Ok, tell me what the deal is with SPG Amex card. Do you credit the points to SPG program or to an airline program?

I noticed that the f:rolleyes:rum outside of teh Box is on fire today!

In other news, still no EUA for my flight on Thursday even though F is booked 4/20, with two Plat EUA cleared. All of this after I bragged last week about how easy it was to get upgraded ex-LAS. That said, I am sure my upgrade will go through so it's much ado about :rolleyes:.

Maybe as part of the :-:A transition, they will start listing reasons on the PDA site... :D

That would work if by "acceptable" you're only meaning clean, reasonably comfortable, and at a rate that's within the budget.

Acceptable to me also includes belonging to a loyalty program I care about, and not charging the same rate that a hotel that's 5 times nicer a few miles farther away charges. Case in point — Texas Tech. Sure, there was a Staybridge Suites across the street from the campus. But it was also on the complete opposite end of the campus from where I needed to be (and that's a big campus), so it's not like being across the street from the campus meant being across the street from work. In this case, I might be working a few miles away, yet still on the campus. And, given my preferences, Priority Club ranks below Hilton HHonors, Marriott Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest in terms of where I want to keep status. Even more, there are nicer hotels in the city that would charge me the same rate. So why stay in a less nice place that's only slightly more convenient but not as nice, accruing points I don't value as highly, when I could stay a few minutes by car farther away in a nicer place, earning more valuable points, for the same price? That's usually what I run into. And it's still pretty rare that I end up with a client where the closest hotel is less than a mile away. Additionally, many of the cities I work in aren't the kind of places where getting taxis and shuttles is easy or convenient, for things like going to/from the airport.

Same for me. I'm also wondering why one would use Texas Tech as an example of anything?

I could not get on FT at work, was it down ?

Anyways, this is what I did while I was offline:
http://worldsurfer.smugmug.com/photo...75_5PTFD-L.jpg

Not when I tried ...

SPG. On the off chance you want to move them to an airline you can and you get a 5K bounus for moving 20K points (though UA and CO transfer at a 50% discount). But you can also redeem for their hotels which is generally considered to be the better value.

Nope...

The payroll clerk at this client is throwing a huge fit right now over something ridiculously minor. I'm ready for this day to end.

And I finally gave in and ate one of the brownies. I needed it to help keep me from yelling at her.

:rolleyes: - I would get in trouble telling someone to do their dang job.

I think that was a FINE use of time.^:-:

Interesting, I had no problems going to any other site.

Fine, next time I'll use Piedmont Technical College. :D My client where the directions from the Hampton Inn included "Turn left at the dollar store, but not the first dollar store you get to. It's the third one. And it's a Family Dollar, not a Dollar General." Later on there was something to the effect of "We'll be in the portable building down the road from the actual campus, next to the quick lube place…" :rolleyes:

I so love the glamor of the travel I do in this job.

FT added to the host file?

Let's see - I have taught in:

Yuba City, CA
City of Bakersfield, CA
TLH (in Doak Campbell Stadium)
MCI (electrical utility)

I have also taught some cool places:

Ft. Collins, CO (USDA-APHIS)
Ithaca, NY (Cornell)