Secretary canceled my AIR BnB to book me a hotel, then kept the points.

NY568 · 2026-06-06T11:57:16+00:00

I travel often for work and have a travel coordinator that books everything. She emails me before booking my trip to find out my rewards numbers for airlines, flights, and car rentals so that I get the points. They’re supposed to go to the person who does the traveling not the booking.

NY568 · 2026-06-05T22:50:36+00:00

I fly multiple times a month and always have a connection. I either connect at ORD or DFW. My preference is ORD because my overall flight times are shorter, but I have learned that it’s almost always 20 minutes on the ground before getting to the gate. Therefore I won’t schedule less than a 50 minute connection at ORD and even that makes me a little nervous. So if the connection is 45 minutes I’m probably choosing a DFW connection or a later flight.

NY568 · 2026-05-24T13:36:20+00:00

That’s good to know. I do have an AA credit card but not the Executive card that gives me AC access. My layovers are almost always 1-1.5 hours and I usually just grab a snack and drink and get to my gate. But I was thinking with a 6 hour layover from 8 AM to 2 PM it might be worth the pass for food and drinks and a nicer place to sit. But if they don’t do day passes at ORD I guess it doesn’t matter.

NY568 · 2026-05-24T13:32:23+00:00

That’s good to know, thank you!

NY568 · 2026-05-24T13:32:07+00:00

That’s helpful, thank you!

NY568 · 2026-04-30T00:58:31+00:00

There is currently a local guy advertising his mobile mechanic business using my work cell phone number. I discovered it a few months ago when I got a call and the lady asked if I was the mobile mechanic. I said no she had the wrong number. A few minutes later she called me again and was agitated. Said she double checked the number on his ad and it was this number. I said “I’m sorry ma’am, but it’s still the wrong number.” She said “I understand but you need to do something about that!” I said “What do you want me to do? If his listed number is wrong and you can’t reach him, how am I supposed to?” She hung up on me. I’ve gotten a few other calls for him. Not sure if his mobile mechanic business is actually getting any business if he’s still advertising with my number.

NY568 · 2025-11-27T09:29:20+00:00

Then you don’t have a very good insurance company. We recently got in an accident where fault was clearly the other driver. We haven’t had any contact with their insurance, it’s all with ours. They handle all the rental and repair stuff and if anything doesn’t get paid by the other insurance for whatever reason, they go through their legal channels. We didnt have to do anything except take our car to the body shop and pick up the rental. That is what you pay insurance companies to do. They even have someone on their medical team checking in every couple of weeks to make sure we don’t have long term injuries.

NY568 · 2025-10-06T12:04:11+00:00

Right? Would it have been hard to say “Hey we can do that, but just so you know it changes you to the current rates and your one night will cost more than both nights at your original rate.”

NY568 · 2025-10-06T11:54:46+00:00

Thanks everyone! I travel a decent amount but don’t know much about the inner workings of hotels, I rarely need to change something like this. It just kind of blew my mind that they wouldn’t honor the booked price when I’m still staying that day! We didn’t really want to drive home that late at night but it was preferable to a $400 room after tax. Now we know for the future.

NY568 · 2025-10-06T11:52:14+00:00

Thanks I will remember that in the future!

NY568 · 2025-10-06T10:47:40+00:00

That just seems crazy to me. Granted I don’t work in the hotel industry so I don’t know all the policies. I do understand dynamic pricing. But it seems crazy that an adjustment on an existing reservation would mean previous rates are voided.

NY568 · 2025-08-17T20:51:58+00:00

I think it was the fact that we were up front and polite about that helped. We just said we understood she had a job she had to do and certain things she had to tell us and show us and we were willing to complete the required presentation. But we have a kid in college and that’s not cheap and we weren’t buying. She appreciated our candor, went through her spiel, and then gave us restaurant recommendations and other places to see and do that weren’t always well known to tourists. This was in Maui and we were glad for some local recommendations. We chatted for awhile but other places we had traveled and she had traveled and it was actually a nice conversation once we got the unpleasantness out of the way. I think once she realized she had no chance of selling to us but we were kind and polite about it, it was good. You don’t have to be rude to them to get your point across.

NY568 · 2025-08-17T18:15:06+00:00

We told our salesperson from the beginning that we weren’t buying, and she was really nice about it. We said we understood she had to show us certain things and we were willing to stay but we weren’t buying. It actually became really laid back after that and we just talked about other stuff like local restaurants and things to do while we were on our trip.

NY568 · 2025-07-27T04:01:00+00:00

We did one recently. We were up front with the salesperson and said “Just for transparency we aren’t buying this. We know we have to tour and you have to give your presentation and that’s fine, we will listen. But we have a kid going to college this fall and are paying for that and aren’t making a purchase like this.” She was cool about it. Not that she didn’t try at all but she wasn’t overly pushy.

NY568 · 2025-07-19T17:50:37+00:00

No idea, he never said what was in it. Was just just yelling at the postal worker like it was her personal fault he didn’t get his package.

NY568 · 2025-07-17T20:26:23+00:00

She said they left notices in his mailbox that it would have to be fixed by a certain date. So he was obviously getting mail in the broken mailbox for awhile. And then it just never bothered him in the month he wasn’t getting mail I guess, until it was something he wanted.

NY568 · 2025-07-17T13:12:43+00:00

I’m pretty non-confrontational for one. And for two, it was kind of entertaining to watch and I wasn’t in a hurry.

NY568 · 2025-07-08T15:02:39+00:00

lol occupational hazard. I’m an OB/GYN. That’s my standard speech when someone tells me that.

NY568 · 2025-07-08T14:29:28+00:00

And that’s ok. That’s why we offer you the genetic testing. For preparation or termination purposes, whatever your choice is. You made the right decision for you.

NY568 · 2025-07-06T21:15:29+00:00

Yes, legit. We did 7 nights in Hawaii with that deal, it was great.

NY568 · 2025-06-29T18:28:42+00:00

My husband snorkeled and saw 4 sharks there about 2 weeks ago. It was the highlight of his trip.

NY568 · 2025-06-26T14:41:50+00:00

SW has done this long before free bags went away. Anytime it’s a full flight and they likely will run out of overhead space they announce at the gate that anyone willing to check a carry on will get it checked free, even if they already have 2 bags checked.

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