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Author Topic: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!  (Read 1737942 times)

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8760 on: April 09, 2019, 11:27:27 AM »
You are not a beginner :) 100 posts and member since 2013
I know people with thousands of posts who are beginners........

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8761 on: April 09, 2019, 12:20:38 PM »
What are the 15 elite night credits on the AMEX Bonvoy card? Does that mean you get 15 free nights? I am missing something. Please explain

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8762 on: April 09, 2019, 12:24:08 PM »
What are the 15 elite night credits on the AMEX Bonvoy card? Does that mean you get 15 free nights? I am missing something. Please explain
Lol i wish... ;D it adds 15 nights to elite qualifying nights to earn higher status.
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8763 on: April 09, 2019, 03:14:55 PM »
Lol i wish... ;D it adds 15 nights to elite qualifying nights to earn higher status.
hahah figured! So what does that mean in English?

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8764 on: April 09, 2019, 03:22:23 PM »
hahah figured! So what does that mean in English?
u need X amount of nights for status so these 15 help u reach higher status example if u stayed 35 nights and u need 15 more to become platinum this will get u there.
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8765 on: April 09, 2019, 03:26:31 PM »
u need X amount of nights for status so these 15 help u reach higher status example if u stayed 35 nights and u need 15 more to become platinum this will get u there.
Gotcha, how do i see how many nights I have/how many I need for next tier?

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8766 on: April 11, 2019, 03:56:40 AM »
So what's the UPS Method?  ;D

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8767 on: April 11, 2019, 09:05:59 AM »
So what's the UPS Method?  ;D
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8768 on: April 11, 2019, 04:42:00 PM »
Was it illegal or something?  Or is it some DDF inside joke that doesn't exist in real life?

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« Reply #8769 on: April 11, 2019, 04:46:16 PM »
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8770 on: April 11, 2019, 05:02:39 PM »
I just read one of the beginner tutorials.  Why is it more appreciated to make an existing thread longer (100s of pages) instead of creating a new thread, if it is about something new?

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8771 on: April 11, 2019, 05:19:22 PM »
I just read one of the beginner tutorials.  Why is it more appreciated to make an existing thread longer (100s of pages) instead of creating a new thread, if it is about something new?
if it’s the same topic why create a new thread ? New topic, new thread

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8772 on: April 12, 2019, 08:26:55 AM »
Nothing I've set seems to be able to send me notifications when people respond to me posts.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8773 on: April 13, 2019, 08:22:21 PM »
I saw in another thread where folks are selling their Marriott, Hilton, Ritz, etc, certificates/vouchers (most likely because they cannot use them and want to get something for them). My question is, how does the process work? If I want to buy one (at my own risk, I assume) what is the process and will the hotel honor it? Or does selling it void it and I'd be stuck without a valid reservation? Thank you.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8774 on: April 13, 2019, 10:49:32 PM »
I saw in another thread where folks are selling their Marriott, Hilton, Ritz, etc, certificates/vouchers (most likely because they cannot use them and want to get something for them). My question is, how does the process work? If I want to buy one (at my own risk, I assume) what is the process and will the hotel honor it? Or does selling it void it and I'd be stuck without a valid reservation? Thank you.
Contact the person selling it and see what they say.
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8775 on: April 14, 2019, 12:09:34 AM »
Nothing I've set seems to be able to send me notifications when people respond to me posts.
"Notify" at the bottom of a thread gives you mails when anyone posts.  Not just when they respond to you, but it's close.
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8776 on: April 14, 2019, 06:10:06 PM »
Why do people write +1 in a new post instead of just clicking like?

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8777 on: April 14, 2019, 06:16:28 PM »
Why do people write +1 in a new post instead of just clicking like?

It's stronger than like.
Old timers used +1 before there was like, so it sometimes feels right.
Post padding.
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8778 on: April 14, 2019, 06:17:20 PM »
+1

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #8779 on: April 14, 2019, 06:22:07 PM »
You should have specified on which post you wanted to add your +1 , now it is just showing as a new post with +1 :)
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