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midtown

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  1. I went with the Chase Infinite United card. Same thing. Club access and I earn PQPs on spends. I was able to get to United silver with very little flying.
  2. I guess this is the go to TSA/GE/Clear thread. WTF IAH? First of all they had 75% of their GE kiosks closed this past Friday which created about a 5 min wait. Just landed a triple from Narita so I assume lots of GE folks. Ok no big deal. No receipt printed anymore. No eye scanner or passport entry. Just a picture and you go through. Now this is where it get interesting. There was another line about 10-15 mins long. Everyone was just looking at each saying wtf is with this? Two CBP officers for GE line. They take your passport and match it with a screen that has everyone's photo from what I can tell. This seems like a step back. How do they even know you have GE? They did reject one guy so I assume they have some facial recognition going on. I asked an officer after I got through about the new procedure and he just said yeah this is the new system. Also IAH the first TSA checkpoint has no pre-check. I went through vs going all the way to a different checkpoint. I assume this is by design that they'd prefer to go full check on everyone.
  3. Buy a high quality Japanese knife like a Masamoto.
  4. Well crap all around
  5. Boom I switched scarfs. So I'm taking credit
  6. The rain is a rebirth
  7. Ugh. We need him badly
  8. Even the commentators and a sooner were saying it without saying it.
  9. Lol. Not a single penalty? The fix is in
  10. If you watch the PL there is no way not to subscribe to Peacock at this point
  11. Back in Texas after two weeks wandering around SE Asia. What a fantastic trip with a few hick ups. Will add more in the coming days. Also. What a difference a few weeks makes at Narita. it was JAMMMED today. And obviously things are dirt fucking cheap. Even had a store owner in Bangkok say "you American rich right now" Visas and immigration were easy as can be. Not a single customs check in any single country. Just waved us on in to spend. Everywhere took dollars in a bind except Thailand. ATMS were plentiful everywhere but it was trial and error on which ones worked with our cards and which ones didn't. As always everyone was so freaking nice. Staff in the hotels bent over backwards. The only place where I felt it was slightly off was Laos due to how we mistreated that wonderful country during the war.
  12. Glad I was sound asleep in a Bangkok hotel
  13. Well I still have my contacts in SE Asia and we've been bringing it in every since. 2 major shipments a year. Its just vacation but but man Laos and now Cambodia are growing like mad. Construction every where. Someone is making a killing here and its pretty much the Chinese.
  14. In Laos and about to be in Cambodia 12 hour difference
  15. Woke up to double wins. Glorious
  16. From Luang Prabang Laos. TEXAS
  17. Fuck Apple fan Boys. BTW. It's hard to watch sports in SE Asia. I'm too old to stay up until 11 or 12pm after being out all day
  18. I was at Ricky run. in the upper deck. I swear that fucker was moving
  19. I thought it was October 11. My buddy was in the JAL lounge and he said it was dead and hardly any food. Maybe we just caught things on an off day. Upon leaving the KAL lounge I saw more noodle shops. Got in late last night. Hotel at 1130 so too late to get out for a beer. I was pretty wiped last night anyway.
  20. well first of all. Its DEAD. Like hardly much open restaurant wise. Japan isn't open as of now so it feels pretty empty for one of the biggest airports in Asia. Im in the KAL lounge so no help on restaurants. Another 6 hours down to Ha Noi. My buddy is in the other terminal because he is flying AA from DFW. They will not let you go to the other terminal without a boarding pass.
  21. I'm off. At SFO now. Next stop Tokyo then down to Ha Noi. Some dumb ass lady was trying to check into her flight to S. Korean in SAT. Did not get a visa. Oh boy. She aint going anywhere for a few weeks. I left to catch my flight before the fireworks started.
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