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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #480 on: April 04, 2018, 06:59:13 PM »
Dan posted 6 minutes earlier then JJ..
Nope try like 25 minutes between jj and then dan, at least from what i can see.
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #481 on: April 04, 2018, 07:46:25 PM »
Funny thing is I think this happened last chol hamoed, but don't think anyone noticed then.
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #482 on: April 04, 2018, 07:49:04 PM »
Funny thing is I think this happened last chol hamoed, but don't think anyone noticed then.
Lol! You guys need set shifts.
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #483 on: April 04, 2018, 07:59:56 PM »
Funny thing is I think this happened last chol hamoed, but don't think anyone noticed then.
When you have real dansdeals chassidim they take note of everything.
 
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #485 on: May 02, 2018, 10:11:12 AM »
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #486 on: May 02, 2018, 10:17:45 AM »


Yet you still saw it 6 minutes later
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #487 on: May 02, 2018, 12:21:53 PM »
Yet you still saw it 6 minutes later
This time.
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #488 on: May 04, 2018, 05:42:56 PM »
https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/hotel-deals/chase-ihg-right-thing-will-offer-another-uncapped-anniversary-night-chase-ihg-select-cardholders/

"Chase And IHG Do The Right Thing, Will Offer Another Uncapped Anniversary Night To All Chase IHG Select Cardholders!"

Shouldnt it be: "Chase And IHG Did*** The Right Thing, Will Offer Another Uncapped Anniversary Night To All Chase IHG Select Cardholders!"

When i first read it, I thought you were trying to send a message to them to do the right thing


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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #489 on: May 14, 2018, 12:21:04 PM »
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: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #490 on: May 14, 2018, 01:42:43 PM »
How about contact numbers or emails to complain to?

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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #491 on: May 14, 2018, 03:50:04 PM »
How about contact numbers or emails to complain to?
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but otherwise that post is really to the point.  that cat food though :o never saw such bad looking human food
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #492 on: July 01, 2018, 02:42:56 AM »
Nothing like staying up late before a fast for another wonky Marriott post.
Anyone brave enough to read through it and provide feedback?
https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/milespoints/another-guess-will-happen-certificates-marriotts-lucrative-milesnights-travel-packages-take-advantage-now/
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #493 on: July 01, 2018, 03:09:44 AM »
Nothing like staying up late before a fast for another wonky Marriott post.
Anyone brave enough to read through it and provide feedback?
https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/milespoints/another-guess-will-happen-certificates-marriotts-lucrative-milesnights-travel-packages-take-advantage-now/
"This is a highly technical, advanced level post, but in it I will show you how it’s possible to get crazy values out of Marriott’s current travel packages."
Should be value instead of values (and you need a comma after "it".)

"In August, Marriott will massively devalue their lucrative miles+nights travel packages. That was one of the predictions I made in April, but it still stings bigly."
Bigly?

"Thanks to the 5th night being free, the total value of that certificate is 150K points"
Should say "Thanks to the 5th night always being free on a regular award booking, the value of the cert is only 150k, not 175k" or something like that.

"I think that it’s likely that for many categories, the current certificates in August will simply be worth the same amount of points they are today."
Drop the first "that" in the sentence. Also, I would change the sentence to "the current certificates will be worth the same in August as they are today" the way it reads right now it's hard to tell what you mean.

"Off the top of my head some of these make the most sense, such as the value for the current category 5 certificates."
This makes no sense, what exactly are you referring to?
"Off the top of my head some of these make the most sense, such as the value for the current category 5 certificates."
"Off the top of my head, some of these make the most sense, such as the value for the current category 9, tier 3, and tier 5 certificates at more comparable levels."[/b]
Again, I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to. What is making sense for who?

I also don't think it makes sense to call scenario 3 "Probable best case in new program" as IMO it's the least likely scenario. Maybe call it "Possible best case" or something like that.

