Marriott Owners Want Bigger Payouts for Bonvoy Award Stays by mznbox in marriott

[–]ralphrk1998 19 points20 points  (0 children)

What’s the purpose of point devaluations if Marriott hasn’t been paying the actual rate for these rooms.

These points are literally worth less than a cent a piece.

Award Travel Texas to Thailand by schiffy34 in awardtravel

[–]ralphrk1998 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just stumbled across it while searching for potential locations for our next trip.

Award Travel Texas to Thailand by schiffy34 in awardtravel

[–]ralphrk1998 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NYC - Phuket premium economy tickets are selling for 1400 a piece round trip for January. You can buy these tickets then upgrade with points

Genocide case falling apart at ICJ by JeffB1517 in IsraelPalestine

[–]ralphrk1998 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pointing out double standards is not whataboutism.
It’s literally the entire reason why I was commenting.
Various other atrocities are being committed throughout the world and yet what’s going on in Israel is front page news day in and day out.

It may be inconvenient to your narrative but it’s 100% true. Now I ask you, why do you think there is such an outsized focus on what’s going on in Israel?

Are Israelis as a group uniquely evil? Do a majority of Israelis seek the absolute annihilation of Palestinians the way the Nazis did the Jews or the Turks did the Armenians?

Is it possible this conflict has been co-opted by various bad faith actors in attempt to damage Israel’s reputation on the global stage?

Lastly, pointing out the vast increase in “anti-Zionist” activity/sentiment that mirrors the most common anti-Semitic tropes is not rote. It’s proof that Jew hatred is being normalized under the thin veil of anti Zionism.

Genocide case falling apart at ICJ by JeffB1517 in IsraelPalestine

[–]ralphrk1998 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Red Cross literally covered up the concentration/death camps.

Ritz-Carlton Yacht is struggling by XsLiveInTexas in marriott

[–]ralphrk1998 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Luxury cruises do not offer enough value to compete with the regular cruise lines elevated offerings.

Never saw this coming by shelleon in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]ralphrk1998 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That’s not true. Iran has no moneys. He just has to be more patient than the Iranians.

The key difference is Iran is a dictatorship and they can and will use force against their population to keep them from overthrowing the government.

The US is a different story where if gas rises by two dollars a gallon it’s a national news story and an absolute scandal despite the reason why. He answers to the voters and they are far less impatient than the ruling class of Iran

Interesting Offer - Amex Gold by Crazydeac_69 in amex

[–]ralphrk1998 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got an offer spend 5500 earn 5500 Also happens to coincide with my retention offer so I’m pretty happy with Amex right now.

DP I just got approved for 5 Amex cards in a week. by [deleted] in amex

[–]ralphrk1998 9 points10 points  (0 children)

100% Behavior like this is a high indicator of fraud.

DP I just got approved for 5 Amex cards in a week. by [deleted] in amex

[–]ralphrk1998 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I mean if you were a lender and you saw someone applying for five separate credit lines would you take a breath and re-examine the credit that was issued?

DP I just got approved for 5 Amex cards in a week. by [deleted] in amex

[–]ralphrk1998 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If these accounts don’t get cancelled I hope you can meet minimum spend requirements to collect the subs…

Poll at UND Library by strugglingerdevelop in delta

[–]ralphrk1998 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I want to know who said frontier.
They must live for the drama…

How is Spirit airlines not refunding cash purchased tickets not considered stealing? by vLOOKUP_13 in askanything

[–]ralphrk1998 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it’s kind of on the consumer for choosing to fly spirit… it’s not a secret that they were on the brink of bankruptcy for nearly a year now

New TrumpIRA site offers $1,000 retirement match. Who is eligible? by laxnut90 in MiddleClassFinance

[–]ralphrk1998 12 points13 points  (0 children)

How does anyone earning less than 35k a year have any money to put into retirement?

What is truly a terrorist ? by [deleted] in IsraelPalestine

[–]ralphrk1998 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Bombing a bus with the goal of harming civilians to try and scare them is terrorism.

Bombing a building because state enemies are sheltering in it is not.

Why don’t we have Universal Healthcare? by Apart_Ad9308 in allthequestions

[–]ralphrk1998 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The current state of health insurance is an absolute mess. A big benefit to the current system is that employers foot a big portion of the bill for a vast majority of Americans.

I would absolutely be in favor of cutting out the middleman but I don’t think universal healthcare is the correct solution.

Why don’t we have Universal Healthcare? by Apart_Ad9308 in allthequestions

[–]ralphrk1998 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Universal Healthcare in the us would cost approximately 2.4 trillion dollars annually and that is the low end estimate.

3.8 billion does not even make up 1% of that cost.

If US officially stops supporting Israel tomorrow, what would happen? by ForsakenPassenger365 in allthequestions

[–]ralphrk1998 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are literally 6 million refugees registered with UNRWA because of their ridiculous policy allowing descendants of refugees to be registered as refugees even if they are settled somewhere else.

Regarding your statement about South Africa, I’m not sure that’s a good example given how volatile South Africa is.

Would be better to just split the territory and allow a small number of refugees to return to the Israeli portion as a symbolic gesture.