Goblin

Is this just a cost saving measure?

The rumor floating around is that all the C-21s are heading to Scott, the C-40s are leaving Scott and going to Andrews and the C-37s at MacDill are closing and moving 1 each jet to Hickam, Ramstein, and Andrews. Caveat: very loose rumor with very little background/data to support.

Son of a ...

In-Res is definitely as YMMV as you can get. We had a pilot as our Flt/CC, drank to excess every night, made regrettable decisions and still made top third without trying. Other flights in our class were not so lucky.

We haven’t seen a “Classic” tag in a while... I’m thinking we are due

Last I checked the CSR does not come with SPG gold, or any other hotel status

Affirm

AD. And spouses.

Anyone AD or their spouse that applies for any chase cards after 20 Sept now gets the annual fees waived. It is not SCRA and it is not retroactive. I have some CSR referrals left if anyone wants to go that route now that the annual fee is waived. (Automatically, I might add).

Not sure if related or if this should be in the Russia thread: EXCLUSIVE: US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers Back on 24-Hour Alert http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2017/10/exclusive-us-preparing-put-nuclear-bombers-back-24-hour-alert/141957/

The last I heard people were complaining about flying out of their windows so much (due to terrible scheduling) that they got rid of windows to stop the complaints. A buddy of mine out there now has been there for a week and has flown in all 3 “shifts” already.

Any tanker bubbas over at the Deid right now? I’ve heard some pretty interesting things about the squadron there lately..

2 on the SPG if those are your goals. Solid card all around. PM me if you want a referral link.

I should have mentioned the caveat that those numbers are total for both me and the wife. The point was just to show that if you want to splurge on a trip that you can get some awesome redemption value out of those points.

2.5% cash back is nice for not putting any work into anything, but you can get such a better value from points like Chase UR and SPG that blow 2.5% out of the water if you do the leg work. Trip Report from my last point redemption: