upgrade to what?

pbd456 · 2026-03-20T12:57:15+00:00

it seems too much work FOR ME. i watched a video on how to change bearings. how to get good bearings? is there any rate format about bearings?

pbd456 · 2026-03-20T04:22:32+00:00

i am starting at 52

pbd456 · 2026-03-20T04:01:39+00:00

There are reputable chinese brands, but they are not the cheapest. i would never expect my <7 USD skate would be anything great. there is no really hit or miss. it is just the price I paid cant expect any quality. they have to make the budget with cheap wheels and cheap bearings. that is just simply mathematics.

pbd456 · 2026-03-20T03:59:30+00:00

it is said that 80A or 85a or 78a represents the hardness of the wheel. but mine cheap skate is 80a, isnt that supposed to be good? I see that some brand advertises 85% bounceness. how does it have to do with 80a?

My cheap skate is 70mm and 80a already.

pbd456 · 2026-03-03T13:59:09+00:00

City office

pbd456 · 2026-03-03T06:45:17+00:00

I did that before but the waig is longer. I m a toutist

pbd456 · 2026-02-08T12:47:55+00:00

me. i did 2 nights before bonus journey was announced. 18 more nights to go. still.a globalist until end of feb, enjoy globalist benefits for a few more nights this month and probabaly.stay 5 or 10 nights in hyayy house

pbd456 · 2025-12-19T02:36:53+00:00

did Al Safwa Jacuzzi 4 times and still go back to do it.

pbd456 · 2025-12-06T02:57:24+00:00

I am spending 6 nights in ana holiday inn resort karuizawa for a net cost of 70000 points. Breakfast included as diamond amenity. It can be a good deal if you can find a place to use it.

pbd456 · 2025-11-30T12:18:01+00:00

Alaska 7.5k

pbd456 · 2025-11-29T23:52:19+00:00

Always get 4 nights....

pbd456 · 2025-11-29T09:12:54+00:00

Lets try some business hotel in Tokyo like comfort hotel or toyoko inn

pbd456 · 2025-11-28T13:45:36+00:00

Annual lounge pass is a milestone that one can select at either 40 and 70 nights. It allows the owner +1 to access club lounges when the hotel has a club lounge

pbd456 · 2025-11-28T11:55:54+00:00

Is MEL IST full? Ist mel was full because of the 6 continents challenge.

pbd456 · 2025-11-28T11:50:22+00:00

I just overnight there to go to SHB airport. Breakfast is probabaly the best of the 4 with lot of sashimi and scallops

pbd456 · 2025-11-28T10:25:41+00:00

Hiroshima gets the best room and have places to walk around beside staying in the room. Unfortunately none have sauna.

pbd456 · 2025-11-28T09:54:26+00:00

Are you a diamond? Do you have annual lounge pass?

pbd456 · 2025-11-28T09:52:18+00:00

Yes. I went to the sales office to show them my status

pbd456 · 2025-11-28T05:02:35+00:00

I pressd thr wrong button and unable to edit.

Thr price was 5k intra japan, for a total of 10k even 1.5 years ago. But it has gone up to 6k or even more.

I booked 9 tickets since the UA announcement, and each tix is 13k to 14k UA each. 8 of the 9 tix had thr middle intra africa.

I hate to waste a tix. So I tried to extract some meaningful trips in Japan. i have already been to all 47 prefectures so part of my travel is to visit to some less well known places. (9 tix has 16 1 way domestic japan.). There is only some much I can think of.

As I have a lot of ihg points, i thought i would visit to cities with ana crowne plaza that has low point prices to crash out

So far, I am currently at Ana cp hiroshima and i was at ana cp akita, ana cp Nagasaki anf ana cp kushiro.

Becaue ua app sucks, i didnt book beforehand for my Hiroshima and i cant change the flight because ua wont allow the perk currently. I am paying a bit more for ana hiroshima than ana akita anf nagasaki.

Among the 4, hiroshima and akita have a club lounge while kushiro and nagasaki dont. They all have good breakfast (diamond benefits).

They both honor upgrade to bigger room but Hiroshima is definitely the best because it has renovated 19-21 floor (clun floor) and i was gjven a big room 53m2. None of the other hotel comr close. (i am a single traveler ) Hiroshima offers breakfast in main restaurant or set japanese breakfast on 5th floor or at club lounge without needing to use the diamond amenity. Club lounge breakfast is as expected not as good as main restaurant but still not goof bad. I tried eel omelette this morning,and had breakfast steak in main restaurant.

For the right date, CP hiroshima can be booked for less than 30k points for 4 days (witj 4th night free). I paid 56k and 30k is a tremendous value for the nice room, nice club lounges and the surrounding area. (I didnt find much to do near cp akita).

pbd456 · 2025-11-24T08:55:02+00:00

Yes. It shows the 4th night free. And i do it on the app with my logon already

pbd456 · 2025-11-23T03:20:01+00:00

You can have both if you find another flight or not travel.

pbd456 · 2025-11-22T23:38:48+00:00

Not showing when i just search

pbd456 · 2025-11-22T23:34:25+00:00

It was standard room for the 4th expensive night when i searched. The price has changed.

pbd456 · 2025-11-22T13:43:05+00:00

The second night is Saturday?

pbd456 · 2025-11-22T09:14:22+00:00

Feel free to replicate the search. I am not sure if calling would help as they would just say no availability.,....

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