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windwalker May 25, 2010 7:10 am

Morning Box

BWI bound via PHL

Anglo Large Clawed Otter May 25, 2010 7:11 am


Originally Posted by Hartmann (Post 14018781)
w00t, $$$ + points opened up for our Sheraton ANC stay this weekend. Saves me about 10k points. ^

How long do they take to credit back to your account after cancelling?

IIRC, they can do instantaneous recredits, especially where you need the points to make a new reservation. I believe I did that a few times when I was juggling :rolleyes:moon locales. I may be misremembering. At worst, it will take a day for the points to repost.

Anglo Large Clawed Otter May 25, 2010 7:23 am

2nd Category 6 Free Night Award added. :cool:

AMF in NJ May 25, 2010 7:23 am

You forgot to Bom Diddly. :rolleyes:

sdm1130 May 25, 2010 7:24 am


Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 14018878)
2nd Category 6 Free Night Award added. :cool:

I'm earning another one tonight as well. ^

Anglo Large Clawed Otter May 25, 2010 7:24 am


Originally Posted by AMF in NJ (Post 14018883)
Bom Diddly

:-:

Anglo Large Clawed Otter May 25, 2010 7:25 am


Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 14018886)
I'm earning another one tonight as well. ^

Where will you can haz yours?

sdm1130 May 25, 2010 7:27 am


Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 14018891)
Where will you can haz yours?

I think I'm going to burn one for the Hotel Imperial and one for the Hotel Bristol (Vienna). Total redemption value should be around $750.

Where are you using yours?

Anglo Large Clawed Otter May 25, 2010 7:28 am


Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 14018896)
I think I'm going to burn one for the Hotel Imperial and one for the Hotel Bristol (Vienna). Total redemption value should be around $750.

Where are you using yours?

Two free nights at St. Regis D.C. (~$660).

Mackieman May 25, 2010 7:32 am

While it isn't nearly as lucrative as the free stays SPG is handing out, I did just eek 12,500 Marriott points out of the Plat line for my puny six stays last quarter. But with Mrs. Mackie in CLL three nights a week this summer and the trip to the Soccer DO combined with a two night stop in CLT afterward, I called in and got bounced up to the big boy, 40,000 bonus points.

gbryan84 May 25, 2010 8:13 am

Jebus, Ive been on the phone with CO for over an hour. They did a schedule change that effected one of my flights by almost 2 hours. This happens to be a DCA-IAH-ONT-IAH-DCA run where I will also be spending 4-5 hours on a bus so I'm not to happy about getting into DCA after 1 pm on a Sunday. Currently fighting for a IAH-EWR flight and if this doesnt work I think I'm going to cancel and refund.:rolleyes:

belynch May 25, 2010 8:16 am


Originally Posted by gbryan84 (Post 14019128)
Jebus, Ive been on the phone with CO for over an hour.

You need a vacation. :cool:

photog72 May 25, 2010 8:17 am


Originally Posted by unkfrank (Post 14018456)
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Thank you for the links. I'm guessing it's just copy and paste with all the | included?


Originally Posted by AMF in NJ (Post 14018785)
Howdy Box. :-:


Probably not. Last time I looked at the TCO our car it cost about $0.50 a mile to drive it. Assuming that your car has a similar TCO, then you can figure a round trip drive is $1,170. That's about par for what CO is charging to fly 3 people, assuming that you don't value your time for the 14+ hour drive (or stop for a night in a hotel). :-:

What may swing it in your favor is the cost of a rental car, assuming you were going to rent one (but not stop), but I know that I value my time enough to rent a car and not drive. :-:

Anyway, all these assumptions that I making mean it's not a cut and dried calculation to put out there. :-:

I would be driving a Honda Civic and not stopping for a hotel. I've done the drive from PHL-IAH (2 times) without stopping and one time with 2 overnight stops, and this would be a breeze. Figure about 3-4 fill-ups each way and stopping for food/bathroom, I should be good and cost less than $336 R/T. Plus, I wouldn't need to rent a car in FLL.:-:

gbryan84 May 25, 2010 8:23 am


Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 14019154)
I would be driving a Honda Civic and not stopping for a hotel. I've done the drive from PHL-IAH (2 times) without stopping and one time with 2 overnight stops, and this would be a breeze. Figure about 3-4 fill-ups each way and stopping for food/bathroom, I should be good and cost less than $336 R/T. Plus, I wouldn't need to rent a car in FLL.:-:

Ummm, you are nuts. I drove IAH-LBB-IAH about 30 times when I was in college (well before my flying days) and would consider paying $400 r/t (which is about what a full Y ticket was running 4 years ago) before driving.

AMF in NJ May 25, 2010 8:24 am


Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 14019154)
Figure about 3-4 fill-ups each way and stopping for food/bathroom, I should be good and cost less than $336 R/T. Plus, I wouldn't need to rent a car in FLL.:-:

The total cost of the trip is more than just out of pocket expenses. @:-)


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