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American Airlines | AAdvantage
Aug 3, 20, 12:02 pm
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Coronavirus Reduced Inflight Food and Beverage Restrictions as of 03/2020 and changes
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I love the MIA TPA flights, especially at night....
I love the MIA TPA flights, especially at night. You are so right about sitting back and just hanging with the non-revs sitting up front.
Whatever there is to eat and drink, they will bring it out....
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American Airlines | AAdvantage
Jul 25, 20, 10:40 pm
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American Airlines says no more mask exceptions
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Thumper
I believe your analogy is flawed. I am all...
I believe your analogy is flawed.
I am all for people being allowed to ride motorcycles at 140 MPH without a helmet.
But I shouldn't be forced to go along for the ride.
Masks reduce the...
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InterContinental Hotels | IHG Rewards Club and Intercontinental Ambassador
Feb 2, 18, 8:22 am
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Crowne Plaza Jerusalem (Master Thread)
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Stayed here last week, as I have over many years....
Stayed here last week, as I have over many years. You are paying for the location of the hotel, Jerusalem, one of the priciest places around. Rooms are indeed small, but compare to the IC in...
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Religious Travelers
Dec 26, 17, 12:23 pm
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Kosher in Athens
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We ate there last year. Wonderful family and...
We ate there last year. Wonderful family and wonderful restaurant. Also included a small shop consistent with what you would find
at other Chabad locations.
While we were there we took advantage...
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Caribbean and nearby Atlantic including Puerto Rico
Oct 3, 17, 4:57 am
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San Juan airport re-opening after Maria
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Thumper
I'm booked on a regular scheduled AA flight on...
I'm booked on a regular scheduled AA flight on Sunday October 8.
Still not clear what is or isn't open, and I'm looking for information on transportation from the airport. I'm going to the...
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InterContinental Hotels | IHG Rewards Club and Intercontinental Ambassador
Aug 7, 17, 9:07 am
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Tampa North - Telecom Park - roll the dice
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Tampa North - Telecom Park - roll the dice
After over 1500 IHC stays, there are still new surprises to discover.
Arrived at this property at around 1AM and the front desk was closed! Phone ringing off the hook. Little sign that says "away...
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InterContinental Hotels | IHG Rewards Club and Intercontinental Ambassador
Mar 16, 17, 11:20 am
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Crowne Plaza Helsinki (Master Thread)
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Was there last winter, staying at the HI over the...
Was there last winter, staying at the HI over the train station. You can get to almost every major site downtown walking from there. We got up early to walk over and watch the ferry come in at...
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InterContinental Hotels | IHG Rewards Club and Intercontinental Ambassador
Mar 16, 17, 11:11 am
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IHG Social Media
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About 10 years ago I spent an hour on a...
About 10 years ago I spent an hour on a conference call walking the web team through all the errors in the system and how easy it was to stumble upon them when trying to book a room. Remember, every...
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American Airlines | AAdvantage
Feb 22, 17, 7:59 am
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No alcohol until out of state from BDL
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Thumper
OP here. As noted, this was unusual. I'm...
OP here. As noted, this was unusual.
I'm based out of BDL and fly out of there about 30 to 40 weeks a year since 1995. (AA 95% of time over years)
This was the first experience I ever had...
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American Airlines | AAdvantage
Feb 22, 17, 7:24 am
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LAX Ticket Agents rude and swore at me
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Thumper
Thumper was Air Force and Columbia University. ...
Thumper was Air Force and Columbia University.
I damn well better get a cheese platter on the flight home tonight.
I've alerted my LinkedIn followers to be ready for an update.
And, yes,...
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American Airlines | AAdvantage
Feb 19, 17, 8:53 pm
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No alcohol until out of state from BDL
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Thumper
No alcohol until out of state from BDL
BDL to CLT, not a long ordeal, but it made for an interesting discussion during preflight drinks. I was at the back of the new First, row 2.
I am not familiar with this, though the crew said it...
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InterContinental Hotels | IHG Rewards Club and Intercontinental Ambassador
Jan 30, 17, 4:12 pm
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Stays posting quicker
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Thumper
+1 Credit where credit is due. The...
+1
Credit where credit is due.
The have caught up completely to the service airlines were providing ten years ago. ^
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InterContinental Hotels | IHG Rewards Club and Intercontinental Ambassador
Jan 19, 17, 2:44 pm
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Elite Rollover nights
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Thumper
Thank you! I was looking for someone to...
Thank you!
I was looking for someone to say,"this is what happened to me.."
