I’m going to Disney World (or something like that)!

By: Ben Schlappig

Published: July 7, 2009

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I’m kind of proud of myself. It has been 21 days since I’ve stepped foot on a plane, which has to be a record of some sort. I have to say, all this sleep totally sucks. No redeyes, no third world airports (IAD), and no warm cheese. It’s tough!

The good news is that I couldn’t wait any longer and decided to book a ticket for this weekend. I’ll be flying to LAX on Saturday to have dinner with well over a dozen FlyerTalkers and Captain Flanagan.

LAX fares are crazy, so I had to take advantage of the better fares to SFO along with same day confirmed changes, which are free for 1K’s. Let’s hope everything works out. Best of all, I’ll get to enjoy two flights that will be under Captain Flanagan’s command.

I can’t wait!

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ua_to_ord Guest

July 10, 2009, 7:01 am

Wow, just realized now how odd it is to wish luck to an entity named lucky... :P

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ua_to_ord Guest

July 10, 2009, 7:00 am

Good luck, lucky, and let us know how it goes.

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lucky New Member

July 9, 2009, 2:39 pm

Ah, well I think that might have been part of the problem. I don't plan on showing up 12 hours late or anything for my flight. I plan on showing up within two hours of my scheduled departure, basically trying to use the "flat tire" rule. I realize I might technically be on a roundtrip, but I booked it via multi-city with one part being LAX-SFO, so I think that should work just fine. Furthermore, I still think I can make a same day change at 8:03PM for an 11:03PM flight. But who knows, I'm ultimately relying on some of my angels at TPA to take care of me....

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ua_to_ord Guest

July 9, 2009, 2:08 pm

One last point then, lucky, and then I'll let the issue settle. :) On an MR some years ago, my return was a simply LAX-JFK-IAD, with the transcon on a red-eye and the RJ segment in the morning. Well, I simply headed into New York for the whole day and showed up for an evening segment on JFK-IAD, only to be denied per the reasoning above. And believe me, I did escalate matters at the airport, only to be flat-out denied nonetheless. I ended up having to take a bus from New York to Washington that night.

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lucky New Member

July 9, 2009, 11:09 am

@ boberonicus -- Excellent suggestions. We've been meaning to discuss it on the podcast for quite a while now, and I can promise it's coming (eventually). As far as how I construct mileage runs, I did make a post about that a while back, which can be found here: https://onemileatatime.com/how-i-construct-mileage-runs/ There are quite a few pilots that do the cool "air tour" out of SFO, so it wasn't necessarily Captain Flanagan. I guess the question is whether or not all the other "trimmings" of his service were there, like an announcement at the gate, greeting at the door, onboard fun, etc.

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