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Kreez posted:Anyone know details about EU flight cancellation compensation? I wasn't aware that non-EU carriers were subject to EU compensation laws if departing from the EU. I assumed that a Canadian carrier operating LGW-Canada would be under Canadian laws, which offer 0 protection to the passenger, so I accepted a $200 (CAD) travel voucher over the phone. You can still file a claim. http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/passenger-rights/air/index_en.htm The EU's website is hilarious.
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My last flight home from the EU was delayed but not enough to trigger EU 261. I was actually bummed because I was looking forward to trying to claim some sweet reimbursement Euros.
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May 23, 2016 20:23
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It took a year but euclaim.co.uk got me 600 euro after Delta denied my direct request. I had actually forgotten about it by the time I got the letter. It's worth a shot, they only take their cut if they successfully get your claim paid.
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May 23, 2016 20:38
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Kreez posted:Anyone know details about EU flight cancellation compensation? I wasn't aware that non-EU carriers were subject to EU compensation laws if departing from the EU. I assumed that a Canadian carrier operating LGW-Canada would be under Canadian laws, which offer 0 protection to the passenger, so I accepted a $200 (CAD) travel voucher over the phone. Did you buy travel insurance
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Really struggling trying to decide between committing to SPG vs. Marriott. Already have 10 nights w/ Marriott this year, but have a much better shot at 10 stays for SPG gold than 50 nights for Marriott Gold. Company has solid rates with each pretty much everywhere I plan on traveling, and I'm not too constrained by price (so can easily book an SPG hotel if it's $100 more/night, for example). Any thoughts? (Sent from the Meridien Piccadilly, and very much considering checking out early tomorrow and going back to the Edition for a few nights)
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May 26, 2016 21:09
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Go SPG, it isn't going to matter strategically since they will merge in a bit but SPG is generally much nicer.
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May 26, 2016 21:34
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I went from Marriott Gold down to Silver this year and maintained SPG Gold. I agree with Kyoon.
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May 26, 2016 23:02
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SPG is the way to be if you don't have easy and regular access to Hyatt properties.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Go SPG, it isn't going to matter strategically since they will merge in a bit but SPG is generally much nicer.
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Mackieman posted:SPG is the way to be if you don't have easy and regular access to Hyatt properties. I've spent almost six months in SPG hotels in Mexico City, London, and Milan in the past year and a half. I liked le Meridien in Mexico City best. Their Westin in Milan is pretty tired. TheImmigrant fucked around with this message at 03:19 on May 27, 2016 |
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May 27, 2016 03:15
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Get SPG gold on spend alone if you can't get plat Aloft Kuala Lumpur is pretty great for the price
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Thanks for the advice. Did some googling and found out I'm eligible for the SPG Platinum challenge (18 nights in 90 days), which I should hit pretty easily with some heavy travel the next couple months.
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ScooterMcTiny posted:Thanks for the advice. Did some googling and found out I'm eligible for the SPG Platinum challenge (18 nights in 90 days), which I should hit pretty easily with some heavy travel the next couple months. Yeah, just call them and ask or email SPG. If you miss it once, just ask them to do it again, there's no penalty or waiting period if you miss it.
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May 27, 2016 11:36
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Double post! Use this link to doctorofcredit to see if your United Mileage Plus account is eligible for bonus miles for just buying/flying United. My offer was 6,000 bonus miles for $500 spent on United, 9,000 additional bonus miles for $1,000 and 15,000 for $2,000 for a total of 30,000 bonus miles. Easy to make with work flights
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May 30, 2016 00:56
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poo poo, I bought $1k of tickets for personal travel just last week which don't count towards the promotion. I have to spend $2k just to hit the first tier reward they offered me, who knows whether I will hit that or not, I have no control over which airlines I fly.
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Tyro posted:poo poo, I bought $1k of tickets for personal travel just last week which don't count towards the promotion. I have to spend $2k just to hit the first tier reward they offered me, who knows whether I will hit that or not, I have no control over which airlines I fly. Don't feel bad; my offer was for an additional $19K before I hit a bonus. I may do a third of that before the end of the year, so no bonus for me. Such is life.
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May 30, 2016 15:19
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Hey, after a bunch of research I can conclude that the us airways part of the new American sucks!
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sellouts posted:Hey, after a bunch of research I can conclude that the us airways part of the new American sucks! Remember when US Airways tried to nix free sodas on flights and started charging for them? Boy, that didn't play out well.
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I don't because I never flew them until they joined American. What a terrible experience. Also the lines were not bad today for people without precheck. I wish I could bring myself to show up later for flights but I am paranoid that when I do that I'll be randomly selected to go through regular security. That being said, officially back in the saddle for international work travel on Saturday. Going to completely ignore my previous regimen for eating healthy on the road because it's goddamn London, Paris and Rome and I haven't been in a while.
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May 31, 2016 08:28
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The lovely folks at Delta are batting 1000 this time around. Was supposed to fly IAH -> ATL -> STL yesterday but due to a hydraulic leak in the landing gear on that flight we were delayed and i was rebooked for the first flight out this morning (same routing). We get all loaded up on the plane and the Capitan comes on and lets us know, Oops. they didn't inspect the plane last night so we'll be delayed about an hour. Of course this causes another case where I'll never make my connection in ATL. The lovely folks on the help line weren't able to do anything but MAYBE get me into STL at 14:30 today. Client said gently caress it, cancel the whole trip. Fine no problem. But my baggage is currently winging its way to STL. Business travel is Fun!
