FLEM 2016 is on for March 4th and 5th!

[Bradfo69]

A month from right now.... I'll be dining on a Holiday Inn Express cinnamon bun with melted butter and anxiously watching the clock tick until it's time to cross the street and start setting up. Life is good....

[buffo]

17 days and counting!

Adam

[swamidog]

wish I could make it. bend some light for me.

[Bradfo69]

17 days and counting!

Adam

I prefer to think of it as 14 days and currently 12 hours 29 minutes until the tires turn out of the Executive Banquet and Conference Center parking lot to head southward. It ain't happening soon enough.

[Bradfo69]

--- all I can say is: I'm not paying one cent for the energy to get there.

And the car costs "How much...?!?!?!?!?" Lol Trust me.... Elon knows you're paying for it.

[Kingsoflight]

Hope the Mach mini's are ready then.

[DZ]

Ug, I'm looking forward to this and can't wait but there's this crazy small chance that I might not make it. Doing everything I can to make sure I'm there. Work has just been absolutely crazy....

[buffo]

One week to go!

So who is still planning to attend?

Adam

[HankLloydRight]

I'll be there, of course.

Here's something I just did, which I think many of you should consider. Since the FLEM hotel is a Holiday Inn Express, and the SELEM hotel is also, and I'm staying at a HIE on both the way down and back, I signed up for the IHG Chase Credit card:

https://creditcards.chase.com/credit...edit-card.aspx

You get all of the following benefits:

Earn 60,000 bonus points
After you spend $1,000 on purchases in the first 3 months of account opening.* This product is available to you if you do not have this card and have not received a new cardmember bonus for this card in the past 24 months.

5 Points per dollar
Earn 5 points per $1 spent when you stay at our hotels.*

2 Points per dollar
Earn 2 points per $1 spent on purchases at gas stations, grocery stores, and restaurants.*

1 Point per dollar
Earn 1 point per $1 spent on all other purchases.*

$0 introductory annual fee for the first year, then $49†

10% rebate on IHG® Rewards Club point redemptions*
For example, if you redeem 30,000 points, you will receive 3,000 back! Up to 100,000 points back each year.

Annual free night worldwide*

No foreign transaction fees†

Platinum Elite status*
As an IHG® Rewards Club credit cardmember, you qualify for an upgrade to IHG® Rewards Club Platinum Elite status for as long as you remain a Select cardmember.

Since my FLEM hotel will be $540, and the two others about $125 each, that's already $800 towards the $1000 required for the 60k point bonus.

And one free night per year, and an annual fee of $49 is a pretty good deal in itself.

I applied and got the card about 5 days later. I realize that's probably too late to get it in time for FLEM, but I think it's a good card to have in general just for the other benefits, like Platinum Elite Status.

[Bradfo69]

If anyone needs a room at the Holiday Inn Express for FLEM PLEASE contact me. I was given another opportunity nearby, which means I don't need the room for Thursday night through Sunday morning and I'm stuck paying for it because it was a non-cancellable reservation for a lower room rate so, I've already been billed for it back in January. For me... it was $469 and some change. I'm willing to negotiate a deal. And, if a couple of people want to split it, you could and save some cash. I think it has two beds.