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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #80 on: May 28, 2015, 10:59:08 AM »
Not for a specific deal, but thanks to what i've picked up here, i was able to get rebooked on another airline after flight was cancelled despite being told that it could not be done because...
...its weather related
...its a mileage ticket
...all flights to XXX have been cancelled
...the flight you want on United has been cancelled

The key was knowing what the agents are really empowered to do. In this case the gate agent was clueless or unhelpful, but the group ticketing phone agent was very helpful.
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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #81 on: June 14, 2015, 11:24:35 PM »
Reviving the thread just to say Thank you Dan for installment 2 of the hooper.

Nice fun read.

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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #82 on: August 26, 2015, 04:35:46 PM »
i became an DDF'er

Save money

Became a frugal guy, and started to rock up mile&points

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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #83 on: August 26, 2015, 04:41:20 PM »
I became a DDF'er.

I Saved money.

I became a frugal guy, and started to rack up miles & points.

There. I fixed that for you.

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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #85 on: September 09, 2015, 12:56:26 AM »
Maybe I'm getting too old for DDF, but it seems that in the past 6 months, theres been too much garbage outside of JS. Of course, there will be some off topic comnents spread throughout, but it was getting so full of garbage that most posts (at least thats what it seemed) were devoid of any useful content. You had to read through back and forth banter to get anywhere.
Lets restore DDF to a useful and helpful community that it is and that we want it to be.

And thanks Dan for helping out. 
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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #86 on: September 09, 2015, 12:57:22 AM »
Lets restore DDF to a useful and helpful community that it is and that we want it to be.
Amen
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #87 on: September 09, 2015, 01:21:54 AM »
Maybe I'm getting too old for DDF, but it seems that in the past 6 months, theres been too much garbage outside of JS. Of course, there will be some off topic comnents spread throughout, but it was getting so full of garbage that most posts (at least thats what it seemed) were devoid of any useful content. You had to read through back and forth banter to get anywhere.
Lets restore DDF to a useful and helpful community that it is and that we want it to be.

And thanks Dan for helping out.
Follow the Facebook page for a few days, you may think differently about the forums after that.

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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #88 on: September 09, 2015, 09:35:15 AM »
Follow the Facebook page for a few days, you may think differently about the forums after that.
Way too old for that!
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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #89 on: November 25, 2015, 10:19:15 AM »
OPs code is a better offer.

What a mentch!!
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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #90 on: March 17, 2016, 11:20:41 PM »
To a great moderator!

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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #91 on: March 17, 2016, 11:21:32 PM »
To a great moderator!
+1. Gone with the wind. :)
Who do you think you are fooling? You think you are going to pull a quick one on your Creator? Good luck with that.
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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #92 on: March 17, 2016, 11:33:33 PM »
+1. Gone with the wind. :)
Why gone with the wind?

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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #93 on: June 20, 2016, 01:46:15 PM »
A public thank you to Dan. For teaching me all about Avios, hidden cities, United cardholder, Ink, Serve and a bunch of other stuff.

PM sent!

ETA: He also hosts DDF, and gives me access to many wonderful members who were/are very helpful to me. Thank You to all of you.
Glad to have been one of the original 250 members!

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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #94 on: July 03, 2016, 10:50:07 PM »
Thanks Dan for the United call back #. Helpful agent saved me $100.
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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #95 on: November 17, 2016, 09:06:40 PM »
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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #96 on: November 25, 2016, 02:26:12 PM »
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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #97 on: November 26, 2016, 09:08:58 PM »

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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #98 on: January 05, 2017, 12:02:38 PM »
I personally would like to thank Dan and Co for all the informative posts, blogs, threads,  etc that many of us have benefited from. Most of what I know came and comes, from this forum and the DDMS. Also like to thank the frequents here for their help with starters like myself. Thank you all
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Re: Dan appreciation thread
« Reply #99 on: June 23, 2017, 12:54:40 AM »
Unfourtunately I found out in the morning that I had to fly in for a levaya.
thanks to Dan and co., I was able to get a flight, and a flight back without robbing the bank. 
ARV of my round trip was approx $1000.
I paid closer to $150. And got economy comfort, priority boarding, as well as some time to unwind in the lounge.
Thank you. May we use you for simchos in the future.