I am a crazy person and just booked a day trip to the airport in order to keep my airline status for another year (not the highest status, but still a status with bennies...if I fly...). $125 to leave hella early, fly to LAX, spend all day at the airport working (at least, that's my plan--hoping I can find my guest pass to the lounge) and then fly home. But the only time it was cheap was on Tuesday or Wednesdays, otherwise I might've tried weekend in LA!
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meara - Nov 28, 2016 12:11:58 pm PST #2975 of 30002
Maria - Nov 28, 2016 12:13:12 pm PST #2976 of 30002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I need to renew my passport too.
msbelle, that is so aggravating. I hate sending off original documentation.
I hope everyone had a peaceful holiday. ~ma to those who need it.
Goddamnit I'm tired of every vote being a make or break one. I've mentioned my dual citizenship with Italy before, and they are having a constitutional referendum on December 4th that could usher in the biggest changes since the inception of the Italian republic in 1946. I just mailed off my expat ballot, and even though the reforms are badly needed, these specific reforms are a mess and could lead to an Italian version of BREXIT. So I had to vote against them based on the substance, which might lead to the downfall of the current government, which I happen to support.
What a clusterfuck.
lisah - Nov 28, 2016 12:16:55 pm PST #2977 of 30002
Punishingly Intricate
I am a crazy person and just booked a day trip to the airport in order to keep my airline status for another year (not the highest status, but still a status with bennies...if I fly...).
Did you hear the Judge John Hodgeman about a couple who did this (or, one half of the couple was super into gettting/maintaining airline status so he dragged his partner along on the same kind of crazy trips as yours)? Ever since hearing that we joke about maintaining status by "watching Archer in a hotel conference room" (something that couple did once)
We have not made any of those kinds of trips but did buy things we probably didn't really need to get points to push us over the edge for companion status on Southwest. Worth it, though. I'll fly free for a year every time we fly together on Southwest. (Like to Costa Rica in January)
Maria - Nov 28, 2016 12:17:50 pm PST #2978 of 30002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I am a crazy person and just booked a day trip to the airport in order to keep my airline status for another year
meara, no you're not. I've done that before. Multiple times. If you can't find your guest pass, spring for a day pass. Yes, you're spending money, but it will be worth it.
Laura - Nov 28, 2016 12:23:51 pm PST #2979 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
We just got our passports and it was faster than expected. They came in 3 weeks and we just got back our very expired old ones that we had sent with the application for new ones.
Laura - Nov 28, 2016 12:25:56 pm PST #2980 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
even though the reforms are badly needed, these specific reforms are a mess and could lead to an Italian version of BREXIT
I've been following that a bit. It is indeed a mess but really unclear which direction the frustrated masses will go on it.
Jesse - Nov 28, 2016 12:27:25 pm PST #2981 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
We have not made any of those kinds of trips but did buy things we probably didn't really need to get points to push us over the edge for companion status on Southwest. Worth it, though. I'll fly free for a year every time we fly together on Southwest. (Like to Costa Rica in January)
Oh wow, that's worth a lot!
meara - Nov 28, 2016 12:30:54 pm PST #2982 of 30002
If you can't find your guest pass, spring for a day pass. Yes, you're spending money, but it will be worth it.
Yeah, that's basically my plan.
push us over the edge for companion status on Southwest. Worth it, though. I'll fly free for a year every time we fly together on Southwest. (Like to Costa Rica in January)
Ooh, totally worth it!
brenda m - Nov 28, 2016 12:37:04 pm PST #2983 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I am a crazy person and just booked a day trip to the airport in order to keep my airline status for another year (not the highest status, but still a status with bennies...if I fly...). $125 to leave hella early, fly to LAX, spend all day at the airport working (at least, that's my plan--hoping I can find my guest pass to the lounge) and then fly home. But the only time it was cheap was on Tuesday or Wednesdays, otherwise I might've tried weekend in LA!
I went to St. Louis for lunch. This year I'm not close enough (sob).
-t - Nov 28, 2016 12:44:37 pm PST #2984 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I should probably change the rewards cards I have that give me airline miles since I hardly every fly. Or maybe fly more. I've never had any status that needed maintaining, though.
I didn't know about all that, Maria, good luck to Italy.