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Guy Axlerod posted:For those of you who use Concur, is there a way to book for multiple people at once? Have one person buy their tickets and then just copy that itinerary for everyone else? That's what our admins do. Protip: Make sure you're the one whose stuff is purchased last. By that point there might only be first class available.
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Thoguh posted:Marriott makes you ask for an upgrade instead of just giving it to you? It depends widely on the property, but when I had Platinum status with Marriott a few years back I asked almost universally, and that was before they added suites to their upgrade policy. As a current SPG Platinum, I still ask and usually get the upgrade at check in. A few properties (like the Sheraton Barra in Rio de Janeiro which I miss very much) will upgrade elites in advance, but usually I see the basic upgrade to a regular room on a club floor or whatever. I did get the presidential suite at the Sheraton Gunther in San Antonio a couple of months ago prior to check in, so that was nice. At the end of the day, if it hasn't been confirmed in advance, always ask at check in. You can do this without being a DYKWIA/douche/rear end in a top hat and if you're denied, respond with, "ok, thanks for checking" and let it go.
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Jul 24, 2014 01:07
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I slip in a 20 dollar tip each time. Sometimes yes sometimes no. However if I do get rejected they might throw in other things. I still feel like tipping isn't really effective though
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Jul 24, 2014 01:56
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Thoguh posted:Marriott makes you ask for an upgrade instead of just giving it to you? There is no consistency and if they haven't already done it, if you don't ask then you certainly won't get it. I do it in a non DYKWIA manner and shrug it off if I'm denied. If through the course of my stay, the place is dead and I missed the upgrade then I hold it against the hotel and try my luck somewhere else next time i'm in town. I like a suite, what can I say.
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Aristotle Animes posted:There is no consistency and if they haven't already done it, if you don't ask then you certainly won't get it. I do it in a non DYKWIA manner and shrug it off if I'm denied. If through the course of my stay, the place is dead and I missed the upgrade then I hold it against the hotel and try my luck somewhere else next time i'm in town. I like a suite, what can I say. To me, that right there is the key. Vote with your wallet; do business with vendors that provide quality service and shun the rest.
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Jul 24, 2014 13:05
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caberham posted:I slip in a 20 dollar tip each time. Sometimes yes sometimes no. However if I do get rejected they might throw in other things. I felt like this was a buzzfeed top8 secret travel trips thing. People with any sort of status really do this? Is it with petty cash or are you not expensing it?
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Jul 24, 2014 15:42
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sellouts posted:I felt like this was a buzzfeed top8 secret travel trips thing. No, I've been SPG Platinum/Concierge for a zillion years and I have never paid a tip. Asking usually works just as well.
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Jul 24, 2014 17:43
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Honestly I don't care much about hotel rooms on business travel as long as they are decent. I'd much prefer an airline or car upgrade over a hotel upgrade. The only hotel difference I care much about is lounge access (if they have one). Generally I'm not using the room for anything other than showering and sleeping anyway. A suite upgrade is pretty awesome when I'm on my own dime though.
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Jul 24, 2014 22:17
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Exec floor upgrades increase my chances of being insulated from lovely little league trips and the like. I like peace in my room.
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Jul 25, 2014 00:42
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Thoguh posted:Honestly I don't care much about hotel rooms on business travel as long as they are decent. I'd much prefer an airline or car upgrade over a hotel upgrade. The only hotel difference I care much about is lounge access (if they have one). Generally I'm not using the room for anything other than showering and sleeping anyway. Yeah pretty much the only thing I care about is free nights and so on. I like to simmer in nice baths if I have the chance but thats really a by hotel basis and not rooms. Aristotle Animes posted:Exec floor upgrades increase my chances of being insulated from lovely little league trips and the like. I like peace in my room. I've never had this happen really, maybe I'm getting just a level above that stuff? Or really lucky. Its definitely happened on personal trips though, earplugs are nice. The only "problem" I had with organized sports teams is when the Japanese national women's ice hockey team stayed in the same hotel in Wisconsin 
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Jul 25, 2014 00:47
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I imagine if spent 50-100 more a night I could probably shed the family vacationers by and large. I go to a lot of recreational spots and thus I get trumpeting elephant children.
