New Member Roll Call!
Feb 14, 2017, 1:15 pm
#1441
Join Date: Feb 2017
Programs: BA Silver | Hilton Diamond | Marriott Bonvoy Titanium Elite | IHG Platinum Elite | Radisson Gold
Posts: 22
Joined in May 2016, have been browsing FT for years though reading Trip Reports from the likes of SFO777/etc, thought it was time I might as well contribute.
I am 30, live in Michigan (USA) on the west side of the state, have a great career as a Director of IT for a large regional trucking/logistics company, married to the love of my life and have 2 beautiful girls. Most of my travel is for work in our regional area (Wisconsin, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan) and a bit of "leisure" travel as well. With remote/VPN access what it is today my travel has slowed down considerably over the years and thus have to some degree lost my "frequent" status. I tend to prefer "quality" travel over quantity of travel these days. With Michigan's gorgeous summer weather we tend to spend most of our summers out camping on the beach which is kind of a "mini" vacation every weekend!
Started my first trip report: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...dding-nyc.html
Have some travel coming up that I will write Trip Reports on, one is a Caribbean cruise with Royal Caribbean (2/25-3/4) flying United and the other is a work trip to Louisville, KY (3/8-3/11) with Delta.
Looking forward to contributing more, I know I have gleaned lots of useful information from these forums and the FF community as a whole!
I am 30, live in Michigan (USA) on the west side of the state, have a great career as a Director of IT for a large regional trucking/logistics company, married to the love of my life and have 2 beautiful girls. Most of my travel is for work in our regional area (Wisconsin, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan) and a bit of "leisure" travel as well. With remote/VPN access what it is today my travel has slowed down considerably over the years and thus have to some degree lost my "frequent" status. I tend to prefer "quality" travel over quantity of travel these days. With Michigan's gorgeous summer weather we tend to spend most of our summers out camping on the beach which is kind of a "mini" vacation every weekend!
Started my first trip report: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...dding-nyc.html
Have some travel coming up that I will write Trip Reports on, one is a Caribbean cruise with Royal Caribbean (2/25-3/4) flying United and the other is a work trip to Louisville, KY (3/8-3/11) with Delta.
Looking forward to contributing more, I know I have gleaned lots of useful information from these forums and the FF community as a whole!
Feb 15, 2017, 6:15 am
#1442
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Richmond , VA
Programs: DL Platinum, Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum
Posts: 4
Hi everyone
Hi,
My name is Scott. This is a great community. I fly about 65000 miles a year , but am always looking for mileage runs. So any suggestions for Delta runs or threads dedicated to that end would be appreciated.
Thanks
My name is Scott. This is a great community. I fly about 65000 miles a year , but am always looking for mileage runs. So any suggestions for Delta runs or threads dedicated to that end would be appreciated.
Thanks
Feb 15, 2017, 8:48 pm
#1443
Join Date: Feb 2017
Programs: United MileagePlus, Rapid Rewards, Saga Club, KrisFlyer
Posts: 25
Hi Flyer Talkers!
I've been with you a couple of weeks-- but I just spotted this thread. Great resource, great community!
I didn't think I'd get so sucked into the adult Pokemon hunt that these miles-and-points have been for me. But I did! It's been tons of fun, and very soon I'll have managed to pull together enough to kick off a really good vacation.
Thanks for being such a fount of willing information. Maybe someday I'll know enough to help a newbie. Right, enough, let's fly! Or talk.
Crittermonster
I've been with you a couple of weeks-- but I just spotted this thread. Great resource, great community!
I didn't think I'd get so sucked into the adult Pokemon hunt that these miles-and-points have been for me. But I did! It's been tons of fun, and very soon I'll have managed to pull together enough to kick off a really good vacation.
Thanks for being such a fount of willing information. Maybe someday I'll know enough to help a newbie. Right, enough, let's fly! Or talk.
