Any US folks heading to Australia for shows?

decides2dream

Freddy Arheehar wrote:

That sucks that he cant get time off, you have probably thought of all the different scenarios but has he looked at time off from the 14th? Then you can get Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane? We are no lock to go also, we have a trip planned for Mexico 16-20 that is screwing us right now!
Are you related to my wife or work for the same company? She gets all the time off in the world to travel for PJ shows, USA, Europe and now possibly downunder...She has me going to Seattle and San Diego with her but I cant do them all like she is. :(

i used to teach, talk about a lot of time off! tho none too good for travel during the school year. i currently work for a firm with a very generous holiday/vacation package, and as of this year, i get 22 vacation days. add in the 3 i carried forward from last year, plus 10 holidays(3 that are floating this year, my choice)....quite nice. however, i DO have my 'busy season' with work that i cannot take off: march/april and mid-august thru mid-october...thus why no seattle, europe, cali, etc for me. sad thing is, hubby actually gets 25 days vacation annually, plus whatever he carries forward, plus 10 or 12 holidays. he works for the government tho, and the way they do vacation choices makes it VERY difficult. at this point, sure..in theory, perhaps he could get that earlier week off, however, since 'vacation picks' are made in january!.....he would not be gauranteed the time off, if it is available...until 2 weeks prior. not much help when you want to plan a trip to fly around the world. also, i want to go to the 11.22 show in sydney...on my birthday...so yea....he definitely canNOT get that off. so yea, 50% of the reason why i travel for pj solo is b/c it's cheaper...and the other 50% is b/c he can never get the time off right then! :twisted: we'll see, we'll see.....i shall continue to dream........

Freddy Arheehar

Well good luck, maybe things will work out for you both but it doesnt sound like it. Its gotta suck to have all that time off and not be able to use it when you want. I have 'unlimited' time off but i really dont because they keep me way too busy...my wife is another story, she is so lucky with amount of time off she has but she worked her butt off to get it.

decides2dream

Freddy Arheehar wrote:

Well good luck, maybe things will work out for you both but it doesnt sound like it. Its gotta suck to have all that time off and not be able to use it when you want. I have 'unlimited' time off but i really dont because they keep me way too busy...my wife is another story, she is so lucky with amount of time off she has but she worked her butt off to get it.

well, awesome for you both!
and yes, it is a shame.,..all that time off, but difficult to plan spur of the moment trips, or even trips 2-3 months ahead....gotta know what you want to do in january!


and hell, i just plugged in all the cities and flights for the entire australian leg, just for shits and giggles....and :shock:

Flight 1 From To Flight Duration Departure
Terminal Fare Type Checked
Baggage
Wed 11 Nov 09 18:40 New York
(JFK)
09:20
(Fri) Sydney QF108 30h 15m 7 Red Tail 2 pieces
Details
12:00
(Fri) Sydney 13:55
(Fri) Perth QF577 3
Flight 2
Mon 16 Nov 09 09:30 Perth 14:40 Adelaide QF5975 2h 40m 2 Red Tail 2 pieces
Details
Flight 3
Thu 19 Nov 09 11:40 Adelaide 13:25 Melbourne QF682 1h 15m 1 Red Tail 2 pieces
Details
Flight 4
Sat 21 Nov 09 09:30 Melbourne 10:55 Sydney QF420 1h 25m 1 Red Tail 2 pieces
Details
Flight 5
Tue 24 Nov 09 13:05 Sydney 13:35 Brisbane QF528 1h 30m 3 Red Tail 2 pieces
Details
Flight 6
Fri 27 Nov 09 12:05 Brisbane 07:00 Los Angeles QF015 19h 55m International Red Tail 2 pieces
Details
09:00 Los Angeles 17:00 New York
(JFK)
QF107 B


total cost for one person, economy....$2478.86
and that's a WHOLE lotta flying!
sure, i could fly from NY to LA probably on airmiles, but even so. looks like for that trip, the sale prices don't work. who knows...all a dream in any case. thanks for giving me something to fill my empty work time with up until my workday picks up again tho.

