Anywhere Challenge: Win up to 60,000 points over the next 8 weeks
Oct 14, 2010, 10:19 am
#2836
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 104
If you want to talk about points that's fine, do it in the appropriate thread.
Oct 14, 2010, 10:58 am
#2837
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: IAD 19L
Programs: IHG; DL, JB, SW, UA, US, Ch, Crl, HzG, EmC, AmtGR regular; TSA Disp Tinfoil
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Oct 14, 2010, 11:11 am
#2838
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 4
Hope IC has them licensed.
The overwhelming majority of photos have all come from shutterstock since week one. Photos found on other websites were probably bought/used from shutterstock as well. The fact that 2 or 3 (or more) exact photos have not been found (yet) on shutterstock this week is a real departure from previous weeks. We should keep this in mind for the last 2 weeks.
Oct 14, 2010, 11:26 am
#2839
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: UK
Programs: Priority Club Plat Amb, HHonours Diamond, Marriott Plat., Diamond Club,
Posts: 14
At least if they come up in the next couple of weeks I'll be prepared
Thanks everyone for all the great work...
Oct 14, 2010, 11:28 am
#2840
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NC
Programs: Priority Club Plat, AA Gold
Posts: 428
4) Suspicious that such a simple answer would be correct, given the difficulty of previous weeks. If this week's contest was during Week 1, w/o any precedents, I think a lot of us would have guessed Kauai on the first day.
Oct 14, 2010, 11:37 am
#2841
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
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Oct 14, 2010, 11:38 am
#2842
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA, BA, Delta, SPG, Hilton
Posts: 718
People are suggesting to spell Hawaii out, while the challenge site shows abbreviation for Washington state as WA USA. It is also strange that state and country are stated without a comma.
What to do? ((
What to do? ((
Oct 14, 2010, 11:48 am
#2843
Join Date: Sep 2010
Programs: priority club
Posts: 74
: one who makes a hobby of exploring and studying caves
Origin of SPELUNKER
Latin spelunca cave, from Greek spēlynx; akin to Greek spēlaion cave
First Known Use: 1942
I have heard the term used in England but basically it is just a made up fancy term for caving.
I wonder what the correct term is for those that spend excessive time searching for the answers to Priority Club competitions?
Oct 14, 2010, 11:49 am
#2844
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 847
Let's assume it is a picture of the bay taken from the St. Regis end of the beach. It sure does look like it. St. Regis Princeville is a hotel anywhere member, but it's a starwood property so it's a direct competitor of Priority Club. Haven't most of the locations so far had at least one priority club location, not simply hotel anywhere properties?
I don't think there are any Priority Club properties on Kauai, which would make it a somwhat suprising answer. But perhaps they are trying to emphasize the fact that you really can book competitors with your PC points. Was the picture from the resort in Sabah a priority club? I mean whichever resort had the massage table picture that was used for the contest -- was that a priority club resort or just a hotel anywhere resort?
I don't think there are any Priority Club properties on Kauai, which would make it a somwhat suprising answer. But perhaps they are trying to emphasize the fact that you really can book competitors with your PC points. Was the picture from the resort in Sabah a priority club? I mean whichever resort had the massage table picture that was used for the contest -- was that a priority club resort or just a hotel anywhere resort?
Oct 14, 2010, 11:50 am
#2845
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NC
Programs: Priority Club Plat, AA Gold
Posts: 428
If you look in the other thread about points, you will see that at least 7 people claim to not haven gotten points for AK (instead of Alaska). There are no reports of not getting points for Alaska spelled out so you can't go wrong w/that. Yes, the example they give suggests that HI would work, and people are complaining to PC, but in the meantime Hawaii is the risk-free way to go.
Oct 14, 2010, 12:03 pm
#2847
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,233
Definition of SPELUNKER
: one who makes a hobby of exploring and studying caves
Origin of SPELUNKER
Latin spelunca cave, from Greek spēlynx; akin to Greek spēlaion cave
First Known Use: 1942
I have heard the term used in England but basically it is just a made up fancy term for caving.
I wonder what the correct term is for those that spend excessive time searching for the answers to Priority Club competitions?
: one who makes a hobby of exploring and studying caves
Origin of SPELUNKER
Latin spelunca cave, from Greek spēlynx; akin to Greek spēlaion cave
First Known Use: 1942
I have heard the term used in England but basically it is just a made up fancy term for caving.
I wonder what the correct term is for those that spend excessive time searching for the answers to Priority Club competitions?
So we are xenodocheionologists?
Oct 14, 2010, 12:04 pm
#2849
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: MAN/LBA
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Posts: 182
Today I put KAUAI ISLAND, HAWAII, USA. adding the island bit just in case there is a town/area/lake/mountain etc. also called KAUAI somewhere in Hawaii. 
Oct 14, 2010, 12:13 pm
#2850
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 847
Based on your post yesterday I submitted Kauai. I was too tired to thank you as I am in Europe so I am doing it this morning. I thought that you are right and that the "keep off" is in the middle of the rocks. It is amazing that you found it!
If you are right, PC raised the bar in this game.
If you are right, PC raised the bar in this game.
I guess I didn't have rocks in my head, after all!