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Made it to ConciergeKey this year apparently. Pretty cool so far. Like I was aware of it, and there's the obvious boarding thing and such but man is it a whole other level of service. They text me when I get to the airport to see if I need anything. It actually is surprisingly nice to not have to try and hold a spot near the line to make sure you board early enough in your group to ensure overhead space.

But then the upgrade priority jump, the waitlist/booking for a flight jump (flight cancelled, they will bump someone else to get you on next plane) and the like...wow. I'm also opening us up to more flights on family travel with tight connections because they'll do a plane-to-plane transfer via SUV on the tarmac. Can't wait to report back on that one.
Thats some major BS right there on the airlines part.
 
$200 hotel credit (but only for their collections, I probably won't use this one)

Don’t sleep on this. You also get a $100 food/service credit. If you use Fine Hotels and Resorts, specifically, you can not only get 5X AMEX points for the purchase, but if the hotel is part of a chain for which you already get rewards points, you’ll get those too. It’s great for a weekend or even midweek mini-vacay to a resort you might not have done otherwise.
 
Well shoot. Was looking forward to a steak and some beers at the only place in tiny Ozona, TX tonight. Maybe watch the 1st half of the Mavs/Wolves game.

CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS!

I was so looking forward to it since I last dined at this spot in 1996 whilest on a cross-country trip with a college buddy.

Only place in town that has a bar. I am going to end up getting a 6-pack of beer and taking it to a Mexican restaurant and will watch the game in my hotel room. Oof... luxury biz travel.
 
Well shoot. Was looking forward to a steak and some beers at the only place in tiny Ozona, TX tonight. Maybe watch the 1st half of the Mavs/Wolves game.

CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS!

I was so looking forward to it since I last dined at this spot in 1996 whilest on a cross-country trip with a college buddy.

Only place in town that has a bar. I am going to end up getting a 6-pack of beer and taking it to a Mexican restaurant and will watch the game in my hotel room. Oof... luxury biz travel.
You're living right @nirad3 :lmao:

Just came back from a trip to Minneapolis then to Toronto. Was actually perfect weather in both places for a change, took in the falls and had a fairly good couple of meals while in Canada along with a lot of 23oz Molson. Will be making the trip once a quarter for a while now so starting to learn the lay of the land. Off to Appleton, WI next month for a whirlwind 4 day trip to Miller Electric to become a welder :thumbup::oldunsure:
 
Looking for a bullet proof carry on. My current Swiss Gear 7272 is fine but it ain't gonna make it given the abuse I'm putting it through. It's flexible hard sided plastic and I just know one of these days it's going to explode and I'm going to be screwed. One of the issues is I have pack steel toed boots most everywhere I go so I've had to get creative with space. Looking to upgrade to metal if possible and still keep it within the boundaries of not super expensive.
 
Well shoot. Was looking forward to a steak and some beers at the only place in tiny Ozona, TX tonight. Maybe watch the 1st half of the Mavs/Wolves game.

CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS!

I was so looking forward to it since I last dined at this spot in 1996 whilest on a cross-country trip with a college buddy.

Only place in town that has a bar. I am going to end up getting a 6-pack of beer and taking it to a Mexican restaurant and will watch the game in my hotel room. Oof... luxury biz travel.
You're living right @nirad3 :lmao:

Just came back from a trip to Minneapolis then to Toronto. Was actually perfect weather in both places for a change, took in the falls and had a fairly good couple of meals while in Canada along with a lot of 23oz Molson. Will be making the trip once a quarter for a while now so starting to learn the lay of the land. Off to Appleton, WI next month for a whirlwind 4 day trip to Miller Electric to become a welder :thumbup::oldunsure:
I was also in Toronto during that 1996 cross-country jaunt. Spent my "magic birthday" (23 on the 23rd of July) there, and had MANY Molsons. Man those Molson Triple-X (not sure if they even still make those) were strong!

I try to do it right! :excited: :excited: :suds:
 
Well shoot. Was looking forward to a steak and some beers at the only place in tiny Ozona, TX tonight. Maybe watch the 1st half of the Mavs/Wolves game.

CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS!

I was so looking forward to it since I last dined at this spot in 1996 whilest on a cross-country trip with a college buddy.

