1.6 million BIS¹ miles & you still need to stay on your game if you want any chance at a gratis upgrade.
There are usually two flights a day SEA🛫AMS on #Delta, & fewer people layover there than SLC, which also has 2 flights a day. So I favor SEA when I'm on West coast USA headed to Europe…
But, due to logistics, I'm traveling on a *SATURDAY*. SEA only has on AMS flight on weekends.
I'm 2 of 0 — I surely won't be assimilated up front, as 2 of 0 isn't a valid Borg designation.
¹ BIS is an old school #FrequentFlyer term for “Butt in Seat” miles. Since so many airlines now give “bonus” miles for things other than travel, keeping track of how many miles you've been in the air is different than “how many miles in your account”.
Many airlines have fortunately switched to distinguishing them as “points” but #Delta stuck with “SkyMiles” to refer to “points” & “miles” to refer to BIS. Still confusing.
Anyway, I have more time waiting in airports to post, obv.
Little did I know #LinuxFoundation & its wealthy cronies were the reason my gratis upgrade didn't clear. #LF's got an event starting tomorrow in Amsterdam. My seat mate told me.
It's funny — as I head to #UndoneCS to talk about how LF funds research that distracts us from real #FOSS &#copyleft — I sit in the cheap seats while the capitalist sleep in flat bed seats up front.
It's quite the metaphor.
@bkuhn Humph, that sucks. This is why I do some ahead of time research of surrounding days for booking. I have been screwed a few times, and just adding a couple of days drastically improves my quality of life for travel and gets me out of competing with bookend travelers like what is common for LF events.
Admittedly, I have that flexibility from my choices of JFK and BOS as international airports I can easily fly out from.
Bradley M. Kühn
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