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Jul 25, 2014 01:11
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Aristotle Animes posted:I imagine if spent 50-100 more a night I could probably shed the family vacationers by and large. I go to a lot of recreational spots and thus I get trumpeting elephant children. I just sleep with earplugs, with them I don't notice anything once I lie down.
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Jul 25, 2014 03:35
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Thoguh posted:I just sleep with earplugs, with them I don't notice anything once I lie down. Including my alarm the next morning, sometimes.
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Jul 25, 2014 04:13
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Midjack posted:Including my alarm the next morning, sometimes. I have this song set to full volume on my phone alarm. It goes right through the earplugs.
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Jul 25, 2014 13:04
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Thoguh posted:I have this song set to full volume on my phone alarm. It goes right through the earplugs. God I hope that song is available on those TouchTunes machines they have at bars. I am going to put that on repeat.
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Jul 25, 2014 15:01
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11:00 am canceled thus begun the nightmare. Considered fist fighting a middle age women, "you need to move" when I was trying to queue up to talk to a gate agent. And then I just overheard a woman practically crying about her bag that's checked on a flight while an attendant tries to explain it's on the plane already. It's amazing how people act in airports, just nasty and like...dumb.
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Jul 25, 2014 18:28
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Xguard86 posted:11:00 am canceled thus begun the nightmare. Considered fist fighting a middle age women, "you need to move" when I was trying to queue up to talk to a gate agent. And then I just overheard a woman practically crying about her bag that's checked on a flight while an attendant tries to explain it's on the plane already. It's amazing how people act in airports, just nasty and like...dumb. Stepping into an airport drops everyone's IQ and situational awareness by like twenty points.
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Jul 25, 2014 19:05
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I would rank almost fist fighting someone as up there in ridiculous behavior. Back on the road to Chicago. So I had to go early and add a night at the front end. Rather than extend my reservation they booked a second one. So now I am getting credit for 2 stays. It never occurred to me to do this. Isn't this just gaming the system to boost to minimum stay requirements? Or do they usually catch on to this?
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Jul 25, 2014 19:08
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sellouts posted:I would rank almost fist fighting someone as up there in ridiculous behavior. Hey she started it! I have marriott promotion going that requires 3 stays and x points but I'm booking monthly so I have to request some manual action to count my stays and log my points. So I guess you could game it like that since they don't seem to care when I count 1 month long stay as 4 1 weekers. Then again maybe if I was trying this daily they'd stop me.
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Jul 25, 2014 19:36
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Why not just do some mattress hopping? Are there any other Marriott properties in the area? Or any other chains you could jump to in order to break up your stays?
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Jul 25, 2014 20:02
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So Avianca Brazil is apparently not part of *A even though regular Avianca is. Bizarre.
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Jul 25, 2014 21:36
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sellouts posted:I would rank almost fist fighting someone as up there in ridiculous behavior. A colleague several years ago got in good with one of the ladies at the front desk. She checked him out and in every single day. He didn't even have to go to the front desk.
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Jul 25, 2014 23:29
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Thoguh posted:I have this song set to full volume on my phone alarm. It goes right through the earplugs. oh my GOD Where did you find this? poo poo, it's on iTunes. We have the soundtrack for next week at the lab.
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Jul 26, 2014 01:12
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Midjack posted:Including my alarm the next morning, sometimes. I've got a https://jawbone.com/up which I wear in bed (it has a sleep tracking feature) that vibrates when my alarm goes off. Seems to do the trick for me.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2014/07/24/dad-says-southwest-removed-him-from-flight-over-twitter-gripe/13088173/quote:
Guaranteed this is DYKWIA rear end in a top hat. SW gate agents are awesome in Denver but they don't hesitate to shut down your dumb bullshit. I saw them force a guy to get off a plane when they found out he took a blue preboard sleeve out of the gate desk trashcan. That was awesome
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quote:Watson says he responded with: "Real nice way to treat an A-List. I'll be sure to tweet about it." The only way to proceed here is execution. Consider it a mercy killing, think about those poor children. This guy had some time to think about it and still shared that he actually said these words. Jesus Christ.
