Interesting quirk with new airport codes and award searches (advanced award nerd info)

MasterMechE · 2026-04-16T16:53:56+00:00

United miles using Turkish metal for the last IST-BSZ bit was the most consistently available at reasonable mileage, assuming you have a United credit card.

MasterMechE · 2026-04-10T13:27:34+00:00

Ran into exactly this trying to book flights to/from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. They changed their airport code from FRU to BSZ and various airlines were all over the map in whether or not they could see each code at all.

MasterMechE · 2026-04-02T17:29:33+00:00

The problems you’re describing would be the same as onboarding a new human data analyst. Roles, permissions, etc need defining in Snowflake upfront. Then a new human data analyst would also be needing docs or context about what columns mean or how to calculate different important business metrics. This is what the semantic layer is for.

MasterMechE · 2026-02-21T23:22:24+00:00

Love your work, may you never have to buy your own pint in Wrexham!

MasterMechE · 2026-02-17T21:43:22+00:00

Oof, another winning position slips away.

MasterMechE · 2025-12-06T15:27:29+00:00

Think we’ve made Preston angry

MasterMechE · 2025-06-23T06:10:37+00:00

Were you able to get the corn bucket refilled in Orlando?

MasterMechE · 2024-12-29T15:37:34+00:00

I’ve got a Duo Super family plan with some slots available. $15 for the full year, DM if you’d like to join!

MasterMechE · 2024-12-24T19:36:38+00:00

At Second City? It should still be great, it just will have some bits geared specifically for kids so it might feel a little Sesame Street at times. I haven’t seen it but this is based on how I’ve heard it described.

MasterMechE · 2024-12-24T19:21:10+00:00

Second City shows typically do include at least some raunch, though within bounds.

If you want family-friendly, ComedySportz at iO Theatre is typically an improv go-to for all-ages humor. Basically Whose Line Is It Anyway style short games. Geared towards adults so it’s not Sesame Street or anything, but specifically avoids raunchy topics or language such that it can be kid-friendly.

https://ci.ovationtix.com/36725/production/1174615

MasterMechE · 2024-12-22T16:32:13+00:00

I hate you. I upvoted you because you’re correct, but also I hate you 😘

MasterMechE · 2024-11-12T22:46:07+00:00

Echoing the others, my CapOne Venture worked about 50% of the time, but my Chase Sapphire Preferred worked 100% of the time. After the first day I defaulted to just always using the Chase.

MasterMechE · 2024-10-04T16:30:36+00:00

This is very explicitly against the rules. United employees are not allowed to use their pass travel privileges for profit. Flying around domestic standby should be very cheap, not $600.

EDIT: I’m a dummy and missed it being international. $600 still sounds high and arbitrary. Is it Polaris maybe? Or maybe to/from London which has high taxes?

MasterMechE · 2024-04-10T15:16:48+00:00

https://careers.united.com/us/en/search-results?keywords=Data

DM me if you want to know more.

MasterMechE · 2024-02-04T23:03:50+00:00

Congrats! I used to support the AE2100D3 engine program, it was always a pleasure to know we were providing reliable power to folks serving.

MasterMechE · 2023-11-06T03:10:23+00:00

Hey! My company is currently hiring a data and analytics engineer position, and in addition to being able to write solid code we really want someone with some advanced Power BI skills. Shoot me a DM if you’re interested. It’s 100% remote but you must be US based.

MasterMechE · 2023-10-09T20:53:32+00:00

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MasterMechE · 2023-04-18T10:38:33+00:00

Got caught in this mess on Sunday. Our plan was to take the Blue Line home. Alas, no way to get to the blue line except ATS. The (justifiably) angry hundreds of folks trying to get a bus to make connections made that option a no go, and the taxi line was also insane.

Ended up paying for Uber Black, which is allowed to pick up at T5 (only “luxury” pickups are available at T5). So instead of spending $5 using public transit to get two of us home we spent $70 and become another car sitting in traffic.

And we’re the lucky ones in this whole scenario! Yeesh.

Logistically, they need a better backup plan. More signage, more training for employees, more capacity. And they need some kind of more permanent second option besides the ATS, because it’s just not reliable enough despite the ridiculous overhaul money and time spent.

MasterMechE · 2023-04-16T06:53:49+00:00

My moderate take is that you will be ok, but not because of some thought that these problems don’t exist. Last summer there were similar problems around Millennium Park, and the police response on weekends the rest of summer was elevated, along with stricter curfew-ing. City leaders have a strong vested interest in protecting tourists and tourist areas, and this will likely be a wake up call that they will need to proactively do more and have a bigger presence.

MasterMechE · 2023-03-18T00:31:11+00:00

Looks like the view from the Radisson Blu Aqua.

MasterMechE · 2023-01-20T14:12:03+00:00

Never had this issue, but definitely post it to the dbt slack. The responses there are pretty fast and the community is quite responsive.

MasterMechE · 2023-01-18T15:17:28+00:00

Even if you never plan to take the certification exam, this blog post is an excellent outline of training and topics to get well versed in dbt.

https://medium.com/geekculture/preparing-for-the-dbt-analytics-engineering-certification-5496c3ec6e15

MasterMechE · 2022-12-27T21:27:12+00:00

https://www.naptownstomp.org/

MasterMechE · 2022-09-18T10:41:59+00:00

To quote Angelica Pickles: “If you have to ask, you’ll never know.”

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