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Re: A few days on a nice beach
Yes I'm well aware of that but as you say, it's very difficult. I mean, his posts are just hilarious.
Speaking of which.......
Latin, remember the tine you told us you had flown from Amsterdam to Bangkok via Copenhagen, and a member called gaydenmark disputed your post, pointing out that the flight you said you took had been discontinued months earlier?
Here's one of gaydenmark's posts on that thread - July Trip Notes:
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Now back to my questions.
1. "Landed in BKK on Friday afternoon on SAS."
I asked how this was possible, when SAS is not flying into BKK this time of the year.
2. Then you answer and admit that you did not landed on SAS but on Thai.
"ohdear...silly me...yes took sas from Amsterdam to Copenhagen and hopped onto Thai..."
3. I the same sentence you write
"took me 12 hours in total"
4. I gave an example, that it not possible to make that trip in 12 hours total
5. then you admit it was not in total, "and I didnt count transfer time...just actual up in the air" and call me picky.
Now I will tell you, why I am "picky" about this.
It is because it tells me much about you as a person, I think I have caught you in a lie or to be nice in a big fantasy (flight) trip.
It also tells me, that most of your other posts are made out of fairytales, written in front of the computer.
Next time, you try to write something as hard facts, please at least try do your homework first.
His post brings into question all that flying you say you have done.
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Re: A few days on a nice beach
oh Lord...its so comically easy to wind u up...and set u free to thrashing and frothing dementedly at the mouth...u gotta cut back on the red meat....
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Re: A few days on a nice beach
Interesting discussion on airline miles. The several programmes I have been in have all had expiry dates, usually 3 years, and I have lost only a handful of miles by not spending on time - or when an airline has gone bust. But my losses were tiny - one friend in Sydney lost 370,000 miles when Ansett went belly up!
Most of the 4 million or more miles I racked up over a 25 year period were on 3 main airlines - Northwest for trans-Pacific (mandated by my company but I got the miles), BA and Cathay. I spent the Northwest miles on a stack of biz class tickets to Europe on KLM when those 2 airlines had an alliance. Cathay was originally in the Passages programme along with Singapore and Malaysian before that was disbanded and SIA and Cathay joined Star and OneWorld respectively. On OneWorld I always had a balance of around 600,000 but spent each year before any expired.
Miles and More does indeed permit miles to be extended with one flight every 20 months and appears to be unique in that respect. However, that programme has no airline flying to Australia. Skyteam was the last of the major allliances to be formed in 2000. Interestingly, though, neither Skyteam's Air France nor KLM fly to Australia, so getting mileage tickets to Europe requires changing airlines somewhere. Also, the only Skyteam members flying to Oz are 3 Chinese airlines, Garuda, Vietnam and Korean.
And that poses a problem because traditionally any one airline in an alliance offers seats to its own mileage members long before partner airlines do so. For example, I can never redeem Cathay Pacific miles on Qantas for a Bangkok/Sydney flight no matter how far in advance I try to book. Whilst CX opens booking for its members about 350 days in advance, Qantas only opens to non-Qantas FFs about 6 months in advance. And by then the handful of mileage ticket seats on the daily QF flight have always been grabbed.
Perhaps its easier on Miles and More to get a China Eastern/KLM flight from Oz to Europe. I really have no idea. But changing airlines en route must be a bind!
The other point mileage collectors should note is that the reason all mileage programmes are changing fast and making it much more difficult to obtain and spend miles is the number of outstanding miles in existence. Last year CNBC estimated there were a total of 20 trillion outstanding miles. Not only will it take many decades for these to be used up, the outstanding balance has to be carried on some airlines' balance sheets.
Meanwhile more and more new frequent flyers join the programmes. Most experts say the best advice is to spend now - and not wait. For that ticket which now costs 100,000 miles will soon cost 250,000 or more! Indeed many programmes have introduced Priority Awards which will sting you with at least double miles. At least that will give you a chance of a ticket. With a Standard Award you are at the back of a very long queue!
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Re: A few days on a nice beach
Fountainhall: A nice post with plenty of interesting information. However I suspect that none of it will have any genuine relevance for Sexual Deviant Latin.
