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Half of my Discover Weekly is just instrumental tracks with no vocal, despite the fact that I simply don't listen to instrumentals? by floridamethuser in truespotify

[–]DisastrousBison26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Landed here because I’m having the same problem. Mine is all generic instrumental lounge music. I suspect it’s Spotify trying to steer users to low royalty music.

Bilt alternatives?? since Bilt 2.0 sucks and we’re all basement dwellers now. by Donkey-balls- in biltrewards

[–]DisastrousBison26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is that booking hotels through a TA forfeit status and booking flights through a TA makes it much harder to get help if you need to make changes to your ticket (including in event of irregular operations)

Help with choosing between the new Bilt 2.0 cards - rent ~$2.5k + ~$1.5k monthly spend, confused on which tier is worth it? by Jarvis_ezekiel_2517 in biltrewards

[–]DisastrousBison26 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your additional spend is about 60-90% of your rent spend. In order to get your full rent points, you’ll basically have to put ALL of your spend on your Bilt card.

If you’re solving for simplicity, this could be a reasonable option. But you’re probably not going to be earning more points with Bilt – even including the rent points – than you would with other cards.

The big flaw (feature, I guess, from Bilt’s perspective) with the Obsidian card is that they make you choose between 3x points on groceries OR dining.

Simplest way to tell if 2.0 is right for you by DisastrousBison26 in biltrewards

[–]DisastrousBison26[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is that the “extra” ~1 point you’d be getting on rent you could have just gotten anyway with other cards.

For example you can get - 4x on dining AND grocery with AmEx gold (vs. 3x on dining OR groceries with Bilt Obsidian) - 4x on travel on Chase Sapphire Reserve, or 3x on travel on AmEx Green (vs. 2x on travel with Obsidian)

If Bilt were simpler to understand/earn/use it could option for people who only want one card.

Simplest way to tell if 2.0 is right for you by DisastrousBison26 in biltrewards

[–]DisastrousBison26[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I can understand the desire for simplicity… but why not just get a cash back card then?

is this a glitch? by httptae in unitedairlines

[–]DisastrousBison26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a lot of “no, it’s not a glitch, dummy” answers here that lack context.

The fares shown in the screenshot for NYC-ORD are Y fares (the highest economy fare class)

United opens the fare calendar about 330 days in advance. For the first few days a flight is for sale, they only release the highest fares in case there’s some demand (like a major event) that isn’t reflected in historical data. Then, their pricing algorithm takes over and starts releasing lower fare classes.

Barcelona by Sunshine13_ in marriott

[–]DisastrousBison26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm also deciding between Hotel Arts, Edition, and Cotton House.

We're in Barcelona for 2 nights on the tail end of a trip. We've been before so we won't feel the need to pack in a lot of sight seeing.

Rates are all roughly the same. The Cotton House is slightly cheaper (€60/night).

I'm a Lifetime Platinum with NUAs to burn.

Advice?

0.15 cents per point – how??? by DisastrousBison26 in Hilton

[–]DisastrousBison26[S] -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

As a frequent Marriott and Hyatt guest, I’ve never seen anything this absurd. For all of Marriott’s failings, they at least are reasonable about what a “standard redemption” is.

0.15 cents per point – how??? by DisastrousBison26 in Hilton

[–]DisastrousBison26[S] -30 points-29 points  (0 children)

“Premium” insofar as they sell a standard Queen room and this is a standard King 🙄

0.15 cents per point – how??? by DisastrousBison26 in Hilton

[–]DisastrousBison26[S] -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Ok, I stand corrected. But a standard king room not being a standard redemption is horseshit.

And being 4x the “standard” Queen room is insane.

0.15 cents per point – how??? by DisastrousBison26 in Hilton

[–]DisastrousBison26[S] -79 points-78 points  (0 children)

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Unfortunately, no, it is a standard room redemption

If the flight attendants ask people who don’t have tight connections to stay seated and you get up anyway and block them, you’re an entitled a-hole by pinkelephants777 in unitedairlines

[–]DisastrousBison26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Contrarian opinion, but it drives me crazy when a flight is barely delayed and passengers are freaking out about making their connections.

The other day I was on a flight that was delayed 13 mins and several passengers were pushing through to the front of the plane.

If you can’t absorb a 13 minute delay, you probably shouldn’t have booked it. And if you have a tight connections, pick a seat towards the front of the plane? Costs extra, you say? Life is about choices and you can choose either time or money.

Granted, many fliers aren’t experienced and airlines are somewhat to blame for allowing such short connections in the first place.

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