ua1flyer - A "Real" Up-In-The-Air GS
Dec 20, 2015, 7:38 pm
#857
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: ord,ewr
Programs: Lifetime UA GS 22 million,AA 1m ,Hilton Li fetime diamond,marriott lifetime platinum hyatt diamond
Posts: 1,000
Do you ever take your wife with you when you're traveling for business or are those 150K vacation times?
And do you generally just use miles for bringing your wife?
And without even traveling nearly as much as you do, I've found the same to be true with me. As much as I romanticize the idea of travel, there's no better place to sleep than in the same bed as my wife!
And do you generally just use miles for bringing your wife?
And without even traveling nearly as much as you do, I've found the same to be true with me. As much as I romanticize the idea of travel, there's no better place to sleep than in the same bed as my wife!
Dec 20, 2015, 7:50 pm
#858
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: ord,ewr
Programs: Lifetime UA GS 22 million,AA 1m ,Hilton Li fetime diamond,marriott lifetime platinum hyatt diamond
Posts: 1,000
I have no way to know how to thank all the messages ,emails, texts and Facebook posts for birthday wishes. All I can say is thank you, God Bless and Merry Christmas !!!!
Dec 20, 2015, 8:24 pm
#859
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: SF BayArea
Programs: Nothing worth mentioning
Posts: 2,223
Happy, Happy Day When Tom Was Born!
What a great way to celebrate my birthday!! Heading to Japan with my son while passing 1,500,000 PQM/ 540 segments. This is the second time in 4 years that I did over 1 million BIS in a year and I swear it will be the last!!! What made this day special was the fact that that my Newark to Chicago flight was running late this morning and it landed at the same time my Tokyo flight was closing!!! Not only did they hold the flight for my son and I, they shuttled us over to the other terminal in the Mercedes, their was a group of no less than 10 global service members meeting me at my seat singing Happy Birthday along with the crew from the aircraft!!!! Blew me away!!!! What a birthday.....What an airline!!!!!! My second family! Love em all!!
What I can, & will do, is wish for you: EASY, SAFE TRAVELS ALWAYS, WITH HOME AS YOUR DESIRED & FAVORITE DESTINATION! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM! May every day in your life be easy, your path true & your heart filled with the love of your family & friends!
With much respect, and always, friendship love,
Maureen
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Dec 20, 2015 at 9:23 pm Reason: repaired quote
Dec 26, 2015, 1:24 pm
#860
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: ord,ewr
Programs: Lifetime UA GS 22 million,AA 1m ,Hilton Li fetime diamond,marriott lifetime platinum hyatt diamond
Posts: 1,000
Last 2015 United flight
In SFO 45 minutes away from boarding my last United flight of the year.....to Hong Kong. A relaxing evening in Hong Kong ,then off to Phuket with the wife for a relaxing and romantic end of the year. Final totals will be 1,5288,751 PQM and 546 PQS. Add the other carriers and it was a heck of a year!! No damaged or lost bags. No emergency landings, aborted take offs, or aborted landings. nobody died or even got close on any of my flights. The service was rarely average, mostly good and many times great. Global service outdid themselves one more time! After flying over 1 million miles BIS for the second time, I can honestly say the odds of ever doing it again are slim and one. I am committed very heavily to dates in the US next year. After over 8000 flights I am enjoying travel as much as ever. Sure ,I drink more kool aid than anyone when it comes to flying. I could spend endless paragraphs to ..... about TSA, delays, mechanicals ,food etc....but why? I Choose to fly. Everyone has that choice. I CHOOSE to fly and I CHOOSE to be happy. Kool Aid ...Kool Aid ...flies great!!! .....on my way again....can't wait!!!!!! Happy New year Everyone!!!!
