Tricky situation! Free flight?
May 12, 2012, 6:17 pm
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 23
Tricky situation! Free flight?
So here is the situation, a friend of mine is a pilot for United and has flight vouchers expiring at the end of this month. The vouchers put you on as standby, so very popular routes are hard.
Here's what I am looking for:
I am looking to go somewhere for about 4 days.
I would love to hear some suggestions of places, hotels to stay at and things to do. Hopefully I can get some good reply's and find a place.
Thanks.
Here's what I am looking for:
I am looking to go somewhere for about 4 days.
- I'd prefer weekends, but I understand because of my circumstances, weekdays would probably be easier.
- Looking for cities that you don't need to rent a car
- Would prefer international, but domestic suggestions are welcomed
- I have been looking at Europe but am open to all suggestions
I would love to hear some suggestions of places, hotels to stay at and things to do. Hopefully I can get some good reply's and find a place.
Thanks.
May 13, 2012, 2:13 pm
#6
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Formerly at PIT, now planted near MSP.
Programs: No flights since April 2019 (Medical Issues). Lost all my status.
Posts: 1,483
Any large city in Europe, Asia, North/South America, etc will have transportation from the airport to the city center.
What exactly are you trying to accomplish with this "50% off" vacation (assuming airfare would have been 50% of your total travel costs)?
What exactly are you trying to accomplish with this "50% off" vacation (assuming airfare would have been 50% of your total travel costs)?
May 13, 2012, 9:54 pm
#8
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Seattle
Programs: Costco Club
Posts: 1,168
Some suggestions:
1) Fly to a city with a lot of airports nearby in-case you're bumped, like San Francisco, you can fly to/from SFO, OAK or SJC, or if you're desperate, SMF.
2) If you absolutely need to be back by a certain date and the above option doesn't solve your problem, have a rental car ready and be willing to drive home, so pick a place where you'd be okay driving back from.
3) Avoid a place that requires a connection, especially if there are only 1 or 2 flights going to the final destination from the connection airport, because if you get bumped from both flights, you're stuck 24 hours.
Just my 3 cents.
1) Fly to a city with a lot of airports nearby in-case you're bumped, like San Francisco, you can fly to/from SFO, OAK or SJC, or if you're desperate, SMF.
2) If you absolutely need to be back by a certain date and the above option doesn't solve your problem, have a rental car ready and be willing to drive home, so pick a place where you'd be okay driving back from.
3) Avoid a place that requires a connection, especially if there are only 1 or 2 flights going to the final destination from the connection airport, because if you get bumped from both flights, you're stuck 24 hours.
Just my 3 cents.
Last edited by StevenSeagalFan; May 13, 2012 at 10:15 pm