Erik Novales

My flight back to LAX arrived about 15 minutes early last night, but we wound up waiting on the tarmac for 30 minutes for the gate to clear. Once we finally got there, my second mileage run was over. I felt less tired after this one than I did my first — I think that [...]

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Not much time since we got in a little late. I’ll be back on the plane soon for the final leg. This is the first time that I have been in Vegas where I haven’t gambled a single penny. Heh.

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So I got the picture I forgot to get last time…one of me reclining in one of the rocking chairs on the concourse. They’re high-demand seating…I had to come by a second time because they were all taken earlier. My flight to Vegas will push back in about 45 minutes, so I better head on [...]

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I got into DC on-time, pretty much. This is my first time in Reagan National Airport — it’s crowded, but not too bad overall. I have about 20-30 minutes to myself, so I might try to get some lunch or something. The shuttle flight down here was mostly deserted — I would say there were [...]

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Hustled across the terminal to make my connection to DC. I’m on the plane now. The picture was taken while speed-walking from one end of the US Airways terminal to the other.

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The title is my motto for the 20 minutes that I am here in the Granite State. Adjacent to the gate where I deplaned, there was an arcade, in which I was going to take this picture. But somehow, I wound up booting my phone into its debug mode (i.e. ready to have a new [...]

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About 15 minutes or so until my flight to Manchester, NH boards. Nothing too special to report — things have gone pretty soothly so far. This will be my first time flying aboard a deHavilland Dash-8 — we’ll see how it goes.

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My flight to Pittsburgh arrived about a half-hour early, so I have some extra time to write about the trip. I feared that I wouldn’t be able to sleep due to the presence of a very chatty woman (with a bullhorn for a voice) seated two rows ahead in the window seat. I would go [...]

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I’m currently sitting in the somewhat-decrepit US Airways terminal here at LAX, waiting for my flight. As usual, I overbudgeted somewhat on time to get to the airport, so I have a little time to kill. I think I’ll try to rustle up a light supplement to my dinner while I wait. Afterwards I think [...]

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That’s right…I’ll be doing another mileage run shortly. In my idle moments, I worked out a fare that will net me 7,052 EQM (elite qualifying miles) at a rate of just about $0.03/EQM. I’ll actually get some additional redeemable miles (RDM), as my status nets me a 25% bonus, and, subsequently, a rate of $0.024/RDM. [...]

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