Dec 26, 2015, 2:08 pm
#861
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Redwood City, CA USA (SFO/SJC)
Programs: 1K 2010, 1P in 2011, Plat for 2012,13,14,15 & 2016. Gold in 17 & 18, Plat since
Posts: 8,824
In SFO 45 minutes away from boarding my last United flight of the year.....to Hong Kong. A relaxing evening in Hong Kong ,then off to Phuket with the wife for a relaxing and romantic end of the year. Final totals will be 1,5288,751 PQM and 546 PQS. Add the other carriers and it was a heck of a year!! No damaged or lost bags. No emergency landings, aborted take offs, or aborted landings. nobody died or even got close on any of my flights. The service was rarely average, mostly good and many times great. Global service outdid themselves one more time! After flying over 1 million miles BIS for the second time, I can honestly say the odds of ever doing it again are slim and one. I am committed very heavily to dates in the US next year. After over 8000 flights I am enjoying travel as much as ever. Sure ,I drink more kool aid than anyone when it comes to flying. I could spend endless paragraphs to ..... about TSA, delays, mechanicals ,food etc....but why? I Choose to fly. Everyone has that choice. I CHOOSE to fly and I CHOOSE to be happy. Kool Aid ...Kool Aid ...flies great!!! .....on my way again....can't wait!!!!!! Happy New year Everyone!!!!
Regarding UA, for some of us, they do everything we need, everything we expect, sometimes just a little bit more. My family's been pretty happy with the. Funny how on FT you have to apologize for sounding like a UA apologist. Then again, for context, I spent a long time in the trenches as a lowly 2P.
Dec 26, 2015, 2:12 pm
#862
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 57,520
I don't know how you do it Tom, but my hat is off to you.
Dec 29, 2015, 2:57 pm
#863
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: LBB
Programs: UA 1K 1MM ★G | Marriott LTT | Hilton ♦ | Hertz PC | Global Entry TSA Pre ✓
Posts: 2,820
I, too, tip my hat to ANYONE that can fly 1MM BIS miles in a 12 month period.
Tom - how many nights did you spend up in the air vs. on the ground this year?
Dec 29, 2015, 3:05 pm
#864
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1K (MM), DL, AA, AS, HHonors, SPG, Kimpton, Hyatt, IC PC, Marriott Titanium (LT PLT), Hertz PC
Posts: 7,231
Dec 29, 2015, 6:01 pm
#865
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: ord,ewr
Programs: Lifetime UA GS 22 million,AA 1m ,Hilton Li fetime diamond,marriott lifetime platinum hyatt diamond
Posts: 1,000
FWIW... domestic miles are far more exhausting than int'l miles. I flew similar stats to you this year... probably 65% of it on domestic. The 35% int'l was far and away more relaxing and do-able than the domestic "hop here and hop there" kind of travel. The int'l miles rack up very fast too.. just 3 trips accounted for more than 35K BIS miles over a 1 month period, and this was far and away my least exhausting travel (even crossing more than 20 time zones in the process). My other travels this year... very tiring (2 hours on a plane, 3 12-15 hour work days, then back on the plane for a 3 hour hop to the west coast and another 12 hour day before returning to DEN on Saturday.... this was my routine for about 10 consecutive weeks early this fall).
I, too, tip my hat to ANYONE that can fly 1MM BIS miles in a 12 month period.
Tom - how many nights did you spend up in the air vs. on the ground this year?
I, too, tip my hat to ANYONE that can fly 1MM BIS miles in a 12 month period.
Tom - how many nights did you spend up in the air vs. on the ground this year?
Dec 30, 2015, 9:20 am
#867
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kirkland, WA
Programs: AS 75K,UA Gold 1.6MM, Hilton Dia, Marriott LT Plat, Hyatt Glb, Natl Exec, Hertz 5*
Posts: 3,657
Dec 30, 2015, 12:11 pm
#870
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Seattle
Programs: United Gold, Delta Silver, SPG Gold
Posts: 81
In SFO 45 minutes away from boarding my last United flight of the year.....to Hong Kong. A relaxing evening in Hong Kong ,then off to Phuket with the wife for a relaxing and romantic end of the year. Final totals will be 1,5288,751 PQM and 546 PQS. Add the other carriers and it was a heck of a year!! No damaged or lost bags. No emergency landings, aborted take offs, or aborted landings. nobody died or even got close on any of my flights. The service was rarely average, mostly good and many times great. Global service outdid themselves one more time! After flying over 1 million miles BIS for the second time, I can honestly say the odds of ever doing it again are slim and one. I am committed very heavily to dates in the US next year. After over 8000 flights I am enjoying travel as much as ever. Sure ,I drink more kool aid than anyone when it comes to flying. I could spend endless paragraphs to ..... about TSA, delays, mechanicals ,food etc....but why? I Choose to fly. Everyone has that choice. I CHOOSE to fly and I CHOOSE to be happy. Kool Aid ...Kool Aid ...flies great!!! .....on my way again....can't wait!!!!!! Happy New year Everyone!!!!