travel thread

[MakeItRain]

this quote from the article is lmao

KCI leaders said there are 877 daily transatlantic passengers from KCI and other regional airports in a presentation to International Airlines Group.

The regional airports include Columbia and Springfield in Missouri; Des Moines, Iowa; Wichita and Manhattan in Kansas; and Lincoln and Omaha in Nebraska.

Regional airport? Whomever wrote that can S my D. It's Des Moines International Airport, hoe.

in context i think it just means other airports in the region

[cfbandyman]

for one shining moment pre-covid OMA had directs to YYZ (toronto) on air canada. gosh darn maple leaf tailed bird. right there in oma 

I can't believe KC still has them. Who is on that flight? Has anyone taken one?

I recently did YYZ-LGA and it was cool because you go through US customs in Canada because LGA doesn't have customs

A lot of people on my worksite take that flight 

Is there a reason not to present your boarding pass with the airline app vs a paper boarding pass? I’ve only flown once in the last five years but it seemed like I was one of the few people using the app to board. Maybe if you are someplace where you can’t charge your phone?

It really depends, I use the app a lot, but sometimes it's nice to have paper, especially international when you have to show/scan it a lot, and I don't want to keep getting into my phone to find it.

[mocat]

When you check a bag they just give you one. What am I going to do not use it? Come on

[michigancat]

Delta app is incredibly shitty and sometimes just won't let you log in. It's unreal but a decent reason for paper

[mocat]

Yeah I have had my boarding pass pulled up then scrolled twitter or whatever and gone back to the app at boarding time and its frozen so bad i have to restart my phone, not just the app. Incredibly embarrassing to back out of the line to restart your phone like a jackass

[Dr Rick Daris]

Who doesn’t just add the pass to their wallet and screenshot also just in case?

[wiley]

Who doesn’t just add the pass to their wallet and screenshot also just in case?

This is my pre flight process as well.  However I was unable to do that prior to boarding CDG.  I had to check in, verify credentials, print boarding pass.


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[Sandstone Outcropping]

Delta app is incredibly shitty and sometimes just won't let you log in. It's unreal but a decent reason for paper

I used the American app and it seemed to work pretty well. One one leg of the trip, you had to do a health screening before you could check in and I got a paper pass but they didn’t actually look at the pass or scan it, they just asked me for my name and seat number. Just observos from a travel n00b.

[TheHamburglar]

Toronto’s pretty good to go through to Europe. Easy to get through to the international terminal. International terminal has a nice large side room if you aren’t using a club. I used to work at a Swedish owned company where the HQ is just across the Oresund from Copenhagen. We had to go to Sweden & had Swede’s coming over quite a bit. I got everyone hooked on TUL>ORD>YYZ>CPH on Air Canada for the last 2 legs.

[Phil Titola]

boarding passes I'm usually paper first.  I mean I see how much the app/phone people eff up the boarding process. No thanks I'll get the app version if I'm carrying on but no sweat off my back to get printed.

[steve dave]

boarding passes I'm usually paper first.  I mean I see how much the app/phone people eff up the boarding process. No thanks I'll get the app version if I'm carrying on but no sweat off my back to get printed.

wtf


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[8manpick]

This whole conversation is ridiculous. The only reason to get paper is if you check a bag, and the only reason to check a bag is golf clubs or guns.  Use the app you geezers.

[star seed 7]

There are kiosks where it takes 90 seconds to get the paper. Those 90 seconds are worth it. 

[michigancat]

Toronto’s pretty good to go through to Europe. Easy to get through to the international terminal. International terminal has a nice large side room if you aren’t using a club. I used to work at a Swedish owned company where the HQ is just across the Oresund from Copenhagen. We had to go to Sweden & had Swede’s coming over quite a bit. I got everyone hooked on TUL>ORD>YYZ>CPH on Air Canada for the last 2 legs.

Why wouldn't you just do ORD-CPH

[Stupid Fitz]

Any Napa tips? Going on a work thing and we have an afternoon and night off. Doing wine tours with the group the whole time so i'm looking for something different and I really don't even like wine so there is that. I found what looks like a decent brewery/restaurant that we may hit up. Anyone been to the area much and have any non wine recommendations? We really only have a bit of the afternoon and then dinner in the evening to fill. Looking for something casual.