Only place in town that has a bar. I am going to end up getting a 6-pack of beer and taking it to a Mexican restaurant and will watch the game in my hotel room. Oof... luxury biz travel.
Ooof. I spent a night in Ozona once. Was riding my motorcycle with my brother from Alpine to Houston and hit sideways rain barely above freezing. First hotel we saw outside of Ft. Stockton was in Ozona. I think we must have both been so beat we didn't even try to find a bar. I do remember putting my soaked boots in the dryer and it sounded like I had a couple small children in there.
 
Well shoot. Was looking forward to a steak and some beers at the only place in tiny Ozona, TX tonight. Maybe watch the 1st half of the Mavs/Wolves game.

CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS!

I was so looking forward to it since I last dined at this spot in 1996 whilest on a cross-country trip with a college buddy.

Only place in town that has a bar. I am going to end up getting a 6-pack of beer and taking it to a Mexican restaurant and will watch the game in my hotel room. Oof... luxury biz travel.
Ooof. I spent a night in Ozona once. Was riding my motorcycle with my brother from Alpine to Houston and hit sideways rain barely above freezing. First hotel we saw outside of Ft. Stockton was in Ozona. I think we must have both been so beat we didn't even try to find a bar. I do remember putting my soaked boots in the dryer and it sounded like I had a couple small children in there.
The Holiday Inn Express is actually quite decent. Just no bars in town, even in a spot that's close to 3,000 in population. I figure the spot I was fixin' to go to is the hoppin' "bar" in town. I should have done my research and scheduled myself to be here on a Thursday instead. Live and learn. I'll make the best of it!
 
Looking for a bullet proof carry on. My current Swiss Gear 7272 is fine but it ain't gonna make it given the abuse I'm putting it through. It's flexible hard sided plastic and I just know one of these days it's going to explode and I'm going to be screwed. One of the issues is I have pack steel toed boots most everywhere I go so I've had to get creative with space. Looking to upgrade to metal if possible and still keep it within the boundaries of not super expensive.
I pack steel toes in my suitcase with regularity. And workout shoes. And a weeks worth of clothes for work, workout, and leisure.

I have the Tumi sized for biggest possible carry in. Bought it in 2016. It’s been incredible.

Under $100/year at this point. Given I’m at around 6 years of just over 2 flights a week ~40 weeks a year…it’s probably around 300 flights. So $2/flight or so and showing no end in sight.

Fantastic value.
 
Looking for a bullet proof carry on. My current Swiss Gear 7272 is fine but it ain't gonna make it given the abuse I'm putting it through. It's flexible hard sided plastic and I just know one of these days it's going to explode and I'm going to be screwed. One of the issues is I have pack steel toed boots most everywhere I go so I've had to get creative with space. Looking to upgrade to metal if possible and still keep it within the boundaries of not super expensive.
I pack steel toes in my suitcase with regularity. And workout shoes. And a weeks worth of clothes for work, workout, and leisure.

I have the Tumi sized for biggest possible carry in. Bought it in 2016. It’s been incredible.

Under $100/year at this point. Given I’m at around 6 years of just over 2 flights a week ~40 weeks a year…it’s probably around 300 flights. So $2/flight or so and showing no end in sight.

Fantastic value.
I sport a Tumi backpack, if I get a Tumi carry on would I be considered metro?
 
Looking for a bullet proof carry on. My current Swiss Gear 7272 is fine but it ain't gonna make it given the abuse I'm putting it through. It's flexible hard sided plastic and I just know one of these days it's going to explode and I'm going to be screwed. One of the issues is I have pack steel toed boots most everywhere I go so I've had to get creative with space. Looking to upgrade to metal if possible and still keep it within the boundaries of not super expensive.
I pack steel toes in my suitcase with regularity. And workout shoes. And a weeks worth of clothes for work, workout, and leisure.

I have the Tumi sized for biggest possible carry in. Bought it in 2016. It’s been incredible.

Under $100/year at this point. Given I’m at around 6 years of just over 2 flights a week ~40 weeks a year…it’s probably around 300 flights. So $2/flight or so and showing no end in sight.

Fantastic value.
I sport a Tumi backpack, if I get a Tumi carry on would I be considered metro?
idk what metro means. But their backpacks do tend to nicely attach to the suitcases I think. I have a cheap travel backpack.
 