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I brought out a number of issues only because Sexually Deviant had written about being a member of Miles and More and the AF/KLM programme. Zipping off to Europe using those miles when neither airline actually serves Australia is no piece of cake. As for extending all miles with just one flight every 20 months that's easily discovered with supreme ease on google,
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Re: A few days on a nice beach
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Originally Posted by
latintopxxx
..I'm simply delighted that a447's total lack of awareness as to how one accumulates airline frequent flyer points exposes his life as an international bon vivant as a total sham...lol..
Lol, indeed!
Latin, I would have thought it was the exact opposite. An "international bon-vivant" would hardly need to rely on points to travel. Such a person could just fork out the cold cash and buy a ticket, don't you think?
Latin, you've been well and truly exposed yet again. Not only do you have fantasy holidays where you do fantasy things to the fantasy guys, you also fly on fantasy airlines using fantasy frequent flyer points!
Congratulations. You've outdone yourself.
Fucking hilarious!
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I am definitely a bon vivant and I do have fantastic holidays where I do fantastic things to fantastic guys whereas Sexual Deviant Latin is more of a voyeur.
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Re: A few days on a nice beach
Good for you! That's how it should be. Life is way too short.
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fountainhall....u got it all mixed up......Thai airlines is a member of star alliance (miles and more is lufthansa's name for its frequent flyer clu), lufthansa is a star alliance member , consequently Im able to book award trips on ANY star alliance member airline which is why I was able to fly amsterdam to sydney on SAS and Thai airlines via scandanavia and BKK.
So to put it in plain english...my company pays for my airline tickets...I get the points on my FF card...I can then use these points to book flights on ANY airline which is part of the same alliance...there are very few places which are unreachable.
Same with sky team, even though Im a member of the KLM flying blue club I can book award flights on ANY sky team member like korean air or malaysia.
a447...u really are a pathetic joke...so because I flew to BKK via scandanavia with the european leg on SAS and the long haul on Thai airlines and made a mistake (it happens...Im human) u pathetically pounce on it as PROOF that I must be a liar and that all my posts are too. Go get a life...or better still get some meds.
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so because I flew to BKK via scandanavia with the european leg on SAS and the long haul on Thai airlines and made a mistake (it happens...Im human) u pathetically pounce on it as PROOF that I must be a liar and that all my posts are too
Yes, it is very remiss of me to just point out the one 'mistake " and declare you a liar based on that single incident.
I must go and look for other examples.
Lol
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Just out of curiosity did Sexual Deviant write anything that is not easily available to find out on the internet?
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...very good point!!!
I suppose just about anything can be gleamed from the internet, be it travel sites or blogs. Or maybe I have 1/2 dozen board members PM me stuff just so I can annoy a447 even though I've never left my room in boarding house for destitute sexual deviants.
I'm sure stuff like...
pool at babylon was repaired and the new edgeing is crappy
austrian embassy building an extension
wooden smoking pavilion at malaysia hotel gone
that babylon hotel can be accessed from the change room at the sauna
that one can tale a little short cut through the grounds of a restaurant parking lot when walking from the Malaysia hotel to Babylon
that the little business at the entrance of the soi to babylon has been at some time or other a restaurant and a beauty plastc surgery place
Geez...yeah u r right...Im a total fraud...I sit in my room looking at porn all day playinh with my 30cm dick (sorry...8cm) all day....
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[QUOTE=latintopxxx
Geez...yeah u r right...Im a total fraud...I sit in my room looking at porn all day playinh with my 30cm dick (sorry...8cm) all day....[/QUOTE]
Fuck, it speaks the truth for once
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I suppose just about anything can be gleamed from the internet, be it travel sites or blogs
Yep, you're right. And google earth can also be your best friend at times. So you've already suggested an answer to arsenal's question.
You used those same examples way back in March to prove you had been in Bangkok. Seeing you are using them again, it's obvious you haven't been back since, as you would have had some newer information to report. Also, Christian asked you back in March for some more recent information on the Malaysia Hotel to show that you were really in Bangkok, but we didn't get to hear from you. I wonder why! Lol
Latin, the problem with you goes far and beyond the question of if and when you were in Thailand. If you really want to prove that you are genuine, you need to clear up the multitude of contradictory remarks and mistaken information you have posted over the years.
