Finding a BF who won't think you are crazy because of FT
Dec 10, 2007, 4:44 pm
#46
Join Date: May 2002
Location: seattle, wa.
Posts: 915
I thot in FT, distance is only a number??? No??? And i thot FT might be the bridge to a LDR... 
I know a guy who might be a typical FTer... Fly first or biz, stay in a suite, only go for fine dining when with company... Everything seems fine... Except, he is too busy with work...
Niagara Falls Trip - cancelled due to work commitment
Chicago Trip - cancelled due to work commitment
Broadway Trip - cancelled due to work commitment
Nashville Trip - pending on work commitment
That is pretty frustrating...
I know a guy who might be a typical FTer... Fly first or biz, stay in a suite, only go for fine dining when with company... Everything seems fine... Except, he is too busy with work...
Niagara Falls Trip - cancelled due to work commitment
Chicago Trip - cancelled due to work commitment
Broadway Trip - cancelled due to work commitment
Nashville Trip - pending on work commitment
That is pretty frustrating...
TSA to name a few..eww.. i hate their gutts 
.. and also expensive airport parking..Hmmm...decision, decision..
P/s: Do we get EQM on airport parkings?
Dec 10, 2007, 6:30 pm
#47
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The fondness for travel talk does not surprise me, but I think he was shocked at how much I knew. Giving it more thought I doubt he is even a lurker here, since he had never even heard of a mileage run!
Dec 11, 2007, 8:33 am
#48
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Location: Washington, DC
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My home airport (IAH) has several. I park there for many work trips, earn points, and then redeem them for weekends when I'm in Atlanta with the BF. That, plus the ability I have to book work trips to either start or end at ATL has made being in a long-distance relationship much more affordable. It's still neither as cheap nor as convenient as dating someone who's local, but he's worth it.
Dec 11, 2007, 12:22 pm
#49
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One problem with dating a fellow FTer, however, would be that not only must you actually like this person, but that your alliances must be complementary. Issues with interalliance dating could be significant. I mean, i could NEVER date a Skyteam elite. Ewww. Just the thought of it...Oneworld or Star all the way!
Dec 11, 2007, 12:59 pm
#50
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SEA
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I've definitely used my travel bug to assist me in enjoying a short-distance relationship. I will book work trips and route everything through Seattle. Not too difficult with my airline, AS.
The PDX-SEA shuttle flights are awesome as I can standby to get to SEA earlier and enjoy some time before I have to jaunt somewhere else.
The PDX-SEA shuttle flights are awesome as I can standby to get to SEA earlier and enjoy some time before I have to jaunt somewhere else.
Dec 11, 2007, 1:17 pm
#51
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 483
Had tried to bridge 10,500 miles, 180 miles, 2,500 miles, 220 miles... So I can relate to the obstacles u refered to...By gutts or guts, do u mean belly??? If so, I've to confess that one of my biggest joys of going to the airport is not so much about seeing planes... But seeing a little belly tauting a neatly pressed shirt... I know I'm being bad... No presents for me this year...
Dec 11, 2007, 5:00 pm
#52
Join Date: May 2002
Location: seattle, wa.
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Yes dear, I hear u... Had tried to bridge 10,500 miles, 180 miles, 2,500 miles, 220 miles... So I can relate to the obstacles u refered to...
By gutts or guts, do u mean belly??? If so, I've to confess that one of my biggest joys of going to the airport is not so much about seeing planes... But seeing a little belly tauting a neatly pressed shirt... I know I'm being bad... No presents for me this year...
Had tried to bridge 10,500 miles, 180 miles, 2,500 miles, 220 miles... So I can relate to the obstacles u refered to...By gutts or guts, do u mean belly??? If so, I've to confess that one of my biggest joys of going to the airport is not so much about seeing planes... But seeing a little belly tauting a neatly pressed shirt... I know I'm being bad... No presents for me this year...
A soulful joy and a full reward towards next year flying I bet Santa won't be able to top this, because he only FLIES once a year...Not enough to be Prem. Exec. eventhough he's doing it around the world. 
Happy man/holiday hunting!