Looking for a bullet proof carry on. My current Swiss Gear 7272 is fine but it ain't gonna make it given the abuse I'm putting it through. It's flexible hard sided plastic and I just know one of these days it's going to explode and I'm going to be screwed. One of the issues is I have pack steel toed boots most everywhere I go so I've had to get creative with space. Looking to upgrade to metal if possible and still keep it within the boundaries of not super expensive.
I pack steel toes in my suitcase with regularity. And workout shoes. And a weeks worth of clothes for work, workout, and leisure.

I have the Tumi sized for biggest possible carry in. Bought it in 2016. It’s been incredible.

Under $100/year at this point. Given I’m at around 6 years of just over 2 flights a week ~40 weeks a year…it’s probably around 300 flights. So $2/flight or so and showing no end in sight.

Fantastic value.
I sport a Tumi backpack, if I get a Tumi carry on would I be considered metro?
idk what metro means. But their backpacks do tend to nicely attach to the suitcases I think. I have a cheap travel backpack.
Which one you rocking? https://www.tumi.com/c/luggage/carryon-luggage/international/
 
Looking for a bullet proof carry on. My current Swiss Gear 7272 is fine but it ain't gonna make it given the abuse I'm putting it through. It's flexible hard sided plastic and I just know one of these days it's going to explode and I'm going to be screwed. One of the issues is I have pack steel toed boots most everywhere I go so I've had to get creative with space. Looking to upgrade to metal if possible and still keep it within the boundaries of not super expensive.
I pack steel toes in my suitcase with regularity. And workout shoes. And a weeks worth of clothes for work, workout, and leisure.

I have the Tumi sized for biggest possible carry in. Bought it in 2016. It’s been incredible.

Under $100/year at this point. Given I’m at around 6 years of just over 2 flights a week ~40 weeks a year…it’s probably around 300 flights. So $2/flight or so and showing no end in sight.

Fantastic value.
I sport a Tumi backpack, if I get a Tumi carry on would I be considered metro?
idk what metro means. But their backpacks do tend to nicely attach to the suitcases I think. I have a cheap travel backpack.
Which one you rocking? https://www.tumi.com/c/luggage/carryon-luggage/international/
This one looks like a slightly updated version of what I have: https://www.tumi.com/p/international-expandable-4-wheeled-carry-on-01171541041/

I have used the expandable part for bigger, longer trips if I was gonna have to check anyway, and got like a full second week's worth of clothes in there.
 
BusinessTravelGuys, please say a prayer to the TravelGods for me for my trip to DFW next week. I've heard that American Airlines has been sucking butt lately and I really don't want this trip to get messed with.
 
BusinessTravelGuys, please say a prayer to the TravelGods for me for my trip to DFW next week. I've heard that American Airlines has been sucking butt lately and I really don't want this trip to get messed with.
Flew in and out of Dallas last week. On Tuesday when I arrived, the airport looked like a war zone. People are lying all over the place, and long lines at customer service. They had been hit with some storms earlier in the day that caused a lot of chaos with cancellations and delays. Since I was flying from hub to hub (from Miami), neither of my flights was canceled. On the return, the flight was delayed 90 minutes or so because the flight crew was running late, but I knew it wouldn't be canceled because they needed that 787 in Miami for an international flight. That's a pro tip.....if you are flying in coach from DFW to MIA or vice versa, if you are lucky, you can score a Premium Economy seat for the price of a Coach ticket because there are only 2 classes of service on domestic flights.
 
One of the things i recently discovered (almost the hard way) was there are different size carry on sizes for domestic US flights and international flights. Trying to stuff my carry on in an overhead on a international flight recently on the return trip from Toronto to Charlotte required more muscle than I am accustomed to. I tend to think there is a cabal somewhere sitting around thinking of ways to make the flying experience as miserable as possible for the general public.
 
BusinessTravelGuys, please say a prayer to the TravelGods for me for my trip to DFW next week. I've heard that American Airlines has been sucking butt lately and I really don't want this trip to get messed with.
Flew in and out of Dallas last week. On Tuesday when I arrived, the airport looked like a war zone. People are lying all over the place, and long lines at customer service. They had been hit with some storms earlier in the day that caused a lot of chaos with cancellations and delays. Since I was flying from hub to hub (from Miami), neither of my flights was canceled. On the return, the flight was delayed 90 minutes or so because the flight crew was running late, but I knew it wouldn't be canceled because they needed that 787 in Miami for an international flight. That's a pro tip.....if you are flying in coach from DFW to MIA or vice versa, if you are lucky, you can score a Premium Economy seat for the price of a Coach ticket because there are only 2 classes of service on domestic flights.
I imagine it's every flight in and out of DFW this week and last - the storms have been insane. Heavy duty hail, crazy lightning and absolute downpours and flooding. It's probably wreaking the most havoc for AA given the main hub but holy cow has it been bad.
 