Interesting quirk in the system.
Left out the part where I say, "I was wrong. sorry."
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InterContinental Hotels | IHG Rewards Club and Intercontinental Ambassador
Jan 19, 17, 9:29 am
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Elite Rollover nights
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Thumper
So, to clarify, this is first person experience...
So, to clarify, this is first person experience that happened to you or what you heard and/or understand?
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InterContinental Hotels | IHG Rewards Club and Intercontinental Ambassador
Jan 19, 17, 8:33 am
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Elite Rollover nights
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Thumper
My understanding is that roll over nights begin...
My understanding is that roll over nights begin with night 76.
If you are a Platinum with 60 stays, the roll over is 0.
Does anyone have any other personal experience?
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InterContinental Hotels | IHG Rewards Club and Intercontinental Ambassador
Jan 8, 17, 2:45 pm
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IHG hotels close to European borders
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Thumper
In Geneva by the airport. Someone will fill in...
In Geneva by the airport. Someone will fill in the names. But like so many, every single time I pull out of that airport Avis rental, I end up in France anyway.
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American Airlines | AAdvantage
Jan 5, 17, 9:21 pm
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ARCHIVE: 2015-2017 GUIDE: LAX / Los Angeles Int’l. Airport - MCT, Connection, etc.
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Posted By
Thumper
esf I was an early responder who softly...
esf
I was an early responder who softly offered you advice that has been reinforced numerous times in this thread.
If I may, I would offer you one final piece of additional advice based on 16...
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American Airlines | AAdvantage
Jan 5, 17, 9:13 pm
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AA EXP agent sells AA + CX flights: no EQM for CX? (to merge)
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Thumper
Out of curiosity, what led you to conclude she...
Out of curiosity, what led you to conclude she was "lying" as opposed to "erring". Very different connotation.
By asking if she "lied", that means you felt from the initiation of the conversation...
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American Airlines | AAdvantage
Jan 4, 17, 6:09 pm
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ARCHIVE: 2015-2017 GUIDE: LAX / Los Angeles Int’l. Airport - MCT, Connection, etc.
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Posted By
Thumper
Historically, that would not be the case. I am...
Historically, that would not be the case. I am assuming that an electric boarding pass was not something he would have been comfortable nor familiar with, which would have solved the boarding pass...
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American Airlines | AAdvantage
Dec 20, 16, 7:12 am
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Does Admirals Club renewal allow 30 (or more) days grace?
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Thumper
There used to be a 30 day grace period, I cannot...
There used to be a 30 day grace period, I cannot testify as to whether it is still in effect. I renew December 31 each year, makes it easy to remember.
When I renewed in 2015 on January 7, there...
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InterContinental Hotels | IHG Rewards Club and Intercontinental Ambassador
Dec 16, 16, 6:50 am
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Birthday Points
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Thumper
A great promotion, the only problem was IHG ran...
A great promotion, the only problem was IHG ran it internally, so of course it got screwed up.
I got an email with a 1,000 points offer. I clicked on it, then saw I did not get the points. Read...
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American Airlines | AAdvantage
Dec 9, 16, 6:45 am
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ARCHIVE: 2016 "HELP! I need xx EQM / EQD / EQS by end of year" master thread
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Thumper
Try round trip to HNL. Its 10K, one long...
Try round trip to HNL. Its 10K, one long miserable trip and you could be done. I did it from BDL twice this year (work not milage runs) it is no more horrible than any other option.
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InterContinental Hotels | IHG Rewards Club and Intercontinental Ambassador
Nov 27, 16, 8:45 am
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Does anyone at IHG Rewards club ever look at their website?
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2,025
Posted By
Thumper
For many many years, off and on, IHG has had...
For many many years, off and on, IHG has had someone monitor/participate on this board.
Our most recent failure posted on the 5th of each month, period. Answered questions he liked, ignored most...
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Middle East
Nov 25, 16, 7:42 am
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Israeli Work Visa Required?
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1,596
Posted By
Thumper
I try to jump into these conversations when I...
I try to jump into these conversations when I can, as I have actual border work experience in Israel.
As noted, as a employee/student receiving a training session for less than a week from a...
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American Airlines | AAdvantage
Nov 16, 16, 9:26 am
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“Grace” (exception) if close to but missing Status EQM, EQS or EQD.
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5,555
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Thumper
While it may not be unheard of, I am not clear,...
While it may not be unheard of, I am not clear, and forgive me, what benefit this has for AA. You do not qualify in any terms as a "major" or "large" customer or influencer. You're a regular good...
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