On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 19:40:55 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 9/22/15 6:59 PM, wrote:
I was On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:16:05 -0400, John H. wrote:

On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:18:39 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:07:58 -0500, Califbill billnews wrote:

wrote:


Just spend a few extra bucks and fly up front.

By the time you factor in all the BS fees it isn't even that much more
on a lot of routes.
When we went to Montana, the difference was about $350 and that did
not take into account 3 "extra" bags, food, drinks and convenience.
It wasn't even enough to burn airline points on.

Last two trips I went on, up front was outrageous. To Africa ways an extra
$5700 each for business, not even first. And NZ was $10K for both of us.

We did 1st class to LAX and premium economy to NZ. The bill was $8k,
not horrible and the "space seat" on Air New Zealand was not that much
different than the 1st class seat.
I think the food was the same and the drinks were still free.
I can't imagine doing that trip back in the cargo section.

Given the kind of money you guys are talking about, I wonder what a cruise would
cost. At least it would be enjoyable.

Dunno, I did see a nice looking "Bright Horizons" cruise (Holland
America) from FTL down the coast to Colombia and back up through the
western Caribbean and it was about $15k for a nice cabin for two by
the time you add up all the fees. That was if you did not attend the
seminars. (another $3k)
You can save about $4.5k a head if you are willing to live in the
bilge.
That still does not cover your bar tab and the excursion fees.

For our trip, being there in New Zealand was the point.
A boat ride is a boat ride.
Two ways to the South Pacific by boat would be tedious and very
expensive. Maybe if I was rich and wanted to be gone a couple months
it would be an option. I would like to see the canal.
In real life, the airports were the only bad thing about the flight.
ANZ takes very good care of you on the long stretch and the other two
hops are tolerable in 1st class.
We did crash in the Marriott in LA on the way home to break up the
trip. My wife got it free with bank points and it is 5 minutes from
the airport. That made it very tolerable. The only mistake I made was
not taking a later flight from LAX to ATL because we had a few hours
in ATL. The Ft Myers flight was the first one of the day. We could
have kicked it in the Marriott for a couple more hours and took the
late flight out of LAX.


How about the shipboard dysentery? Is that covered?

Holland America seems to do better about that (and the ship board
fires) than a line like Carnival.
We have been pretty lucky on the cruises we have taken but we are both
very careful about hand washing.
I am not sure ships are really worse than airports but flyers are
somewhere else when they get sick.

On 9/22/2015 10:45 PM, True North wrote:
Kalif Swill guzzles....

"Read what was wrote."


Say what?
Shouldn't that be.......read what was 'written'?

He's dummin it down jes fer you.

On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 19:23:43 -0500, Califbill billnews wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:07:58 -0500, Califbill billnews wrote:

wrote:


Just spend a few extra bucks and fly up front.

By the time you factor in all the BS fees it isn't even that much more
on a lot of routes.
When we went to Montana, the difference was about $350 and that did
not take into account 3 "extra" bags, food, drinks and convenience.
It wasn't even enough to burn airline points on.

Last two trips I went on, up front was outrageous. To Africa ways an extra
$5700 each for business, not even first. And NZ was $10K for both of us.

We did 1st class to LAX and premium economy to NZ. The bill was $8k,
not horrible and the "space seat" on Air New Zealand was not that much
different than the 1st class seat.
I think the food was the same and the drinks were still free.
I can't imagine doing that trip back in the cargo section.

We had more flying, but shorter distance mostly. LAX to Tahiti, 8 hours,
Tahiti to Auckland 4.5 hours, Auckland to Cannes, Australia, 5.5 hours. We
did do the direct Auckland to LAX on the return. Travel agent said approx
$10K for economy plus extra.

I was surprised at how cheap the internal flights were in NZ. We did
the hop from Christchurch to Palmerston North and it was only about
$60 with the leg room and baggage upgrade. (prebooked on the net)
There was also zero security at the airport. You print your luggage
tag and ticket, tag your own bag and put it on the belt.
We didn't see a metal detector until we boarded the plane to LAX.

