IMO, for you (and myself for that matter) would be best off taking advantage of whatever promos are the best. Ex. Hyatt Big Welcome Back, SPG stay 3 get 1 free, Hyatt's AA promo, etc. Lets face it, mid tier elite on ANY program isnt worth the plastic they print those cards on. There are a few benie's here and there but not worth being "loyal" to one program if it means passing up lucrative promos. Going forward that is how I plan on basing my decisions and if there aren't any great promos I'll go with the cheapest Hampton, HGI, Hyatt Place, Aloft....

We might have to pitch in for cleaning after we leave:D

:-:

BTW, what can I bring for the Footie DO?

I hear ya - there!^

I think it would be a worthy endeavor for poor OH!;):cool:

The son who is supposed to be staying with his father -- is hangin' out at my house with a friend. So I am receiving text msgs from the ex asking what our son is up to!:rolleyes:

I'm now at the point of tossing everything into the laundry room and shutting the door.

That works (temporarily)!;)

I've never been happier to work for a small company in a highly specialized niche than after seeing this. How do y'all manage to drink on that kind of budget?

They may not be trying to, but it's happening. I'll never abandon Hilton because I value Hyatt too much to shift my primary program away and full-service Hyatts are sparse outside of key cities.

You have my empathy, sir. I just experienced what seemed at the moment like a biblical plague. My office is a cleaning-exempt zone; it's left up to me, reinforced only by female moral suasion. Since that's been missing for a couple weeks, it's less than pristine.

Just before the other half's departure, we had a little do, and friends brought a box of 16 or 20 mangoes. Very nice; a number were eaten, and, ultimately, the uneaten ones ended up on a chair in here. With the rain, that chair became the repository for various drying outwear items, and the box of mangoes was out of sight, out of mind forgotten. But not by the fruit flies. I had been noticing a few more small flies than there should have been, but attributed it to the strawberry preserves that had been left open. Now, I was looking for the halogen lantern, picked up the raincoats, and a huge swarm of fruit flies rushed up and over me, like I should have been an Egyptian in The Ten Commandments.

Now the mangoes, in varying stages of fossilization, are outside, and the dazed and confused fruit flies are meandering around, looking for whatever comes next.

It's cleaning time, here, too.

Good evening, Box.

Both teh Mister and I will be in the greater NYC area tomorrow night - on separate itins and at times, w/in 5 or so miles of each other.

Teh Mister will be staying in a nice hotel in Chelsea. He will be dining with my immediate family at a nice restaurant in Brooklyn Heights (and visiting with my nieces/nephew). He will be enjoying a small brunch with my parents on Saturday morning before heading off to LHR that evening.

I will be spending about 5 hours sleeping on the cold, hard floor of JFK, seeing no one.

What is wrong with this picture? :rolleyes:

:D:rolleyes::D

And what time will you be at JFK?

Go Lakers.

11:30 or so. I'll miss dinner with the fam but I won't miss the fact that teh mister didn't switch hotels to be closer to me. :D

You want to drop off a sleeping bag?