Mr. Luddite wrote:

Just saw my son and his family off to return to SC. Limo picked them up
at 6am for a 9:45 flight out of Boston.

His family consists of him, his wife, an 18 year old daughter in
college, a 16 year old daughter who will soon be ready for college and
twins, a boy and a girl aged 6. I've been teasing my son that when
the twins graduate from high school he'll be a year shy of 60. College
for four kids and weddings for three daughters. All he says is, "Yup,
I am screwed".

Flying out of Boston the day before the forth of July is going to be
an experience, I am sure.

I was laughing as they were loading up the limo with luggage.
My son had one small overnight bag. The two older girls and his
wife had enough luggage to last several months plus another rolling
suitcase for the twin's "stuff". The limo driver said he may have
to send for another car.

Good luck to them. Glad I don't do that stuff anymore.



My youngest was here with 3 of my 4 granddaughters. 1,8,10 years old.
They were on their way north on vacation so one night here, and got to wish
grandma happy birthday on Sunday. They don’t pack as much stuff, but a
lot. Funniest packing story was we were at Checkin in Munich after a
month in Europe. 2 carry on, 2 large bags. Talking to the couple next
to us in line and they had a trolley with 7 huge bags. Asked how long
they had been here. A week at the Holiday Inn.

On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 15:23:07 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

Mr. Luddite wrote:

Just saw my son and his family off to return to SC. Limo picked them up
at 6am for a 9:45 flight out of Boston.

His family consists of him, his wife, an 18 year old daughter in
college, a 16 year old daughter who will soon be ready for college and
twins, a boy and a girl aged 6. I've been teasing my son that when
the twins graduate from high school he'll be a year shy of 60. College
for four kids and weddings for three daughters. All he says is, "Yup,
I am screwed".

Flying out of Boston the day before the forth of July is going to be
an experience, I am sure.

I was laughing as they were loading up the limo with luggage.
My son had one small overnight bag. The two older girls and his
wife had enough luggage to last several months plus another rolling
suitcase for the twin's "stuff". The limo driver said he may have
to send for another car.

Good luck to them. Glad I don't do that stuff anymore.



My youngest was here with 3 of my 4 granddaughters. 1,8,10 years old.
They were on their way north on vacation so one night here, and got to wish
grandma happy birthday on Sunday. They don’t pack as much stuff, but a
lot. Funniest packing story was we were at Checkin in Munich after a
month in Europe. 2 carry on, 2 large bags. Talking to the couple next
to us in line and they had a trolley with 7 huge bags. Asked how long
they had been here. A week at the Holiday Inn.

This is our typical load for 2-3 weeks of vacation
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/packed%20up.jpg

Based on the BZN tag on my cooler I say this was the Montana trip.

On 7/3/2018 3:09 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 15:23:07 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

Mr. Luddite wrote:

Just saw my son and his family off to return to SC. Limo picked them up
at 6am for a 9:45 flight out of Boston.

His family consists of him, his wife, an 18 year old daughter in
college, a 16 year old daughter who will soon be ready for college and
twins, a boy and a girl aged 6. I've been teasing my son that when
the twins graduate from high school he'll be a year shy of 60. College
for four kids and weddings for three daughters. All he says is, "Yup,
I am screwed".

Flying out of Boston the day before the forth of July is going to be
an experience, I am sure.

I was laughing as they were loading up the limo with luggage.
My son had one small overnight bag. The two older girls and his
wife had enough luggage to last several months plus another rolling
suitcase for the twin's "stuff". The limo driver said he may have
to send for another car.

Good luck to them. Glad I don't do that stuff anymore.



My youngest was here with 3 of my 4 granddaughters. 1,8,10 years old.
They were on their way north on vacation so one night here, and got to wish
grandma happy birthday on Sunday. They don’t pack as much stuff, but a
lot. Funniest packing story was we were at Checkin in Munich after a
month in Europe. 2 carry on, 2 large bags. Talking to the couple next
to us in line and they had a trolley with 7 huge bags. Asked how long
they had been here. A week at the Holiday Inn.

This is our typical load for 2-3 weeks of vacation
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/packed%20up.jpg

Based on the BZN tag on my cooler I say this was the Montana trip.



That's about what just the 16 year old granddaughter had for a week's
visit up here.

Wow...that would cost a small fortune in baggage fees, coming and going, up here.
Wife is heading off to Toronto for 5 days in the middle of the month and she's trying to pack everything into a carry on bag plus a large over the shoulder bag. We'll see how that works out.

On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 13:03:29 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Wow...that would cost a small fortune in baggage fees, coming and going, up here.
Wife is heading off to Toronto for 5 days in the middle of the month and she's trying to pack everything into a carry on bag plus a large over the shoulder bag. We'll see how that works out.

Buy a better plane ticket and you don't pay baggage fees.

