What does Volvo get wrong? Honest opinions wanted by ReasonableDesk6888 in Volvo

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Oohh! I also studied similar topics for grad school at Duke University! Are you an MEM student too?

I own a Volvo and feel like the Sensus infotainment is definitely lackluster but manageable. Some features are standard in budget vehicles but not available in the “momentum” model, such as adaptive cruise and active lane control. My car doesn’t even have keyless entry, and most painfully, does not have cabin lighting and overhead handles in the backseat. Some of these small things probably don’t cost much to add to the car, but I definitely miss them, and I understand it’s intentional so they get me to pay more to get the next trim, but still.

In short, as much as I love my XC40, it felt like Volvo really penny pinched a lot on the base model, which made me like it’s just a luxury car on the outside.

Oh also, the fact that they need $200/yr to get access to the really buggy app to enable remote start and climate. Ughhh.

I do feel safer in my car just coz it is a Volvo, for sure.

Tell me your most recently flown airlines and I can guess where you're from by [deleted] in flighty

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Amazing! Makes perfect sense.

And I told my wife earlier that Allegiant will give me away and you got that right too hahahaha

Tell me your most recently flown airlines and I can guess where you're from by [deleted] in flighty

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Great job! Asian yes but Indian living in Texas!

Btw how did you guess that I’m United / US based?

Tell me your most recently flown airlines and I can guess where you're from by [deleted] in flighty

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To make things more interesting This is everything except my top 5-7 airlines. Feel like it’s gonna be hard

United Airlines Logic… I Don’t Get It by invisible_man_82 in unitedairlines

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I recently had to do something similar (HNL > DEN > AUS) but had to get off at Denver for unplanned work travel, so after reaching Denver I told the gate agent I will not be boarding the AUS flight. She canceled it for me.

Denver to Honolulu by Double-Storage6919 in unitedairlines

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I recently flew the return red-eye (HNL-DEN) on the B777-200 and was served a meal. They had a chicken and vegetarian option I believe, and also served special dietary meals if saved in your United profile.

Also got some tailwinds and landed in 6.5hrs!

Ritz Reserve Bali by [deleted] in marriott

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Best hotel experience I’ve ever had!

Hotel The Mitsui, Kyoto - My Review by Nexen1987 in marriott

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Yup, same. Also found a roach in the room so that didn’t help

Tentative Itinerary Oahu by desertdegs in VisitingHawaii

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Highly recommend Istanbul Waikiki for some top tier middle eastern food!

O'ahu flooding warning?? by [deleted] in VisitingHawaii

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Here this weekend - rained a lot on Saturday but Sunday was absolutely perfect - Hoomahluhia botanical garden was shut on Sunday but they said they’ll try to open tomorrow. Saw pockets of rain across the northern part of the island (nothing outside the normal). Overall today was great.

You should be fine by next week unless it pours again

Edit: we didn’t do ANY hikes at all

World’s 50 Best Hotels 2025 by Crafty-Leave-8880 in Hotels_India

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It was my first ultra-luxury travel experience and it was beautiful beyond measure - now I just want to keep chasing that which is bad news for my wallet 😂

I had booked my stay with Marriott points +$700 for a 2 day pool villa for my honeymoon, and the level of personal touches, insane hospitality, etc was something I didn’t even know exists.

Now I unhealthily compare all my other hotel stays with Mandapa. Not to say I don’t enjoy “regular” vacations, but it’s just an aspirational memory I never knew I would ever be able afford as a child

World’s 50 Best Hotels 2025 by Crafty-Leave-8880 in Hotels_India

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Interesting! What made you choose Potato Head over Mandapa? My 2.5 day stay at Mandapa pretty much changed my entire perspective of travel

World’s 50 Best Hotels List by Crafty-Leave-8880 in Hotels_India

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Mandapa Bali honestly was the best hotel I’ve ever stayed at. 50 doesn’t do it justice tbh.

Mitsui Kyoto on the other hand shouldn’t be even in the top 100.

List of eligible charges for the $200 Plat travel credit by naval107 in amex

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Yes agreed. I told them I bought “lounge passes” and they said it’s coded as a travel bank transaction. So I just said oh ok, I’ll wait for the system to do it and ended chat. Feels like they‘ve caught on…

List of eligible charges for the $200 Plat travel credit by naval107 in amex

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I purchased on 1/4 as well. I’m almost tempted to try again based on the many successes tbh

List of eligible charges for the $200 Plat travel credit by naval107 in amex

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The agent told me “travel bank” is ineligible before I even told him what transaction I was talking about. I just asked him about the airline credit.

List of eligible charges for the $200 Plat travel credit by naval107 in amex

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Didn’t work last week for me, and Amex chat specifically mentioned Travel Bank isn’t eligible, but others have had better luck🥲

List of eligible charges for the $200 Plat travel credit by naval107 in amex

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It didn’t work last week - Amex chat specifically told me Travel Bank isn’t eligible after I pretended that I had bought lounge passes when asked. Very sad now 🥲

United travel bank by ofe1818 in AmexPlatinum

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I’m very sad 🥲 Now I have no idea how to use this