Does anybody just fly for the sake of flying?
Nov 17, 2003 | 2:45 pm
#31
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Witold:
Similarly, if I'm not somewhere for at least 1 week, I think it's a waste of money, time, and chance.
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Similarly, if I'm not somewhere for at least 1 week, I think it's a waste of money, time, and chance.
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)For those of us with limited vacation time, a day or two spent somewhere certainly has worth. One can always go back and do a more in-depth trip at a later date. But since I have very few days of vacation in my work, I love being able to take the short trips. They're still not necessarily mileage runs, but I wouldn't call them a waste.
Nov 17, 2003 | 3:51 pm
#32
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I'm a Long Haul truck driver and have no place to park my truck at the house. It's not uncommon however for drivers to take their rigs home, but there are a few whose trucks would be towed away at the drivers expense if they tried to park a class 8 tractor in their driveway. This "unfortunately" applies to me, so the cost of a "Y" ticket on WN is much cheaper than the cost of a "P" ticket at the courthouse. It works out good for me bbecause I enjoy flying. I will normally park in Ontario or Phoenix at our terminal locations, and catch a flight to the house on WN once every 3-4 weeks. Life is good. 
I know a driver who lives in Maui, and commutes on HA to LAX and back every 4 weeks and drives a truck. He's been doing this for more than 15 years.
Erik.
I know a driver who lives in Maui, and commutes on HA to LAX and back every 4 weeks and drives a truck. He's been doing this for more than 15 years.
Erik.
Nov 17, 2003 | 5:36 pm
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I often fly to cities for brunch or Happy Hour, etc. Kind of like a mileage run and a mini trip. DCA is great for this because the metro is inside the airport very close to the gates.
Nov 17, 2003 | 8:22 pm
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Another one for me...
One time I wanted to visit PHX without a Saturday night stay. CO was having a sale from DFW, AUS and SAT (though not IAH, of course) to PHX with a Saturday night stay.
I bought two open-jaw Saturday night stay tickets and arranged them so that I would not return to my point of origin or co-terminal thereof before Saturday night, with the second PHX visit scheduled to be very short. I flew all the segments (otherwise it turns into back-to-back via throwaway tickets).
So, in essence, I flew to PHX just to eat lunch in the airport.
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"It's as easy as 1, 2, C" -- Kelly, Married With Children
One time I wanted to visit PHX without a Saturday night stay. CO was having a sale from DFW, AUS and SAT (though not IAH, of course) to PHX with a Saturday night stay.
I bought two open-jaw Saturday night stay tickets and arranged them so that I would not return to my point of origin or co-terminal thereof before Saturday night, with the second PHX visit scheduled to be very short. I flew all the segments (otherwise it turns into back-to-back via throwaway tickets).
So, in essence, I flew to PHX just to eat lunch in the airport.
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"It's as easy as 1, 2, C" -- Kelly, Married With Children