"unlimited time off"...paid time off.....that sounds unreal! overall, i am more than happy with my time off, as is hubby, it's just scheduling.... :evil:

Freddy Arheehar

wow, its way cheaper from the west to fly than NYC, that's too bad.
I've been playing shit and giggles flights also, i need to stop just in case we cant go. My family got all excited when they heard PJ were coming as they know what a freak my wife is....
My work is pretty good with giving me time off but its not unlimited like they say it is. I could probably take 25 days without it being a problem though.

NYbenben

decides2dream wrote:

Freddy Arheehar wrote:

Well good luck, maybe things will work out for you both but it doesnt sound like it. Its gotta suck to have all that time off and not be able to use it when you want. I have 'unlimited' time off but i really dont because they keep me way too busy...my wife is another story, she is so lucky with amount of time off she has but she worked her butt off to get it.

well, awesome for you both!
and yes, it is a shame.,..all that time off, but difficult to plan spur of the moment trips, or even trips 2-3 months ahead....gotta know what you want to do in january!


and hell, i just plugged in all the cities and flights for the entire australian leg, just for shits and giggles....and :shock:

Flight 1 From To Flight Duration Departure
Terminal Fare Type Checked
Baggage
Wed 11 Nov 09 18:40 New York
(JFK)
09:20
(Fri) Sydney QF108 30h 15m 7 Red Tail 2 pieces
Details
12:00
(Fri) Sydney 13:55
(Fri) Perth QF577 3
Flight 2
Mon 16 Nov 09 09:30 Perth 14:40 Adelaide QF5975 2h 40m 2 Red Tail 2 pieces
Details
Flight 3
Thu 19 Nov 09 11:40 Adelaide 13:25 Melbourne QF682 1h 15m 1 Red Tail 2 pieces
Details
Flight 4
Sat 21 Nov 09 09:30 Melbourne 10:55 Sydney QF420 1h 25m 1 Red Tail 2 pieces
Details
Flight 5
Tue 24 Nov 09 13:05 Sydney 13:35 Brisbane QF528 1h 30m 3 Red Tail 2 pieces
Details
Flight 6
Fri 27 Nov 09 12:05 Brisbane 07:00 Los Angeles QF015 19h 55m International Red Tail 2 pieces
Details
09:00 Los Angeles 17:00 New York
(JFK)
QF107 B


total cost for one person, economy....$2478.86
and that's a WHOLE lotta flying!
sure, i could fly from NY to LA probably on airmiles, but even so. looks like for that trip, the sale prices don't work. who knows...all a dream in any case. thanks for giving me something to fill my empty work time with up until my workday picks up again tho.

"unlimited time off"...paid time off.....that sounds unreal! overall, i am more than happy with my time off, as is hubby, it's just scheduling.... :evil:

Thats a lot of flying... i am planning on going into Sydney... fly to Melbourne for that show... then back to Sydney for that show... then heading up north to Cairns for a few days of diving and then back to Sydney for a day or two and homw... i am not doing the full tour of all Ausy locations... that is WAAAY to much...

2-feign-reluctance

i wish. we were just there and in NZ for 2 weeks in may. maybe next time.

decides2dream

NYbenben wrote:

Thats a lot of flying... i am planning on going into Sydney... fly to Melbourne for that show... then back to Sydney for that show... then heading up north to Cairns for a few days of diving and then back to Sydney for a day or two and homw... i am not doing the full tour of all Ausy locations... that is WAAAY to much...

oh i agree!
i would never do that either! hahahaha. just that the tools for seeing the 'what-if' was put in my hands, and i ran with it. slow workday.


i would do, at most....3 shows.....definitely including sydney since that IS my birthday show!
so be sure to have a drink that night in sydney and wish me a happy birthday. hopefully i can be there too.....but yea......


actually, i wouldn't mind starting off with the sydney show, then brisbane....then head to NZ for those 2 shows and have hubby meet me in NZ for a week! there's a dream! man, i just love to torture myself.