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Jul 26, 2014 03:17
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Power tripping GAs and FAs are every bit as annoying and despicable as the dykwia.
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sellouts posted:I would rank almost fist fighting someone as up there in ridiculous behavior. You can sometimes get individual properties to do this but the audit folks at the mothership look for things like this and whack the peepees of those who do it regularly (a buddy of mine works for SPG so I hear stories). I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try if you needed stay credit for requal, but I wouldn't do it just to get a few extra points or something.
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Pissingintowind posted:So Avianca Brazil is apparently not part of *A even though regular Avianca is. Bizarre. Yep, they left and Azul joined. I booked an an Azul award ticket using my UA miles for a buddy of mine (who flies AA) and was down there for World Cup. He said they were quite decent for the intra-Brazil hop, and they're looking to expand their long haul ops with a J product that looks pretty good from the early pics I've seen of it.
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I've priority boarded on swa with someone on the A-list and it was allowed. I thought they gave families early boarding anyway. So I kinda understand the dudes reaction, but seems like he's a dick and I would not be surprised if there was something else that got the gate agent going.
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Mackieman posted:You can sometimes get individual properties to do this but the audit folks at the mothership look for things like this and whack the peepees of those who do it regularly (a buddy of mine works for SPG so I hear stories). I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try if you needed stay credit for requal, but I wouldn't do it just to get a few extra points or something. Yeah. Wasn't intentional and I am sure they have record that I booked them at different times and via different methods. Also it felt good to one up my buddy with over 1m SPG points by dropping my SPG Amex with chip and signature before he got it. Small victories.
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Xguard86 posted:I've priority boarded on swa with someone on the A-list and it was allowed. I thought they gave families early boarding anyway. So I kinda understand the dudes reaction, but seems like he's a dick and I would not be surprised if there was something else that got the gate agent going. Family boarding is between the A and B groups, but only if you have kids 4 or younger.
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If you board late is it possible to get separated from your kids on a SWA flight? I've never flown with them and have no idea about their boarding.
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Uncle Jam posted:If you board late is it possible to get separated from your kids on a SWA flight? I've never flown with them and have no idea about their boarding. Seating is first come, first served on WN. I imagine that's why keeping your party together would be higher priority in that situation, especially if you have kids involved.
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Usually they are pretty cool and would prob work with you to keep your fam together, at least until you threaten a twitter war.
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Please to not ask me to switch your middle with my aisle so you can sit with your 12 year old on a 3 hour flight.
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Aristotle Animes posted:Please to not ask me to switch your middle with my aisle so you can sit with your 12 year old on a 3 hour flight. I always just throw the headphones on and pretend to sleep if I get any inclination that someone will try and swap seats with me. Just give nothing but "leave me the gently caress alone" body language.
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Colleague of mine, right across the aisle from me, was asked by a pax to switch her aisle for a window in F on a 2.5hr ride "because this was her first time in first class". Colleague said no and was berated by an FA who made a huge deal out of it by asking the pax in a loud voice "Did you ask her to switch with you? And she wouldn't? Awww well maybe she should read Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People." Then came back to ask the pax, right over the top of my colleague's head "SHE STILL WON'T SWITCH WITH YOU, AWWW, I'M SO SORRY. SOME PEOPLE, HMMM?" just.... wow. I think I might have called the purser.
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I asked a dude last night if he wanted to switch so he could sit next to his wife, and he was like, "no I don't like the bulkhead"
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Actually I've seen them use the PA to find empty rows or at least seats close to each other and then an attendant goes and holds that row for the fam. Forget asking people to give up an aisle/window, sky law man. It would be weird to not be sequential in your boarding group anyway since you'd need to buy in separate batches. Not SWA I got the seat next to my gf on an AA trip we bought separately but almost simultaneously.
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