Just looked at 10-day forecast for DFW. Looks like it'll be in the upper 80's / low 90's with no storms predicted while I'm out there. Fingers crossed.

I mean, I would roll with the punches and if I need to stay in DFW another night it wouldn't be too horrible. I just don't want to be stuck in the airport for a bunch of hours. I'd honestly rather have a flight canceled and have to spend an extra night than sit around an airport waiting on a delayed flight for 5-6 hours.
 
Travel 3-5 times a year so don’t want to pay Tumi prices.

Looking for a new carryon and a backpack personal item that would allow me not to check a bag on a week long trip.

I do travel internationally at least once a year, so whatever I get I would like it to fit in the international guidelines.

Thanks in advance!
 
Travel 3-5 times a year so don’t want to pay Tumi prices.

Looking for a new carryon and a backpack personal item that would allow me not to check a bag on a week long trip.

I do travel internationally at least once a year, so whatever I get I would like it to fit in the international guidelines.

Thanks in advance!
I really like the backpack I have. It's Matein (i think, check spelling) off Amazon for like $30 or something. It's held up well so far (like 9 months of constant use), has great pocket divisions and ease of access for different things.

If you travel 3-5 times a year who cares what carry on you have is JMO. Get a cheap one and replace it every couple years. Whatever Costco sells would be my guess for works and decent quality and price. Maybe others have better ideas!
 
Travel 3-5 times a year so don’t want to pay Tumi prices.

Looking for a new carryon and a backpack personal item that would allow me not to check a bag on a week long trip.

I do travel internationally at least once a year, so whatever I get I would like it to fit in the international guidelines.

Thanks in advance!
I really like the backpack I have. It's Matein (i think, check spelling) off Amazon for like $30 or something. It's held up well so far (like 9 months of constant use), has great pocket divisions and ease of access for different things.

If you travel 3-5 times a year who cares what carry on you have is JMO. Get a cheap one and replace it every couple years. Whatever Costco sells would be my guess for works and decent quality and price. Maybe others have better ideas!
I recently looked at the Martein on Amazon. No problem with it being considered a personal item size?
 
I have this Swiss Gear carryon and it has a ton of room, easy to maneuver and seems pretty sturdy.

I just have a Patagonia backpack provided by my company for my "personal item" that easily carries my laptop, various chargers and iPad/Bose headphones.
 
Travel 3-5 times a year so don’t want to pay Tumi prices.

Looking for a new carryon and a backpack personal item that would allow me not to check a bag on a week long trip.

I do travel internationally at least once a year, so whatever I get I would like it to fit in the international guidelines.

Thanks in advance!
I really like the backpack I have. It's Matein (i think, check spelling) off Amazon for like $30 or something. It's held up well so far (like 9 months of constant use), has great pocket divisions and ease of access for different things.

If you travel 3-5 times a year who cares what carry on you have is JMO. Get a cheap one and replace it every couple years. Whatever Costco sells would be my guess for works and decent quality and price. Maybe others have better ideas!
I recently looked at the Martein on Amazon. No problem with it being considered a personal item size?
I have this one and it has always fit under the seat easily and never been an issue, multiple airlines, up front or in back. On the tiny planes if I don't overstuff it I can get it in the little overhead that doesnt fit real bags sometimes too. It's not a particularly big backpack like it's smaller than what I had in HS/college.
 
Travel 3-5 times a year so don’t want to pay Tumi prices.

Looking for a new carryon and a backpack personal item that would allow me not to check a bag on a week long trip.

I do travel internationally at least once a year, so whatever I get I would like it to fit in the international guidelines.

Thanks in advance!

Check out the Away carry-ons, which are about half (or less) the price of Tumi and great quality.
 
Travel 3-5 times a year so don’t want to pay Tumi prices.

