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Points Used:

UR: 133K
MR: 40K
SPG: 90K
AA: 148K
UA: 95K
Hyatt: 4 free nights
Marriott: 146K and 2 free nights (still waiting for some points to post and then change cash res. to points)
IHG: ~130K (still haven't decided which hotel in Belgium to stay at)
Melia: 22K
BA: 4.5K
And 1 BRG :)

Desired Locations: (Strikethrough means booked)

Israel
London
Paris
Zurich

Rome (Car rental booked FCO-FLR-PSA-VCE)
Florence
Pisa
Venice
Madrid (RT train booked to Toledo)
Barcelona
Seville
(Car rental booked SVQ-GIB-SVQ)
Gibraltar
Bruges/Ghent (Belgium) (Have to book trains within Belgium and RT to AMS.)
Amsterdam

Days Scheduled in Each Location
In no order in particular...

Rome 3.5
Florence .5
Pisa .5
Venice 4.5 including Shabbos (although others said it can be done in less time)
Israel 12
Amsterdam 2
Paris 4 including Shabbos
Dublin 1.5
London 4 including Shabbos (although others said it can be done in less time)
Zurich 1 (b/c it's the United <24 hour stopover, but I'm sure there's more than 1 day's worth of activities there)
Belgium 1
(Amount of days in the different Spain cities are short and were very calculated based on suggestions, as I wanted to save any "extra" days I had for other countries.)
Madrid 1
Seville .5
Gibraltar 1.5 including Shabbos
Barcelona 1.5
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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #420 on: May 02, 2014, 04:44:17 PM »
will Chase SP cover the car insurance?
I know UMPE will. According to [urlhttp://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=4830.msg765510#msg765510]this[/url], so will SP.

To update the hotel situation...
This past week I opened up 5 cards SP, IHG, Marriott, PRG, EveryDay Preferred (EDP?). Almost done with the spends, but have been extremely unsuccessful getting Chase/Amex to move up the statement dates on my first bills so that the points post sooner. Most of the cc's won't close till the end of this month/beg of June. To avoid the possibility of losing out on the rooms I need, I just booked refundable stays at almost all the remaining hotels I need. Once the points post, I'll call up to either switch the payment method to rewards or just cancel and rebook with my points.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #421 on: May 02, 2014, 04:47:28 PM »
What hotel are you staying in Venice?

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #422 on: May 02, 2014, 05:31:40 PM »
What hotel are you staying in Venice?
Goal is to stay at Comfort Hotel Diana. 10K Choice a night which will mean 10K MR a night.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #423 on: May 03, 2014, 09:28:18 PM »
Is it near the Jewish gehtto?
What star hotel is it?

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #424 on: May 03, 2014, 09:38:05 PM »
Is it near the Jewish gehtto?
What star hotel is it?
Don't know where the Jewish Ghetto is but it's 10 min from Gritti and 5 from Danielli which Dan has talked about as potential places in VCE, so I'm sure it can't be too far. It's 3 stars on TripAdivsor and rank 181/380 in VCE. It's not modern, rather oooold school. I didn't pick it for stars, I picked it as the only place I found that I could afford in points. All the SPG's are really expensive as is the Best Western there (like 30K or 35K/night).

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #425 on: May 04, 2014, 12:46:16 AM »
Don't know where the Jewish Ghetto is but it's 10 min from Gritti and 5 from Danielli which Dan has talked about as potential places in VCE, so I'm sure it can't be too far. It's 3 stars on TripAdivsor and rank 181/380 in VCE. It's not modern, rather oooold school. I didn't pick it for stars, I picked it as the only place I found that I could afford in points. All the SPG's are really expensive as is the Best Western there (like 30K or 35K/night).
I rented an apt 2 doors down from Gam Gam on air bnb for $89 a night. You may want to check it out as the date gets closer provided the hotel policy has a generous cancelation policy.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #426 on: May 04, 2014, 12:50:43 AM »
I rented an apt 2 doors down from Gam Gam on air bnb for $89 a night. You may want to check it out as the date gets closer provided the hotel policy has a generous cancelation policy.
Do you remember what it was called?
Was it nice?

