u/Stockjock1

"BREAKING: I'm told by federal source that the suspect arrested in Fairfax County, VA for the stabbing murder of a mother near a jogging trail in Great Falls, VA is a Salvadoran illegal alien who was caught and released at the border by the Biden admin in El Paso, TX in April 2024. Fairfax County Police announced the arrest of 19-year-old Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos this morning in connection to the stabbing killing of Carmen Lizet Puch on Monday and released a photo of his arrest.

I've also included a photo of Cedillos-Campos from when he was in Border Patrol custody in 2024, courtesy of a federal source. NBC Washington reports Puch was 42-years-old and had a young daughter."

https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/2090077841866006697

Follow-up to an earlier post.

I booked a one way flight for me and the GF from SAN to AMS to DBV with a tight one hour layover. Importantly, I did this before EES was fully implemented.

The ticket is FLEX and I used 2 vouchers (service-related) worth roughly $550 total, which I think expire in October 2026. I later spent maybe $220 USD to do a minor upgrade to Economy Comfort.

I've been keeping an eye on things, and EES seems like a real mess at Schiphol Airport. I've also noticed a couple of cancellations within the last month or so, and several flights, including yesterday, that may have showed an “on time" arrival, but were nearly 15 minutes late, which would have made it difficult to make the connection, imo. If we miss the connection, we'd be in DBV at midnight, if we're lucky, rather than noon.

Based on these operational concerns and personal risk management, I've decided that this connection is simply too risky and have booked a much longer flight on a competitor, albeit with more doable layovers of 2 to 2.5 hours.

I believe I can cancel a FLEX ticket at any time and get back what I paid for it. In terms of the Economy Comfort fee and the vouchers, not sure what they can or will or won't do.

To be clear, I am not making any demands, claiming EU261 or anything like that. But if they could do something as a courtesy, specifically refunding the Economy Comfort fee, and especially reissuing those vouchers with a later expiration date, that would be amazing.

Our next planned trip is to Singapore in November 2027, so it could be tough to use those vouchers before they expire in October 2026.

Again, I'm not making the change due to finding a "better deal", but rather, due to operational considerations and personal risk management.

Thoughts?

The value you get from the AAdvantage award program.

Today, I booked AA from SAN to ORD in first class, then ORD to DUB and DUB to DBV in business class (Aer Lingus - actually the final leg has no dedicated business class, but you can pick any seat) for 57,500 AAdvantage miles, plus $10 in fees.

AA isn't perfect, and at times they're far from perfect, but I can't get this kind of value on any other airline that I know of.

In my view, we need to see more of this. Love it!

https://x.com/theblaze/status/2087336291343933718

We have an upcoming flight from SoCal to AMS and from AMS to DBV. This flight is often on time, and commonly early, but every now & then it is delayed or gets cancelled.

There are at least 2 issues with our itinerary:

1. Very tight 1 hour layover in AMS. Yes, I understand that it's certainly best not to have such a tight layover, but this could shave 5-6 hours off of the trip if we make it.

2. If there's any problem with the inbound flight (AMS to SoCal), it's not as if KLM has an extra 787 sitting around that they can substitute.

This is a FLEX ticket, purchased in part with nearly $600 in vouchers that expire October 2026, so glad we could use those, as even with FLEX, they brought the cost down to roughly $375 each. I spent another $110 each to upgrade to Economy Comfort, which was, in part, to put us closer to the front of the plane so we can hopefully deplane fairly quickly.

I'll be monitoring the inbound flight, which will entail waking up once or twice at 3 am or so to make sure it's still on schedule, or early. Right now, the plan is if the inbound is in good shape, go with our scheduled flight. If there's anything more than a 20-30 minute delay on the inbound, pivot to another option (below).

I have a Plan A, Plan B and Plan C. Here they are:

Plan A: If all is on schedule, stick with KLM and hustle like crazy to EES/Passport Control. I think we have a decent chance of making this with a short connection line. On the downside, if we miss that connection, we'd probably be in Dubrovnik around midnight, rather than 12 pm, which would suck.

Plan B: If all is not on schedule, call KLM and have them move me to Delta, or another Sky Team partner. If I did this, it would be a morning flight, not an afternoon flight like our flight to AMS.

Plan C: I have a morning award ticket booked on AA that can be cancelled until just before it departs. AA metal to ORD. Aer Lingus from ORD to DUB and the same from DUB to DBV. Adds maybe 5-6 hours to the trip, but hopefully gets us into DBV around 10:45 am. Layovers 2 to 2.5 hours. No EES until we arrive at DBV.

Any thoughts on this? I suppose the main question I have involves Plan B. Let's say the inbound flight from AMS is delayed. Could I get hold of a KLM/Air France agent in the middle of the morning (3 am or so my time) by calling the European number? Could I trust them to rebook to Delta with only a few hours before the morning flight, or is there a chance they screw that up, perhaps it's not correctly ticketed? Is Plan B even worth messing with, or would it be best to pivot to Plan C if there's an issue, since those flights are definitely properly ticketed?

Assuming this is accurate, why would they not prosecute this person? Makes no sense to me. Illegal actions are supposed to have consequences.

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2085412063438946384

"BREAKING: Hawaii Democrat congressional candidate Kirill Basin ARRESTED for threatening a man with a knife after he was asked to lower the volume of his music at the beach.

He tried fighting but was immediately knocked out.

Instant FAFO"

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2084684418304598370

I could be wrong, it wouldn't be the first time, but when I see firearms training and proficiency coupled with American flags, usually I figure it's a conservative.

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2083946634572902535

Reddit recommended that I post this here. If it's not welcome, feel free to delete, or let me know and I'll delete it.

Nice to know that not every Catholic religious leader is a liberal these days. When did that happen, anyway? They used to be pretty conservative.

https://x.com/NevadaLiberty64/status/2083278380108243416