Crittermonster
Mar 5, 2017, 1:47 am
#1447
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: PHX, ICN
Programs: OZ Diamond Plus, Marriott Gold
Posts: 502
Hi all. I'm a finance professional (in the boring sense of the word) with a wonderful wife who owns her own small business. I barely made AA Gold last year, which led me down the rabbit hole of collecting points and miles. Still working on convincing the wife that this isn't all some huge scam to fool us into thinking we'll get great airline travel if we just spend a lot of money. But our first FT-discovered trip is coming in May, and I'll post a report from the viewpoint of someone who's never been in a lounge or traveled above economy class.
Thanks for being so welcoming!
Thanks for being so welcoming!
Mar 7, 2017, 2:46 am
#1450
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 532
Hi , long time lurker. Just changed job from one where using social media was pretty much a no-no and all travel was in the very back so hoping to engage a bit on here now.
Based in the UK, background in human and organisational performance and safety. I'm the sort of person people call when their organisation had a really bad day and want to know why.
Much of my travel has been comped / varied operators, that I've never really achieved much status wise. Got to BA Silver last year and with more control over my own travel now aiming for more this year.
Based in the UK, background in human and organisational performance and safety. I'm the sort of person people call when their organisation had a really bad day and want to know why.
Much of my travel has been comped / varied operators, that I've never really achieved much status wise. Got to BA Silver last year and with more control over my own travel now aiming for more this year.
Mar 10, 2017, 1:20 pm
#1452
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: BOS, PVD, HYA
Programs: MR, TYP, AA, B6, DL, WN, HH, MB, 2V
Posts: 658
Hi all. I'm a finance professional (in the boring sense of the word) with a wonderful wife who owns her own small business. I barely made AA Gold last year, which led me down the rabbit hole of collecting points and miles. Still working on convincing the wife that this isn't all some huge scam to fool us into thinking we'll get great airline travel if we just spend a lot of money. But our first FT-discovered trip is coming in May, and I'll post a report from the viewpoint of someone who's never been in a lounge or traveled above economy class.
Thanks for being so welcoming!
Thanks for being so welcoming!
Welcome!
Apr 6, 2017, 3:40 pm
#1454
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: MEL CHC
Posts: 21,029
Frequent flyer award flight are not free. Depending on the airline/frequent flyer program/country there can be a small to significant cash co payment.
Frequent flyer awards start to become available 355/330 days out depending on the airline. Generally very few awards are available at short notice. People will be booking frequent flyer award flights for 2018 now. Getting 4 awards on the same flight is a very tough ask. Better to be thinking about 2019 for award flights with 2017-2018 to get the frequent flyer miles/cc points.
Look here
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/infor...faqs-more.html Click the wiki
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/infor...forum-684.html
Apr 11, 2017, 2:51 am
#1455
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: Qatar, Turkish, Aeroflot
Posts: 546
Another newbie
Hi, everyone!
I'm Chris, originally from northern England, but now based in Moscow (by way of Riyadh) with my husband, working as an English teacher/exam tutor.
Been travelling since 2009 (a very late bloomer, alas), and ironically terrified of flying, yet still somehow clocked up 278000km/178000miles since then. 79 countries so far (plus HK and Guadeloupe) and counting, with trips across SE Asia, South America and potentially East/West Africa coming up
If I had to choose 3 favourites for airlines, airports, and countries, my votes would be:
Cathay Pacific, Turkish and Lufthansa
Seoul Incheon, Vienna and Copenhagen
Belarus, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Colombia
I'm Chris, originally from northern England, but now based in Moscow (by way of Riyadh) with my husband, working as an English teacher/exam tutor.
Been travelling since 2009 (a very late bloomer, alas), and ironically terrified of flying, yet still somehow clocked up 278000km/178000miles since then. 79 countries so far (plus HK and Guadeloupe) and counting, with trips across SE Asia, South America and potentially East/West Africa coming up
If I had to choose 3 favourites for airlines, airports, and countries, my votes would be:
Cathay Pacific, Turkish and Lufthansa
Seoul Incheon, Vienna and Copenhagen
Belarus, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Colombia