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #427 on: May 04, 2014, 12:52:01 AM »
Considering everyone has been so helpful by contributing with their knowledge of European cities, would you  rather visit Frankfurt or Vienna if you had an extended stopover?

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #428 on: May 04, 2014, 12:52:54 AM »
Considering everyone has been so helpful by contributing with their knowledge of European cities, would you  rather visit Frankfurt or Vienna if you had an extended stopover?

Vienna. But then again I'm not a fan of visiting Germany.
"Not all who wander are lost"

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #429 on: May 04, 2014, 12:58:00 AM »
Do you remember what it was called?
Was it nice?
We paid $98 per night after fees total from Air bnb. We got second night free bec of a promo they were running. it was located right next door from gam gam and 4 mins from chabad by foot. The Boat stop is right outside. The master bedroom has two mattress on one frame, the living room has a bed and a pullout sofa. There is a small kitchen with two bathrooms.
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/2035355?s=Sydm

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #430 on: May 04, 2014, 01:00:32 AM »
We paid $98 per night after fees total from Air bnb. We got second night free bec of a promo they were running. it was located right next door from gam gam and 4 mins from chabad by foot. The Boat stop is right outside. The master bedroom has two mattress on one frame, the living room has a bed and a pullout sofa. There is a small kitchen with two bathrooms.
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/2035355?s=Sydm
this building has a buzzer that you need to press to exit. However luckily the window on the door opens wide enough (i have a big hand) that allowes you to tuen the key from the outside and open it :)

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #431 on: May 04, 2014, 01:12:17 AM »
Vienna. But then again I'm not a fan of visiting Germany.
+1 However this may be an opportunity to visit a concentration camp. But with Vienna its possible to go to the chasam shofer considering it is a short distance away.
But from a tourist prospective, which city has better sights and what are they?

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #432 on: May 04, 2014, 01:40:54 AM »
I rented an apt 2 doors down from Gam Gam on air bnb for $89 a night. You may want to check it out as the date gets closer provided the hotel policy has a generous cancelation policy.
Thanks, looking to go for free, though. When I mentioned "expensive" I meant expensive in points.
+1 However this may be an opportunity to visit a concentration camp. But with Vienna its possible to go to the chasam shofer considering it is a short distance away.
But from a tourist prospective, which city has better sights and what are they?
People may have been helpful here, and honestly, I don't care if you ask your questions here, but if you post your FRA and VIE q's in the master threads for those destinations, you'll probably get a lot more responses. There have been a handful of people helping me in this thread, but by posting in those threads, you might find help from people who specifically follow those threads to help, but may have never even looked at my thread once. Good luck!

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #433 on: May 04, 2014, 01:44:14 AM »
Thanks, looking to go for free, though. When I mentioned "expensive" I meant expensive in points.
Understood may be worth the money considering the price and convenience. Just a thought.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #434 on: May 04, 2014, 01:52:23 AM »
Understood may be worth the money considering the price and convenience. Just a thought.
Thanks, it's definitely a good thought, but 40K MR for 4 nights at Diana, is not too expensive, and it's a 22 minute walk to Gam Gam. Not too bad.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #435 on: May 04, 2014, 07:53:23 PM »
this building has a buzzer that you need to press to exit. However luckily the window on the door opens wide enough (i have a big hand) that allowes you to tuen the key from the outside and open it :)

So basically it's not recommended for shabbos

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #436 on: May 05, 2014, 01:37:06 AM »
So basically it's not recommended for shabbos
Incorrect. I was able to open the door with ease when I was inside by turning the key on the outside.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #437 on: May 06, 2014, 10:37:19 PM »
Direct avail in J from FRA-TLV is available through a week before my flight. Hoping that by next week, my desired dates open up, and I can drop a stopover from my trip!

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #438 on: May 07, 2014, 11:46:42 AM »
Last night I dreamt I was in Barcelona without my wife, without having gotten a phone before the trip, and without having planned an itinerary. #nightmare

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #439 on: May 07, 2014, 06:11:23 PM »
without having gotten a phone before the trip,

On that matter what are you doing about phones during your trip?