Looking for a new carryon and a backpack personal item that would allow me not to check a bag on a week long trip.

I do travel internationally at least once a year, so whatever I get I would like it to fit in the international guidelines.

Thanks in advance!

Check out the Away carry-ons, which are about half (or less) the price of Tumi and great quality.
I actually hate Away. I find them in that weird area where the quality isn't that great (each one we've had has cracked or broken at least once and customer service was pretty meh) and they're still pricy enough that I'd expect more.

I'd rather get something cheaper, or something better.
 
Travel 3-5 times a year so don’t want to pay Tumi prices.

Looking for a new carryon and a backpack personal item that would allow me not to check a bag on a week long trip.

I do travel internationally at least once a year, so whatever I get I would like it to fit in the international guidelines.

Thanks in advance!

Check out the Away carry-ons, which are about half (or less) the price of Tumi and great quality.
I actually hate Away. I find them in that weird area where the quality isn't that great (each one we've had has cracked or broken at least once and customer service was pretty meh) and they're still pricy enough that I'd expect more.

I'd rather get something cheaper, or something better.

Interesting. Your experiences seems to be outliers based on public reviews (NY Times, Conde Nast, Travel & Leisure, etc.) and the general travel community (I'm in a lot of different travel groups). I wonder if it's timing and maybe they're better now, or they were better before (depending upon when you had yours). You're the first person I've heard say they didn't love them, so that's all I can figure.
 
Travel 3-5 times a year so don’t want to pay Tumi prices.

Looking for a new carryon and a backpack personal item that would allow me not to check a bag on a week long trip.

I do travel internationally at least once a year, so whatever I get I would like it to fit in the international guidelines.

Thanks in advance!

Check out the Away carry-ons, which are about half (or less) the price of Tumi and great quality.
I actually hate Away. I find them in that weird area where the quality isn't that great (each one we've had has cracked or broken at least once and customer service was pretty meh) and they're still pricy enough that I'd expect more.

I'd rather get something cheaper, or something better.

Interesting. Your experiences seems to be outliers based on public reviews (NY Times, Conde Nast, Travel & Leisure, etc.) and the general travel community (I'm in a lot of different travel groups). I wonder if it's timing and maybe they're better now, or they were better before (depending upon when you had yours). You're the first person I've heard say they didn't love them, so that's all I can figure.
Yeah could be. Just figured I'd share. I find the inner mesh cover thing to be flimsy and break all the time, not really any pouches, and like I said I've had the shell break at least once on each one we have (we've had two carry ons and the big checked bag).

Edit: we got them as a wedding gift in 2018
 
Travel 3-5 times a year so don’t want to pay Tumi prices.

Looking for a new carryon and a backpack personal item that would allow me not to check a bag on a week long trip.

I do travel internationally at least once a year, so whatever I get I would like it to fit in the international guidelines.

Thanks in advance!

Check out the Away carry-ons, which are about half (or less) the price of Tumi and great quality.
I actually hate Away. I find them in that weird area where the quality isn't that great (each one we've had has cracked or broken at least once and customer service was pretty meh) and they're still pricy enough that I'd expect more.

I'd rather get something cheaper, or something better.

Interesting. Your experiences seems to be outliers based on public reviews (NY Times, Conde Nast, Travel & Leisure, etc.) and the general travel community (I'm in a lot of different travel groups). I wonder if it's timing and maybe they're better now, or they were better before (depending upon when you had yours). You're the first person I've heard say they didn't love them, so that's all I can figure.
Yeah could be. Just figured I'd share. I find the inner mesh cover thing to be flimsy and break all the time, not really any pouches, and like I said I've had the shell break at least once on each one we have (we've had two carry ons and the big checked bag).

Edit: we got them as a wedding gift in 2018

Yeah, that’s good info to share. Disappointing to hear that.
 
Get a cheap one and replace it every couple years. Whatever Costco sells would be my guess for works and decent quality and price.
:goodposting: we bought some American Tourist stuff from Sam's years ago and still use it from time-to-time but it's lasted us 20+ years for a couple of trips a year. For the limited travel you are looking at get something cheap(er) and just replace as necessary.

The whole international thing threw me for a loop when I found out. Not going to switch out my carry on because of it but if I traveled elsewhere other than Canada I'd probably consider it.
 
