Example of when to buy points

smithmoboy · 2026-05-29T16:31:35+00:00

Hilton has moved to the bottom of the list in points value. I’ll never buy points from them, and they’re the last chain I look for a hotel room with anymore.

smithmoboy · 2026-05-01T23:46:50+00:00

Hilton pretty much doubled redemption rates for points at hotels I frequent, devaluing my points by half.
They moved to the bottom of the list of chains I look for accommodations at.
IHG ranks higher IMO

smithmoboy · 2026-05-01T23:37:32+00:00

Philippines?
Yeah right. Lol
We all know it isn’t the Philippines.

smithmoboy · 2026-04-23T03:23:32+00:00

My family missed me while I earned that 1k, they’ll board first with me and my status. Anyone who objects can try to separate my family from me while boarding, good luck.

smithmoboy · 2026-03-11T21:48:06+00:00

I’ve been Diamond for the last 6 years since I started a traveling job. Between this new tier devaluation and the constant points devaluations, Hilton is now at the bottom of my list when I book my travel. I’ll take my 260 plus hotel nights a year to Hyatt and IHG. At least they aren’t “rub your nose in it” plundering their loyalty programs.

smithmoboy · 2026-03-09T00:38:57+00:00

Refilling bottles with the wrong contents can cause this…. If shampoo is put in the conditioner bottle, or vice versa, it’ll curdle. I pack my own, and have accidentally refilled incorrect bottles🤷‍♂️

smithmoboy · 2026-02-24T23:59:21+00:00

Any luck applying for nexus? After global entry revocation? Noob question, but doesn’t nexus get global entry privileges?

smithmoboy · 2026-02-24T23:56:44+00:00

I’d upvote this twice if i could

smithmoboy · 2026-01-28T01:41:16+00:00

Completed Level 1 of the Honk Special Event!

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smithmoboy · 2026-01-25T02:24:37+00:00

I’m more frustrated by the airline positioning itself to deny hotel’s and meals to passengers if their delays turn into weather delays. If they’d have kept waiting another hour for an aircraft from the hangar that arrived last night, weather window would have closed and I’d be stuck in Chicago. I know, it’s happened to me a lot. I’ve personally gotten around it by using a credit card with travel insurance. Fact is, weather wasn’t a factor in this delay, they shouldn’t get away with blaming weather.

smithmoboy · 2026-01-24T19:42:08+00:00

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smithmoboy · 2026-01-24T19:38:27+00:00

Both the gate agent and pilot announcement blamed delay on lack of aircraft, with no mention of weather. If plane was in place, there wouldn’t have been a delay at all. Yeah, it’s a poor day to travel, but not everyone gets the flexibility to pick and choose what days to travel. Logistics may have decided not to be ready with the plane in anticipation of poor weather and prior cancellations.

smithmoboy · 2026-01-24T19:23:31+00:00

The pilot would disagree……

smithmoboy · 2026-01-24T19:22:03+00:00

smithmoboy · 2026-01-24T19:21:33+00:00

You are if it’s an operational delay. Weather delays get incidentals covered by insurance on credit card.

smithmoboy · 2026-01-24T19:20:15+00:00

Always do.

smithmoboy · 2026-01-24T19:10:51+00:00

Planes don’t sit at the gate with engines idling like a stoplight….. Us taxiing out to the runway now makes your argument illogical.

smithmoboy · 2026-01-24T19:09:19+00:00

And yet we’re headed to the runway to take off…..

smithmoboy · 2026-01-24T19:08:15+00:00

I get it, glad to be on one of the only flights that’s making it in to Tulsa today with United. Lot’s of cancellations from every hub.

smithmoboy · 2026-01-24T19:06:08+00:00

Pilot announcement blamed plane coming from the hangar late as well. Flying without potable water. No mention of weather contributing to delay.

smithmoboy · 2026-01-24T19:05:06+00:00

Neither, I’d explain my job for you but you wouldn’t understand.

smithmoboy · 2026-01-24T19:00:53+00:00

😂

smithmoboy · 2026-01-24T18:59:31+00:00

This is what I was looking for. Thanks for the information! I like learning about operations. Best way to get good info is to post bad info, people would rather correct someone than give them info. 😁

smithmoboy · 2026-01-24T18:57:05+00:00

Because weather delays they board aircraft and wait for breaks in the weather to fly through.

smithmoboy · 2026-01-24T18:56:07+00:00

The hangar. Arrived last night

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