OK, I will buy that. I imagine that is what I got. Was there an original thread for that promo?

 

Here it is.

 

Okay, well I did make it from SLC to PHX with two delays. The MD9 coming from ORD had mechanical problems so they shooed us over to the gate across the hall and we waited for that MD9 to deplane and clean and such. After a 2 hr delay we boarded and no pre drinks were served as Catering didn't make it to the plane till after the front doors were closed. But we made it about 45 mins late to Phx. Oh yeah, forgot, I Thought that the Yellow tags on your luggage ment that it was to come up near the begining, not at the VERY END OF THE BAGGAGE RUN!!!! But that is PHX for you.

But back to NYC, wow that seems so long ago. It was great. I picked up some Kisses (hershey ones), SKORE Bars, and Gummy Bears (his fave), and placed them on the bed with a note (As I was workign when he arrived to the room).

I got off work and rushed to shower and change and geet ready for the concert. Walked the 7 blocks to Maddison Square Gardens and made it ot teh concert in time for a bit of the preband. Had some beer and other liquor before the concert. We were able to enjoy the entire concert from our great seats and then moved to the 'VIP Area' for the rest.

That night ws great, a few mroe drinks after the concert and well.......

The newxt two days were filled with great food, shopping, movies that were only in NYC and LA, Lots of Drinking, and little sleep.

He loved the trip, as it was a much needed trip at the end of the semester for him.

 

That's it, thank you. I am not sure I ever got the targeted email or snail mail on that but I got what was supposed to, 10,000 MQMs....I should have 24,000 by the end of the month...think I can make PM again this year?

 

I can't believe it, I missed my very first flight ever today. I got up late, read email, it was a foggy drive to LAX, I waited on the Avis bus for 20 minutes, and it took forever to go around the horn to terminal 5 at LAX....25 minutes before the flight and Delta had already given my seat away.

 

Alysia...it'll be great to meet you finally in my "hometown"!! But it's a BYOC event unless jfe has a stash.



You're one up on me. I've never missed a flight for any reason and hope to maintain that record.

 

Not counting missed connections...I have to admit I missed one...and I probably don't have even 1% of your lifetime flights Who'd have thought it would take 3:35 on a Friday morning to make a drive that takes 1:15 on a Saturday. Missed my 1-hour check-in window by 5 minutes. Luckily still had 25 minutes for the check-in window for the next (last) DL flight to the US for the day and got a seat on that one...

 

I missed one ...years ago...My rep liked to play the let's make Mikey sweat game and get me to airport at last minute.

Well, we drove down the highway in New Orleans next to the runway as my flight was taking off!!!

I fired the SOB

 

I'm not a fan of PHX. I usually fly in twice a year and I've yet to even find the right baggage claim on the first try.
Cool. Sounds like all went well.

 

Well I can't get TOO smug about this record.
I've jumped on mucho planes where they've slammed the door behind me. But my record of never missing a flight due to my own moronic actions is still in tact.

I learned early in my career to "lie" to whoever I was working with and was dropping me at the airport.
I always told them my flight left an hour earlier than it actually did.
And many times I was dropped at the airport 45 minutes before the real time for my flight.
Which means that I would have missed my actual flight if the guy/gal who dropped me off didn't know I was lying and had told him/her that my real flight was later than the flight I was really taking if I hadn't told him that the flight was actually an hour later than the flight I had actually booked but didn't take so I'd make my real flight.
If you know what I mean.....

 

I do NOW

 

I'll admit it -- I'm a mileage whore. I'd even suggest that "mileage slut" would be a more appropriate appellation, and I'm not looking for any 12-step programs to get over it.

So I opened my mail this evening. What is wrong with this?

• Chase has offered me a United Mileage Plus Visa Signature Card
• Annual fee ($60) waived for one year
• 20,000 thousand United miles after the first purchase
• Miles can be withdrawn if account open less than 6 months (thinking what I'm thinking?)
• Insert assures me that I will get "20,000 bonus miles...almost enough for a Roundtrip Ticket"

Awards on UA start at 25K miles. In late March, we'll be flying SIN-SYD-SIN (almost 8K miles) on SQ. I'm not 100% sure that the SQ fare is eligible to earn miles (it's a "Two To Go" special from SQ's web site), but barring that I'd be willing to shift $5K in day-to-day purchases from my NW card.

The credit card offer is good thru Feb. 27, so I might even see if UA would comp me first. I mean, if I'm going to prostitute myself, why bother with restraint?

I've been very faithful to NW & DL the last few years but this prospect of a love 'em and leave 'em relationship with UA is tempting.

This is almost too good to be true --- what am I missing in this picture???????

 

I use that approach all the time with my wife.

I think she retaliated by stuffing her 22" rollaboard so full I almost needed a hydraulic ram to get it in the overhead bin on the Avro.

 

Not mine. I blew that record more than 20 years ago sitting in the airport bar at the old Standiford Field in Louisville. I met a guy that I knew from Evansville and the drinks were flowing and we were getting loaded as my PI jet to LGA also loaded and then took off without me.

 

You'll be missing the friendly and helpful DL GA's. A couple people I know, including our daughter, were treated to the delightful experience of the UA GA's recently- rude, abusive, and nasty. Now, that's just a couple incidents, and I'd get royally flamed on the UA board if I ventured there, but it's batting 2 for 3 of first hand reports I've gotten from people flying to see me in the past six months. The third person was treated OK, but even though she was on the same PRN as the second aformentioned person, she got rebooked on a separate flight from the other one (during one of UA's recent computer meltdowns) so they had to search for each other at the arrival airport.

This is good, fly UA once and you'll return with a new appreciation of DL.

Also, every time you apply for a credit card, a flag goes on your credit report. Not a big deal, but ask them to release it after they approve your card (and get a name from the person who says they will).