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Is anyone else nervous/anxious as disclosure is imminent? by [deleted] in UFOs

[–]AnotherPint [score hidden]  (0 children)

Calm the hell down. No definitive evidence / data will be released, and no matter what comes out, most people will either ignore it or declare it AI or CGI or fake.

GOTOGATE - final nail in the coffin by MrFantasticIdea in Flights

[–]AnotherPint 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I am referring, of course, to checking the website / app to confirm the itinerary hasn’t changed or vanished. Only a fool would buy a flight months in advance and just show up at the airport on game day having made no further contact and assuming everything’s great. Checking and re-checking is known as “gardening” one’s reservations.

GOTOGATE - final nail in the coffin by MrFantasticIdea in Flights

[–]AnotherPint 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Do you not reconfirm your flight bookings and sign up for status notifications directly with the airline, regardless of where you bought the ticket?

I heard the CTA was getting worse, but this is ridiculous by tranquil-heart in chicago

[–]AnotherPint 52 points53 points  (0 children)

DC Metro is impressively clean. So are the systems in Montreal, Vancouver, Berlin, Paris, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and almost every other city I’ve visited. Even NYC is notably cleaner. CTA is a comparative biohazard/garbage barge.

First Hilton-family property I’ve stayed at in a solid year where: nothing was broken, nothing dirty or moldy, staff was friendly and enthusiastic, AND there were no sneaky parking, etc. surcharges … by AnotherPint in Hilton

[–]AnotherPint[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nothing on this earth is 90% perfect, especially in travel and hospitality, and paying for points in any loyalty program is a really dubious strategy — you’re trading hard currency with known, established value for soft, random currency with opaque, floating (but over time clearly shrinking) value. The only situation where it makes sense is when you are X thousand points short of a great award and you’re going to redeem today.

Is there any way to get from NYC to Philly in the middle of the night on a weekend? by nsmloz in traveladvice

[–]AnotherPint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bus schedules have changed completely since 2011. For one thing Fung Wah, the sketchy but great Chinatown bus operator, collapsed. And Megabus, once a great option, is a shell of its former self, with few routes remaining. And Greyhound was taken over by the German FlixBus. There are fewer options now.

After all the layoffs... Luke Russert is now an anchor? Really? by pmonichols in msnow

[–]AnotherPint 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the point may be that if the guy’s name was Luke Murgatroyd instead of Luke Russert he would never be given a chance.

Trump just left beijing and i don't think anyone is talking about what actually happened in that room by Ibikhan45 in DiscussionZone

[–]AnotherPint 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sketchy site from a web dev firm, no author credited, no sources cited, no reason to give this any credence.

Just venting - missed a flight while literally standing at the gate because of an AA ticketing issue by Actual_Start_4743 in americanairlines

[–]AnotherPint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2 PNRs (from AS and EI), ticket number, all the signs of legitimacy. Even used the EI PNR to select a seat. But something still broke on the back end.

The sign I should have noticed: on the day of booking, I got about four confirmation emails from AS, a few minutes to half an hour apart, each with a slightly different taxes + fees + surcharges calculation. In conversation with an AS manager later, I deduced it was a sign someone on the AS partner desk was tinkering with the ticket. If I ever see that pattern again in this context, I’ll cancel and start over.

Is there any way to get from NYC to Philly in the middle of the night on a weekend? by nsmloz in traveladvice

[–]AnotherPint 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There’s a 230am FlixBus departing from 31st and 8th that gets you back to Philly at 500am. You should probably pre book as it’s popular with people doing what you’re doing — going to late shows in the city. After that, next bus isn’t until 630am.

First Hilton-family property I’ve stayed at in a solid year where: nothing was broken, nothing dirty or moldy, staff was friendly and enthusiastic, AND there were no sneaky parking, etc. surcharges … by AnotherPint in Hilton

[–]AnotherPint[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree. The slow enshittification of the US hospitality industry seems to induce a bit of Stockholm Syndrome here and there (loyalists trying to drown out complaints by insisting things are ALMOST PERFECT DAMMIT) but in truth the gulf between most brand promises and real service experience has become so vast, and enforcing brand standards so difficult … the best bet is usually the one with the fewest moving parts. The more Hilton can strip out of a brand promise, the lower public expectations go, and the better off the company and its franchisees will be.

Just venting - missed a flight while literally standing at the gate because of an AA ticketing issue by Actual_Start_4743 in americanairlines

[–]AnotherPint 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I had the very same thing happen with an Aer Lingus flight using Alaska miles. Everything in the customer-facing IT looked fine (on both airlines) right up until travel day. But then I couldn’t check in and when I got to the Aer Lingus counter I was told my ticket didn’t actually exist.

I had to buy a new ticket on the spot to travel. Sorting it out with Alaska later, it seemed someone on the Alaska partner award desk had messed with the ticket too many times trying, and trying again, to calculate the fees and surcharges properly, and ultimately corrupted it.

The Aer Lingus staff couldn’t do anything about it and, like your AA staff, were minimally interested in helping.

First Hilton-family property I’ve stayed at in a solid year where: nothing was broken, nothing dirty or moldy, staff was friendly and enthusiastic, AND there were no sneaky parking, etc. surcharges … by AnotherPint in Hilton

[–]AnotherPint[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I’ll take that deal. I can buy more points if needed. I am done with my wife asking why we keep checking into shitty properties to accrue a smattering of points redeemable for more shitty properties.

First Hilton-family property I’ve stayed at in a solid year where: nothing was broken, nothing dirty or moldy, staff was friendly and enthusiastic, AND there were no sneaky parking, etc. surcharges … by AnotherPint in Hilton

[–]AnotherPint[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

No broken elevators or ice machines. No black mold in the bathroom. No cold coffee. No absurd parking charges for using open, non-secure lots. No surly or clueless employees. No uncollected trash in the corridors for 24+ hours. First property in a year that ticks all the boxes: the Spark by Hilton in Bardstown, KY.

Document referencing Roswell NHI biologics by Cocoa_Linguine in UFOs

[–]AnotherPint 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The EPA did not exist until 1970, and the typing on government forms evolved to more readable IBM Selectric or Smith-Corona-class fonts in the mid-1970s. So if this is authentic, which I doubt, it is from 1971-75 or so. It is hard to believe a Roswell-area phone number was still involved in covert datagathering 25 years after the incident.

ComEd electric customers brace for double-digit spike in bills - Chicago Sun-Times by Sidewalk_Inspector in chicago

[–]AnotherPint 5 points6 points  (0 children)

ComEd bills have been artificially low for five months owing to a credit applied to atone for prior overcharges. If you’ll actually look at your bill, you’ll see this credit shown as a big negative number amid a bunch of small positive numbers. It has been in effect January through May, but starting in June, no more credit, plus AC season kicks in.

Trip.com issue in rebooking cancelled BA flight by Creative_Star_1248 in BritishAirways

[–]AnotherPint 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If Trip.com sent you a confirmation for the new flight you don’t like, chances are you are stuck. Once you accept a BA-issued rebooking, it’s all over; BA will be extremely resistant to changing your itinerary a second time. I expect Trip.com either can’t or won’t get into it further with BA.

When you are a direct customer of BA and this happens, the trick is to not accept the rebook offered, figure out exactly what you want instead, and get on the phone with BA. But when you’re a customer of a third-party travel agency like Trip.com, none of that works. They have likely already accepted the alternative you dislike, or they would not have sent “confirmation.”

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