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May 31, 2016 15:45
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more importantly what idiot accepts that routing
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:more importantly what idiot accepts that routing Yay least cost "reasonable" options from Concur!
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What I want: A list of airports that have Lufthansa business lounges. What I can find: This site where you have to go through a list of half the cities in the world one by one to find out if there's a lounge. Can anybody help me out? I feel like this shouldn't be hard at all, but google is loving me over.
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So I have to go to Toronto for a meeting on Friday, and am spending the weekend. Fuckers are flying me vermin class on Porter Air. How bad are we talking? And where in Toronto should I take my date on Saturday evening?KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:more importantly what idiot accepts that routing I had to fly CLT (my favorite airport code) - DTW - DCA last year. That sucked.
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May 31, 2016 17:25
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I was just helping someone find "the next flight to JFK, regardless of price" and United offered me PHL-EWR-CLE(51 minute layover)-JFK. Neat.
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Porter is cool and good. Good snacks and beer. Great experience in Toronto at Bishop instead of the absolute clusterfuck that is Pearson, and the Gardiner/QEW. Eventually airlines will learn that white interiors don't hold up. Zaepho posted:Yay least cost "reasonable" options from Concur! condolences
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Per posted:What I want: A list of airports that have Lufthansa business lounges. I can't believe that everyone's favorite spergs on FT don't have one.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Porter is cool and good. Good snacks and beer. Great experience in Toronto at Bishop instead of the absolute clusterfuck that is Pearson, and the Gardiner/QEW. Eventually airlines will learn that white interiors don't hold up. Yeah, the taxis from Pearson to downtown cost a fortune. This airport looks much more reasonable.
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sellouts posted:That being said, officially back in the saddle for international work travel on Saturday. Going to completely ignore my previous regimen for eating healthy on the road because it's goddamn London, Paris and Rome and I haven't been in a while. Hot drat that's a hell of a slate. I wish there was some reason for work to send me to London because the burgers at MEATmission have been haunting my dreams for over a year.
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I am an AA Plat and doing an international economy award ticket travel in a few months. As I understand it, I will not have access to AA lounges in the States, or Qantas domestic lounges, but should otherwise have access to all Oneworld Lounges. Is this correct? Are there Qantas international lounges separate from the domestic lounges?
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Buckhead posted:I am an AA Plat and doing an international economy award ticket travel in a few months. You get lounge access on your international itinerary. So, you get access to the lounge of whomever you're travelling on while on that journey. So, yeah, get blitzed at the Admirals club before you leave.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Porter is cool and good. Good snacks and beer. Great experience in Toronto at Bishop instead of the absolute clusterfuck that is Pearson, and the Gardiner/QEW. Eventually airlines will learn that white interiors don't hold up. everything about the porter experience is fun, especially their mascot  E: I never flew into Meigs back when it existed but I imagine it felt something like landing at Bishop.
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Buckhead posted:I am an AA Plat and doing an international economy award ticket travel in a few months. Not really sure what you mean by your question here. Qantas international and domestic lounges are in different terminals and so therefore separate? You have Qantas Club for domestic which I believe Oneworld Sapphire will let you in and Qantas Domestic business lounge for Oneworld Emerald. There's not a whole lot of difference between the two. I am not familiar with AA status so it might be very different to Qantas.
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Yeah, every Delta flight I've had this year so far has been late. Only once did it work to my advantage.
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TheImmigrant posted:So I have to go to Toronto for a meeting on Friday, and am spending the weekend. Fuckers are flying me vermin class on Porter Air. How bad are we talking? And where in Toronto should I take my date on Saturday evening? If I have to fly into Toronto I would beg borrow and steal to get on Porter.
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Barry posted:If I have to fly into Toronto I would beg borrow and steal to get on Porter. This makes me feel better. For some reason, I was anticipating a Spirit-like experience.
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Fists Up posted:Not really sure what you mean by your question here. Qantas international and domestic lounges are in different terminals and so therefore separate? Got it now - I was just a little confused by this asterisk under the AAdvantage benefits chart: "Access to Qantas Domestic Business Lounges excluded." I wasn't aware of the distinction between Qantas's lounges, but sounds like I should be good to go as long as I'm flying out of an international terminal.
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TheImmigrant posted:This makes me feel better. For some reason, I was anticipating a Spirit-like experience. The only issue is if you really, really do not like prop planes. Porter only flies Q400s which are quite new and have cabin noise cancelling and are frankly nicer than most RJs but they are 74-seat turboprops with I think an extra inch of pitch?
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:The only issue is if you really, really do not like prop planes. Porter only flies Q400s which are quite new and have cabin noise cancelling and are frankly nicer than most RJs but they are 74-seat turboprops with I think an extra inch of pitch? No worries with that - I'll enjoy the novelty for 90 minutes. Looks like the only downside to Porter is that I have to schlep all the way out to IAD instead of DCA. I loving hate Dulles.
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