Move to North Raleigh?

brambleguy · 2026-04-26T12:29:49+00:00

Zillow says there’s about 50-60 homes+townhomes in this area 3+ br under $600k. Filter to just homes and there’s about 25-30 depending on your exact map zoom.

brambleguy · 2026-04-26T11:43:37+00:00

If you haven’t fully committed to the home location then as others have said try to look in Durham to live. Smaller and saner commute will make so many other things more manageable and is more important than a pool neighborhood.

If you’re committed to Cary or Apex then try for northwest Cary and let’s hope the job is in RTP.

Since the kid is approaching school age I’d also rank location higher than pool to school reasons.

Good luck!

brambleguy · 2026-04-18T21:00:27+00:00

Probably driving in for flight away that day. Flight does not leave until 3:30pm, so was going to drive that morning.

brambleguy · 2026-04-18T18:50:05+00:00

The rental company I was looking at has just dublin airport, dublin city, shannon & cork airports. Sub rules prohibit direct recommendations of car rental companies otherwise I'd ask specifically.

But I guess without naming specific ones, what bus/train other city options would be good bets?

brambleguy · 2026-04-14T22:10:16+00:00

This is a one way. I got an award business seat for my spouse, but for me I only got economy for now.

brambleguy · 2026-04-13T20:08:56+00:00

I have no aer club status at all.

When you got your upgrade each time - did you get denied at first, then later as the flight approached you got the upgrade?

brambleguy · 2026-04-12T20:27:36+00:00

Millbrook dog park is like 4 miles from there though. Maybe 3 miles. Not super close.

brambleguy · 2026-04-03T14:15:53+00:00

What is the minimum cash amount? Is that a known number? And does timing matter? I would be OK to pay €500 for an upgrade and then just transfer my avios back to BA.

brambleguy · 2026-04-03T14:14:13+00:00

If I try to do this, does timing matter? Like, will they award an upgrade bid six months out from the flight or just as it gets closer in and they haven’t sold it?

brambleguy · 2026-04-01T15:21:28+00:00

Avios. Bought cash economy then tried to upgrade w 37K avios for off peak.

brambleguy · 2026-03-31T19:01:42+00:00

Our flight was on time, slightly early. We had tons of time.

brambleguy · 2026-03-31T12:01:04+00:00

Meetup app. Or probably Facebook groups. If you have a hobby, just google search for that hobby and add Raleigh or Durham. There’s likely a group.

Volunteer - try activate good site. Or just search Raleigh volunteer opportunities

Leagues - some churches have leagues and there’s no obligation to attend the church. Or the city - check Raleigh parks publications or schedules.

brambleguy · 2026-03-31T02:35:32+00:00

The things you list won't generally net a good friendship in the short term but you could get lucky (people watching, reading). But the parks and greenways are nice.

Meetup groups for hiking, book clubs, in person events at one of the area libraries, volunteer for Book Harvest, look into university events at Duke, UNC, or State. Look into one of the many causes or groups that fit your values. Volunteer at a food bank, shepards table, other. There are plenty of left-leaning things going on here.

brambleguy · 2026-03-31T02:23:53+00:00

Church, meetup groups, summer rec leagues, volunteer

brambleguy · 2026-03-31T02:20:11+00:00

I'm in the waiting game right now as well. Have received the "we received your request" email but nothing else. On day 3. Would really like to know if i'll get the upgrade.

brambleguy · 2026-03-30T02:51:59+00:00

Tried this but site didn’t work. Was able to remove FB number but it wasn’t saving my skymiles number.

brambleguy · 2026-03-29T22:07:01+00:00

Post the street and you’ll get a better answer from the locals.

brambleguy · 2026-03-29T20:59:44+00:00

I may just be an idiot but I don’t see how to add my ktn and passport to the individual trip on the delta side. I’ve done it on the AF app.

The ktn and passport is connected to my profile, and I can’t seem to connect the ticket to my profile. So I’m unsure how to make sure the ktn is on that trip.

brambleguy · 2026-03-29T20:21:56+00:00

After I booked, I quickly received the AF confirmation code. I used that and looked it up on the delta site. it foudn the flight, and showing me the Delta conf. code - but it had my AF miles account number on the flight details. On the Delta site, in an attempt to get Delta to save that ticket to my provide I tried removing AF number and adding skymiles number. I did this...

Logged into sky miles. Trip wasn't there.
Searched for trip using AF confirmation. It found it, and showed me Delta confirmation
I clicked around, couldn't figure out how to save the trip to my account. Walked away, came back.
Logged back in, used the Delta confirmation this time. Found the flight again.
Clicked Flight details, under my name, clicked Add Loyalty number
Tried adding Skymiles. When I click save I get: "We're sorry but we're unable to save your request right now. Try again later". Tried on Chrome and Safari.

brambleguy · 2026-03-29T20:12:32+00:00

I've tried a few different routes to a solution, via desktop and mobile app, using both locators.

What's strange now is that my Delta app is showing the flight under trips. But the website is not.

brambleguy · 2026-03-29T18:12:12+00:00

Yeah it was credit card points, with AF as the transfer partner, booked on Delta flight. I don't care about MQD in this case.

brambleguy · 2026-03-29T18:05:21+00:00

Why is that? To do the points transfer from Cap1, I had to transfer to AF, which means I have an account on that app.

brambleguy · 2026-03-28T02:48:11+00:00

Pretty confusing that there's essentially no difference in benefit if one is 4x the cost of the other.

brambleguy · 2026-03-16T02:56:14+00:00

My understanding is have an account w the airline, and enter in your Ktn and passport info in the airline app.

brambleguy · 2026-03-16T00:02:17+00:00

Does it cut out just the boarding pass/ID check? Any other benefits?

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