Originally Posted by baglady (Post 13509799)

:D

This one is 5 oz, which is a bit better than my 1 oz keychain flask ;)

Originally Posted by baglady (Post 13509857)

Suburbia has it's ups and downs. A friend visited from NJ and couldn't believe how stepford wifeish my neighborhood was (on the weekend she visited, we had a block party). I'm unusual because I work. And travel for work. There are lots of mommies here who have never left their kid for a night and think I'm a horrible mother for not being here every moment of every day. And they certainly don't understand taking a vacation without kids :rolleyes: I'm old enough that I just don't care what anybody thinks.

Originally Posted by carsonheim (Post 13510210)

This is ALMOST as offensive as folks who go in the 10 or under lane with a full friggin' cart... or even, 11 for that matter :p

Originally Posted by Hartmann (Post 13510241)

The issue is cheap tickets to SFO from IAH :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by windwalker (Post 13509225)

Had this happen night before last at CY-Sugarland

Thank you for being a Plat with MR, Mr. Walker
me-do you have any rooms with a balconies left?
no I'm sorry we do not,only 4 rooms left on the properrty
me-I'd asked for one on my reservation, I know that's no guarantee but kinda hoped you might have blocked one out for me
I'm sorry, we'll note that for your next stay(I did 20+ nights at the same place last year)
me-riiiiiiiiiight
Here's your key Mr. Walker, Have a great night.

I'm talking to some other co-workers in the lobby as another guest checks in
Congratulations, Mr New Guest, I see you're with us for two nights, we've gone ahead and upgrade you to a mini-suite with a balcony
Him-is that extra?
Them-Oh no sir
Him-Why was I upgraded?
Them-one of the only rooms left, do you have a MR numbers you'd like added
Him-What is that?

The new Hyatt Place at town center can't get built quick enough

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 13509243)

IIRC, SPG provides a suggested upgrade priority metric to hotels, but it isn't mandatory. Hotels are free to choose whatever system they like for ranking Plats for upgrade purposes.

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 13509889)

Anytime; happy to share. Nope, no return yet.

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 13509706)

And considerably less useful (for a leisure traveler). :-:

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 13510387)

The faster free nights makes up for it. :)

Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 13509915)

I still miss living in Houston. Living in Atlanta isn't all its cracked up to be by any means and that's part of the reason we're looking to eventually move. Houston has a lot of areas where it can improve, but at least it's a city that's trying to work on those issues, and has been improving in many areas for a long time. Atlanta suffers from the same half-@$$ed attempts at fixing things that most of the cities in the Deep South suffer from.

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 13510305)

Works in reverse. Tickets to FLL are often cheap due to WN.

Originally Posted by baglady (Post 13509948)

Sad to see the Ren Kowloon closed. It's always been a good deal despite spotty service. I can't justify the JW Hong Kong.

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 13510410)

I thought FFN was Hyatt?

Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 13510298)

:mad::rolleyes:

My pastor will ask such folks whether they know how to read and count!;):D

Originally Posted by bdjohns1 (Post 13509468)

IL's taxes are pretty simple.

1) Find your federal AGI.
2) There's barely any deductions (529 plans and some random farming/energy credit stuff)
3) X 3%

Done.