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On one of the travel blogs, there was an AA passenger that took a bump for a $600 voucher due to an aircraft swap, then the original flight got delayed to fly out after the bumped flight. Guy emails AA to complain because he was basically sitting in a terminal without a ticket for a bunch of hours, after some back and forth, they realize his flight went out first and they revoke the voucher. I feel kinda bad for the guy because it's a $600 voucher, but he also did continue to complain after they gave him 3,000 courtesy miles. Maybe I'm just too beaten down where I think 3,000 miles is the best that I'm going to get.
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Lote posted:On one of the travel blogs, there was an AA passenger that took a bump for a $600 voucher due to an aircraft swap, then the original flight got delayed to fly out after the bumped flight. Guy emails AA to complain because he was basically sitting in a terminal without a ticket for a bunch of hours, after some back and forth, they realize his flight went out first and they revoke the voucher. I feel kinda bad for the guy because it's a $600 voucher, but he also did continue to complain after they gave him 3,000 courtesy miles. That's it? Mechanical delay usually nets me at least 10k, more often 15k. I would've expected them to at least give him that much.
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Aug 26, 2018 15:04
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Lote posted:On one of the travel blogs, there was an AA passenger that took a bump for a $600 voucher due to an aircraft swap, then the original flight got delayed to fly out after the bumped flight. Guy emails AA to complain because he was basically sitting in a terminal without a ticket for a bunch of hours, after some back and forth, they realize his flight went out first and they revoke the voucher. I feel kinda bad for the guy because it's a $600 voucher, but he also did continue to complain after they gave him 3,000 courtesy miles.
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Aug 27, 2018 18:53
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Has anyone been able to log into the Marriot or SPG websites? I get this very helpful error message when I try to: "We are unable to process your request at this time due to an unprocessable condition. Please try again later."
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Aug 27, 2018 20:59
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Buckhead posted:Has anyone been able to log into the Marriot or SPG websites? I've had no issues. Am an US customer if that means anything e: I did some checking and I received that after I missed my SPG password 2x when combining accounts. Was OK after a refresh Immanentized fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Aug 27, 2018 |
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Aug 27, 2018 21:18
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Buckhead posted:Has anyone been able to log into the Marriot or SPG websites? Buckhead posted:Has anyone been able to log into the Marriot or SPG websites? Delete your browser cookies for both and refresh/restart your browser. This is a common thing lately with the merger.
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Aug 28, 2018 01:13
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I'm never surprised when I find a gob of caulk in random places on an airplane Broken trim piece on a seat? A little caulk will fix it. Gap in overhead panel? Nothing 2" wide caulk line won't cover.
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Aug 28, 2018 20:41
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It's always fun when they have a maintenance crew working on the plane during international flights, drawing nervous looks from the passengers.
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Aug 29, 2018 01:47
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Alright gently caress it I'll ask here since Marriott's tech support is atrocious: does anyone know what the url is for their wifi login? A few months ago they were having login problems and gave everyone a generic code to get in. The code is still working but unfortunately no matter what I do I can't get their router to forget me and force me to sign back in with my actual name and room number so that I can use their premium connection. Someone halp
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Aug 29, 2018 03:11
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Rex-Goliath posted:Alright gently caress it I'll ask here since Marriott's tech support is atrocious: does anyone know what the url is for their wifi login? When you get on their network try going to internetupgrade.marriott.com to see if you can force the login page. I was having the same issue last week and my coworker sent me that URL to try but... I was lazy and never tried it and just lived with the lovely wifi for the rest of the week. 
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Aug 29, 2018 04:00
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In other news, I finally got the Marriott credit card to see if I can meet my points threshold to get to the next tier of lifetime status by the end of the year, but I am a few hundred thousand shy so I gotta get creative... I need to replace my car, can I put a new one on a CC and pay it off immediately? 
