PROFILE FOR:"SpoKEN Tales" with Ken Solo

 
HOME BASE: San Diego, CA
BIRTHDATE: October 28, 1966

MILES FOR 2000 - 169, 865 / 133 segments
MILES FOR 2001 - 136, 104 / 144 segments

MILEAGE STATUS
Premier Exec on United
Platinum Medallion in Delta
Platinum with Six Continents Priority Club
Silver Honors with Hilton

EVERYTHING ELSE
I work for an international hospitality company and manage a team of consultants mostly West of the Mississippi. While I don't have the lifetime million miler status yet, I certainly feel as though the travel business has made me feel as though I have hit it several times over. From my earliest years, I have always been fascinated with air travel, enjoying the smell of jet fuel at an airport and just wondering in bewilderment at the technology behind getting those magnificent planes in the sky. When I couldn't afford to travel as a child, I collected airline timetables, postcards, and just imagined what it would be like to travel the world over.

Now I get to do almost that and just enjoy every aspect of travel - from cool hotels, to great restaurant, to hanging out at the airports and plane watching. How many people can say that they have been fortunate enough to meet friends in London for brunch, or in Johannesburg for coffee just because schedules match? And think nothing of it?! I've learned to cope with travel trauma, received sincere service most days and meet interesting people in the most unlikely places. Most of all it's broadened my understanding and tolerance - and hopefully when people meet me, it's the same.

I've learned how to balance culture (call it food) and exercise in my travels and really look at the businesses from a practical point of view. More often, it's on my dime rather than on my company's, so I look at what good value is without compromising safety, personal health or indignity. Hopefully I get to share those hidden secrets and the fun of air travel with you and that you too enjoy the "tales". Whether it's tales of a city, or the tails of planes.