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On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 13:03:29 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Wow...that would cost a small fortune in baggage fees, coming and going, up here.
Wife is heading off to Toronto for 5 days in the middle of the month and she's trying to pack everything into a carry on bag plus a large over the shoulder bag. We'll see how that works out.

Buy a better plane ticket and you don't pay baggage fees.


Thrifty Don wouldn't think of it.
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On Wednesday, 4 July 2018 10:54:40 UTC-3, justan wrote:
Wrote in message:
On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 13:03:29 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Wow...that would cost a small fortune in baggage fees, coming and going, up here.
Wife is heading off to Toronto for 5 days in the middle of the month and she's trying to pack everything into a carry on bag plus a large over the shoulder bag. We'll see how that works out.

Buy a better plane ticket and you don't pay baggage fees.


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Neighbourhood lady was going up to an Eagles concert and hated the idea of traveling alone. She used her air miles to pay for my wife's trip..except for the small portion that had to be paid by flyer. $152.00 for round trip flight to Toronto in the middle of summer. Cheap by Canadian prices.

On 7/3/18 10:05 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 13:03:29 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Wow...that would cost a small fortune in baggage fees, coming and going, up here.
Wife is heading off to Toronto for 5 days in the middle of the month and she's trying to pack everything into a carry on bag plus a large over the shoulder bag. We'll see how that works out.

Buy a better plane ticket and you don't pay baggage fees.


Well, it'll take a much bigger luggage fee to come out ahead.
I bought our two tickets in coach and paid a bit extra per seat to get
the Emergency Exit row for each of us. These have sufficient legroom to
get comfortable. The tickets were $640 each *less* than first class. My
wife has a big rolling suitcase that if she packs carefully stays under
50 pounds and if she is a little over, the shoes end up in my smaller,
lighter suitcase. So, what would we be missing in first class? Some
crappy microwaved airline meal, as opposed to the sandwiches and snacks
we'll buy in the airport to take on board.

Airline travel is a big enough rip-off as it is. Why hand them even more
$$$ to be inconvenienced with a ****ty means of travel.

On 7/4/2018 10:35 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 7/3/18 10:05 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 13:03:29 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Wow...that would cost a small fortune in baggage fees, coming and
going, up here.
Wife is heading off to Toronto for 5 days in the middle of the month
and she's trying to pack everything into a carry on bag plus a large
over the shoulder bag. We'll see how that works out.

Buy a better plane ticket and you don't pay baggage fees.


Well, it'll take a much bigger luggage fee to come out ahead.
I bought our two tickets in coach and paid a bit extra per seat to get
the Emergency Exit row for each of us. These have sufficient legroom to
get comfortable. The tickets were $640 each *less* than first class. My
wife has a big rolling suitcase that if she packs carefully stays under
50 pounds and if she is a little over, the shoes end up in my smaller,
lighter suitcase. So, what would we be missing in first class? Some
crappy microwaved airline meal, as opposed to the sandwiches and snacks
we'll buy in the airport to take on board.

Airline travel is a big enough rip-off as it is. Why hand them even more
$$$ to be inconvenienced with a ****ty means of travel.


You might want to look into buying or renting an RV. You can take
all the luggage and food you want while saving big bucks by not
staying in crappy, bedbug ridden hotel rooms. :-)

On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 10:35:54 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 7/3/18 10:05 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 13:03:29 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Wow...that would cost a small fortune in baggage fees, coming and going, up here.
Wife is heading off to Toronto for 5 days in the middle of the month and she's trying to pack everything into a carry on bag plus a large over the shoulder bag. We'll see how that works out.

Buy a better plane ticket and you don't pay baggage fees.


Well, it'll take a much bigger luggage fee to come out ahead.
I bought our two tickets in coach and paid a bit extra per seat to get
the Emergency Exit row for each of us. These have sufficient legroom to
get comfortable. The tickets were $640 each *less* than first class. My
wife has a big rolling suitcase that if she packs carefully stays under
50 pounds and if she is a little over, the shoes end up in my smaller,
lighter suitcase. So, what would we be missing in first class? Some
crappy microwaved airline meal, as opposed to the sandwiches and snacks
we'll buy in the airport to take on board.

Airline travel is a big enough rip-off as it is. Why hand them even more
$$$ to be inconvenienced with a ****ty means of travel.

Quite simply, they treat you nicer. A first class seat is still bigger
than any coach seat, you don't have anyone with their elbow in your
lap. You get on and off the plane faster, lines at the counter are
pretty much non existent, baggage comes off the plane first. They
usually have an express line through TSS, free drinks etc.
BTW those baggage (and other) fees add up pretty fast.

It is a ****ty way to travel but less so up front and I am willing to
pay to be treated nicer. If you want to be cattle prodded back to your
cheap seats and be uncomfortable for 5 hours or so, go for it. I might
be OK in an exit row seat going from here to Atlanta but not to the
west coast.