Kalif Swill guzzles....

"Read what was wrote."


Say what?
Shouldn't that be.......read what was 'written'?

wrote:
On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 19:23:43 -0500, Califbill billnews wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:07:58 -0500, Califbill billnews wrote:

wrote:


Just spend a few extra bucks and fly up front.

By the time you factor in all the BS fees it isn't even that much more
on a lot of routes.
When we went to Montana, the difference was about $350 and that did
not take into account 3 "extra" bags, food, drinks and convenience.
It wasn't even enough to burn airline points on.

Last two trips I went on, up front was outrageous. To Africa ways an extra
$5700 each for business, not even first. And NZ was $10K for both of us.

We did 1st class to LAX and premium economy to NZ. The bill was $8k,
not horrible and the "space seat" on Air New Zealand was not that much
different than the 1st class seat.
I think the food was the same and the drinks were still free.
I can't imagine doing that trip back in the cargo section.

We had more flying, but shorter distance mostly. LAX to Tahiti, 8 hours,
Tahiti to Auckland 4.5 hours, Auckland to Cannes, Australia, 5.5 hours. We
did do the direct Auckland to LAX on the return. Travel agent said approx
$10K for economy plus extra.

I was surprised at how cheap the internal flights were in NZ. We did
the hop from Christchurch to Palmerston North and it was only about
$60 with the leg room and baggage upgrade. (prebooked on the net)
There was also zero security at the airport. You print your luggage
tag and ticket, tag your own bag and put it on the belt.
We didn't see a metal detector until we boarded the plane to LAX.

We flew Auckland to Queenstown, but that was a flight after arriving from
Tahiti. The thing that got me was the maximum of 10 kilos on a carry on
bag.

Justan Olphart wrote:
On 9/22/2015 10:45 PM, True North wrote:
Kalif Swill guzzles....

"Read what was wrote."


Say what?
Shouldn't that be.......read what was 'written'?

He's dummin it down jes fer you.

Actually I was dummin it down for Harry.

On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 21:49:57 -0500, Califbill billnews wrote:

wrote:

I was surprised at how cheap the internal flights were in NZ. We did
the hop from Christchurch to Palmerston North and it was only about
$60 with the leg room and baggage upgrade. (prebooked on the net)
There was also zero security at the airport. You print your luggage
tag and ticket, tag your own bag and put it on the belt.
We didn't see a metal detector until we boarded the plane to LAX.

We flew Auckland to Queenstown, but that was a flight after arriving from
Tahiti. The thing that got me was the maximum of 10 kilos on a carry on
bag.

They never questioned us and I bet "monster" my wife's backpack was
more like 15k and bigger than the limit. We checked it to LAX. (3 bags
each on the ticket we had there).

Justan Olphart
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On 9/22/2015 10:45 PM, True North wrote:
Kalif Swill guzzles....

"Read what was wrote."


Say what?
Shouldn't that be.......read what was 'written'?

"He's dummin it down jes fer you."



I'd think you're the one who needs dumbing down, Stinky. Otherwise y'all just get confused and cranky when you can't follow the thread.

On 9/23/2015 8:03 AM, True North wrote:
Justan Olphart
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On 9/22/2015 10:45 PM, True North wrote:
Kalif Swill guzzles....

"Read what was wrote."


Say what?
Shouldn't that be.......read what was 'written'?

"He's dummin it down jes fer you."



I'd think you're the one who needs dumbing down, Stinky. Otherwise y'all just get confused and cranky when you can't follow the thread.

How many days has it been since you've drawn a sober breath?

True North wrote:
Kalif Swill guzzles....

"Read what was wrote."


Say what?
Shouldn't that be.......read what was 'written'?
Give it up. You post as bad as anyone and no one would say anything if
it weren't for these Net Cop posts. FOAD.