Currently booked: <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym>-<acronym title="Panama City - Tocumen (General Omar Torrijos Herrera) (PTY / MPTO), Panama">PTY</acronym>-<acronym title="Quito - Mariscal Sucre (UIO / SEQU), Ecuador">UIO</acronym>-<acron...
Jump to postEnjoyed the report! I'm tentatively booked in C on this flight in July!
Jump to postThanks for sharing! What an awesome and unique experience! I still can't get over the interior patterns.
Jump to postThanks for sharing. Incredible to see all the exotic domestic widebody service. While first class has improved tremendously, I miss the widebodies of the past.
Jump to postI consider "middle management" a position in <acronym title="Harmony Airways (Canada)">HQ</acronym> as an analyst or department manager. I worked in a finance department at a major U.S. carrier in their <acronym title="Harmony Airways (Canada)">HQ</acronym>. They recruited at my undergraduate instit...
Jump to postI have a 2007 328i. I really love the car. I went in for a 60k mile check-up at the dealership and ended up spending $1500 on some issues that would've needed to be taken care of eventually. I probably got screwed having the repairs done at the dealership, but I wanted to get it done that day and do...
Jump to postThanks for the report! Took me back to my two-months in Chile with a weekend trip up to Atacama. Beautiful area.
Jump to postI agree the current tax system needs to change. However, this idea of fairness is absurd. It's turned into an idea of what everyone is entitled to and how everyone is supposed to feel. Yes, it's unfair that some children are left an inheritance and come from good families. Yes, it's unfair people ta...
Jump to postIn Virginia, it's considered reckless driving if you're going over 80 mph. Basically, it's the equivalent of DUI. I think it's silly because the two are clearly not the same. On an uncongested freeway during the day in good conditions, 80 mph should be fine. I think it comes down to common sense. It...
Jump to postEnjoy your trip! I'm heading there a week from Sunday for 9 days. We have an ambitious plan to visit Athens, Naxos, Santorini, and Crete. Looking forward to some relaxation and lots of exploring.
Jump to postWales - Dublin - Wales
A few in the San Juan Islands north of Seattle.
The difference between the U.S. and Europe/other countries: Driving
A huge difference is the necessity for American youth to rely on cars while foreign counterparts rely more on public transportation. Drinking and the drinking age isn't a big deal when you don't have to drive.
I disagree, this season of Real World has been excellent. After tiring of the Sammi/Ronnie drama on the Shore, Real World drama has been a welcomed reprive. It's clearly just a 4-month party with zero responsibliity, but I find the drama amusing. I do, however, agree that the characters used to be m...
Jump to postI don't enjoy grocery shopping. While I don't mind cooking when I have the time, I find I end up spending more money to go out, buy healthy/delicious food, and then cook for only one person. Not to mention, with occasional business trips, it's hard for me to eat fresh produce before it goes bad. I t...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Springbok747" class="quote" target="_blank">Springbok747</a> (<a href="#94" class="quote">Reply 94</a>):<br/><i>Exactly. India has been saying t...
Jump to postYou've probably made your decision by now. You can't go wrong. Ultimately, all three are very good schools. You're experience will be dependent on what you do on and off campus (as well as luck). I think geographic preference is somewhat important. At Georgetown, you are more likely to end up on the...
Jump to postI've only paid for First once on a multi-leg domestic trip (<acronym title="Portland - International (PDX / KPDX), USA - Oregon">PDX</acronym>-<acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> on <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> continuing i...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/travelR" class="quote" target="_blank">travelR</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>You will need to line up in the correct queu...
Jump to postI graduated last May from Duke University with a B.A. in Public Policy Studies and Spanish, as well as a minor in Economics.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/tarheelwings" class="quote" target="_blank">tarheelwings</a> (<a href="#28" class="quote">Reply 28</a>):<br/><i>?????? I have to disagree, other...
Jump to postEnglish - Native Spanish - More or less fluent. It was my second major in college, I spent a semester in Madrid, and worked in Santiago de Chile for a summer (Chilean Spanish is basically another language though) Arabic - Took classes for a year. I've forgotten most of it. French - Very little. Enou...
Jump to postLondon - Cosmopolitan, great museums (spent a summer studying at <acronym title="La Crosse - Municipal (LSE / KLSE), USA - Wisconsin">LSE</acronym> and a few other visits) Madrid - Great city to live in, but wouldn't be a must-see if I was a tourist (spent four months living with a host family) Buen...
Jump to postAs someone who recently graduated from a top 10 private university, I can say it's probably worth the money. Even in a bad economy, nearly all of my college friends were able to find good jobs in fields they want to work in or attend high caliber law or med schools. My high school friends who attend...
Jump to postI really have trouble sleeping on planes. In general, I'm a fairly picky sleeper. However, I managed about 7.5 hours in First Class between Dallas and Buenos Aires on an <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> 777. I was aided by a few drinks. In coach, I can maybe get 2 hours of "slee...
