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Off to SFO

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  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    This is my 7th west coast trip in 14 months. Paying 2500x2 for the flights would get old fast. I do pay for ‘extra space’ seats or premium economy.

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    Mik
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    @jon-nyc said in Off to SFO:

    This is my 7th west coast trip in 14 months. Paying 2500x2 for the flights would get old fast. I do pay for ‘extra space’ seats or premium economy.

    Prices out of NYC must be high. I seldom pay more than $700-$900.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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    • MikM Away
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      $1400 to SFO.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        #12

        I still reflect on the one time I moved for a young lady who asked me to, so she could sit with her husband. I wouldn't do it again. Somehow it also became my job to go tell her husband that we were to switch seats. He took the news with a wince. I suspect they had already discussed the possibility of her asking the person next to her, whomever that may be, to switch, and he did not want to. So, she asked anyway. Well, his punishment is that he has to live with her, I guess there is some justice there anyway.

        Education is extremely important.

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          #13

          A British friend of mine was once on a plane and pretended to be a newly wed so that he could sit with some floozy he'd just met at the terminal, and then got shit-faced on the plane with her, all the while pretending they'd just got married.

          I've occasionally considered telling his actual wife what he did. He seemed to attract these people - I once traveled on a train with him from London, and this girl came over and started talking to us about how she liked watching scrotums. It was a very strange journey. At the end of it he asked me why I didn't get her phone number, as she seemed to like me.

          I was only joking

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            #14

            Dude stop talking about me like I’m not here. And I’m not British, so enough of the insults already.

            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
            -Cormac McCarthy

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            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

              Dude stop talking about me like I’m not here. And I’m not British, so enough of the insults already.

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              @jon-nyc said in Off to SFO:

              Dude stop talking about me like I’m not here. And I’m not British, so enough of the insults already.

              When I said she liked watching scrotums I wasn't actually talking about you, but I understand the mistake.

              I was only joking

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              • MikM Away
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                Phibes ran with it before I could.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  #17

                  Just passed a homeless guy with a hand made sign that said ‘Fuck U Pay Me’

                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                  -Cormac McCarthy

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                    Points for honesty

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                    • jon-nycJ Offline
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                      #19

                      It must be extra hard for them these days since few people carry cash.

                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                      -Cormac McCarthy

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                      • MikM Away
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                        They have Venmo. Even the destitute must conform.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        • MikM Mik

                          They have Venmo. Even the destitute must conform.

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                          @Mik said in Off to SFO:

                          They have Venmo. Even the destitute must conform.

                          Thailand has a QR code payment system. You have to have a Thai bank account and Thai mobile phone #to use, and the system is regulated by the Central Bank.

                          Vendors have a QR code, which you scan, enter the payment, and show the vendor on your phone that the payment was successful.

                          Everybody and I mean everybody uses it. The guys pushing the street cart selling ice cream for USD0.50 has it. Restaurants have it. I asked a restaurant owner if there was a commission for it on either buyer or seller, and he told me no.

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                            In the airport.

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                            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                            -Cormac McCarthy

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