SKiAdcock,

I hope you know that I was kidding.

Well I very recently was guest on a SkiAdcock LA Beachside Reality Tour, and feel sure she might be subtly railroaded into doing it on a larger scale. ;)

LAX for the Freddies sounds a neat idea. ^

Starwood are saying there will not be a Starwood property of any colour in Manhattan that is not Cat 5 for awards this year, due to strongly rising revenue rates in NYC, so I sure can see Randy's point, as banquet costs I bet went up with them. High NYC hotel rates will also impact on all those FT'ers flying in of course.

LAX Hotel rates are usually a fraction of NYC.

Had a west coast vacation planned for late April, so might work this one in. ;)

Oh boy oh boy....decisions need to be made. :( I can attend either the Freddies (assuming they are in the LAX-SNA area) or the DFW Doo. But...not both.


ACK!

C'mon, Randy! Tell us where!!!!

The Freddies start five days after the last DFW DO event. :confused:

Normally, I would whine about the Freddies not being somewhere on the East Coast. After all, I get more EQMs for the buck flying transcons than anything else domestically! (You can tell I'm a true FTer. :D )

But this year, I plan to attend a college reunion in the greater LA area the last weekend of April anyway. So if the Freddies venue is in that general vicinity on Thursday evening, this could work out well for me!

(Of course, I realize the Freddies ceremony, much less the world, doesn't revolve around me.... just thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. ;) )

mileageaddict, Randy said the decision would be announced in late Jan or early Feb, so that's probably when he'll announce ;) :D

techgirl, i think mileageaddict means he can probably get a 'hall pass' for one weekend, not two, but that's just a guess.

Alas I can't go to the DFW Do cuz I'll be in Vegas for the trade show already, but look forward to seeing people at the Freddies.

Cheers.

Looks like the date and the location has been officially set:

http://www.freddieawards.com/

Sincerely,


William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services

[email protected]

Ack! Decisions, decisions. I really want to go to the Freddies, having been in '03 and '04 but traveling during the event in '05... I get back to DC from Asia on Tuesday afternoon and really need some days in the office, so going to California for a Thursday evening event is not got for gleff's career ;) plus I figure on heading to a FT event in SFO just a couple weeks later. And yet I *do* want to be there. Ugh. Decisions.

See you there.. paying my off my bet of course :o

gleff come on out! you can catch the red-eye back...i'm so glad this year is in la cuz w/ the vegas trip i couldn't have made it in nyc, and i've attended each year since joining ft...

i'm probably going to land from vegas an hour before the start, so will probably take the hotel shuttle (it has one doesn't it?) to the hotel & change in some accomodating fters room. since i live 10 minutes from the hotel i'll just cab it home at 3am or whenever the party is finished...

also i'm serious about being willing to put togethe a post-freddies do over the weekend & will rope in some of the other la-based folk to help. am also willing to have folk over to my place during the weekend - live a block from the beach & 10 minutes from the airport. we could potentially have a party there either fri or sat. i've gotten 70 in my place for other parties (and that was w/ an xmas tree), so know it can be done. it's cozy ;) :D

Hey which *Wood FTer is going to get a suite at the FourPoints (do 4Ps have suites - never stayed at one) for the traditional After-Freddies FTer party?

Cheers.

I have to be in San Bernardino in the morning but I will definately be there. What time does it begin?

I'm not planning on being there (a transatlantic followed by a transcon is too much) but am curious about how tickets are distributed... It doesn't mention on the website how to attend which makes me wonder if FT is the way in...

I'm not planning on being there (a transatlantic followed by a transcon is too much) but am curious about how tickets are distributed... It doesn't mention on the website how to attend which makes me wonder if FT is the way in...

IIRC the Starwood triple points LAX deal is in place until end April.

BONUS STARPOINTS FOR STAYS ON THE WEST COAST!

Thank you for registering for this rewarding Starwood Preferred
Guest(R) promotion. Now you'll earn 1,000 Starpoints(R) after your
first stay, 2,000 Starpoints after your second and 3,000 Starpoints
after your third -- for up to 6,000 Starpoints -- through
April 30, 2006.

For anyone with Starwood miles it is only a Cat #1 and award rooms run only 2000 or 3000 a night, (lower on weekends) and they had availability as of an hour back. ;)