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So for the Star Alliance MegaDo 4, the plane was advertised as being a reconfigured 767-400. However, as the FAA filing for the event was published, there was an aircraft substitution that was never announced to everyone. As everyone knows, sometimes that can be a bad thing, sometimes it can be a good thing. In this case, it was a very good thing. We were upgraded to the 787, which due to mechanical issues, United currently only has one while Boeing repairs the other. ...
A growing area within the travel industry is trips targeted toward gay travelers. You have travel agents targeting the gay community, as well as organized gay cruises. There are events surrounding Pride festivals all around the world, as well as special events such as Gay Days down at Disney World. Most of the specials related to these events are confined to special event rates. However, Hilton has a blanket discount program, that comes with some very useful benefits. ...
So I was attending an event where the Four Seasons Atlanta was the host hotel, and the group rate was fairly good, so I decided to make a little weekend getaway of it.
Arrival
Arriving, I pulled up front, and I was immediately given my valet slip (Valet parking is $32 a night), and was offered assistance with my luggage, that one of the bell staff would take it, and have it delivered to my room. A nice touch, although I was traveling light, and so I did not take ...
Well, there is definitely some travel humor going around the internet before this holiday weekend in the US. First up is this nice little review from the Mars rover:
Yes, this is not real, but we have all had this feeling.
The second piece is from everyone's favorite Delta flight attendant, showing that US Airways does not employ the use of spell-check, even with the Democratic National Convention coming into town.
(HT to Darran for these)
While I previously attended the oneworld MegaDo launch party, I was able to secure a space to the Star Alliance MegaDo 4 Launch Party as well. Even with technical difficulties in forming the initial RSVP thread, when Gary announced the launch party, it filled within 40 minutes, while the OWMD party took a couple of days to fill. However, one of the benefits of milepoint being a sponsor is that the save room for elite members of the site to have access to a special pool of slots ...
So yesterday I got to participate in the terminal simulation for the new international terminal in Atlanta. One of the benefits was that it was the full experience, as both a departing and arriving passenger. While I only have departing pictures (full simulation, people were even put in the hold at Immigration and full questioning).
The area check-in area is really broken up into two zones. At the far end of the terminal from the Security Checkpoint is the other ...
