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Part two with the amazing Rico.  We focus on the beauty of  solo travel!  Find our Rico on Instagram at : Jetsetsuave Lies about a million mile-er! Get on an airplane even when it’s busy!Tips on booking hotels and cars.Shorter trips help you sample the city.Make a list of what you want to doGolden Tours is our secretWhat is your objective when you travel?Visit A City app!Solo Travel: Be courageous & do uncomfortable things!Tokyo!“Solo travel doesn’t mean you’re lonely, it’s just solo, two different things!”Changing destinations at the gate! Tip: check the weather before!Emergency passport information!✈️StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist you in your non-rev travels! Use it to find the loads for your non-rev travel!  Use this to sign up and get entered into a free weekly raffle:https://stafftraveler.com/nonrevlounge✈️Don’t forget your PERX.COM discount!! Use NONREVPOD30 https://www.perx.com/nonrevloungepodcast/Thanks for supporting our show,we really appreciate it!Find us on Instagram @NonRevLoungePodcast and Twitter @NonRevLoungePod.If you have any questions or feedback please feel free to reach out to us via email at: Nonrevloungepodcast@gmail.com

We had an amazing time recording with Rico.  We met in person at the Dallas meet up . We talk about his job in the airline industry (psst…. He doesn’t work  for an airline 😱) as well as a few of his amazing travels.  Rico has a great radio voice!Rico flys in from ATL Muy caliente in Phoenix rnRico gets into the door! Rico and Lara talk beer 🍺 Aviation Business Analytics Provide services to the airlinesRico is a flight data scientist DTW is Rico’s oasisYou can’t escape the tax man!If it’s the weekend, Rico is GONE!Rico proves his non rev prowess!Dubai Baby!!!Book day tours to see different things.ZED Talk!✈️StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist you in your non-rev travels! Use it to find the loads for your non-rev travel!  Use this to sign up and get entered into a free weekly raffle:https://stafftraveler.com/nonrevlounge✈️Don’t forget your PERX.COM discount!! Use NONREVPOD30 https://www.perx.com/nonrevloungepodcast/Thanks for supporting our show,we really appreciate it!Find us on Instagram @NonRevLoungePodcast and Twitter @NonRevLoungePod.If you have any questions or feedback please feel free to reach out to us via email at: Nonrevloungepodcast@gmail.com

We’re FINALLY interviewing our good friend Brandon, the network planner that we met at Dorkfest 2 years ago! He non revs almost EVERY weekend! We rant about workWould you rather game Cranky Network Award 🥇 Deserving Raffle winner 🏆 What planning a new route is likePerks of his jobWhat is network planning?Not everyone is an Avgeek 🙄Quick day trip to Hayden, Colorado and where are the Ubers? Growing up non revving!!First Class baby!Is Aviation a generational thing?Day trip to Buenos Aires Ice ice baby (Hey Brandon, is the Blue Lagoon near the airport?)Anchorage trip/Float planeKey West next!Outtakes!✈️StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist you in your non-rev travels! Use it to find the loads for your non-rev travel!  Use this to sign up and get entered into a free weekly raffle:https://stafftraveler.com/nonrevlounge✈️Don’t forget your PERX.COM discount!! Use NONREVPOD30 https://www.perx.com/nonrevloungepodcast/Thanks for supporting our show,we really appreciate it!Find us on Instagram @NonRevLoungePodcast and Twitter @NonRevLoungePod.If you have any questions or feedback please feel free to reach out to us via email at: Nonrevloungepodcast@gmail.com

We visit with guest Katie from season one. She is an international travel agent. Katie came to the Non Rev Lounge Does Dallas meet up. PS.. she is just as darling as her accent!WestJet strike loomsRob Schneider promisesAnyone can play doctor International Destination Marketing is her new jobHotels, attractions and activities.Fam trip to Park City has unexpected consequences Inaugural flight from Auckland to JFKSky Couch???New York trip highlightsCulinary Institute visitAvgeeks will want to go to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Complex!Australia talk! Dingo discussion!Covid and AustraliaGet travel insurance is her travel tip ✈️ StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist you in your non-rev travels! Use it to find the loads for your non-rev travel!  Use this to sign up and get entered into a free weekly raffle:https://stafftraveler.com/nonrevlounge✈️Don’t forget your PERX.COM discount!! Use NONREVPOD30 https://www.perx.com/nonrevloungepodcast/Thanks for supporting our show,we really appreciate it!Find us on Instagram @NonRevLoungePodcast and Twitter @NonRevLoungePod.If you have any questions or feedback please feel free to reach out to us via email at: Nonrevloungepodcast@gmail.com

