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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8520 on: February 22, 2018, 04:55:42 PM »
Ask them to expedite the spending points, will automatically trigger the bonus points to post.
they do it sometimes, but usually they see the bonus points and tell you they cant expedite it

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8521 on: February 22, 2018, 05:30:31 PM »
Uh? Bonus points in a MR account that currently has any amount of MR points will post automatically a few days after you complete the spend!
and even the spending points that are pending you could usually get expedited
more detailed
If its an old MR account, points will post within 2, 3 days of spending

New MR account
Bonus points becomes pending 2, 3 days after spending.
If the only points that are pending is the bonus points, its VERY hard or impossible to get these avail.
if there is some spending points pending as well its easier but still not a picnic

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8522 on: February 23, 2018, 03:05:34 PM »
How do you embed videos on here? From YouTube and from other sites.
My Tapatalk notifications don't always work.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8523 on: February 23, 2018, 04:10:03 PM »
How do you embed videos on here? From YouTube and from other sites.
For youtube, click the youtube icon above the box where you type your post. Go to the youtube video you want to add, and take the text after "v=" and paste it between the [youtube][/youtube] tags.
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8524 on: February 23, 2018, 05:05:50 PM »
For youtube, click the youtube icon above the box where you type your post. Go to the youtube video you want to add, and take the text after "v=" and paste it between the [youtube][/youtube] tags.
And for non YouTube sites?
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8525 on: February 26, 2018, 10:19:04 AM »
What do you have to do to be able to choose a avatar in the Forum?

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8526 on: February 26, 2018, 10:22:16 AM »
What do you have to do to be able to choose a avatar in the Forum?
You need 250 posts
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8527 on: February 26, 2018, 10:22:48 AM »
What do you have to do to be able to choose a avatar in the Forum?
This has been discussed here a few times. There is a minimum post count. I believe after 500 posts you may choose an avatar
ETA: it's 250. See above post
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8528 on: February 26, 2018, 10:23:21 AM »
This has been discussed here a few times. There is a minimum post count. I believe after 500 posts you may choose an avatar
It's 250
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8530 on: March 13, 2018, 01:47:32 AM »
hi from tapatalk

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canceled united flight
« Reply #8532 on: March 18, 2018, 01:04:17 PM »
any open forum about the canceled united flight form tlv on tuesday night?

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Re: canceled united flight
« Reply #8533 on: March 18, 2018, 02:12:25 PM »
wadaya wanna know about it?
had friends on it

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Re: canceled united flight
« Reply #8534 on: March 18, 2018, 09:21:40 PM »
How do I cash out the most of this cancelation? They're not ashamed to offer only a $200 credit! After being delayed by more then 24 hours!

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Re: canceled united flight
« Reply #8535 on: March 18, 2018, 09:23:36 PM »
How do I cash out the most of this cancelation? They're not ashamed to offer only a $200 credit! After being delayed by more then 24 hours!
I got $200 when my screen didn't work on a 6hr flight that was delayed an hr, so did my friend who got diverted and bussed from Allentown to EWR, their compensation numbers aren't great.
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Re: canceled united flight
« Reply #8536 on: March 18, 2018, 10:20:54 PM »
any open forum about the canceled united flight form tlv on tuesday night?

Why did they cancel?

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Re: canceled united flight
« Reply #8537 on: March 18, 2018, 10:43:43 PM »
I got $200 when my screen didn't work on a 6hr flight that was delayed an hr, so did my friend who got diverted and bussed from Allentown to EWR, their compensation numbers aren't great.
$200 for a screen not working is not bad. Also for the diverted plane. That doesn't make their compensation bad, actually sounds decent imo. But for a cancelled flight with a 24 hr delay there's legally a minimum compensation required if it was the airline's fault.

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Re: canceled united flight
« Reply #8538 on: March 18, 2018, 10:45:31 PM »


$200 for a screen not working is not bad. Also for the diverted plane. That doesn't make their compensation bad, actually sounds decent imo. But for a cancelled flight with a 24 hr delay there's legally a minimum compensation required if it was the airline's fault.

I was saying for the screen is great while for diverting and bussing them $200 is bad. Apparently they don't know how to differentiate, they give $200 for small botch-terrible botch
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Re: canceled united flight
« Reply #8539 on: March 18, 2018, 10:49:38 PM »

I was saying for the screen is great while for diverting and bussing them $200 is bad. Apparently they don't know how to differentiate, they give $200 for small botch-terrible botch
Ah ok. Didn't understand. Though I still don't think, that diversion required more than $200 compensation (though definitely would be decent of them). As it was an emergency landing and, as was pointed out here, the bus is the regular route from that airport...