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Aug 29, 2018 04:05
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nikosoft posted:When you get on their network try going to internetupgrade.marriott.com to see if you can force the login page. Yeah it throws an error when I try to hit this saying, "We are unable to connect because of a time-duration error associated with your selection. " probably because I'm using a backdoor that should have expired months ago  Also the hotel manager just emailed me to assure me that they're working on getting the wifi back up and he's sorry for the inconvenience 
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nikosoft posted:In other news, I finally got the Marriott credit card to see if I can meet my points threshold to get to the next tier of lifetime status by the end of the year, but I am a few hundred thousand shy so I gotta get creative... I need to replace my car, can I put a new one on a CC and pay it off immediately? Most dealerships won't let you put more 4k - 5k on a card. If they do it's a pretty good indication you can negotiate a better price as they're covering the 2-3% fee.
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Aug 29, 2018 06:50
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Hell is a 7AM Southwest flight from LAX to Baltimore.
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Aug 29, 2018 14:50
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Our HQ is in Baltimore and they all fly Southwest and love it. My airport has a couple of Southwest flights only to Nashville at weird hours so I never fly them, thank god.
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Aug 29, 2018 15:41
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psydude posted:Hell is a Southwest flight
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Aug 29, 2018 15:48
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TheWevel posted:Our HQ is in Baltimore and they all fly Southwest and love it. My airport has a couple of Southwest flights only to Nashville at weird hours so I never fly them, thank god. Baltimore was forsaken by the legacy carriers, so people in central MD have a kind of Stockholm syndrome thing going on with Southwest because it's the only airline that flies direct unless you want to suffer in DC traffic to get to national. Their change policy is great and they're fine for anything sub-2 hours or for cheap personal travel to follow your favorite Jimmy Buffet knock off band tour the Carribbean. But holy poo poo, anything longer than that is basically a greyhound bus ride with pretzels. psydude fucked around with this message at 16:08 on Aug 29, 2018 |
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Aug 29, 2018 16:04
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psydude posted:Hell is a
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Aug 29, 2018 16:28
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DJCobol posted:Fixed. Welcome to flyer talk dot com
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Aug 29, 2018 16:43
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Southwest is bad? Granted, I don’t fly on them much but the planes are usually clean and you sit wherever you sit. IMHO, Your own private jet > Delta > American > Everyone Else > United
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Aug 29, 2018 16:44
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Chartering a jet and all is great but flying private is usually remarkably uncomfortable bc the jets are small and because it’s “free” to tack people on lots of seats are filled but there are no places to put cabin bags so it’s a giant mess
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Aug 29, 2018 16:51
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Tab8715 posted:Southwest is bad? Granted, I don’t fly on them much but the planes are usually clean and you sit wherever you sit. sellouts posted:Welcome to flyer talk dot com
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Aug 29, 2018 16:59
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Delta has "better" domestic service, but their international offering is hot garbage (spoiler: premium economy on all but their most recently renovated aircraft is just comfort plus, which wouldn't be an issue if it wasn't considered a premium economy fare). The same goes for the fare restrictions on upgrades on international routes (American only restricts basic economy and certain specialty airfares). United is the worst airline, full stop. Ask anyone who's ever burned a boatload of points (or their employer's money) to upgrade to business on an international route and thought sitting in a window seat would be a pleasant experience. Alaska is definitely the best domestic airline, but that's only really useful to people in the west coast and unfortunately they don't do international.
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Aug 29, 2018 17:44
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psydude posted:Delta has "better" domestic service, but their international offering is hot garbage (spoiler: premium economy on all but their most recently renovated aircraft is just comfort plus, which wouldn't be an issue if it wasn't considered a premium economy fare). The same goes for the fare restrictions on upgrades on international routes (American only restricts basic economy and certain specialty airfares). quote:United is the worst airline, full stop. Ask anyone who's ever burned a boatload of points (or their employer's money) to upgrade to business on an international route and thought sitting in a window seat would be a pleasant experience. quote:Alaska is definitely the best domestic airline, but that's only really useful to people in the west coast and unfortunately they don't do international.
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Aug 29, 2018 17:48
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nikosoft posted:In other news, I finally got the Marriott credit card to see if I can meet my points threshold to get to the next tier of lifetime status by the end of the year, but I am a few hundred thousand shy so I gotta get creative... I need to replace my car, can I put a new one on a CC and pay it off immediately? How does this work? Don’t you need literally millions of points for lifetime?
