Boarding Area's Fall
Oct 30, 2014, 1:02 pm
#376
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Oct 30, 2014, 1:25 pm
#377
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I wasn't going to get into the "candy" merits here. Life is short.
But, since you brought it up, yes, of course, and I'm also well aware that there's been a fair bit of on-line and Flyer Talk chatter about the kiosk questions versus the blue form questions versus (shudder) the actual law. More to the point, the US Customs FAQ page says, "You must declare all food products," and that's in red type. Did I mention the red type? Ok then.
Too bad typing stuff in red has never made anyone right, ever. Anyway, I've never had the patience for that sort of debate generally, let alone when Global Entry can be revoked on a whim. So we've always just made sure that we throw any remaining food items away on the plane before landing. Including candy.
But, since you brought it up, yes, of course, and I'm also well aware that there's been a fair bit of on-line and Flyer Talk chatter about the kiosk questions versus the blue form questions versus (shudder) the actual law. More to the point, the US Customs FAQ page says, "You must declare all food products," and that's in red type. Did I mention the red type? Ok then.
Too bad typing stuff in red has never made anyone right, ever. Anyway, I've never had the patience for that sort of debate generally, let alone when Global Entry can be revoked on a whim. So we've always just made sure that we throw any remaining food items away on the plane before landing. Including candy.
Oct 30, 2014, 4:36 pm
#378
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See http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trust...bout-food.html
This change resulted in everyone getting a "O" on your GE slip if you answered YES to the food question. I have not heard/seen that the kiosk question has reverted back to the original wording,
Nov 2, 2014, 1:45 pm
#379
Join Date: Sep 2009
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If anyone is interested, I built a site called TravelMore that aggregates all the BA, F2B, TPG, MMS, etc posts and ranks the top 10 posts everyday based on reader votes. Filters out all the junk and in 1 click you can see if there is anything important to read. I used to use Feedly but there was too much repetition or just blatant CC ads.
Nov 2, 2014, 2:20 pm
#380
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If anyone is interested, I built a site called TravelMore that aggregates all the BA, F2B, TPG, MMS, etc posts and ranks the top 10 posts everyday based on reader votes. Filters out all the junk and in 1 click you can see if there is anything important to read. I used to use Feedly but there was too much repetition or just blatant CC ads.
Nov 2, 2014, 2:46 pm
#382
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If anyone is interested, I built a site called TravelMore that aggregates all the BA, F2B, TPG, MMS, etc posts and ranks the top 10 posts everyday based on reader votes. Filters out all the junk and in 1 click you can see if there is anything important to read. I used to use Feedly but there was too much repetition or just blatant CC ads.
Nov 2, 2014, 5:46 pm
#383
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So I started this last week and am still ironing out some of the bugs, so it is just me just manually posting the content from a RSS feed for now. I am working towards RSS automation so everyone's post from BA, F2B, P2B, etc will all automatically post in real time. If I ever miss your post (sometimes happens since there are a lot), you can always sign up and manually post it for the time being.
Nov 2, 2014, 10:58 pm
#384
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Well done!
I actually had almost the exact same idea, but I'm glad someone else actually had the technical know-how and the motivation to see it through!
I actually had almost the exact same idea, but I'm glad someone else actually had the technical know-how and the motivation to see it through!
Nov 10, 2014, 5:45 pm
#385
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Nov 10, 2014, 6:56 pm
#386
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2) If you're just going to post everything that is posted on those sites then what is the value proposition? Why would someone use you as an aggregator when there are so many other ways to just subscribe to the main feeds?
Nov 11, 2014, 12:54 am
#387
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Nov 12, 2014, 12:14 pm
#389
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Lobster fetishism
Is there a secret SEO reason behind VFTW posting photos of lobster thermidor and other dishes not available on British Airways (to accompany yesterday's post on BA starting to take advance meal orders) and following up today with a very similar set of photos of lobster dishes that are unsurprisingly not available on US Airways (to illustrate a post on that airline's meals)?