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Neat, I didn't have to go for an interview to renew my Global Entry.
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FunOne posted:What's required to get my APEC card if I already have GE? Apply, fee, and appointment to sign some papers? That's generally it. The APEC card is so tits, it saves me hours every time I go to China. It also got me around a three hour line in Peru last year.
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This is such crap and I want to strangle my VP of finance. I had a hotel picked out (Chicago O"Haire Renaissance) that was within the limit for hotels ($200 in this case), but had a cheaper rate available through a company we partner with. I sent him an email asking if I should book directly with the hotel to get the cheaper rate. I got this back: quote:Please amend your reservation and book the following hotel for 111$/night. After I raised exception to that, I got this: quote:OK, but the question is if there is cheaper hotel than [other company] rate in the area (like the case in Chicago). 
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Aug 20, 2016 19:57
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KillHour posted:This is such crap and I want to strangle my VP of finance. Tis better to ask for forgiveness rather than permission in these cases.
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Aug 20, 2016 21:51
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Someone I know is a senior engineer at a tech company known for "being frugal." They cancelled her booked hotel for a giant convention because it was too expensive--she noted this was the cheapest room in the area. They then looked for a new hotel room and couldn't find any even at twice the rate of the original cost. So, since they're loving morons and cancelled the room before finding another (or so they say) , they stuck her out in the suburbs 45 minutes away. And there was no reprimand, no consequence. Nothing.
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Aug 21, 2016 01:01
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I was yelled at by a client this week for being too frugal. Again. I think I am going to go work for them in house.
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Aug 21, 2016 01:43
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Mackieman posted:Tis better to ask for forgiveness rather than permission in these cases. I've found this is often the best policy in general for business. Most of the time it never even gets noticed, and if it does, it's always forgiven.
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Blinkman987 posted:Someone I know is a senior engineer at a tech company known for "being frugal." There would've been heads on pikes to serve as warning to others had that happened to me.
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Aug 21, 2016 13:27
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sellouts posted:I was yelled at by a client this week for being too frugal. Again. It's one of the few nice things about working for a giant bank: as long as you're not crazy, do whatever you want.
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Aug 21, 2016 13:28
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Really, Lufthansa makes you pay $35 per leg for seat reservations on transatlantic economy??? Do people's expense policies pay for that?
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smackfu posted:Really, Lufthansa makes you pay $35 per leg for seat reservations on transatlantic economy??? Do people's expense policies pay for that? If you have Star Gold I think it's free. Otherwise, I would expense it.
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Aug 21, 2016 14:40
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Mackieman posted:It's one of the few nice things about working for a giant bank: as long as you're not crazy, do whatever you want. "Act in the company/clients best interest" is all the travel policy that I need. Shame the company doesn't agree.
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Aug 21, 2016 16:48
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I'm just going to book the hotel I want at the company rate and point to the travel policy if I'm asked. I literally live out of hotels. Living in a dump is not on my list of life goals.
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Aug 22, 2016 14:53
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That's why asking for forgiveness rather than permission is the way to go. The people behind the scenes don't see your position since they don't travel and just look at the bottom line.
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Aug 22, 2016 15:36
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smackfu posted:Really, Lufthansa makes you pay $35 per leg for seat reservations on transatlantic economy??? Do people's expense policies pay for that? KLM just started doing this as well (their idea to charge for checked luggage on intercontinental flights seems to have bounced, for now) but you'll have plenty of choice picking a seat when you check in online. There's still loads of people checking in at the airport.
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anitsirK posted:Probably an awkward combination of being spoiled and being used to having to fight for travel budget and make the most of every possible chance to see a customer face-to-face. I think 4 trips in a year was the highest I made it to, in my last role. Now, I'm 2 months in at a new place, and getting ready for 2 2-week trips between now and the end of September. I will just add that if you are flying Toronto > London you will be absolutely fine. I can't imagine a scenario where you wouldn't get a seat on those flights (it just might cost a bit more if sale fares are gone, thats the cost of doing business). I have done many last minute long haul flights where I booked for the next day. Unless you are flying into a small regional airport where there's only one flight a day and they sell out often you won't ever have issues. Even in that case there's not much you can do if it's someone else responsibility to book a flight/make sure you're there. You learn to go with it. I've also flown to cities without accommodation booked yet. I find there is no use stressing out on these things when my work is paying and things are out of my hands.
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Aug 25, 2016 03:28
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I left my kindle in last night's hotel. I'm so disappointed by this.
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Aug 25, 2016 04:29
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Many thanks to everyone who recommended National as the go-to rental car brand. Not only do I breeze past the lines at the rental outpost, but they make it really easy to hit Executive and rack up the free rental days. A+, now avoiding other brands like the plague
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Noggin Monkey posted:Many thanks to everyone who recommended National as the go-to rental car brand. Not only do I breeze past the lines at the rental outpost, but they make it really easy to hit Executive and rack up the free rental days. You can get free Executive from a Mastercard World Elite card. Many MCs are world elite, e.g. Barclaycard Arrival+
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Mandalay posted:You can get free Executive from a Mastercard World Elite card. Many MCs are world elite, e.g. Barclaycard Arrival+ Executive is trivially easy to achieve anyway, not worth chasing it on a card unless there are significant other benefits to the card.