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Aug 29, 2018 18:08
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Mandalay posted:How does this work? Don’t you need literally millions of points for lifetime? Under the new system, it's just years of status and nights. That all said, you can also buy ~50,000 points/year.
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Aug 29, 2018 19:58
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psydude posted:Delta has "better" domestic service, but their international offering is hot garbage (spoiler: premium economy on all but their most recently renovated aircraft is just comfort plus, which wouldn't be an issue if it wasn't considered a premium economy fare). The same goes for the fare restrictions on upgrades on international routes (American only restricts basic economy and certain specialty airfares). Delta prices true premium economy (premium select) and Comfort+ differently
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Aug 29, 2018 21:00
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Small White Dragon posted:He said NEXT tier, the tiers (under the old system) IIRC were 1.2, 1.6, and 2 million points respectively, so presumably less than 400,000. (Hopefully a lot less.) Ahh, just looked it up. It's not just points - you also need a ton of nights. https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/marriott/will-able-hit-lifetime-spg-marriott-status-year-lifetime-program-devalued/
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“A few hundred thousand” is going to be tough without some actual spend. You can buy 50k, transfer in some from UA and from a Chase UR card, and apply for the new SPG and Marriott cards. Outside of that I think your only other option is to have some from a spouse’s account transferred in to satisfy an award like a big travel package. I mean, maybe it’s possible, but you’ll want to seriously do your research to make sure that they’ll all stack the way you need them to.
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Aug 30, 2018 02:54
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If the airline you're flying with doesn't support Precheck, can you use your global entry card to get into the Precheck line instead?
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psydude posted:If the airline you're flying with doesn't support Precheck, can you use your global entry card to get into the Precheck line instead?
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Aug 30, 2018 16:58
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DJCobol posted:I don't think so. I'm pretty sure it has to be on the boarding pass. This is correct. You can't use a Global Entry, Nexus, or Sentri card. Nor can you use the approval letter. It's boarding pass or nothing.
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Aug 30, 2018 17:03
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Thomamelas posted:This is correct. You can't use a Global Entry, Nexus, or Sentri card. Nor can you use the approval letter. It's boarding pass or nothing. Good thing you can't print out boarding passes on your own printer and add whatever you want.
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Aug 30, 2018 17:24
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Midjack posted:Good thing you can't print out boarding passes on your own printer and add whatever you want. They'll shoo you over to the regular line when they scan your BP and it isn't flagged in the PreCheck system. If they notice you modified your BP to add the PreCheck logo, I'd hope they send you to SSSS.
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Aug 30, 2018 17:29
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Midjack posted:Good thing you can't print out boarding passes on your own printer and add whatever you want. It fails when they go to scan it. At RDU they seem to have gotten rid of the person who does visual checks, so you'll see TSA agents there scan people's boarding pass and then inform them they aren't pre-check. So they get bounced to the regular line. The fun part is when they feel that waiting in the four person pre-check line entitles them to jump to the front of the regular line.
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Aug 30, 2018 18:17
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Has anyone taken up Sheraton’s gift offer on getting one of their mattresses? I just got a new place and am gonna replace my mattress soon and just remembered that I have that as an option. I really liked their stuff when I stayed there but who knows if that’s what I’ll actually get.
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Aug 30, 2018 19:04
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Thomamelas posted:It fails when they go to scan it. At RDU they seem to have gotten rid of the person who does visual checks, so you'll see TSA agents there scan people's boarding pass and then inform them they aren't pre-check. So they get bounced to the regular line. The fun part is when they feel that waiting in the four person pre-check line entitles them to jump to the front of the regular line.
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Aug 30, 2018 19:05
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DJCobol posted:This happens all the time at BNA too. Someone without precheck will get in line, scan their BP, and then get kicked to the back of the normal line by the TSA agent. Sometimes it makes for some nice comedy.
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Aug 30, 2018 21:06
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I guess the “machines aren’t working” or some other insanity for EWR Terminal A Gates 30-39 so even the precheck line is all the way down the hallway to the bathrooms and I might actually miss my flight despite being here an hr before boarding ????
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You use your Nexus or Global Entry card to get into the cool guy line (at airport security) in Canada. You can bring your friends too.
Guy Axlerod fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Aug 31, 2018 |
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