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4X4Dodger
Jun 03, 2015Explorer II
In my past working life I had a job that meant I traveled about 300 days a year all over the globe.
A typical week for me was to end a project in Munich, fly to London catch the BA Non Stop home to Seattle. I would be in Seattle about 16 hours then on the United Non Stop to Shanghai or Beijing. After FIVE internal flights within China Culminating in Hong Kong I would then take One of the Asian airlines home.
The key to flying and minimizing problems is if possible Do Not use US based airlines. Generally speaking they are some of the worst in the world for service and customer relations.
Try this next time: Decide where you want to go, look at all of the airlines that go there and who has the best FF plan. Go to their website and sign up for their FF plan. Later book your tickets through that carriers web site. More often than not there will be special deals for FF card holders regardless of miles on the card.
Internet "deals" from consolidator sites like Travelocity are usually not such a good deal..although in some cases they can be.
After spending a good share of my life in airliners I really hate flying in the US.
A typical week for me was to end a project in Munich, fly to London catch the BA Non Stop home to Seattle. I would be in Seattle about 16 hours then on the United Non Stop to Shanghai or Beijing. After FIVE internal flights within China Culminating in Hong Kong I would then take One of the Asian airlines home.
The key to flying and minimizing problems is if possible Do Not use US based airlines. Generally speaking they are some of the worst in the world for service and customer relations.
Try this next time: Decide where you want to go, look at all of the airlines that go there and who has the best FF plan. Go to their website and sign up for their FF plan. Later book your tickets through that carriers web site. More often than not there will be special deals for FF card holders regardless of miles on the card.
Internet "deals" from consolidator sites like Travelocity are usually not such a good deal..although in some cases they can be.
After spending a good share of my life in airliners I really hate flying in the US.
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