TRP: Changing Conferences Since 1999

[goldy_331]

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Where do you think I went?

North Dakota, which negates anything that went before....

 

[Swansong]

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Would you virgins stop nerding up this thread?


Anyway...

Keep Putting Condoms On For Great Sex

That couldn't be farther from the troof.

"Katy Perry Claims Orgasms Feel Good Sometimes"

Katy Perry has awesome boobs. That is all.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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First you ***** because no one is posting in here, now you ***** because of the contents of the posts when people actually do post...

 

[goldy_331]

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First you ***** because no one is posting in here, now you ***** because of the contents of the posts when people actually do post...

That's cause he's a *****. You might be too if you had metal stick into your ****.

 

[jmh]

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Not to take away from this fascinating discussion of arithmetic, but I had a good experience for the "squeaky wheel gets the grease" file that I wanted to share:

One of my fiancee's good friends is getting married in Jamaica this December. We were originally going to make a two-night trip of it, but we discovered that flying back on Monday is a lot cheaper than flying back Sunday (enough so to more than offset the hotel room for the extra night), so we decided to go Friday-Monday. JetBlue flies direct from NYC to Montego Bay, but the round trip was a couple of hundred dollars cheaper if we booked with a connecting flight outbound, so we planned to leave at 9am on Friday, have an hour-long layover in Orlando, and arrive in Jamaica at 3pm.

This morning, I got an email from JetBlue letting me know of a "schedule change to my flight". Instead of what I mentioned above, we were scheduled to leave at 6am on Friday (meaning getting to the airport at like 4am, which I think even BBDL would agree is pretty early). We'd still connect in Orlando, but instead of an hour-long layover, it would be a 2:40 layover, and we'd arrive at 1:20pm. It was, pretty clearly, a markedly worse flight, leaving very early in the morning and only arriving at our destination about an hour and a half earlier. (The return flight was changed as well, but not significantly so.)

So, I figured, let's call JetBlue customer service. The worst they can do is say that they can't do anything and keep me on this new flight. I pulled up their schedule for our departing date and saw that our original departing flight was no longer available (they changed the departure time of the second leg from 1:15pm to 11:35am, so the earlier first leg was necessary to make the connection). However, there were two direct flights, one departing at 7am and one at 11:50am, both of which had enough seats available not to display a "2 seats left at this price" (or however many) notification. 7am was still earlier than I wanted to leave, and the late-morning arrival might have gotten us there earlier than we would have been allowed to check in to the hotel, plus the 11:50 departure would only get us in 50 minutes later than the original flight.

I decided to try to get put on the 11:50 flight, accept the 7am flight as a second choice, and ask for a credit toward future travel (because, honestly, even the new flight they had scheduled us for was better than our options on other airlines) as a last resort. There wasn't any need for fallback options, it turned out, because the friendly phone agent was happy to put me on the 11:50am flight for no added charge (though it would cost us about $100 more each if we were to book those flights now than what we originally paid). So now we have a comfortably timed departure, a direct flight both ways, and a low enough airfare to justify the extra night. Score!

(Yes yes, I know, tl;dr.)

 

[bigblue_dl]

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I have 6am flights fairly often, they're not too bad.

 

[hockeyplayer1015]

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I have 6am flights fairly often, they're not too bad.

I don't mind them, although in my situation it necessitates a hotel near the airport since I'm a 3 hour drive away. That's pretty sweet though, jmh.

 

[Swansong]

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First you ***** because no one is posting in here, now you ***** because of the contents of the posts when people actually do post...

What, were you riveted by that fascinating discussion? Even JHM thought it was lame. And who's more lame than JHM?

That's cause he's a *****. You might be too if you had metal stick into your ****.

Is that supposed to be funny? Not sure if...

 

[Scarlet]

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My flight to Disney on Friday is at 6:30am. I'm not a fan of those flights but it will give us pretty much the full day in Orlando.

 

[Swansong]

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Waking up that early blows goats but if you can sleep on the plane I think it's worth it.

 

[The Rube]

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I don't mind early flights. I usually leave on weekdays, and it's usually business travelers (and seemingly less crowded at the airport), which means less chance for crying babies and idiots who hold up security because they don't know the rules. Sure, it's a beech to try and alter my schedule the night before, but in the end it's worth it.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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Waking up that early blows goats but if you can sleep on the plane I think it's worth it.

I don't ever sleep on planes, they're just too uncomfortable. But I think its worth it because I don't like wasting an entire day. Usually when I get an early flight like that, I still have enough of the day to get some stuff done after I get to my destination. Either early or flights after 5 in the afternoon, so I can do stuff before leaving.

 

[Painted_Bandit]

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I don't ever sleep on planes, they're just too uncomfortable. But I think its worth it because I don't like wasting an entire day. Usually when I get an early flight like that, I still have enough of the day to get some stuff done after I get to my destination. Either early or flights after 5 in the afternoon, so I can do stuff before leaving.

I've somehow managed to sleep on planes, but I too like the early flights so i can still get things done once I get to my destination, last week was a good example worked on Monday and took a late flight friday so we go stuff done in the morning.

Best flight Ive ever taken is the 540am Delta from Green Bay to Detroit, plane is CRJ900 that is about a 1/3rd full, first time i was ever asked if I wanted fruit on a plane

 

[dxmnkd316]

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I've found I can sleep just about anywhere. I've actually fallen asleep standing up. Happened twice when we were in London and I was trying the approach of brute forcing myself to readjust my internal clock. Worked like a charm.

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

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Best flight Ive ever taken is the 540am Delta from Green Bay

Any flight leaving Green Bay is the best flight ever.


I don't really like early morning flights - I prefer late-night ones, at least where I have a cheap/free place to stay - but they're usually the cheapest so I'll go with them.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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I've somehow managed to sleep on planes, but I too like the early flights so i can still get things done once I get to my destination, last week was a good example worked on Monday and took a late flight friday so we go stuff done in the morning.

Best flight Ive ever taken is the 540am Delta from Green Bay to Detroit, plane is CRJ900 that is about a 1/3rd full, first time i was ever asked if I wanted fruit on a plane

Any flight I've ever had on a CRJ goes immediately to the bottom third, those things are hell. Amsterdam-Detroit was my best flight ever...bulkhead Economy Comfort seat, got about 8 free Woodford Reserves and a glass (not those plastic POS's) from the flight attendant I chatted with during takeoff, movies on demand, and even a place the prop up my feet.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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I've found I can sleep just about anywhere. I've actually fallen asleep standing up. Happened twice when we were in London and I was trying the approach of brute forcing myself to readjust my internal clock. Worked like a charm.

95% of the time my knees are so sore from being jammed into the seat in front of me that there's no way I can fall asleep.

 

[The Rube]

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95% of the time my knees are so sore from being jammed into the seat in front of me that there's no way I can fall asleep.

This. Even a front row seat is rather tight, due to my long legs.

 

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

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Any flight I've ever had on a CRJ goes immediately to the bottom third, those things are hell. Amsterdam-Detroit was my best flight ever...bulkhead Economy Comfort seat, got about 8 free Woodford Reserves and a glass (not those plastic POS's) from the flight attendant I chatted with during takeoff, movies on demand, and even a place the prop up my feet.

You've never flown on a SAAB 340 have you? Makes CRJ's seem roomy and comfortable.

Best flight I've taken was an Allegiant Air MD-80 from FAR to LAS. Leather seats, much more room than your average passenger jet.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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95% of the time my knees are so sore from being jammed into the seat in front of me that there's no way I can fall asleep.

Pay the extra $20 and get an exit row.