on with a $300 voucher before takeoff. The domestic ones are a comment card; drink coupon and $$ off voucher depending on ticket value.