Mumbai

BOM 01-Feb til 28-Feb: Renaissance Hotel Powai

Work, work, and more work :D

San Antonio
Feb. 23:
PIT-ORD, UA549
ORD-SAT, UA7625

**Hyatt Regency, SAT**

Feb. 26:
SAT-IAD, UA7642
IAD-PIT, UA7685

Indianapolis & Springfield, IL
March 9:
PIT-IAD, UA7651
IAD-IND, UA7555

**Hyatt Regency, IND**

March 10:
IND-ORD, UA7668
ORD-PIT, UA1204

March 11:
PIT-ORD, UA715
ORD-SPI, UA7963

**Hilton SPI**

SPI-ORD, UA7332
ORD-PIT, UA7252

This trip may include a meeting in MCO on 3/11, but that has yet to be confirmed.

A Quick MR to Europe
 

March 7
AA# 1612 SFO-ORD
AA# 92 ORD-DUB

March 9
AA# 93 DUB-ORD
AA# 827 ORD-SFO

SFO - LAX - PSP - IAD / Looking for Mileage Plus Companion 4 Eco+
 

March 24 UA937 Zurich - San Francisco Intl
March 26 UA5930 San Francisco Intl - Palm Springs
March 30 UA6108 Palm Springs - Los Angeles Intl
March 31 UA856 Los Angeles Intl - Washington Dulles
April 1 UA936 + Washington Dulles - Zurich

Worky trip coming up for me. First time I'm posted an itinerary here so let's see.... :)

23-Mar-2009 BA0175 LHR - JFK
26-Mar-2009 US2173 LGA - DCA
29-Mar-2009 BA0216 IAD - LHR

I'll be in LA from March 24-29. However, I will only have free time on the evening of 28 (Saturday) and possibly 29, Sunday morning for a quick brunch. Would love to hang out with some FT friends in WeHo on the 28 evening if that works for anyone else here.

A weekend in Paris with a friend, courtesy UAL's reduced mileage awards.

March 12
UA 7775 LGA > IAD
UA 914 IAD > CDG

March 16
UA 915 CDG > IAD
UA 7778 IAD > LGA

I see what you are talking about NOW... I got excited for a second. Secret Admirer ?? ME?? LOL

Too bad I miss you in Paris... you missed fashion week :(

3/11/09 tul-iah-sea (co)
3/13/09 sea-las (as)
3/13/09 las-sea (as)
3/13/09 sea-iah (co)
3/14/09 iah-nrt (co)
3/15/09 nrt-iah-sea (co)
3/16/09 sea-iah-tul (co)

March 16 - VS46 - J ...

Anyone??

Grad school visit #1

28 Mar NW 1689 RDU-DTW
28 Mar NW 1453 DTW-MSP
The Marquette
30 Mar NW 1458 MSP-DTW
30 Mar NW 1694 DTW-RDU

A little vacation out west...

Sun 22 Mar AS 5 DCA - LAX
Thu 26 Mar AS 6 LAX - DCA

A Circuitous Route to BKK:

March 27 MSP-IAH NW F
March 28 IAH-MEX CO Y.....6 hours' layover in MEX, then:
March 28 MEX-JFK AM J
March 29 JFK-ICN KE J (16 hours in at ICN--yuck!)
March 30 ICN-BKK KE J
Staying in BKK in Silom/Sathorn area, not confirmed yet.

April 5 BKK-TPE CI F
April 5 TPE-LAX NW F
April 6 LAX-MSP NW F

kyushuman:

With a routing like that to BKK, I bet you scored a very nice fare. ^

Are you on NW or CI for TPE-LAX? If NW, don't you have to route through NRT, and isn't it World Business Class, not First? If CI, you could fly nonstop and get First, I believe.

Yes it was a very nice fare! Bought in BKK last summer, as a RT. :)

For the return on April 5, I used NWA miles for CI F (BKK-TPE in CI F on old 747, then 10 hours in TPE, then TPE-LAX nonstop on the CI F suites!). Same mileage required for CI F as CI J. Interestingly, it was quite easy to find CI F for the dates I wanted---about a month before travel.
My return for that one is at Xmas, on NW metal MSP-NRT-TPE(NW metal in J), then the following day (less than 24hrs in TPE) TPE-BKK on KL J. Surprisingly good NW J availability around Xmas if you dig around a bit. KE has blackout periods around Xmas, so I'm stuck on NW metal.

The only big problem with finding CI award availability is the HUGE blackout periods:
2009
From Asia to North America:
Jun 25 - Aug 31; Dec 20 - Jan 4
Chinese Lunar New Year Period: Jan 19- Jan 29

From North America to Asia:
Jun 1 - Jul 31; Dec 10 - Jan 4
Chinese Lunar New Year Period: Jan 19- Jan 29