For a long time I’ve been a follower of Twitter’s resident non-rev expert, Stand By With Me! I enjoy his Instagram and TikTok accounts too! HE IS OUR GUEST TODAY!! 👏👏👏His real name is Connor and he lives in Dallas so we podcasted during our meet-up. No longer secret! 🤫 He’s taken, ladies! Connor’s job: He supports the after-market operations .🤔 Pet Peeves His point of pride is never buying a ticket! Connor and Mo compare notes about Chile! What would Connor teach new hires about nonrevving?What’s an oasis? Paris! More nonrev tipsConnor is a credit card guru!! He discusses how to choose a cc that is best for you!https://standbywithme.com/linkinbio/Instagram: @_standbywithmeTikTok: @standbywithme✈️ StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist you in your non-rev travels! Use it to find the loads for your non-rev travel!  Use this to sign up and get entered into a free weekly raffle:https://stafftraveler.com/nonrevlounge✈️Don’t forget your PERX.COM discount!! Use NONREVPOD30 https://www.perx.com/nonrevloungepodcast/Thanks for supporting our show,we really appreciate it!Find us on Instagram @NonRevLoungePodcast and Twitter @NonRevLoungePod.If you have any questions or feedback please feel free to reach out to us via email at: Nonrevloungepodcast@gmail.com

We FINALLY interview Ian! A Crew Tracker at our favorite airline! (Why won’t he give Lara his cell number?)  Ian tells us about his start in aviation and his future job aspirations. He’s really cute in person too!Coronation highlights! Mo and Beril wake up at 2 am to watch HRH King Charles get crowned!Would You Rather game. Ian really goes into action during IROPS …Irregular Operations!!Who gets precedent in irregular operations ? Pilots or flight attendants?What is BizHero?No one in aviation celebrated when Southwest had their winter meltdown. We all felt for them! We ALL are one step away from that! What is a flight dispatcher?Math in Action!Ian graduates from dispatch school!What’s a 135 and a 121 operator?Ian teaches new hires about non revving. Post Covid flying rush!A Mexican Frontier Airlines!Non Rev Stress!! Coming back to aviation!Outtakes!! Ian!! Give Lara your cell!! Let her feel special!Find Ian on IG at @ianmatthew89✈️ StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist you in your non-rev travels! Use it to find the loads for your non-rev travel!  Use this to sign up and get entered into a free weekly raffle:https://stafftraveler.com/nonrevlounge✈️Don’t forget your PERX.COM discount!! Use NONREVPOD30 https://www.perx.com/nonrevloungepodcast/Thanks for supporting our show,we really appreciate it!Find us on Instagram @NonRevLoungePodcast and Twitter @NonRevLoungePod.If you have any questions or feedback please feel free to reach out to us via email at: Nonrevloungepodcast@gmail.com

The first episode we recorded when we were in DFW was with Ben. He is an Alaska Airlines retiree that has been a big supporter of our show from day one.  Ben is a Canadian and non revs every where. Once he and Lara were in Maui at the same time and almost had dinner!Podcasting from the top of the roof at Phoenix Sky Harbor.StaffTraveler updates!Monique FINALLY gets her flying dependents into FC! Ben gamely podcasts with zero sleep!Ben gets into Aviation through theft! 🤣Marries his aviation career to his hotel career! That’s a win-win! 🙌Weird passengers storiesTinder For Teenagers!  Just kidding…. Ben tells us all about an aviation program where non rev children get to exchange with other non rev kids in other countries! Matches all over the world 🌎https://www.intlyouth.org/node/1Maui vs Kona Ben’s kids are now addicted to travel…Just like Lara’s kids! Careful what you do with your children 🤣Ben tells us about Harbor Airlines float planes!!  Non Rev tip!✈️ StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist you in your non-rev travels! Use it to find the loads for your non-rev travel!  Use this to sign up and get entered into a free weekly raffle:https://stafftraveler.com/nonrevlounge✈️Don’t forget your PERX.COM discount!! Use NONREVPOD30 https://www.perx.com/nonrevloungepodcast/Thanks for supporting our show,we really appreciate it!Find us on Instagram @NonRevLoungePodcast and Twitter @NonRevLoungePod.If you have any questions or feedback please feel free to reach out to us via email at: Nonrevloungepodcast@gmail.com