decides2dream

Freddy Arheehar wrote:

wow, its way cheaper from the west to fly than NYC, that's too bad.
I've been playing shit and giggles flights also, i need to stop just in case we cant go. My family got all excited when they heard PJ were coming as they know what a freak my wife is....
My work is pretty good with giving me time off but its not unlimited like they say it is. I could probably take 25 days without it being a problem though.

well of course it is....you're about 5 hours closer!
even taking away NY, doing the same plan from LA....all flights would = $1700 from my little itinerary. i am sure you could plug in a myriad of date/city combos, time for flights, etc....and come up with a million different possible price combos for flights. bottomline, if you were to do ALL the dates by air, it would most definitely be pricey!

i AM very curious what kind of travel packages pearl jam comes up with.

it's just sad, if hubby could only do my birthday gig, would be perfection. eh well. i wish they'd announce the hawaii dates, b/c again...if it's the first week of december, i'd feel better. then it's just convincing hubby to go! but yea...i really want to see pj on my birthday...... c'est la vie...

dreamtonic

surely there's more of us headed down, right? hubby just submitted his time off request

decides2dream

OMG!
this:

18:40 New York (JFK) 09:20
(Fri) Sydney QF108 $531 Duration: 22h 40m - 1 stop
is soooo tempting!
18th thru the 28th....just in sydney, that would do me just fine!


where's mauichick to come drem with me?



edit, damn...i thought that was the roundtrip price....gotta add in:
12:00 Sydney 17:00 New York (JFK) QF107 $716 Duration: 21h 00m - 1 stop

still damn nice.


i am so going to check out what kind of airmiles are needed to fly to oz.

NYbenben

decides2dream wrote:

OMG!
this:

18:40 New York (JFK) 09:20
(Fri) Sydney QF108 $531 Duration: 22h 40m - 1 stop
is soooo tempting!
18th thru the 28th....just in sydney, that would do me just fine!


where's mauichick to come drem with me?



edit, damn...i thought that was the roundtrip price....gotta add in:
12:00 Sydney 17:00 New York (JFK) QF107 $716 Duration: 21h 00m - 1 stop

still damn nice.


i am so going to check out what kind of airmiles are needed to fly to oz.

100-120k miles from NY...

decides2dream

NYbenben wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

i am so going to check out what kind of airmiles are needed to fly to oz.

100-120k miles from NY...

are you serious?!
that's it?
i currently have over 136k miles....been saving em up for an awesome trip. OMG. i wonder if my husband would be ok with that, hahahahaha. i may have to sell my soul. i might be ok with that tho. :twisted:


hell, i spent our 16th wedding anniversary on a flight from london to dusseldorf...so what's my birthday and thanksgiving? really, it's more HIM missing out on a first trip to australia that's the toughest. hmmmm...i think i may be suggesting one awesome birthday present over dinner tonight, see how that flies!


my dear aussie buddies in sydney...got room for a dreamer on your sofa?
or hey mauichick...still up for a crazy trip?!

Freddy Arheehar

Do it! Use the miles before they take them off you.

Yes, I would like to see the PJ package also

decides2dream

Freddy Arheehar wrote:

Do it! Use the miles before they take them off you.

Yes, I would like to see the PJ package also

freddy...the beauty of my airmiles is they NEVEr expire, no blackout dates and can be used on ANY airline. they aren't actually airmiles, but worldpoints or some BS, as it's thru a brokerage account, not an actual airline....just can be used for air travel and whole bunch of other stuff. was saving em for me AND hubby, but my mom has some airmiles she said we could use in the future...so who knows?

this is dangerous all this dreaming.......

NYbenben

decides2dream wrote:

NYbenben wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

i am so going to check out what kind of airmiles are needed to fly to oz.

