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On The Road / Re: Cheapest Way TLV to Jerusalem?

« on: July 02, 2020, 08:10:55 AM »

Funny not updated on the Israeli Railways map.

https://www.rail.co.il/en/pages/stationsnlines.aspx

Yep, It's in the Hebrew updates here:
https://www.rail.co.il/updates
Not in the English updates...

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On The Road / Re: Cheapest Way TLV to Jerusalem?

« on: July 01, 2020, 05:04:02 PM »

Train now goes directly to Savidor stop, no stop at airport, this is two stops before Herzeliya. They are saying by sukkos will go all the way.
My understanding is also there are now some minyanim in the morning jlm-tlv

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Up In The Air / Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips

« on: February 17, 2020, 02:12:25 PM »

Trying to figure out if it pays for me to buy a star alliance award upgrade with a3, can someone tell me what the fees would be on a flight JFK-GVA?
I can't see since I am bit short on points and would need to buy them to get the full picture. TIA

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Goods For Sale/Trade / Re: Airline Gift Cards And Vouchers Master Thread

« on: February 09, 2020, 04:01:39 PM »

Selling $200 united electronic certificate for 85% ($170) OBO. Valid until 8/8/2020

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On The Road / Re: Cheapest Way TLV to Jerusalem?

« on: January 19, 2020, 11:03:08 AM »

FYI: all trains from 6:33-9:03 have a daily minyan for shachris at the second car to the back. (This is great if you are heading to the airport).
The 8:03 has a Seder Torah as well.
There are also some trains in the opposite direction with mincha/maariv depending on the season/times, same location. (There is a WhatsApp group if anyone is interested)

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On The Road / Re: New Points Hotel Jerusalem: TRYP By WYNDHAM

« on: October 24, 2019, 03:57:51 AM »

As a data point: We fit a pack and play and two of my older kids (3,4) slept on blankets on the floor. So we fit 5 in one room. Cant say we fit comfortably because the mattresses were horrible and there is a flashing red light on the ceiling, but the size was manageable.

Dp - Had one room with a packnplay was fine, they didnt seem to mind me bringing it in. Second room used inflateable mattress for kid (5) was also fine.

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On The Road / Re: New Points Hotel Jerusalem: TRYP By WYNDHAM

« on: October 24, 2019, 03:56:12 AM »

DP:
On checkin had a long argument with rep who wanted to charge me VAT as an Israeli citizen on a points stay since in the system it shows that there is some trnasaction with Wyndham, long story short I didnt sign anything about paying and they checked me in, on checkout a different rep said there is no charge because its a points stay. Was aggravating even without the charge.

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On The Road / Re: New Points Hotel Jerusalem: TRYP By WYNDHAM

« on: October 24, 2019, 03:52:59 AM »

Was it enforced, or did you just not have their breakfast?
(We have stayed there twice, most recently last November, and very much enjoyed the brekkie.)

I looked on my way to davening at the list for breakfast and was not on it so if someone had actually been there then it would be enforced (I wasnt going to go anyways)

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On The Road / Re: New Points Hotel Jerusalem: TRYP By WYNDHAM

« on: October 19, 2019, 02:18:37 PM »

As a data point: We fit a pack and play and two of my older kids (3,4) slept on blankets on the floor. So we fit 5 in one room. Cant say we fit comfortably because the mattresses were horrible and there is a flashing red light on the ceiling, but the size was manageable.

What room did you have?

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On The Road / Re: New Points Hotel Jerusalem: TRYP By WYNDHAM

« on: October 19, 2019, 02:18:14 PM »

Just checked in and was told breakfast is not included with award stays

Was told this on the phone, is this new? Last time we got breakfast.

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Up In The Air / Re: Carseat Restrictions On Planes

« on: October 04, 2019, 02:20:43 AM »

Flew aeroflot in J some time back A330 no issue with car seat, also was an aisle seat.

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Credit Cards / New cobranded Turkish Airlines and isracard (Israel)

« on: September 22, 2019, 09:10:14 AM »

https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001301536
Bonus of 5k miles, 20NiS a month fee and 1 mile = 6.5nis
Not as good as us cards but the best i have seen in Israel

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Up In The Air / Re: Radiation on flights

« on: August 20, 2019, 10:06:41 AM »

It's of no consequence. A flight from NY to LA is the same radiation as eating 400 bananas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose
https://xkcd.com/radiation/

That does not seem to be what this paper says:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15172873/

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Up In The Air / Radiation on flights

« on: August 19, 2019, 11:37:31 PM »

Saw this snippet in a periodical I subscribe to where it quotes some studies/talks that flights have the same level of exposure to radiation as a number of x-rays, while not dangerous as a one off, I am curious if people have heard of this or factor this in to frequent flying. Here is a pic with refrences:

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On The Road / Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem

« on: August 18, 2019, 12:35:22 PM »

Depends on the room and what layout , if has a  balcony

No one is sleeping on the balcony...