The 3 of us pinch ourselves silly that we actually had this AAmazing event!    How we all got to DallasPodcasting in the epic new headquarters Meeting the CEO and  the AA podcasterBeril’s Bakes cake! Integrated Operations Center tourFounders PlazaSkyview 8 and Skyview 6 incredible tours What do you desire for lunch? Thank you American Airlines! Raffle!CR Smith Museum tourHarvest Hall dinner, dranks and dancing with the hot guy from Perx! (Lara) Founders Plaza with donuts and coffeeRamp tours!  Thanks to everyone who attended and a recap of some  of them!How the heck did we all get home?Eternal gratitude for Beril at American Airlines for making dreams come true! We cannot acknowledge her enough for all the AAmazing things she accomplished for The Non Rev Lounge listeners. Complete access to American Airlines and the hospitality involved❤️ Her teAAm was wonderful and we are so appreciative!! Thank you for the fantastic donations to our raffle, those models can’t be topped as a plum prize for our listeners!Thank you to Kyle Chang from Clubhouse (download the free app today) and his Aviation Enthusiasts channel. He did a fabulous job as an event coordinator; getting the hotel and rooms together and keeping us on track!  Listen to his channel! I enjoy hanging out on Friday nights there!  Thank you to the famous @aapilotwife, our good friend, Claudi! She got fun raffle prizes, found great places for our dinners, got ramp tours set up, was in charge of the  tee shirts, brought donuts to Founders Plaza,. She was instrumental in making this event happen! We all love her little goodie bags with the meet up printed on them! Kelsey our good friend and personal chauffeur! Kelsey is the person who got the majority of our prizes. JSX loves her, and so do we! She was instrumental in the success of the weekend! We needed an extra hand and there she was! She  dogged people  to get us those  prizes! Kelsey also donated her personal collection of airline kids pins !! ❤️ Coffee at Founders Plaza came in clutch ! When I think Non Rev Lounge, I think Kelsey! Brittany….dang girl! You just got it! Thanks for handling the social media that weekend! I may have missed some meals and sleep, but our social media was current and people who couldn’t attend got to see our event! You rock sister!! Couldn’t have done that without you!Many, many thanks to our sponsors at StaffTraveler, Guillermo and Laurens! You believed in us when we were just a baby podcast and have supported and encouraged us as we grew into the popular podcast we are today❤️ Thank you for contributing to our event and being so incredibly generous with the credits this weekend! 💸💸💸 We missed you! (Lara would have danced all night with you two also!) Appreciation abounds for our friends at https://www.perx.com  They have supported us and sent us Brent (not just dance with you all night Lara) to tell everyone to WORK THOSE PERX!!  Our promo code with them still is operational! NONREVPOD30 Thank you for your support and generosity with so many travel vouchers, bags, pens and fun things and $$ for our event!! Brent fit right in with all of the aviation people! I’m booking a cruise right now! WORK THOSE PERX!!  Don’t forget that anyone on your flying benefits can use Perx as well as non airline friends as long as they’re in your room! You can find the John Derrick’s travel blog at http://www.flyrun.fun/It’s fun and informative. I’m a subscriber! Check out the post he wrote on the Non Rev Lounge Does Dallas 

Our meet up is finished and Tyler is just getting started on the massive job of editing all the podcasts we recorded in Dallas! This episode with our Avgeek, plane spotter friend Craig from the United Kingdom was recorded the day before we left for Dallas!  He and his lovely wife Claire were in town trying to thaw out from the cold British weather. The Queen’s procession.Visiting our area of the countryClub Suites with British Airways Taxes!! Kuala Lumpur must do! First non rev trip to LAXCraig’s side hustleYour can find Craig’s amazing airline photos on Instagram at:  https://instagram.com/doorstomanual.exposure?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=His travel consulting business on Instagram at: https://instagram.com/simplybespoketravel?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=✈️ StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist you in your non-rev travels! Use it to find the loads for your non rev travel!  Use this to sign up and get entered into a free weekly raffle: https://stafftraveler.com/nonrevlounge✈️Don’t forget your PERX.COM discount!! Use NONREVPOD30 https://www.perx.com/nonrevloungepodcast/Thanks for supporting our show,we really appreciate it!Find us on Instagram @NonRevLoungePodcast and Twitter @NonRevLoungePod.If you have any questions or feedback please feel free to reach out to us via email at: Nonrevloungepodcast@gmail.com

Beril is back and she crosses off all the boxes,  Hawaii, the royals, and lay flat seats.Flagship Valor aircraft Quarantin-TreatsTurkey visits (the country, not the poultry) 9 non revs trying to get to Hawaii in July 😱Use Your Resources tips! Osprey sightings Kona MUST DO’s!Why Beril likes cruisesListener lettersWould you talk to a celebrity onboard?We appreciate YOU, our listeners! You can find Beril on IG at  BerilbakesWe’re looking forward to the big meet up in Dallas this weekend! April14-16!  See you there! ✈️ StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist you in your non-rev travels! Use it to find the loads for your non rev travel!  Use this to sign up and get entered into a free weekly raffle: https://stafftraveler.com/nonrevlounge✈️Don’t forget your PERX.COM discount!! Use NONREVPOD30 https://www.perx.com/nonrevloungepodcast/Thanks for supporting our show,we really appreciate it!Find us on Instagram @NonRevLoungePodcast and Twitter @NonRevLoungePod.If you have any questions or feedback please feel free to reach out to us via email at: Nonrevloungepodcast@gmail.com