travel thread

[star seed 7]

Open seating rules, rip

[steve dave]

I’m companion passing at this very moment. Have two more RTs booked for this fall as well.


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[wetwillie]

Open seating rules, rip

I think you and I are in the minority on this one

[DaBigTrain]

Open seating rules, rip

I think you and I are in the minority on this one

I love the open seating too. I have status now tho so this shouldn’t effect me any

[cfbandyman]

I haven't had the need to fly SW the last several years but losing open seating kinda sucks. It's kinda performative arts when it comes to boarding and whatnot but I appreciated it's commitment to some rules while being totally random. Wonder how they'll fold it into their lineup system. Hopefully with some intelligence

['taterblast]

i've talked a lot of crap on open seating, and this is really putting my opinion, and character really, to the test. i can't believe they're going away from it.

[Stupid Fitz]

I mean, it was obviously a money decision, but I have read that they had to find a way to keep people from abusing the pre board and instead of accusing people of not being handicap, they just said eff it. They were losing business travelers because of it. No idea if this is true, but I read that one of the options was to tell people using wheel chairs that if they needed a wheel chair to pre board, they had to wait for one at destination. It makes me lol thinking about how they would enforce this and watching someone hop up to get their bag a destination only to be told they needed to sit back down and wait for their wheel chair.

[Skipper44]

a zero carry on rule for the preboarder AND companion might reduce it some

[Stupid Fitz]

a zero carry on rule for the preboarder AND companion might reduce it some

I like it. i'm of the opinion that they should charge for carry on and not checked bags. Anything that doesn't fit under your seat is $20 or whatever. I hate waiting for my bag just as much as everyone, but waiting for my luggage off the plane is way less rage inducing than waiting for people to get their 8 bags off the plane.

[pissclams]

should have just put pre-boarders in the back of the plane.  i was a vocal proponent of swa’s boarding and no reservation system.  of course, anything is better than the delta cattle call.

[tdaver]

then after state baseball we are going to kauai again. 5 nights at an airbnb in Hanalei and then 6 nights in connecting rooms at the Grand Hyatt. Gonna be so chill guys, after the absolute monster stress and nonstop go of baseball. I mean, relative chill when you have an 8 and 11 year old. but you know, still sort of chill.

Have been thinking about a family Hawaii trip.  How many points will I need for connecting rooms at the Grand Hyatt?  Any Marriott properties on the north side worth a crap that I can blow some points on?

shitloads, nope

@stevedave - I’ve got shitloads of points now.  How do you book connecting rooms?  Just call?

[star seed 7]

Hypothetical for my rewardheads out there. (mci-tyo) Would you select a preferred flight for 200k or 110k + 3.5hr additional layover time?

Option 3 - 200k minus 4hr trip time but to the airport 90 minutes away?

I'm noodling around all three

[michigancat]

Hypothetical for my rewardheads out there. (mci-tyo) Would you select a preferred flight for 200k or 110k + 3.5hr additional layover time?

Option 3 - 200k minus 4hr trip time but to the airport 90 minutes away?

I'm noodling around all three

I would do the long layover for 110. You might be able to do a same day change depending on airline or status and you can always ask at the airport. But like you have a whole other trip there for 3.5 hours at an airport, I think that's a pretty good trade.

[steve dave]

then after state baseball we are going to kauai again. 5 nights at an airbnb in Hanalei and then 6 nights in connecting rooms at the Grand Hyatt. Gonna be so chill guys, after the absolute monster stress and nonstop go of baseball. I mean, relative chill when you have an 8 and 11 year old. but you know, still sort of chill.

Have been thinking about a family Hawaii trip.  How many points will I need for connecting rooms at the Grand Hyatt?  Any Marriott properties on the north side worth a crap that I can blow some points on?

shitloads, nope

@stevedave - I’ve got shitloads of points now.  How do you book connecting rooms?  Just call?

Book a king room and a 2 queen room of the same type. You can select connecting room on the booking. Then call the actual hotel and they’ll confirm it. Then I usually call like a week before we arrive to triple co firm it.


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[steve dave]

Hypothetical for my rewardheads out there. (mci-tyo) Would you select a preferred flight for 200k or 110k + 3.5hr additional layover time?

Option 3 - 200k minus 4hr trip time but to the airport 90 minutes away?

I'm noodling around all three

I would do the long layover for 110. You might be able to do a same day change depending on airline or status and you can always ask at the airport. But like you have a whole other trip there for 3.5 hours at an airport, I think that's a pretty good trade.

Agree


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[tdaver]

The Grand Hyatt Deer Valley is coming along nicely.  They’re taking reservations for late November.  It’s in kinda of a weird spot.  Doesn’t look like there’s any action on the rest of the new base village.  And the new lifts/terrain won’t open until 25-26 season.  Maybe there will be some deals between now and then for you UR hoarders.

[TheHamburglar]

The Puerto Vallarta beach house did not disappoint. If you ever have a big enough group to get a house with a chef, I highly recommend.

[DaBigTrain]

The Puerto Vallarta beach house did not disappoint. If you ever have a big enough group to get a house with a chef, I highly recommend.

I was talking about this with someone at a party this weekend! They were with a group of 12 and had their own chef and stuff there and said it was awesome.

[star seed 7]

Have done that before outside of Cabo, def recommended

[star seed 7]

Hypothetical for my rewardheads out there. (mci-tyo) Would you select a preferred flight for 200k or 110k + 3.5hr additional layover time?

Option 3 - 200k minus 4hr trip time but to the airport 90 minutes away?

I'm noodling around all three

I would do the long layover for 110. You might be able to do a same day change depending on airline or status and you can always ask at the airport. But like you have a whole other trip there for 3.5 hours at an airport, I think that's a pretty good trade.

Agree


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Joke's on me! I had the wrong month selected and that just happened to be the only date within 2 months either way under 200k. I had already spent all those points in my head. 

[Stupid Fitz]

Hypothetical for my rewardheads out there. (mci-tyo) Would you select a preferred flight for 200k or 110k + 3.5hr additional layover time?

Option 3 - 200k minus 4hr trip time but to the airport 90 minutes away?

I'm noodling around all three

I would do the long layover for 110. You might be able to do a same day change depending on airline or status and you can always ask at the airport. But like you have a whole other trip there for 3.5 hours at an airport, I think that's a pretty good trade.

Agree


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Joke's on me! I had the wrong month selected and that just happened to be the only date within 2 months either way under 200k. I had already spent all those points in my head. 

we all make travel booking mistakes friend.

[TheHamburglar]

Hypothetical for my rewardheads out there. (mci-tyo) Would you select a preferred flight for 200k or 110k + 3.5hr additional layover time?

Option 3 - 200k minus 4hr trip time but to the airport 90 minutes away?

I'm noodling around all three

I would do the long layover for 110. You might be able to do a same day change depending on airline or status and you can always ask at the airport. But like you have a whole other trip there for 3.5 hours at an airport, I think that's a pretty good trade.

Agree


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Joke's on me! I had the wrong month selected and that just happened to be the only date within 2 months either way under 200k. I had already spent all those points in my head. 

we all make travel booking mistakes friend.

 

[star seed 7]

You were in the forefront of my mind friend

[steve dave]

Use pointsyeah if you’re don’t already. It’s free.


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[star seed 7]

well between yesterday and today they have all different redemption values and i snagged a business class on ANA (!) with only a 2 hour stop at IAH for 110k.  i feel pretty jazzed about that.