Originally Posted by
travelmad478
OK, so I was staying at the Oberoi in Bombay two weeks ago. I have stayed in the Islamabad Marriott (well, four years ago). My go-to hotel in Istanbul for years used to be the Swissotel Bosphorus, which in 2001 was taken over by Chechen terrorists for a few days. And so on.
I know it's ridiculous to call any of these "close calls," but how close is really close?
In your case, you might qualify as a "predictive tool" if those trips mentioned (and alluded to) above comprise, say, ~90% or so of your int'l travel.
In that case, it would be rather freaky, but still not very valuable in terms of timelining.
On the other hand, if you travel int'l frequently, then yeah, rather insignificant, but good conversation fodder.