[steve dave]

Drive over to Russian River Brewery on the Sonoma side. It is BITB.


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[DreamWeaver69]

Doing napa in October. I'm getting pretty giddy about it.

Also, doing columbus, oh for work in September. Sticking around that Saturday night to witness an Ohio State game. Not even a fan, but I need to see what the horseshoe is all about.

[Stupid Fitz]

Drive over to Russian River Brewery on the Sonoma side. It is BITB.


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Ugh, I spotted this and keep going back to it. Its like an hour away from where we are staying though. Don't have a car, so not sure if we can pull it off. Looking at some spots in downtown Napa which is fairly close to where we are staying.

[michigancat]

Drive over to Russian River Brewery on the Sonoma side. It is BITB.


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Ugh, I spotted this and keep going back to it. Its like an hour away from where we are staying though. Don't have a car, so not sure if we can pull it off. Looking at some spots in downtown Napa which is fairly close to where we are staying.

yeah just let yelp choose a nice restaurant for you. otherwise it's pretty boring.

[Stupid Fitz]

Drive over to Russian River Brewery on the Sonoma side. It is BITB.


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Ugh, I spotted this and keep going back to it. Its like an hour away from where we are staying though. Don't have a car, so not sure if we can pull it off. Looking at some spots in downtown Napa which is fairly close to where we are staying.

yeah just let yelp choose a nice restaurant for you. otherwise it's pretty boring.

Ha, i'm looking way more forward to this day just wandering that the group tours and dinners. I found a couple of small breweries in what appears to be downtown Napa and within walking distance to each other. Will hit those and find a decent spot to eat. Thanks

[michigancat]

Drive over to Russian River Brewery on the Sonoma side. It is BITB.


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Ugh, I spotted this and keep going back to it. Its like an hour away from where we are staying though. Don't have a car, so not sure if we can pull it off. Looking at some spots in downtown Napa which is fairly close to where we are staying.

yeah just let yelp choose a nice restaurant for you. otherwise it's pretty boring.

Ha, i'm looking way more forward to this day just wandering that the group tours and dinners. I found a couple of small breweries in what appears to be downtown Napa and within walking distance to each other. Will hit those and find a decent spot to eat. Thanks

Also not Napa but not far is this place which has a great concert series:

https://www.gunbun.com/events/?gclid=CjwKCAjwu5yYBhAjEiwAKXk_eAgB9pCCDh21-86UADw7qvTjsjW3EQ6cwa2WKG54jDQF7d0nFXYYFRoCuH4QAvD_BwE

[Kat Kid]

Any Napa tips? Going on a work thing and we have an afternoon and night off. Doing wine tours with the group the whole time so i'm looking for something different and I really don't even like wine so there is that. I found what looks like a decent brewery/restaurant that we may hit up. Anyone been to the area much and have any non wine recommendations? We really only have a bit of the afternoon and then dinner in the evening to fill. Looking for something casual.

Oxbow market is fantastic and would be a good afternoon activity. Bunch of stalls of great grocery/deli food and also wine of course and a few restaurants.

[Stupid Fitz]

Any Napa tips? Going on a work thing and we have an afternoon and night off. Doing wine tours with the group the whole time so i'm looking for something different and I really don't even like wine so there is that. I found what looks like a decent brewery/restaurant that we may hit up. Anyone been to the area much and have any non wine recommendations? We really only have a bit of the afternoon and then dinner in the evening to fill. Looking for something casual.

Oxbow market is fantastic and would be a good afternoon activity. Bunch of stalls of great grocery/deli food and also wine of course and a few restaurants.

Nice, that is close to Trade Brewery which I was going to hit. Thanks KK.

[Stevesie60]

Regarding wine country in general, downtown Healdsburg has been my favorite little chill spot. But obviously, if you have any connects to any winery, that's the way to go.

[asava]

This whole conversation is ridiculous. The only reason to get paper is if you check a bag, and the only reason to check a bag is golf clubs or guns.  Use the app you geezers.

And bikes.

Speaking of which, anyone ever traveled to Nova Scotia or Montreal?