Looking forward to getting back home to Miami from LAX but all of the rain in South Florida is putting a damper on that plan. It's been a longish trip. Flew to Washington DC on Friday and then LAX on Monday so I'm looking forward to getting home after not getting a weekend.

Flight was scheduled to depart at 7:45a but was delayed. They boarded once. I'm early boarding so I got my exit row aisle set. Shortly after I boarded, I realized that no one else was getting on. Shortly after, they asked us to deplane. Went back to the Admirals club for a few hours. Got the call to board again. Took my exit row seat. Shortly before the doors were to close, the flight attendant came to my seat for an upgrade. NICE! About 30 minutes after that, the doors never closed and they asked us to deplane again. And then the pilot timed out. So now I'm back in the Admirals Club again. But just heard that we are boarding again in 15 minutes! So 8 hours after I was supposed to leave, I'm hoping that third time is a charm.

Okay, that's all. Hopefully.

UPDATE - We're in the air, about 33,000 feet over western Arizona, and the first glass of mediocre white wine is going down. Just opened my laptop to start typing up my monthly report that I have procrastinated doing all day despite not really doing anything at al while waiting for my flight....
 
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Weather was perfect in DFW and NE Texas for me last week. Not even a drop of rain. Flight home was delayed a little bit because the plane we were taking home to Orange County had come in from Mexico and it took them awhile to deplane and get people into the customs area. Ended up only being on the ground in OC about 5 minutes late, though. No plane travel planned for the foreseeable future. Doing a driving trip to the Imperial Valley (east of San Diego) next month, for a quick overnighter. Need to get some more trips planned.
 
Travel 3-5 times a year so don’t want to pay Tumi prices.

Looking for a new carryon and a backpack personal item that would allow me not to check a bag on a week long trip.

I do travel internationally at least once a year, so whatever I get I would like it to fit in the international guidelines.

Thanks in advance!

Check out the Away carry-ons, which are about half (or less) the price of Tumi and great quality.
I actually hate Away. I find them in that weird area where the quality isn't that great (each one we've had has cracked or broken at least once and customer service was pretty meh) and they're still pricy enough that I'd expect more.

I'd rather get something cheaper, or something better.

Interesting. Your experiences seems to be outliers based on public reviews (NY Times, Conde Nast, Travel & Leisure, etc.) and the general travel community (I'm in a lot of different travel groups). I wonder if it's timing and maybe they're better now, or they were better before (depending upon when you had yours). You're the first person I've heard say they didn't love them, so that's all I can figure.
Yeah could be. Just figured I'd share. I find the inner mesh cover thing to be flimsy and break all the time, not really any pouches, and like I said I've had the shell break at least once on each one we have (we've had two carry ons and the big checked bag).

Edit: we got them as a wedding gift in 2018

Yeah, that’s good info to share. Disappointing to hear that.
Have had my Away for years and it's been great. :shrug:
 
A bit of a brutal schedule last few weeks. At the airport for 7 am flight to Canada. Shetshow for whatever reason, seems like that’s just how it is these days.

Guy behind me is freaking about making his flight in the bag check line. It’s about 5:45. I get it, been there. Trying to ignore him as he’s stressing me out. He flags a worker from one of the three spots checking people in and she leaves to talk to him.

He gets her to check him in, gets his bag even though we are close to front at this point.

I hear him say his flight is at 8 AM 😂😂😂
 
Anyone's company use Navan?

My company is migrating over to them for all business travel.

I've been using a corporate AMEX and ExpenseWire for about 3-4 years now and have gotten used to the combo working fairly well, but I'm being told Navan is going to simplify things even more.

I hate change though. :lol:
I was talking to a guy on my flight last weekend and he was complaining about how bad it was. He is paying a few hundred dollars more for his airline tickets than he could get himself but he said the company was okay with it "because we get the data for tracking purposes".

No idea what that really meant in the context of saving a couple hundred dollars, but I have seen companies do more stupid things for less.
 
I'm planning my travel for the rest of the year and it's not looking kind. I have about 6 weeks off from traveling during the summer, but once August hits, BAM!

Three trips to Las Vegas, two trips to Europe (Barcelona and Canne), two trips to San Francisco, one trip to Albuquerque (going to do a personal side trip to Tahoe) and a few other day trips (Hamptons and other Florida destinations) sprinkled in there.

