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mersk862 Dec 17, 2009 11:18 pm
Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 13010610)
My seeking of the truth of BD may take me through MSP at times.
There is a HP that is very close to the airport...

In fact, if landing to the north on 35, you basically fly right over it at a couple hundred feet.

GTITAN Dec 17, 2009 11:18 pm
Originally Posted by Trustguy (Post 13010608)
6,666 posts in the Box was more important today...
Boxian Logic does counsel us in matters of posts that "More is More".:-:

mersk862 Dec 17, 2009 11:18 pm
Originally Posted by Trustguy (Post 13010608)
6,666 posts in the Box was more important today...
Indeed...that is a very important milestone.

icurhere2 Dec 17, 2009 11:19 pm
Originally Posted by mersk862 (Post 13010612)
Of course, it's subject to change, since if I get the job I applied for, there would be about 75-100 Hilton nights a year from that, so I'd easily make Diamond there.
75-100 Hilton nights? That might get you enough points for an award night at a Waldorf Astoria after January 14 ...

Trustguy Dec 17, 2009 11:19 pm
Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 13010607)
I once showed my business office that it was cheaper for me to Hyatt hop and get three stays than to have one stay at any of the downtown hotels for four straight nights in SAT. They said carry on.
Sweet. I got one hop event in SFO (airport and old Park Hyatt) years ago, but it has never worked again. NYC could work, if one stays at Jersey City and GH or Andaz (see Wall Street thread).

icurhere2 Dec 17, 2009 11:20 pm
Originally Posted by mersk862 (Post 13010616)
There is a HP that is very close to the airport...
"Through" MSP, not "to" MSP. ;) UA has some really odd routing rules on the itinerary in question.

mersk862 Dec 17, 2009 11:20 pm
Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 13010621)
75-100 Hilton nights? That might get you enough points for an award night at a Waldorf Astoria after January 14 ...
Why stay at the Waldorf when starting next year I can stay at my parents place in NJ. I mean, no points, but free homecooked meals and my mother volunteering to do laundry for me at no cost to me...it's very ^^^.

Trustguy Dec 17, 2009 11:21 pm
Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 13010614)
I did commemorate that milestone because only two others have that achievement.
We bow down to that memory, oh dark-side one!

mersk862 Dec 17, 2009 11:21 pm
Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 13010628)
"Through" MSP, not "to" MSP. ;) UA has some really odd routing rules on the itinerary in question.
When doesn't UA have really weird routing rules?

icurhere2 Dec 17, 2009 11:22 pm
Originally Posted by mersk862 (Post 13010630)
Why stay at the Waldorf when starting next year I can stay at my parents place in NJ. I mean, no points, but free homecooked meals and my mother volunteering to do laundry for me at no cost to me...it's very ^^^.
There are Waldorf Astoria hotels outside NYC - I'm burning points at the one in Versailles.

mersk862 Dec 17, 2009 11:24 pm
Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 13010640)
There are Waldorf Astoria hotels outside NYC - I'm burning points at the one in Versailles.
Ah...either way, I'm all about saving the points. I tend not to go for luxury hotels since once I'm sleeping, I can't remember anything, and I don't tend to stay at the hotel when I'm at my destination.

GTITAN Dec 17, 2009 11:26 pm
Originally Posted by mersk862 (Post 13010641)
Ah...either way, I'm all about saving the points. I tend not to go for luxury hotels since once I'm sleeping, I can't remember anything, and I don't tend to stay at the hotel when I'm at my destination.
Same here. I tend not to care about my room. I am SPG Gold, but MEH.

icurhere2 Dec 17, 2009 11:26 pm
Originally Posted by mersk862 (Post 13010641)
Ah...either way, I'm all about saving the points. I tend not to go for luxury hotels since once I'm sleeping, I can't remember anything, and I don't tend to stay at the hotel when I'm at my destination.
I think I'm the exact opposite. I love that every time I come into or leave the PH Paris Vendome, I'm addressed by name (often by people I hadn't met). I should put a new photo up on my LinkedIn profile to really confuse them. :D

mersk862 Dec 17, 2009 11:29 pm
Originally Posted by GTITAN (Post 13010650)
Same here. I tend not to care about my room. I am SPG Gold, but MEH.
Airline points are great because I enjoy J class (since I tend to be awake for a good part of the journey). Hotel status is only good to me because I get bonus points which leads to free nights faster. For those 8 hours I'm asleep, a Courtyard is the same as a JW Marriott since I'm off dreaming (supposedly...I can never recall any dreams I had).

mersk862 Dec 17, 2009 11:29 pm
Well Box, I have a busy day tomorrow between work, a holiday party, drinking in the SkyClub, then drinking plenty of Woodfords on my Delta flights (I humbly apologize to teh Box for such an indiscretion - hence why I shall consume Woodfords as penance).

'Night Box!


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