Fuck me.

"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin) 04/05/2016 at 17:08 • Filed to: None

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Some shitnugget in corporate booked me on a 6am flight. Meaning airport by 5. Meaning leave by 4. Meaning up at 3:15. Fuck my life.

jariten1781 > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/05/2016 at 17:11

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Tis why I book my own flights and deal with HR notching during the expense report phase.

buford-t-justice > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/05/2016 at 17:12

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Dirty

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/05/2016 at 17:17

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I’m so sorry

smobgirl > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/05/2016 at 17:25

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I had a 5am flight today. Never again.

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/05/2016 at 17:27

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Yup. I had one of those last December. Here’s a “lifehack” I use when that happens to me:

Grow the hell up.

Just sayin’

;-)

-this space for rent- > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/05/2016 at 17:28

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I do that all the time. Early flights give recovery time when everything goes sideways.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/05/2016 at 17:28

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Sounds like a great excuse to be out on the town until 3:15.

Hot Takes Salesman > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/05/2016 at 18:56

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Whenever I say “fuck me” when I’m angry a little voice pops up in the back of my head and replies “Any volunteers?”

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/05/2016 at 21:33

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They never consider how stupid flight times are. They tend to book my flights home for 9pm, with an hour layover, which gets me home around 1am. Even though there is always a 6pm flight with no layover. Thanks corporate shit nugget.

nermal > jariten1781 04/05/2016 at 21:37

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This is the correct answer. It also helps you avoid ridiculous connecting flights.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/06/2016 at 09:34

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The place I used to work at let us book our own flights through their booking tool. It made you pick the cheapest flight listed unless you had some sort of justification for selecting a different flight, like you were travelling with customers. I found out that you could work the system by searching for oddly specific flight times, and amazingly the flight you wanted would be the cheapest one listed.

Booking travel went something like this:
1. Search all flights for the days you were leaving and returning.
2. Determine which flights have the best connections / departure times / arrival times.
3. Search again with the departure / arrival time set to a small window that allowed your preferred flight to be the cheapest.
4. Book the now cheapest flight which happened to be the one you wanted.
5. ??????
6. Profit?

haveacarortwoorthree2 > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/06/2016 at 09:55

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I hate the corporate travel depts for my clients sometimes when I have to book through them. One client made me stay at a hotel miles away from the office in LA instead of at the hotel right across the street — total cost savings of $50/night. Of course, this required either cabs or a rental car instead of me simply walking across the street. Total savings thus were break even at best, and usually negative since I always made sure to get the insurance on the rental car (gotta be protected!) plus expensive downtown LA parking in the building. No matter how many times I explained, they still never got it.

Flman1967 > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/06/2016 at 10:48

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I do it 1 or 2 times a month. Turns an overnight into a one day trip, but you feel like you've lived two days in one. If you can sleep on the plane it isn't bad. Just reboot and brush your teeth and wash your face when you land. Also, get a known traveler number. It shaves 20-30 minutes off each end at security in Orlando and Newark where I fly.