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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8580 on: April 12, 2018, 04:06:09 PM »
I booked a ticket to Israel through priceline not realizing that the second leg of my stop-over would be on shabbos(!!). I called them asking them if I can switch the flight. They said that I need to pay $150 penalty, plus the fare difference which came out to about $1000!!! does anyone have any advice for me?

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8581 on: April 12, 2018, 05:23:03 PM »
If you recently booked it, call up and ask for a supervisor. say you made a mistake. Ask to please cancel it as a courtesy
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8582 on: April 12, 2018, 05:27:21 PM »
I booked it a while ago...anything else i can try?

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8583 on: April 12, 2018, 05:55:00 PM »
I booked a ticket to Israel through priceline not realizing that the second leg of my stop-over would be on shabbos(!!). I called them asking them if I can switch the flight. They said that I need to pay $150 penalty, plus the fare difference which came out to about $1000!!! does anyone have any advice for me?

We're these part of the glitch tickets? is that why there's the big discrepancy in ticket price?

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8584 on: April 12, 2018, 06:29:55 PM »
no, i think its because i want to rebook for this sunday, so maybe theres no cheaper tickets left...

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8585 on: April 12, 2018, 07:12:41 PM »
I booked a ticket to Israel through priceline not realizing that the second leg of my stop-over would be on shabbos(!!). I called them asking them if I can switch the flight. They said that I need to pay $150 penalty, plus the fare difference which came out to about $1000!!! does anyone have any advice for me?
What airline? Considering costs might be worth "missing your flight" at the airport they can potentially rebook you for less....it's definitely a risk though.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8586 on: May 01, 2018, 10:23:00 AM »
I have a ticket booked on Emirates. I'm thinking of using points to upgrade one leg to business.
1. Can I do that after my ticket is booked?
2. If so, how do I transfer my Chase points? Korean?

Thanks!!

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8587 on: May 07, 2018, 11:58:17 PM »
Not sure where to ask this question so I'm trying it here.  What happens to airline miles of someone who passes away?  Can those miles be transferred to a family member? 

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8588 on: May 08, 2018, 12:06:10 AM »
Not sure where to ask this question so I'm trying it here.  What happens to airline miles of someone who passes away?  Can those miles be transferred to a family member?
Most programs' T&C's say that the points are forfeited when the AH dies but they really have no way of knowing when someone dies. If you have the login info I would just use them yourself.
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8589 on: May 10, 2018, 09:10:32 PM »
This is my first time putting a question in. I did it on the Marriott nights and flights thread.
I used this method over a year ago to get Southwest status and got a week in Rome at an amazing Marriott associated hotel. We want to do this again and I understand transferring thru to United is considered the best option and best to pick a higher hotel for nights.Therefore we are interested in the Ritz in Manhattan for a week which requires over 500,000 Marriott points ( and 1/3rd of that in SPG points) which would then transfer into a certain number of United points(132K). Before I do that I checked transfers of SPG points directly into United points and it looks like you would get 2 for one that way. It then seems that we wold lose a lot of potential united points doing this. Am I missing something?


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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8590 on: May 23, 2018, 12:08:19 PM »
Is it possible to have Walmart ship 1 item & keep the second item (from same order) for pickup ?
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8591 on: May 23, 2018, 02:01:50 PM »
This is my first time putting a question in. I did it on the Marriott nights and flights thread.
I used this method over a year ago to get Southwest status and got a week in Rome at an amazing Marriott associated hotel. We want to do this again and I understand transferring thru to United is considered the best option and best to pick a higher hotel for nights.Therefore we are interested in the Ritz in Manhattan for a week which requires over 500,000 Marriott points ( and 1/3rd of that in SPG points) which would then transfer into a certain number of United points(132K). Before I do that I checked transfers of SPG points directly into United points and it looks like you would get 2 for one that way. It then seems that we wold lose a lot of potential united points doing this. Am I missing something?
You do not get 2 for 1, you get 1 to 1 and a 5k bonus for each 20k you transfer.
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8592 on: May 23, 2018, 04:16:35 PM »
Is it possible to have Walmart ship 1 item & keep the second item (from same order) for pickup ?
Anyone have an answer for this ? (#freeshipping)

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8593 on: May 27, 2018, 07:03:19 PM »
Anyone else recently not getting text notification from twitter with DDMS updates? My last one came 5/23

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8594 on: May 27, 2018, 07:05:23 PM »
Anyone else recently not getting text notification from twitter with DDMS updates? My last one came 5/23
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=24066.0
Check the last page or 2

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8595 on: May 28, 2018, 11:19:01 PM »
Why does it seem impossible to click on a link in a thread using the tapatalk app?

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8596 on: May 28, 2018, 11:23:31 PM »
Why does it seem impossible to click on a link in a thread using the tapatalk app?
Tapatalk app is certainly horrendous as you can see here
But I'm not sure what problem you are referring to, that you have to hit the link like 10 times before it opens?
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8597 on: May 28, 2018, 11:24:27 PM »
Tapatalk app is certainly horrendous as you can see here
But I'm not sure what problem you are referring to, that you have to hit the link like 10 times before it opens?
Precisely

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8598 on: May 28, 2018, 11:25:02 PM »
Tapatalk app is certainly horrendous as you can see here
But I'm not sure what problem you are referring to, that you have to hit the link like 10 times before it opens?
Didn't notice any other problems

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8599 on: May 28, 2018, 11:31:51 PM »
Didn't notice any other problems
Oh you haven't used it enough if you say so.
See that thread I linked above. (if you can open it that is)
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