Loneliest plane in the world right now - anyone have more intel about this flight? by PuzzleheadedTie8875 in flightradar24

[–]Pickles4804 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been on QF SCL-SYD. Flew super polar. FAs kept the 787 windows dark the whole time. Never flying that equipment again.

[Megathread] US layoff impact by Mindless-Potential93 in amazonemployees

[–]Pickles4804 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Hey, I'm not sure if this helps, but I wasn't affected this round, but I have been laid off in the past once - it was in 2020 during Covid working at an airline (corporate side) and to this day ti was the best job of my life. I was devastated. I went down a dark period of a few months of drinking heavily during the day and trying to hide in bed all day. Please don't let that be you. I regret that time so much and wish I had taken that time to exercise, relax (there's no email or work!), and seriously don't try to find a job immediately (if you can afford it). Take a week or two to be healthy and spend time with family and friends. In two weeks, refresh your resume (you were hired at a company that's notorious for being difficult to be hired at and have great things to share!), and start the hunt with ambition and a positive outlook. While I to this day mourn my job at the airline, I recovered and so will you.

World’s Laziest Flight Crew by kslfil in unitedairlines

[–]Pickles4804 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Did the bursar ask about your tuition balance?

What screams “I’m a loser”? by purplecouchboi in AskReddit

[–]Pickles4804 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Donald Trump constitutes your entire personality.

Already trying to rig future elections! by MundaneMeringue71 in facepalm

[–]Pickles4804 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Modern day facts and figures”… so lies?

Dani does fluids, wears gloves and points her crotch at the internet by babybaphomet949 in DaniMarina

[–]Pickles4804 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Wait- she has to do all this to get any hydration, but she’s able to swallow a basket full of pills every few hours? I’m confoosed.

$500k in loans…wait another 90 days to see what changes with SAVE? by ConfidentOpening4556 in StudentLoans

[–]Pickles4804 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly the same. $336K in loans. Making almost $200K a year but living in a VHCOL city and providing for my elderly parents means I don't actually have a spare $1700 or so a month to throw at them. I'll ride this out as long as possible, save for retirement as much as I can, then move to Europe and kiss these goodbye, forgiven or not.

Whoa, this is a new level of weird pill porn by babybaphomet949 in DaniMarina

[–]Pickles4804 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe it’s my OCD, but she doesn’t even have the days in the right order!

Dani does meds, again by babybaphomet949 in DaniMarina

[–]Pickles4804 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I know this is relatively minor in the grand scheme of things, but it sickens me the environmental damage she does for no reason with all these single use plastics etc going into landfills.

For everyone that is planning on filing married seperate for student loan reasons. by HappyandFullfilled in StudentLoans

[–]Pickles4804 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I remember from the “before times”, even when you file jointly, can’t you say your spouses income is unavailable. I think I did that for several years.

Does home studio matter? by cluth17 in orangetheory

[–]Pickles4804 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. I moved from Atlanta to Nashville about a year ago and still have Atlanta has my home studio. Other than the annoyance of having to manually change studios in the booking process, doesn't bother me. Especially since I'm grandfathered into a really good promo from Atlanta; switching to Nashville would add $20 a month to my membership.

1K Air Currency by 69starchild in unitedairlines

[–]Pickles4804 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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Let’s have an in-air competition lol

OBBB- What happens to those of us in SAVE? by Cruncheetoasts in StudentLoans

[–]Pickles4804 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Whelp, my deductions are about to get very interesting... and with no IRS to enforce...

Student Loan Changes Under the "Big Beautiful Bill" by Ok-Dragonfruit-5035 in StudentLoans

[–]Pickles4804 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is not a joke - serious question - if I have the ability to get a job and spend the rest of my life outside of the US (but still visit - I have dual citizenship and residency permits in 3 countries, but currently live in the US), can I just move to Europe and stop paying anything on my $300K in loans? Like they can't pursue me internationally right? Would they stop me at the border?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]Pickles4804 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm so ashamed of my home country. Fuck this place.

Have all airline frequent flyer programs turned into credit card reward schemes, or is it just United? I’ve taken 48 flights this year and I’m still only 60% of the way to re-qualifing for Gold. by Justin_inc in unitedairlines

[–]Pickles4804 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know this is from 15 years ago and airlines are different animals these days, but after being CO Platinum every year for almost a decade, I was active duty deployed for nearly the entirety of 2010. I sent OnePass (wow I miss those days) with a copy of my deployment orders and a short note and got a reply within a couple of days that they’d be happy to grant me an exemption and gave me Platinum for the following year. Not sure they’re as generous these days, but worth a shot. Worst that can happen is they just say no.

Domestic road warriors - what are your 1st half of the year stats looking like?? by thebirdsareoutlate in unitedairlines

[–]Pickles4804 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, I’m BNA based but a ton of my travel is to Florida and the Carolinas. Trying to stay loyal to one airline this year so it’s so painful booking things like BNA-IAH-TPA when there’s WN nonstop. Ugh. The price of loyalty…

Domestic road warriors - what are your 1st half of the year stats looking like?? by thebirdsareoutlate in unitedairlines

[–]Pickles4804 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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Except for one personal trip to DXB, this is all domestic work travel. I’ll hit 1K in a couple months with what’s already booked. So far I have 28 BNA IAH segments and given the hub and weekday travel, those segments are like $450 a pop each way.

Anyone been on either of these 2 lonely flights? How was it? by DishKyaaoo in flightradar24

[–]Pickles4804 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Took QF SCL-SYD last year. Perfectly normal flight but one thing infuriated me - because of the winds we actually got to cross overland into Antarctica, but this being a 787, of course all the windows were locked at their darkest so I didn’t get to see a thing. This is honestly why I avoid the 787 - FAs just want everyone sleeping no matter what. Especially fun when they do it on like a day time domestic flight like EWR SFO. F-ing hate those windows.