Originally Posted by Hartmann (Post 13401781)

Well, this one is a once-a-year type, IAH-LBB on the Sunday before the end of Spring Break. The last flight out is pretty much booked solid. My guess is all of the flights that day will be overbooked.

Originally Posted by Brituchenite (Post 13401859)

I have 577k in my account and I don't want to spend any!

Originally Posted by COFlyerCLE (Post 13401219)

I'm pretty stingy too. I have 700K in my account alone. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by MBM3 (Post 13402434)

Think CO will beat Skyteam USA or AA to HND?

Originally Posted by Steve GadFly (Post 13402461)

My stinginess knows no bounds. I'm sitting on 1,356,245 and I've never taken a reward trip in my life. The only redemptions I've ever done have been for other people.

Starting in 2011, I get an extra week of vacation time so Ms. GadFly and I are thinking about doing a RTW next year in J.

Originally Posted by belynch (Post 13401928)

Let me repeat that -- the bathtub was full of feces

Originally Posted by Brituchenite (Post 13401933)

an FTer we all know has over 1.3M sitting in his account.....;)

Originally Posted by Steve GadFly (Post 13402491)

.....could have been a farting dog who had eaten beef jerky

Originally Posted by Brituchenite (Post 13401938)

collywobbles

Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 13401783)

hahaha!

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/...-pool-fail.jpg

Originally Posted by belynch (Post 13401928)

g'day box.

Been an interesting few days. Trip home yesterday on US was relatively uneventful from an operational perspective. Was treated to a little unintended IFE when a 90 year old white-supremacist was seated between two African American gentleman. The two gentleman handled the situation very well and took the high road much to the relief of everyone on-board, especially the flight-crew. :-:

Weekend wasn't too bad, although I think I'm swearing off Hiltons for the time being. Checked-in on Saturday to find that because we didn't show up on Friday due to flights being canceled from the snow anomaly. Despite me calling and informing the front desk of our interrupted travel plans they tried to refuse accommodating us.

After 20 min. of "conversation" with the front desk they finally released a room, but charged me the rate of the two nights, for the one (it was a pre-paid rate, which, when flights get canceled I've had no trouble getting out of in the past). :mad::rolleyes:

Get up to the room and am greeted with a little stench. After about 30 seconds I realize that the bathtub is full of feces. Let me repeat that -- the bathtub was full of feces (BBM pics can be provided if anyone wants. Maybe someone can host it on photobucket or somewhere to post in here and a post in the Hilton forum I'm going to make).

Called down to the front desk who sent a housekeeping crew up, who validated that this was, perhaps, the most disgusting thing they'd ever seen. Got the room changed, except the new room was not only next to the elevator and overlooking the parking lot (original room was ocean view) and had a broken toilet (unknown if there was a direct correlation to the poo tub). yadda yadda yadda, third room was the charm.

At check-out they provided me no concession on the room for the "inconveniences." When I told them I wanted to enact the "perfect stay" they accused me of not reporting the incidents in a timely manner. Not sure how 30 seconds after walking into the room wasn't timely.

Spoke to the MOD who refused to apologize for the incident and after some cajoling agreed to discount the room rate by 50% (remember, I was paying double for the room to begin with). This gentleman was, perhaps, the most condescending, rude, arrogant individual I've ever met in any situation. His response to the poo tub was that "it has never happened before." That's all fine and dandy, but it did happen and I even showed him the picture I took on my BB, because he was too lazy to look into the room history to find out that they did in fact move my room twice due to housekeeping / maintenance.

In all honesty, having worked at the front desk of a hotel, I'm perhaps the most sympathetic person in the world when it comes to unforeseen problems in hotel rooms. But I also have an appreciation for what the hotel can do to try and rectify that situation. Unfortunately the MOD just made matters worse.

I've fired off an email to the group sales coordinator I was working with at the property, breaking off negotiations for an event I was going to have there in July and I've contacted Hilton corporate. Tonight I'm going to email the GM of the hotel.

Let's see if they can make this right.

Originally Posted by cheepneezy (Post 13401943)

My 11,370 is meeker and lowlier.;) Earn & burn!!! Waiting to churn a couple of other credit cards before I get the CO card and start charging my way across the country.