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Turned one casino run into 100+ nights of cruising

A few months ago I posted about doing 70+ nights on casino offers… kept it going and now I’m at 105 nights across 15 cruises. Total out of pocket was around $10k, while the bookings would’ve been close to $50k. Big thing I learned: the first wave of offers was amazing, but once...

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21h ago

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Got a casino offer but the link looks off

Got an offer from Virgin after gambling a bit on my last cruise. Email says it’s for a Los Angeles sailing, but when I click through it only shows Alaska cruises. Now I’m wondering if this is legit or something weird with the link. Anyone else seen this happen?

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talktravel-In8eF

7d ago

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7d ago

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Cheap roundtrip Calgary → Japan under $1000?

I recently lost my job and realized this might be the first time in years that I actually have time to travel. I’ve never really done much traveling before because of school and work, but I’d love to finally visit Japan for about a week sometime in the next month. Most of the...

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7d ago

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Alaska Airlines running a 30% off base fare sale today

Just noticed Alaska Airlines is running a 30% off base fare sale today only using the code SPRING30. A few details from the promo: Booking rules Must book today (March 10) Valid for 1–8 passengers on the same reservation Travel windows Florida & Latin America To destinations:...

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8d ago

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Turned 2.38 million points into a $90k honeymoon trip

Spent about five years collecting and planning points to build an over the top honeymoon itinerary almost entirely with rewards. In total around 2.38 million points were redeemed, covering roughly $90,000 worth of travel, with about $10k paid out of pocket. The trip included...

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13d ago

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Business class upgrade offer on HKG to LHR flight

Currently booked in premium economy on a British Airways flight from Hong Kong to London and received an upgrade offer in the app. The upgrade to business class is priced at £882. The flight is still about six weeks away, so trying to decide whether that’s a good deal or if it...

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13d ago

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Questions about Frontier’s GoWild Pass flight availability

Thinking about getting the Frontier GoWild Pass, but the current flight availability doesn’t seem very promising. When checking flights, there don’t appear to be any next-day options available, even though the date checked isn’t listed as a blackout date. The earliest available...

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talktravel-In8eF

15d ago

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16d ago

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Roundtrip isn’t always cheaper anymore

Someone pricing out Montreal on American found roundtrip premium for two at $883. Booked as two separate one ways, same flights, same dates, total was $753. That used to never happen. Roundtrip was almost always the better deal. Only downside is the tickets are separate, so...

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18d ago

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Cheapest way to get from Italy to Xi’an in August?

I’m heading to Xi’an for a 5 month Erasmus starting August 15 and prices are looking rough. August doesn’t seem like a cheap time to fly to China at all. I was thinking maybe I could fly somewhere else first, stay up to a week, then grab a separate ticket to Xi’an if that saves...

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taldkmtravel-4vVx2

19d ago

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25d ago

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Does Points and Cash make cancellations less likely?

I have seen posts where people say award stays booked fully with points sometimes get canceled by the hotel. This time I used Points and Cash instead. The cash part was authorized right away and actually charged the next day. Now I am wondering if that makes the booking safer....

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26d ago

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Using a Free Night Award but still seeing points deducted?

Quick question for the Bonvoy folks. I applied a Free Night Award to a stay, and in the summary it shows the certificate covering the night. But I’m also seeing points being taken for about half the required amount. Is there some kind of co-pay or top-up when using a free night?...

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28d ago

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Stay disappeared from app and points went to someone else… what a mess

That whole sequence would’ve made me suspicious too. Stay vanishes overnight. Wrong email on file. Honors number changed. No folio at checkout. That’s a lot of red flags all at once. Even if it ended up being incompetence instead of fraud, I’d be annoyed. Glad you called back...

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talktravel-B5ayB

29d ago

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talktravel-Z6DMQ

1month ago

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Hotels available in Kathmandu

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1month ago

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Refund after hitting Amex bonus, can they claw it back?

Signed up for Amex Platinum last year and used a big flight purchase to hit the signup bonus. Flights were around $6k, bonus posted, and I’ve already moved about half the points. Now plans changed and I need to reroute the trip. New fare is closer to $3.5k, so I’m expecting a...

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talktravel-In8eF

1month ago

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talktravel-In8eF

1month ago

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1month ago

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12 hours at DFW waiting for a crew that never showed up

12 hours at DFW waiting for a crew that never showed up

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1month ago

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12 hours at DFW waiting for a crew that never showed up

12 hours at DFW waiting for a crew that never showed up

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1month ago

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Plat offers really are all over the place right now

Kind of wild how low some Platinum offers have gotten. I’ve been trying to snag one for about a month, checking pretty regularly, backing out when it was only 80k. Then suddenly I try Safari incognito through Resy and boom… even worse. What makes it more confusing is I’m also...

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1month ago

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Approved for 300k Amex offer, spent $20k, paid the AF… then they denied the points

Still kind of shocked writing this. I applied for the Amex Business Platinum after being shown the 300k Membership Rewards offer for $20k spend. No pop up jail, no warning, nothing saying I wasn’t eligible. Clean approval. I had a big expense coming up, so I specifically chose...

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