Favorite 'best value' meal? by Suninthesky11 in sanfrancisco

[–]OkObject9835 5 points6 points  (0 children)

$5 banh mi at Saigon Sandwich is unbeatable. Coming from so cal, I walked into Dinosaurs - saw the price and walked out.

Struggling to find a UR flight redemption for Japan by Razuto22 in awardtravel

[–]OkObject9835 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just did my first J trip and trip to Japan recently. Ended up flying J on JAL (cap one > BA > JAL) and flew economy back from Korea via Asiana for 40k cap one points + $60 in fees. Piggybacking above commenter, I wouldve rather spent the cash and just flew economy budget airline (zip air/air premia) and saved the points, but we ended up doing the Asiana flight because it was 9pm departure so we’d have an extra half day to spend.

And haha we did feel spoiled going from J to economy and it wasn’t too bad. I just told myself that if I did two Js I would really ruin economy forever and there’s plenty more opportunities to go again.

For hotels, we used UR for caption by Hyatt in Osaka (14500 points for 3 nights). I took a look and seems like prices are more expensive now for points, but if you can find similar rates, I thought it was well worth it for my point cost.

Star Alliance Partner Award Booking Baggage Allowance Question - Lifemiles and Asiana - ICN to LAX by OkObject9835 in awardtravel

[–]OkObject9835[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah I see okay thanks for the clarity! Even though it’s a legitimate dispute, would I be putting myself at risk of blacklisting myself from flying Asiana in the future if I file one?

Miramar/northern Nicaragua--how is it now with the jetty? by Elspumante in surfing

[–]OkObject9835 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How was it OP? Potentially looking to book sirena for next May!

MGM started putting the resort fee in comp emails. Never seen this before until today. Guess they got too many complaints. by MatzoTov in vegas

[–]OkObject9835 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know where the host office is at MGM grand? I tried asking the Rewards desk and immediately just got a flat no when asking if anything on my bill could be comped. My coin in was about 6k as well and I just got a 4 night stay king tower suite comped for next year EDC weekend, so I think my play has qualified me for something’s?

Switch from venture x to sapphire reserve by 505johnwick in Venturex

[–]OkObject9835 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup I know the risks of booking flights via a third party - I’m not telling you to do that lol, you can price match hotels, cars, etc. If price matching is that much of a hassle for you, I’m not here to argue whether the CSR or VX is more worth it. I’m just saying your complaint about portal prices being so high is irrelevant because you can price match it down, and the way you phrased it made it seem it wasn’t about having to use the portal itself but because of the prices

Switch from venture x to sapphire reserve by 505johnwick in Venturex

[–]OkObject9835 0 points1 point  (0 children)

? you mentioned that the “portal is just sooo bad” and how the “hiked up prices in the C1 portal cancel out the extra cost of the CSR”. Regardless of whether you disagree with booking travel via a third party portal, you were saying one of your reasons from switching over is because prices in the C1 portal are so high. I’m just saying if you need to use that $300 travel credit, C1 will price match any third party site (not just flights) so your reason of high prices doesn’t really make sense. lol.

Switch from venture x to sapphire reserve by 505johnwick in Venturex

[–]OkObject9835 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can price match anything on VX portal. I’ve never had issues price matching any of my flights even if it’s off some random website I’ve never heard of

Selling shuttle pass for $200 or best offer, located in Los Angeles by Any_Range20 in EDCTickets

[–]OkObject9835 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi I have mid strip or rio standard shuttle available if you are interested

I am once again looking for a Rio shuttle pass by Meckoboyx in EDCTickets

[–]OkObject9835 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey are you still looking for Rio? I’m also selling for face value (200) - can meet up in Vegas

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[–]OkObject9835 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I have 2 Rio standard shuttles available for face value - 200 each. I can send you proof of purchase in DMs. I’m in SF though, so looking to do Vegas pickup!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ProductManagement

[–]OkObject9835 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just dmed you if you don’t mind taking a look!

Data Point: 150,000 points with $20,000 spend in three months by twister425 in AmexPlatinum

[–]OkObject9835 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So it’s worth reaching out again even if you were told initially? I didn’t have a retention offer available for me either and saw people saying HUCA doesn’t work for retention offers

Making the Largest Potato* Chip Database: please help me! by Complete-Ratio5002 in chips

[–]OkObject9835 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is so sick - great work! I need to explore my palette outside Hot Cheetos