Do you miss travelling for work?

[2 GKC]

PinkFatBunny said:

I enjoyed having some time at home for the first couple of weeks - but do miss travel. Had a couple of North American business trips cancelled and Asia in Q3 is looking bleak.
Hope BA extend the tier points this year or my Gold status has gone. First world problems I know.

Wrote a blog last year after doing 100 flights/year about getting bored of business travel - read it here if you want

Could have done with proof reading that blog.

[acer12]

2 GKC said:

Could have done with proof reading that blog.

Pile of in my opinion, author comes across as a right prat, stopped reading it after a few paragraphs.

[Sy1441]

For me it was always domestic travel, a couple of nights a week for 10 years or so. London, Dublin, Birmingham, Newcastle and all over Scotland. It wasn't the lockdown that changed it, I started my own company so no need for travel.

You do miss the different places but I don't miss airports and long boring motorway drives.

[Jamescrs]

I miss the travel very rare I get out of the country for work but I have been all over the U.K and spent nights away in a whole range of hotels from the superb to the dumps. I was a regular in central London last summer. I was getting bored of it but now I miss it and want to get back out away from my desk.

[Marlin45]

boxst said:

surveyor said:

First night in a hotel for several weeks. All a bit strange.

Which country are you in?

I was in a hotel in Suffolk two weeks ago for a couple of nights. Unusual to say the least.

Essential work maintaining blood analysis plant.

Edited by Marlin45 on Thursday 28th May 12:54

[acd80]

PinkFatBunny said:

Wrote a blog last year after doing 100 flights/year about getting bored of business travel - read it here if you want

That has to be a parody. It's cringe-inducing reading.

[2 GKC]

It’s agile coaching

[RC1807]

As for miles, e-vouchers and status, Luftwaffe announced they're adding a year to travellers' status and to e-voucher expiry dates, which is nice....

[Dog Star]

acd80 said:

PinkFatBunny said:

Wrote a blog last year after doing 100 flights/year about getting bored of business travel - read it here if you want

That has to be a parody. It's cringe-inducing reading.

fking hell - not half! What a Captain of Industry!!! It's like all the tts in the planes forum - "Yeah I'm a pax on an A380 out of LAX on the redeye, yeah turned left when I got on the plane, not flying cattle, got my points and status". Jesus!

I think I'd rather fly economy any day with a load of chav hen night girls than spend ten minutes with one of these self important tossers.

Oh - and although I don't live in Stockport, I do live in a "st Northern town", but at least I can speak French - it's "au fait".

[acer12]

Dog Star said:

fking hell - not half! What a Captain of Industry!!! It's like all the tts in the planes forum - "Yeah I'm a pax on an A380 out of LAX on the redeye, yeah turned left when I got on the plane, not flying cattle, got my points and status". Jesus!

I think I'd rather fly economy any day with a load of chav hen night girls than spend ten minutes with one of these self important tossers.

Oh - and although I don't live in Stockport, I do live in a "st Northern town", but at least I can speak French - it's "au fait".

I had to go back and finish reading it!!

Here is a beauty

douchebag blog said:

The number of times I’ve had to get the Emirates chauffeur to open my house door as I can’t remember how a key works are too frequent according to my wife!

Funny thing is mr royalty has included screenshots of about 40 boarding passes, half are domestic UK business the rest are mostly long haul economy

[p1stonhead]

acer12 said:

Dog Star said:

fking hell - not half! What a Captain of Industry!!! It's like all the tts in the planes forum - "Yeah I'm a pax on an A380 out of LAX on the redeye, yeah turned left when I got on the plane, not flying cattle, got my points and status". Jesus!

I think I'd rather fly economy any day with a load of chav hen night girls than spend ten minutes with one of these self important tossers.

Oh - and although I don't live in Stockport, I do live in a "st Northern town", but at least I can speak French - it's "au fait".

I had to go back and finish reading it!!

Here is a beauty

douchebag blog said:

The number of times I’ve had to get the Emirates chauffeur to open my house door as I can’t remember how a key works are too frequent according to my wife!

Funny thing is mr royalty has included screenshots of about 40 boarding passes, half are domestic UK business the rest are mostly long haul economy

Bit harsh chaps considering the guy who wrote the post was the guy who wrote the blog?

[Countdown]

p1stonhead said:

Bit harsh chaps considering the guy who wrote the post was the guy who wrote the blog?

I'm going with "Parody" also.....

Definitely PH said:

So 3hr delay plus 45min flight plus 1hr picking hire car up and driving home = fk that. I decide to hire a car, so book one and walk out of the airport smiling to myself like a smug bd. Get to Enterprise car hire desk and assertively give them my phone with the booking reference, the girl explains she can’t find it, I explain that I’ve just booked it as I’m a big powerful director and I’m not constrained by things like flight delays.

I think it's brilliant

[mike80]

Dog Star said:

I think I'd rather fly economy any day with a load of chav hen night girls than spend ten minutes with one of these self important tossers.

Definitely.

[eein]

acer12 said:

2 GKC said:

Could have done with proof reading that blog.

Pile of in my opinion, author comes across as a right prat, stopped reading it after a few paragraphs.

I thought the reference to his suit as "...my Ted Baker..." was particularly special.

Unfortunately I've yet to come across an Agile coach/evangelist/manager/etc person who isn't a bit 'vapourware'.

[Dog Star]

Countdown said:

I think it's brilliant

If it’s parody it’s bloody well done - as it’s well nigh indistinguishable from a real post from a business class “PAX”

I have to admit I couldn’t read the whole thing - it was too much.

[acer12]

How is everyone doing?

I have written off all travel plans for the rest of 2020 except for one US trip that I really need to make in late September even if it means isolating after landing in the US and isolating again after getting home.

[jamoor]

acer12 said:

How is everyone doing?

I have written off all travel plans for the rest of 2020 except for one US trip that I really need to make in late September even if it means isolating after landing in the US and isolating again after getting home.

I have written everything off for the rest of the year. And it seems that everyone else has too.

[chopper602]

Carbon Sasquatch said:

There are / were some security issues with Zoom.

The security concerns were more to do with the free version, rather than the full licenced version, all meetings must have a password now. We have more or less migrated over to zoom, desk phones are to be removed and all calls will go via zoom

[surveyor]

I’m bored with hotels and even more bored with the menus in them.

I would sooner be using the motorhome.

[fastraxx]

2 GKC said:

It’s agile coaching

Utter horse st