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belynch Jun 1, 2010 9:02 am


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 14056107)
If you have any downtime

Negative. I'm going Animal style* for the day**.

I'm on the phone with HHonors completing my honeymoon booking(s) and have a very nice agent. I happened to mention that I found the HHonors program about as easy to understand as the tax-code. Between my Q3FN's, R7304's (or something like that), and VIP double-secret probation points (??) I think the agent found a way to save me a free night chit, 70,000 points, and next time I stay at a Hampton in Wisconsin I'll get a free FT thong.

I've now been on hold for 23 minutes as the agent sends off my point calculation to NASA for tabulation.

While I appreciate she's saving me time/points/chits, HHonors sucks the big fat :rolleyes:. I just wanted to book three nights on points and merge all the ressies together.








*In-n-out
**pun, absolutely, intended.

Trustguy Jun 1, 2010 9:03 am


Originally Posted by Mackieman (Post 14056155)
Most everyone I work with is in CLT, then I'm in AUS, and the person I report to as a contractor is in PDX, and there are technical teams in BLR. It's nuts.

I am one of two who are not in the eastern time zone (the other sits in this office as well), and we are often forgotten.

Mackieman Jun 1, 2010 9:04 am

In other news, my rows for the UA flights in E+ coming home from CLT after the Soccer DO are still open, so hopefully no one will be a :rolleyes: and try to sit next to me. I bet that hope gets shot in the face during OLCI, though. :o

icurhere2 Jun 1, 2010 9:04 am


Originally Posted by Mackieman (Post 14056163)
Dude cards get marked that way. :-:

Marked or revoked?

Mackieman Jun 1, 2010 9:06 am


Originally Posted by Trustguy (Post 14056168)
I am one of two who are not in the eastern time zone (the other sits in this office as well), and we are often forgotten.

Thus is my issue with siloed workforces. The people I interact with work on their one or two projects in their single little area and simply can't understand why I do not consider their project to be the most important because, after all, it is to them. :rolleyes: I currently have 75+ projects on the to do list that crosses all functional teams and resources. And I get the :rolleyes: from almost all of them.

AMF in NJ Jun 1, 2010 9:07 am


Originally Posted by Mackieman (Post 14056170)
In other news, my rows for the UA flights in E+ coming home from CLT after the Soccer DO are still open, so hopefully no one will be a :rolleyes: and try to sit next to me. I bet that hope gets shot in the face during OLCI, though. :o

Yea, I feel ya. The few times I had to fly alone in the past few years I was lucky and had an open seat (but I ended up taking a seat all the way near the back) stay open. ^

Good luck to you. :-:

Mackieman Jun 1, 2010 9:07 am


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14056175)
Marked or revoked?

Marked. Even a show like The View can occasionally stumble upon something interesting to those of us with, ahem, external plumbing. :-:

ConciergeMike Jun 1, 2010 9:08 am


Originally Posted by belynch (Post 14056164)
Negative. I'm going Animal style* for the day**.

DAY is worth a weekend if you're into the history.


Originally Posted by belynch (Post 14056164)
While I appreciate she's saving me time/points/chits, HHonors sucks the big fat :rolleyes:. I just wanted to book three nights on points and merge all the ressies together.

We are burning the last of our HHonors points on our wedding night and the day after. I think zeroing out the points is the only way that I can bring myself to switch.

icurhere2 Jun 1, 2010 9:09 am


Originally Posted by belynch (Post 14056164)
While I appreciate she's saving me time/points/chits, HHonors sucks the big fat :rolleyes:. I just wanted to book three nights on points and merge all the ressies together.

SO asked me to help her with the HHonors account, as her points are expiring. I ask "how many do you have" and she tells me "around 9,000". She asks why I make such a pained expression until I start reading off the locations of the Category 1 hotels ...

ConciergeMike Jun 1, 2010 9:09 am


Originally Posted by Mackieman (Post 14056194)
Marked. Even a show like The View can occasionally stumble upon something interesting to those of us with, ahem, external plumbing. :-:

Mexican recipes, Pee Wee, and Kevin Eubanks.

icurhere2 Jun 1, 2010 9:11 am


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 14056203)
We are burning the last of our HHonors points on our wedding night and the day after. I think zeroing out the points is the only way that I can bring myself to switch.

I'm down to 40,000 and have no idea what I am going to do with mine. Fortunately the expiration date got extended with my one-per-year HHonors stay for 2010 (MSY in April).

Mackieman Jun 1, 2010 9:13 am


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 14056211)
Mexican recipes, Pee Wee, and Kevin Eubanks.

Kevin Eubanks is the only passable excuse, I think. :p The others are easily found on the IN-TER-NET. The only notable exception is if the aforementioned guests were appearing on the UK's version of The View; a show with the title, "Loose Women."

When the show would throw to commercial, they would air their sponsors just like US-based shows do. "Loose Women brought to you by..."

I'll leave you to imagine the phrases we filled in there, and the subsequent paroxysms of mirth not unlike those of 12 year old boys.

Mackieman Jun 1, 2010 9:15 am


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14056222)
I'm down to 40,000 and have no idea what I am going to do with mine. Fortunately the expiration date got extended with my one-per-year HHonors stay for 2010 (MSY in April).

They told me mine were going away (less than enough for a free night anywhere I think) and I simply deleted the e-mail. With my grandparents moving away from ERV, I now have no reason to need a Hampton Inn.

icurhere2 Jun 1, 2010 9:17 am


Originally Posted by Mackieman (Post 14056244)
They told me mine were going away (less than enough for a free night anywhere I think) and I simply deleted the e-mail. With my grandparents moving away from ERV, I now have no reason to need a Hampton Inn.

If you have over 10,000 you could at least exchange for a minimal amount of FF miles.

AMF in NJ Jun 1, 2010 9:18 am


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14056260)
If you have over 10,000 you could at least exchange for a minimal amount of FF miles.

I think I have 11K HHonors points that are just wasting away. :-:


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