Should hit Executive Platinum pretty easily on AA. Already have lifetime Platinum with Marriott Bonvoy.
 
I'm planning my travel for the rest of the year and it's not looking kind. I have about 6 weeks off from traveling during the summer, but once August hits, BAM!

Three trips to Las Vegas, two trips to Europe (Barcelona and Canne), two trips to San Francisco, one trip to Albuquerque (going to do a personal side trip to Tahoe) and a few other day trips (Hamptons and other Florida destinations) sprinkled in there.

Should hit Executive Platinum pretty easily on AA. Already have lifetime Platinum with Marriott Bonvoy.

Don't travel nearly as much as many of you, but have SLC, PHX, SLC, and then NY coming up over the next 6 weeks. Navan getting a workout, again!
 
Anyone's company use Navan?

My company is migrating over to them for all business travel.

I've been using a corporate AMEX and ExpenseWire for about 3-4 years now and have gotten used to the combo working fairly well, but I'm being told Navan is going to simplify things even more.

I hate change though. :lol:
I was talking to a guy on my flight last weekend and he was complaining about how bad it was. He is paying a few hundred dollars more for his airline tickets than he could get himself but he said the company was okay with it "because we get the data for tracking purposes".

No idea what that really meant in the context of saving a couple hundred dollars, but I have seen companies do more stupid things for less.
So far I've only booked two trips (flight / hotel / car) using Navan and it's been OK. The big bugaboo on our end right now is submitting receipts via email. Their automated system absolutely sucks at scanning the document and figuring out what is what. For some reason, though, submitting photos of receipts goes over fine. So I will need to start taking photos of my computer screen of the receipts for hotel and car. It somehow figures everything out for flights. Taking photos of restaurant receipts is simple. As soon as you swipe the card at a restaurant, you get a notification on the Navan app and it asks if you want to add a receipt... take a quick photo, done.

And the big benefit is no more expense reports. Everything is integrated.... so really, only the hotel/car receipts is the pain in the butt, everything else is pretty slick.
 
I'm planning my travel for the rest of the year and it's not looking kind. I have about 6 weeks off from traveling during the summer, but once August hits, BAM!

Three trips to Las Vegas, two trips to Europe (Barcelona and Canne), two trips to San Francisco, one trip to Albuquerque (going to do a personal side trip to Tahoe) and a few other day trips (Hamptons and other Florida destinations) sprinkled in there.

Should hit Executive Platinum pretty easily on AA. Already have lifetime Platinum with Marriott Bonvoy.
I typically like planning my travel for the summer months, but right now I only have a quick overnighter planned for this Thursday night (and wouldn't ya know it, absolutely no sports on TV) in beautiful El Centro, CA. Gonna be a balmy 110 degrees.

And nothing else planned for the foreseeable future.
 
Got a reprieve recently, was doing about a trip a month for a while but got July off and the August trip got cancelled. The downside? the next trip is November to either MN or Toronto.
 
Oof. Got a little overnighter tomorrow night and wouldn't you know it, we are in the absolute worst dead zone for sports of the year. Nothing on TV, except NBA Summer League. I always go out for some food and beers whenever I travel and of course it helps to have some sports on the TV wherever I'm at. Oh well....
 
I'm planning my travel for the rest of the year and it's not looking kind. I have about 6 weeks off from traveling during the summer, but once August hits, BAM!

Three trips to Las Vegas, two trips to Europe (Barcelona and Canne), two trips to San Francisco, one trip to Albuquerque (going to do a personal side trip to Tahoe) and a few other day trips (Hamptons and other Florida destinations) sprinkled in there.

Should hit Executive Platinum pretty easily on AA. Already have lifetime Platinum with Marriott Bonvoy.
I will lose my CK next year for sure (pat leave rest of year babbbyyyyyyy) and I'm in danger of not getting platinum this year (globalist with Hyatt, 19 nights away on Marriott from platinum)

I wouldn't care about Marriott, except...this would be my 10th year of platinum. Which you need for lifetime (10 years as plat + 600 lifetime nights). So I think I'm gonna do 3 runs of 4 points nights, fifth night free at the cheapest DFW area hotel possible which looks to be around 200k points in total to get 15 nights, and the final four will come with family travel. Then I can fully maximize Hyatt for the rest of my travel career! Which is amazing because I basically always like their hotels and treatment of status better.
 