Jump to postI haven't just done a long day trip yet. I did <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym>-<acronym title="Santiago - Arturo Merino Benitez (Pudahuel) (SCL / SCEL), Chile">SCL</acronym>-<acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW),...
Jump to postThese rankings reward state schools too much in the U.S.
Jump to postSolid trip report. I noticed you said that you waited until electronics were permitted before taking pictures... I'm pretty sure most Airliners.net folks don't follow that rule with cameras. I take pictures whenever and no one has ever said anything.
Jump to postThe first class lav was broken on my PDX-JFK flight a few weeks back. On some international flights, I think I've had one lav inoperative. I don't think it's that rare.
Jump to postGreat and fascinating trip report. I'd love to visit Iran one day and travel through out the country. Geographically, it looks beautiful, and I've heard good things about the people and food. I'm amazed at all the pictures you were able to get. Like others have said, I thought Iran was pretty strict...
Jump to postWhat a game. Maybe I'm biased, but I feel like the past two USA games have easily been the most exciting of the World Cup.
Jump to postI'm not too adventurous. However, I had camel in Egypt and rabbit in Spain. Camel was pretty good, but rabbit just tasted like chicken.
Jump to postAnother blown offsides call against the US? This just adds fuel to the fire as to why I dislike soccer. There aren't enough goals scored to blow these calls.
GO USA!
Great report! I look forward to taking the same flight. Buenos Aires is certainly a beautiful and exciting city.
Jump to postI'm fluent in English (native language), more or less fluent in Spanish (one of my majors in college), and I have elementary knowledge of Arabic after a full year of classes. I'd love to speak at least five languages fluently but learning languages isn't easy for me like it is for some lucky others....
Jump to postThanks for the laughs. I don't think a single review was serious. I'm interested to see a review from someone who spent an arm and a leg for one of these time pieces.
Jump to postHow about instead of blaming people, President Obama, <acronym title="Air Botswana">BP</acronym>, and whoever else devout a proper amount of resources to plugging the hole and cleaning the beaches? WIth unemployment at 10%, I'm sure there are plenty of people willing to clean beaches for low wages. ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Yellowstone" class="quote" target="_blank">Yellowstone</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>So I just graduated from Harv...
Jump to postIn my opinion, we had a disappointing year. The main highlights for honorary degrees included Temple Grandin and Muhammad Yunus. Yunus gave a pretty generic speech that read more like his book rather than actually speaking to us as graduates. I much rather would've preferred Coach K to be our gradua...
Jump to postGreat trip report like usual! I'd love to make it to Australia sometime in the next year. I studied abroad in Madrid and spent last summer in Santiago.
Jump to postI've found that it's not uncommon to have problems with boarding zones and status perks on different airlines that are in the same alliance (I've run into the same thing as a <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> <acronym title="Air Slovakia">GM</acronym> flying in Europe on KLM). <acr...
Jump to postFor the 757's, if the seatmap has 7 rows of seats in first, it's a PTV aircraft. For the 737's, there's no way to tell from the seatmap. Generally, it'll list 737-800 (winglets) somewhere on your itinerary if the aircraft usually has PTVs. However, the 737's can get substituted fairly easy, so no gu...
Jump to postThe most frustrating aspect of the high redemption levels, or absurd in some cases, is that the online calendar changes every time you refresh the page. A functioning calendar will help solve some problems. Nonetheless, I managed to snag a fairly decent set of flights using miles. 80K all in First f...
Jump to postBooked: June: 3: <acronym title="Portland - International (PDX / KPDX), USA - Oregon">PDX</acronym>-<acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym> <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> MD80 Economy 6: <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth -...
Jump to postI have some childhood flights that I'm not entirely sure about, but according to flightmemory, my 100th flight was on LAN from <acronym title="Lima - Callao / Jorge Chavez International (LIM / SPIM), Peru">LIM</acronym> to <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">L...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gatorfan" class="quote" target="_blank">gatorfan</a> (<a href="#30" class="quote">Reply 30</a>):<br/><i>I simply don't understand why people fee...
Jump to postFrom <acronym title="Portland - International (PDX / KPDX), USA - Oregon">PDX</acronym>: 1) <acronym title="Portland - International (PDX / KPDX), USA - Oregon">PDX</acronym>-<acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym> on <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</a...
Jump to postI was in a fraternity and had a good experience. Greek life really depends on where you go to school. If you wanted to be social at my school, you really couldn't be a GDI. It's not like the greek community looked down on you (my frat was at the bottom of the social pole), but you had to be a part o...
Jump to postThanks for the great report! Your pictures of Seville, Barcelona, and Tarragona made me so nostalgic for the 4.5 months I spent studying abroad in Madrid and Tarragona. Also, your flights on Ryanair, Vueling, and AirEuropa brought back memories of European travel on the weekend. I don't really miss ...
Jump to postJust to bring some closure: DUKE 2010 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
Jump to postI've got my final four tickets, roadtrip plan, and my hotels booked. GO DUKE!!!
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