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Noggin Monkey posted:Many thanks to everyone who recommended National as the go-to rental car brand. Not only do I breeze past the lines at the rental outpost, but they make it really easy to hit Executive and rack up the free rental days. There should be a 1-2-Free promotion coming up in the next month or so anyways. Time to rack up the free days again! I think last year I ended up with 4 from the normal rates, and 6 from 1-2-Free.
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DJCobol posted:There should be a 1-2-Free promotion coming up in the next month or so anyways. Time to rack up the free days again! I think last year I ended up with 4 from the normal rates, and 6 from 1-2-Free. drat Charlotte and everything being so close together a rental car doesn't make sense.
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So it looks like on my HNL-SLC flight next month I'm stuck on one of Deltas least desirable AC, a 767-332ER. Took first class in hopes I'd at least have a chance to fall asleep and odds aren't looking good. I'm going to try and take Row 1 so I don't get a seat reclining into my face at least. The good news is my outbound of SEA-KOA appears to be a freshly redone 757 (H) which is supposedly pretty decent. Probably try for Row 1 as well in it.
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Pvt Dancer posted:KLM just started doing this as well (their idea to charge for checked luggage on intercontinental flights seems to have bounced, for now) but you'll have plenty of choice picking a seat when you check in online. There's still loads of people checking in at the airport. That's true, I didn't think about it that way. Charging for seat reservations just makes a lot less seats be reserved in advance.
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DJCobol posted:There should be a 1-2-Free promotion coming up in the next month or so anyways. Time to rack up the free days again! I think last year I ended up with 4 from the normal rates, and 6 from 1-2-Free. Just went active today, actually
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Aug 25, 2016 22:26
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Just in time for my E Coast tour! Wahoo!
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pig slut lisa posted:Just went active today, actually Didn't see anything - is it a selective offer?
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Noggin Monkey posted:Didn't see anything - is it a selective offer? I don't think so. Go here and try to register: https://www.emeraldclubpromos.com/12Free/2016/
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I'm scheduled to fly back into central Florida on Thursday, just in time to pass through the tropical storm. This is my first time flying into (or being scheduled to fly into) a big storm system. Do they typically cancel flights going into the area? Attempt to fly around it? Or do they do the delay-delay-delay-cancel thing, meaning I'll have to sit at LAX all day waiting to find out?
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Delay delay delay oh here's a flight with everyone else then delay when you are on the Tarmac. Yeah check in online and have a boarding pass but I would chill out in the city and eat some burritos
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At least for DL they'll give you a fee waiver on rebooking so you should just do that unless there's an incredibly compelling reason to do otherwise.
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It's really not worth sitting around the airport for god knows how long unless you have access to some nice lounges
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My boss just sent me an email saying to be in Israel in less than two weeks. Looks like I might hit platinum with United this year after all. Which is crazy, considering I didn't start using them until late May.
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Just hit silver on Delta and got upgraded to first class on my return leg. Only took 30 plane trips.....
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llamaperl2 posted:Just hit silver on Delta and got upgraded to first class on my return leg. Only took 30 plane trips..... Lucky you. I didn't start getting upgrades until I was drat near platinum unless I was flying out of some rinky-dink shithole airport. I'm looking at you, GRR.
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DJCobol posted:Lucky you. I didn't start getting upgrades until I was drat near platinum unless I was flying out of some rinky-dink shithole airport. I'm looking at you, GRR. Well, I do fly out of a rinky-dink shithole airport (ROC). The only redeeming part of flying out of an airport that small is I can get up at 4, shower, drive, park, go through security, and be at the gate by 5.
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Ugh I am about 200 miles shy of United Silver (worthless but would help me regain status quicker next year). My travel window for the year is rapidly coming to a close because I'm having a kid soon, so there's a pretty good chance I won't get another United flight. I've never done a mileage run and it doesn't seem worth my time for that few miles. The Milage Accelerator or whatever it's called offered me 1k miles for $150 on my last flight, which I thought was a bit expensive. Any other options to gain just a few PQM?
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Tyro posted:Ugh I am about 200 miles shy of United Silver (worthless but would help me regain status quicker next year). My travel window for the year is rapidly coming to a close because I'm having a kid soon, so there's a pretty good chance I won't get another United flight. I've never done a mileage run and it doesn't seem worth my time for that few miles. The Milage Accelerator or whatever it's called offered me 1k miles for $150 on my last flight, which I thought was a bit expensive. Any other options to gain just a few PQM? I think the Mileage Plus site will let you just buy out the rest of your status on the site. It offered it too me at least once. Should be cheaper than 1k miles, but it still going to be expensive for what it is.
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Cool, that would be ideal depending on the price they ask for. Just keep an eye out towards the end of the year?
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