Here's a couple of new ones you can begin with:
1.
Regarding those millions of frequent flyer points you are desperately trying to use up, here is a post of yours which you have obviously forgotten :
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Re:budget airlines, cheap lights Bangkok-Shanghai
I usually pay around USD650 for a return flight on China Eastern, seems to be the most reasonable price for a direct flight, can save around USD100 if I fly with Air Asia via another Chinese city but the hassle and time wasted is not worth it.
Guess I shouldn't complain as I am fortunate enough to have a travel allowance, just want to stretch it as much as possible before having to dig into my own pocket...
Why were you asking for cheap flights from Shanghai to Bangkok when you had all those ff points? You had no need to use your "travel allowance" or "dig into (your) own pocket because you had points! Remember?? And as a bonus, you qualified as "an international bon-vivant. " How good is that!
2.
You have told us that your job as an auditor takes you away from home 2/3 of your time. So that means you have to travel at least 4 times to Thailand, plus fly around the place using your ff points in the remaining 1/3 of your time.
This now begs a couple of questions.
You told us you have a partner - in case you forgot you had him, let me remind you that he's the guy you bought a watch for using ff points (How romantic!). When on earth during your busy work and leisure travel do you get to see him? A few weeks every year at best.
You also told us you had a live-in fuck buddy - you know, that student who must service you every day in return for free accommodation. Why would you let someone stay in your house in return for a service you could virtually never use?
So Latin, let's start with those 2 points, then perhaps we could slowly work our way through some of the others.
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A447 wrote: (about Sexual Deviant)
"You also told us you had a live-in fuck buddy."
Well I think you'll find that his name is frequent. (aka Latins' arsewipe.)
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Whoever the fuck-buddy is, I think he's getting a good deal. Latin is hardly ever home so all the guy has to do is jack-off on Skype. And in return he gets free meals and accommodation. Lol
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And A447. While you've done your best regarding the posts of Sexual Deviant Latin and his luxurious frantically busy hi so lifestyle (he'd need a fucking Tardis to actually do it all) I do think it's time for you to step aside and call in a professional. I suggest that you contact Agent Minimee ( the Boyztown Bulldog himself) and hand the case over to him. LOL....
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When Latin told us that part of the student's obligations involved sucking his bunghole, I was grossed out - but now that I know the boys lips are just pressed against the image of Latin's tunnel of love on his iPhone I feel a hole lot better
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Alas, Agent Minimee has his hands full, so to speak, with another "member" at the moment.
Also, compared to him I think I'm actually getting results! I've landed numerous knock-out punches on Latin, whereas Minimee is yet to land a single one on SG.
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A447 wrote:
"Also, compared to him I think I'm actually getting results! I've landed numerous knock-out punches on Latin, whereas Minimee is yet to land a single one on SG."
This is true but one must compare the targets in question. One is a wolf and the other a dung beetle.
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Funny thing about air fares. Re Sexually Deviant''s post in March re the cheapest price for flights from Bangkok to Shanghai (see Post #54 above), TG and China Eastern have that route at about half that US$650 - $332 in fact. Lots of seats available at a couple of months notice.
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...and the point being?? Anyone with half a brain knows that fares vary dramatically even on the same day....an early morning monday business commuter flight will cost a lot more than the same exact route 4 hours later on the same day...dont u know anything??? Its not like buying a sack of potatoes in the supermarket!! Geez...give me strength...am I the only lightbulb still on in this chandelier...
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...and a447...some of my audits I get given a travel allowance...in plain english...they say..its a 3 day audit...its 8 hours flight away...hers 5 grand...meaning after flights/hotel/taxis/meals///the rest is mine...guess what...im not gonna go biz class...Im not gonna stay at the Hilton....Im not gonna be ordering USD12 glasses of wine....
As for my live in fuck toy...most trips I'm back within 5 days including travel...depends where my next audit is...most are not gay sexual hotspots...or they are in winter...
Sometimes i feel like I communicating with total ignoramasus....clearly u have very cosy 9-5 mid level jobs in the sort of work environments where not much is demanded from u....like the local city council parks devision...
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they say..its a 3 day audit...its 8 hours flight away...hers 5 grand...meaning after flights/hotel/taxis/meals///the rest is mine..