I'm pretty confident that my online research is correct, but anyone got recent experience getting through TSA with an expired license? I both called SWA and looked online and everything I've heard/read is that you can travel with said expired ID as long as it hasn't been expired over a year. Mine's expiring next week and I just did the renewal at the DMV for the REAL-ID. Would hate to get turned away for a personal trip I'm taking in early August!
 
I'm pretty confident that my online research is correct, but anyone got recent experience getting through TSA with an expired license? I both called SWA and looked online and everything I've heard/read is that you can travel with said expired ID as long as it hasn't been expired over a year. Mine's expiring next week and I just did the renewal at the DMV for the REAL-ID. Would hate to get turned away for a personal trip I'm taking in early August!
Do you not have a passport?


ETA: I know the REAL-ID thing is changing stuff but I once went through TSA with a college campus ID and a credit card with a matching name and a "deep screen" patdown and swabbing of hands, shoes, and luggage.
 
Has anyone gotten caught up in this crazy Crowdstrike issue with the airlines and had flight delays? I have heard some stories from colleagues, but I don't have anything planned for a couple of weeks.
 
Has anyone gotten caught up in this crazy Crowdstrike issue with the airlines and had flight delays? I have heard some stories from colleagues, but I don't have anything planned for a couple of weeks.
Missed it by a couple days (although did get the screw job from American with 40 minute layovers in Dallas).

I fly tomo on Alaska who I didn’t hear being impacted so hopefully it’s all good.
 
I'm pretty confident that my online research is correct, but anyone got recent experience getting through TSA with an expired license? I both called SWA and looked online and everything I've heard/read is that you can travel with said expired ID as long as it hasn't been expired over a year. Mine's expiring next week and I just did the renewal at the DMV for the REAL-ID. Would hate to get turned away for a personal trip I'm taking in early August!
Do you not have a passport?


ETA: I know the REAL-ID thing is changing stuff but I once went through TSA with a college campus ID and a credit card with a matching name and a "deep screen" patdown and swabbing of hands, shoes, and luggage.
No passport, unfortunately. Everything I'm reading on the 'net says that I should be fine.
 
Has anyone gotten caught up in this crazy Crowdstrike issue with the airlines and had flight delays? I have heard some stories from colleagues, but I don't have anything planned for a couple of weeks.
I will give American credit in Charlotte, they were one of the first to report back to business after the initial issue. They got a buddy out same day on a flight he had booked for a month with only a slight delay. I'm no fan of either American or CLT but they seemed to have powered through. Buddy did say once you got past security it was the most packed he's every seen CLT with 30 minutes waits for pretty much everywhere standard and packed gates. Glad i missed it, good luck to all of you having to suffer through it :thumbup:
 
Making a career change soon and will need to do lots of short trips in suit attire. Anyone have a garment bag for suits they like for travel? Also, the new place seems to love chartered plane travel. Pretty excited about that part.
Any luck? I'm looking for something also that fits 3-4 suits plus 6-7 shirts. Haven't had any luck. I bought one on Amazon but it was too small and I returned it.
 
I just kicked off a 17-day business trip. I'm currently on a flight to Philly and then connecting to Montreal. I'll be at a conference through Sunday before heading to San Diego/Southern California until the following Friday at another conference. Then, I'll drive up to Las Vegas to spend the weekend with my wife, who is joining me before the next conference starts there on Monday night. I'll return on the 20th.

I'm looking forward to Montreal, I haven't been there before other than a slight travel snafu last year when I was supposed to be in Quebec City but flew into Montreal. I was trying to figure out why the Uber was so expensive from the airport to my hotel. I rented a car and drove to Quebec City at midnight in a driving rainstorm. That wasn't fun.

Also looking forward to seeing my cousin, wife and their newish child in La Jolla. I haven't seen him in 7-8 years. I'm driving from San Diego to Las Vegas and taking the scenic route through Joshua Tree area. Want to see if I can get some early morning hiking in before it gets too scorching hot.

I'm also looking forward to spending time with my wife in Las Vegas. We got married there 23 years ago but haven't been back by ourselves since then. Staying at Resortsworld Conrad, namely because they extended my conference rate of $210 to Friday/Saturday/Sunday. I want to get down to Fremont strip for some cheaper gambling and watching the crazy people.
 

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