"In scenario 2, the tier 1-3 and their 4-5 certificates start to perform better. "
Should be "tier 4-5"

"For their 1-3 the nights would be worth the full value paid, so the 132K miles have no assignable cost in this scenario, making them essentially free."
Again, change "their 1-3" to "tier 1-3"

I would add a warning at the end that you may not actually end up being able to book hotels like the St. Regis MLE at that price since there are things they can do to prevent it. There is also going to be major competition for the nights that do become available and it's entirely possible that you won't find 7 consecutive nights at hotels like that, making the cert unusuable as you need to book 7 straight days. Just MHO but it would suck for someone to redeem for a cert banking on being able to book something and then it not being available, it's a risk.

Overall, a pretty good post, I'm not going to even try to correct most commas and stuff like that because I have no patience and it's 3 in the morning  :)

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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #494 on: July 01, 2018, 03:18:13 AM »
Nothing like staying up late before a fast for another wonky Marriott post.
Anyone brave enough to read through it and provide feedback?
https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/milespoints/another-guess-will-happen-certificates-marriotts-lucrative-milesnights-travel-packages-take-advantage-now/
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #495 on: July 01, 2018, 03:19:04 AM »
July 1 2018

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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #496 on: July 01, 2018, 03:19:44 AM »
"JS [is] a fetid cesspool of unvarnished linguistic manure, with lots of useless drivel and post-padding." -Moishebatchy

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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #497 on: July 01, 2018, 03:21:00 AM »
July 1 2018
Makes that mistake every time he posts here. Thank the lord for us diligent readers
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #498 on: July 01, 2018, 10:24:04 AM »
"This is a highly technical, advanced level post, but in it I will show you how it’s possible to get crazy values out of Marriott’s current travel packages."
Should be value instead of values (and you need a comma after "it".)

"In August, Marriott will massively devalue their lucrative miles+nights travel packages. That was one of the predictions I made in April, but it still stings bigly."
Bigly?

"Thanks to the 5th night being free, the total value of that certificate is 150K points"
Should say "Thanks to the 5th night always being free on a regular award booking, the value of the cert is only 150k, not 175k" or something like that.

"I think that it’s likely that for many categories, the current certificates in August will simply be worth the same amount of points they are today."
Drop the first "that" in the sentence. Also, I would change the sentence to "the current certificates will be worth the same in August as they are today" the way it reads right now it's hard to tell what you mean.

"Off the top of my head some of these make the most sense, such as the value for the current category 5 certificates."
This makes no sense, what exactly are you referring to?
"Off the top of my head some of these make the most sense, such as the value for the current category 5 certificates."
"Off the top of my head, some of these make the most sense, such as the value for the current category 9, tier 3, and tier 5 certificates at more comparable levels."[/b]
Again, I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to. What is making sense for who?

I also don't think it makes sense to call scenario 3 "Probable best case in new program" as IMO it's the least likely scenario. Maybe call it "Possible best case" or something like that.

"In scenario 2, the tier 1-3 and their 4-5 certificates start to perform better. "
Should be "tier 4-5"

"For their 1-3 the nights would be worth the full value paid, so the 132K miles have no assignable cost in this scenario, making them essentially free."
Again, change "their 1-3" to "tier 1-3"

I would add a warning at the end that you may not actually end up being able to book hotels like the St. Regis MLE at that price since there are things they can do to prevent it. There is also going to be major competition for the nights that do become available and it's entirely possible that you won't find 7 consecutive nights at hotels like that, making the cert unusuable as you need to book 7 straight days. Just MHO but it would suck for someone to redeem for a cert banking on being able to book something and then it not being available, it's a risk.

Overall, a pretty good post, I'm not going to even try to correct most commas and stuff like that because I have no patience and it's 3 in the morning  :)


Updated, thanks!
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #499 on: July 01, 2018, 10:28:09 AM »
Updated, thanks!
Still didn't change the date.
And I don't know if his belongs in this post, or a new 1, but you should probably write about if you should take advantage of the packages if you have no travel planned.
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