Dec 11, 2007, 5:12 pm
#53
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 573
Hmm....bf not really a traveler, and was somewhat baffled and moderately annoyed as to my continued spending some time on finding the right CC/hotel/FF combo's for maximizing the benefits of my business traveling.....
...but a couple of free trips from our home in western Europe to tropical islands and to asia for the both of us (in C/F and luxury hotels, of course) made the obsession of mine bearable to him......a free all-F-trip for him and I and his parents together to somewhere nice in the far east (again, luxury hotels) sort of hit it home -- and the prospect of me already having enough miles for another 8 very-long-haul F tix and about a month worth in hotel points has created a convert who refuses to shop in places where his spousal-card on my favorite milage-earning CC is not accepted.
If you can't find a FTer to make your bf, make your bf an FTer or at least an FT-supporter
FWIW, we've stuck together for >10 years, so he's not (only) in it for the free travels and the F-lounge-spa-treatments
...but a couple of free trips from our home in western Europe to tropical islands and to asia for the both of us (in C/F and luxury hotels, of course) made the obsession of mine bearable to him......a free all-F-trip for him and I and his parents together to somewhere nice in the far east (again, luxury hotels) sort of hit it home -- and the prospect of me already having enough miles for another 8 very-long-haul F tix and about a month worth in hotel points has created a convert who refuses to shop in places where his spousal-card on my favorite milage-earning CC is not accepted.
If you can't find a FTer to make your bf, make your bf an FTer or at least an FT-supporter
FWIW, we've stuck together for >10 years, so he's not (only) in it for the free travels and the F-lounge-spa-treatments
Dec 12, 2007, 4:56 am
#54
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: ATL
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Mr. Megatop gives me a hard time when I spend a couple of hours on FT and other forums on weekend mornings, or when I call from San Francisco 'cause I really wanted to go to dinner there and (sheepishly), yes, I did need the mileage. But when we're in the middle of a complicated trip that comes off without a hitch and he's settling in to a nice free business class seat on a 777, he won't be heard to complain too much.
(Knock wood for the trip that starts today.)
Dec 12, 2007, 8:24 am
#55
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I haven't quite told the BF this, but when I arrive at ATL on December 28 to spend the weekend and New Year's Eve with him, I will have flown IAH-DFW-LAS-LAX-MCI-MKE-ATL to get there over two days, on four airlines, and picked up the last night I needed in 2007 to re-qualify my Marriott status for another year. He'll probably think I'm crazy, but then I'll remind him how he's traveled across the country to buy a barely running car off Craigslist from a complete stranger, only to find out that it had no heat (and it was the middle of winter), and we'll call it even.
Dec 12, 2007, 2:47 pm
#56
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Dec 12, 2007, 8:53 pm
#59
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Yeah, another twist to finding a man. Not only do you need to find someone that you are attracted to and get along with, you need to be on the same status level with the same airline or at least in the same alliance. What if you are One World and he is Star Alliance and neither of you are versatile
He would gladly give up his corporate VP gig to be a FA (assuming the pay and benefits were the same). His mom recently retired after 30 yrs as a UA Int'l FA, so it runs in his family.
The biggest challenge with our combined travel is ensuring proper parenting coverage for the dog at home.
Dec 13, 2007, 6:53 am
#60
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so true ! I'm AA EXP, my BF is UA 1K. He doesn't get my FT obsession, but he doesn't mind flying to Europe on my upgrades either.
He would gladly give up his corporate VP gig to be a FA (assuming the pay and benefits were the same). His mom recently retired after 30 yrs as a UA Int'l FA, so it runs in his family.
The biggest challenge with our combined travel is ensuring proper parenting coverage for the dog at home.
He would gladly give up his corporate VP gig to be a FA (assuming the pay and benefits were the same). His mom recently retired after 30 yrs as a UA Int'l FA, so it runs in his family.
The biggest challenge with our combined travel is ensuring proper parenting coverage for the dog at home.
I would never make is a FA. I would not last a day. I would very quickly tell most whinning paxs (paying a fare that does not even cover the airline's operating costs) to shut up and sit down.