100-120k miles from NY...

are you serious?!
that's it?
i currently have over 136k miles....been saving em up for an awesome trip. OMG. i wonder if my husband would be ok with that, hahahahaha. i may have to sell my soul. i might be ok with that tho. :twisted:

lmao... i am planning on using miles for my trip as well... i already booked my hotels in Melbourne and Sydney using points as well just in case i do go... the rooms were available so i booked em while i could...

decides2dream

NYbenben wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

NYbenben wrote:

100-120k miles from NY...

are you serious?!
that's it?
i currently have over 136k miles....been saving em up for an awesome trip. OMG. i wonder if my husband would be ok with that, hahahahaha. i may have to sell my soul. i might be ok with that tho. :twisted:

lmao... i am planning on using miles for my trip as well... i already booked my hotels in Melbourne and Sydney using points as well just in case i do go... the rooms were available so i booked em while i could...

need a roomie in sydney?
OMG....i am soooo going to look into this!
i will soooo owe my hubby, but yea...he does alright by me.


seriously tho, if i can fly for FREE....i'd stay in a fucking hostel (and i NEVER stay in hostels) just to be able to go.....sofa surf (love to do that - friends around? )....whatever. do it as a cheap as possible....and get to see pearl jam in sydney on my birthday!!!


and man, it would only cost me 5 vacation days, b/c 2 days are holidays for thanksgiving, and i'd use one of my extra floating holidays to boot! i actually have a week of vacation planned the end of november/beginning of december...so hubby would still get me for "us time"....only thing is to know when they plan for hawaii, b/c if it IS that first week, could possibly BOTH do that, tho rumors seem to heavily favor mid-december.....but yea....hope we hear SOON!

decides2dream

OMG - i have the GREATEST husband....EVER!!!
he said i could GO!!!
honestly, i was shocked at how easily he agreed....didn't even have to try and convince him. we were chatting and i asked if he wanted to give me the BEST, greatest, most fantastic birthday present ever? and his answer was what...you want to go to australia and see pearl jam? i just smiled. hahahaha. we talked about it some and he was like ok! i can't believe it! i know he does not give a shit about thanksgiving, and when i told him i'd be gone for the holiday he said, doesn't matter, i don't give a shit about thanksgiving. my birthday, well whatevvverrrrrr....can celebrate ANYtime together and we'll have a full week of shared vacation together when i return home.....and i can celebrate my birthday in sydney with a pearl jam show!!!
happiness!!! bring on the 10c sale!!!



*of course, i MUSt verify i can use airmiles, have enough airmiles...ugh...so hope we hopes are not dashed, but right now....YAY!!!


OMG - i CAn do it!!!
*just* checked...i need 124,111 points to fly round-trip from NY to sydney....yay!

Freddy Arheehar

very cool!!! you're husbands a champion bloke :!:

If we go we will have to catch up for a beer

LongRoad

You dont wanna stay in a hostel in Sydney
Plenty of hotels for under $100.

NYbenben

decides2dream wrote:

OMG - i have the GREATEST husband....EVER!!!
he said i could GO!!!
honestly, i was shocked at how easily he agreed....didn't even have to try and convince him. we were chatting and i asked if he wanted to give me the BEST, greatest, most fantastic birthday present ever? and his answer was what...you want to go to australia and see pearl jam? i just smiled. hahahaha. we talked about it some and he was like ok! i can't believe it! i know he does not give a shit about thanksgiving, and when i told him i'd be gone for the holiday he said, doesn't matter, i don't give a shit about thanksgiving. my birthday, well whatevvverrrrrr....can celebrate ANYtime together and we'll have a full week of shared vacation together when i return home.....and i can celebrate my birthday in sydney with a pearl jam show!!!
happiness!!! bring on the 10c sale!!!



*of course, i MUSt verify i can use airmiles, have enough airmiles...ugh...so hope we hopes are not dashed, but right now....YAY!!!


OMG - i CAn do it!!!
*just* checked...i need 124,111 points to fly round-trip from NY to sydney....yay!

that is fantastic... you have been stressing about this all day... way to go to you and your husband! stand up guy!