On the Road Again

Started by deanwebb, October 30, 2017, 11:54:05 AM

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deanwebb

October 30, 2017, 11:54:05 AM
Well, my percent travel is no longer zero. I'm officially in another town, going in to the client site tomorrow.  :smug:

53.5 cents per mile reimbursement makes driving quite attractive.  8)
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

icecream-guy

#1
October 30, 2017, 12:43:37 PM
at that rate, skip the short cut...and take the long way around.
:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

deanwebb

#2
October 30, 2017, 02:28:37 PM
Quote from: ristau5741 on October 30, 2017, 12:43:37 PM
at that rate, skip the short cut...and take the long way around.

... well, to keep that from happening, company pays according to the Google Maps directions... without scenic route diversions, sadly...
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

Teeraporl

#3
November 09, 2017, 12:49:16 AM
Back in this time. It's a very good start.

deanwebb

#4
June 26, 2018, 10:01:25 AM
Making this a travel tips thread...

Today, I want to rant about Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport. Their security lines are a nightmare. They have no clue how to distribute traffic to avoid bottlenecks. They just have a big, open area with a maze of belts and poles that seem to mess up everyone. If they try to help move things faster by opening up another line, it somehow makes things worse because they forget to open up another security scanner.

:fail1:

Worse is their policy of putting ALL people with observable disabilities into the same line. I walk with a cane, and my last pass through there, they made me get in the line with all the wheelchairs. I thought it would go fast, but it turns out that each wheelchair had to go through the same scanner, and those wheelchairs are SLOW. My problem is with standing, so their putting me in that line made my situation worse than if I had to walk through the normal line. Normal line would have taken 30-40 mins. Wheelchair line was 60-70 mins. Unacceptable.

:frustration:

In response, I'm going in for the TSA pre-check. I set up my application online and have an appointment at DFW airport tomorrow morning. It will be a 10 minute meeting, I pay my money, and then I get a Known Traveler Number (KTN). Once I have that, I need to update my travel profile and make sure it is on every ticket I purchase.

That last point is critical. There are people who get a KTN and then forget to connect it with their ticket purchase, so they wind up back in the regular security line.

With the KTN, I get an expedited line that tends to be 100% serious travelers. These guys know what they're doing and they've planned ahead to move through this line quickly. That's the line I want to be in. Once I go through this TSA thing, I'll probably also have my wife get it before our next overseas trip so she can join in the fun with me.

Still debating internally about whether or not to get airline club membership, since I'm not flying as much as I'm spending nights in hotels.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

Nerm

#5
June 26, 2018, 02:38:30 PM
Get TSA pre-check and global entry and forget what lines look like lol.

deanwebb

#6
June 27, 2018, 11:12:58 AM
Quote from: Nerm on June 26, 2018, 02:38:30 PM
Get TSA pre-check and global entry and forget what lines look like lol.

To be sure, if you get Global Entry, you also get TSA precheck with it. If you have TSA precheck, then go with the Mobile Passport app for pretty much the same benefit as Global Entry at most US airports.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

Nerm

#7
June 27, 2018, 07:57:27 PM
So precheck + mobile passport app is the the same as global entry?

deanwebb

#8
June 28, 2018, 11:26:46 AM
Quote from: Nerm on June 27, 2018, 07:57:27 PM
So precheck + mobile passport app is the the same as global entry?

Almost. Mobile passport is available at most of the major hub USA international airports, but not outside of the country. Global entry has the edge there. Even so, there are times when the mobile passport line is shorter than the Global Entry line.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

deanwebb

#9
June 28, 2018, 11:29:36 AM
And it looks like I got the TSA PreCheck process kicked off just in time... just had a meeting where we were told we need to up our billable %, which means helping out with the backlog of professional services engagements, most of which are at the customer site. Looks like I'll be on the road for a week at a time, about once per month. That's within the 30% travel that was posted with the role, so I'm up for that, even if it means cramming into a plane seat more often.

Time to research more about where the legroom is...
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

deanwebb

#10
June 28, 2018, 11:32:51 AM
Oh wow, found a website that looks like it was written for me: https://tallsome.com/flying-tall/
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

icecream-guy

#11
June 28, 2018, 12:36:16 PM
Quote from: deanwebb on June 28, 2018, 11:29:36 AM

Time to research more about where the legroom is...

look below you

:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

deanwebb

#12
June 28, 2018, 04:57:36 PM
Good lord, that's a horrible seat pitch!

But I did see a good suggestion. Basically, book well in advance, then call the carrier to explain your situation to get one of those bulkhead seats that's usually reserved for frequent fliers or people who upgrade.

Since I'm also disabled, I plan to play that card, as well.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

wintermute000

#13
June 30, 2018, 08:54:02 AM
WTF. In kangaroo-land (for domestic flights anyway) we just go to the airport, go thru the scanners and onto the flight, thanks echeck-in and boarding passes on smartphones. 20 minutes from exiting the cab to standing in front of the boarding gate, 30 if its a bad queue and/or you're flying super budget and get the worst terminal that's miles away.

deanwebb

#14
June 30, 2018, 10:54:58 AM
Quote from: wintermute000 on June 30, 2018, 08:54:02 AM
WTF. In kangaroo-land (for domestic flights anyway) we just go to the airport, go thru the scanners and onto the flight, thanks echeck-in and boarding passes on smartphones. 20 minutes from exiting the cab to standing in front of the boarding gate, 30 if its a bad queue and/or you're flying super budget and get the worst terminal that's miles away.

That's exactly how it was at regional airports in the USA back before 2001, even without echeck-in. After that, every flight was an international flight, practically.

At least I only had to deal with drug dogs once, and that was on a flight to Russia. The dog keyed in on my bag, and we tried to figure out why... turns out, having a cat sit on it will get a dog to key on a bag. Doubly so if the cat has topical medication for a flea treatment, as this one did...
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.
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