Right. Some very sloppy accounting going on in that multi-national you are working for. I wonder what the bean-counters think of that.
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Sure Im still grateful that most of my long haul travel is on biz...
Really? Are you sure? Two days ago, in this thread, you posted this:
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guess what...im not gonna go biz class...
Your mistake was the 2/3 work time, 1/3 leisure time posted earlier. You should have had it the other way around. That way you would have enough time to travel to Thailand at least 4 times a year, travel elsewhere in the world, spend time with your partner and have lots of sex worn your live-in fuck buddy.
You didn't answer this question :
Why were you asking for cheap flights from Shanghai to Bangkok when you had all those ff points? You had no need to use your "travel allowance" or "dig into (your) own pocket because you had points! Remember?? And as a bonus, you qualified as "an international bon-vivant. " How good is that!
Nor did you explain why you would allow a guy to stay in your place for free all year when you tell us you are on the road 2/3 of your time. A very shame decision for someone who claims to be an auditor.
And one more question. You tell us you have moved to Australia, so what happened with your partner?
BTW, why am I not surprised that you have totally misunderstood the intent of fountainhall's post?
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Oops....try "strange decision."
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Oops 2
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sure Im still grateful that most of my long haul travel is on biz..
was, in fact, posted two days ago.
This 15 minute editing window is way too short!
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I wonder how the topic-starter (waz iz name) is doing with his choosing of a nice clean beach in Thailand?
This thread's wanderings have gone askew. Just what Latin wanted. LatinTrolloxx wins again, and a quintissentual example of antics which make newer members exit the board. (And yes. I certainly fell into the trap as well).
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Re: A few days on a nice beach
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Originally Posted by
latintopxxx
Anyone with half a brain knows that fares vary dramatically even on the same day....an early morning monday business commuter flight will cost a lot more than the same exact route 4 hours later on the same day...
indeed! But not on TG and China Eastern on the BKK/PVG route if you are booking a couple of months in advance. All flights are virtually the same fare - so close to half what you quoted it makes no difference.
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I usually pay around USD650 for a return flight on China Eastern, seems to be the most reasonable price for a direct flight, can save around USD100 if I fly with Air Asia via another Chinese city but the hassle and time wasted is not worth it.
You are obviously greatly overpaying! And why would you bother with Air Asia via another Chinese city when Air Asia has non-stops between these two airports? Don't reply it would save cash - because it wouldn't!
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Re: A few days on a nice beach
With very few exceptions, topics on here tend to be very narrow at best and banal at worst.
There is only so much to be said about where one might find a "nice beach" or where to get one's teeth fixed - and certainly only so much that ought to be said about a hotel which changes hands. For the avoidance of doubt, I include most topics I start myself in the list of banalities :D
Small wonder then that contributors frequently stray off-topic.
Factor in the "social" side of the board - that certain posters like to have a bit of interaction between them - and you can see the potential for off-topic posts.
Personally I think that's what makes this board vibrant and dynamic - and it's why I come here.
I certainly don't want to visit a board populated by crusty old anal retentives who get their knickers in a twist if someone posts content which takes a topic in a new direction
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I certainly don't want to visit a board populated by crusty old anal retentives who get their knickers in a twist if someone posts content which takes a topic in a new direction
Exactly! Not that I'm suggesting you are a "crusty old anal retentive" member of the board, Smiles!
In normal conversation people tend to move from topic to topic and I don't recall anyone ever getting up and walking away because we started talking about something else. Inevitably, we end up back where we started, back on topic. Unless the original topic has run its course.
So as for newbies leaving, best they leave the board rather than take Latin's posts at face value and find themselves in heaps of trouble in a dark laneway in Pattaya.
Oh, BTW Smiles, guess who took the thread off-topic.
It was you on the very first page - post #7!
And what were you doing? Exactly what I and others have been doing ; i.e. taking Latin to task over the veracity of one of his posts.
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Originally Posted by
a447
" ... Oh, BTW Smiles, guess who took the thread off-topic. It was you on the very first page - post #7!
:bo: Well, I kind of covered that in the post above, in brackets. But yes, I am a very naughty boy in this thread.
Right!! Back to Latinpoxx.
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pox....i love it...very clever