That (and the OP's link) point to an obscure (to me) Bangladeshi website that perhaps reprinted the FT article accurately, but who knows...
So I went looking for the original FT article and make an archive link:
https://archive.ph/aXkS6
That (and the OP's link) point to an obscure (to me) Bangladeshi website that perhaps reprinted the FT article accurately, but who knows...
What property are you looking at? Do they have suites that accommodate 5 guests?BashDash wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 10:57 am Old thread I know.
Quick question. Booking a 3 night stay. I'm a diamond member which will give you a suite upgrade when available. This would be much more effective than paying upfront for the suite. Could be a 100 dollar rate difference per night. Only problem is if it is not available then I am in a tough situation with the family of 5. I think the answer is obvious but I am just wondering what others experiences are in getting an upgrade with diamond status. I'm sure it is location dependant.
The GE card is a RealID compliant ID. But TSA does not require RealID documents yet, so a regular drivers license will still work. The latest deadline is May 7, 2025.Chuckles960 wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 11:23 pm
The GE card is not used for entry at airports, only at land borders. I have no idea why these two are different, The card is also useful as ID at domestic departure (TSA) if you don't have a Real ID drivers license and don't want to carry your passport.
I'll take (c) - already have a Model Y (2021 LR). Really happy with it.prettybogle wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 8:43 am I am surprised there is not much discussion in bogleheads forums after recent price cuts on Tesla cars. We recently did a test drive and got price quote of 55k including taxes on Tesla model Y. Debating at this point if we need another car in addition to Honda Odyssey. Any here tempted with these price cuts ? Waiting or just don't like Tesla cars ?
Can you elaborate on that?
Cool, finally! I will have to check it out some time this year, but sadly not for BH ‘23. Will spend that weekend in Hawai’i. Maybe next year I can avoid booking any travel for October until the date for BH ‘24 is known.
This was not the first time the FBI and other 3-letter agencies warned the public about it. You may just not have noticed.johnnyc321 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2023 7:27 pm I saw warnings about this years ago. Not surprised it took the FBI years to catch up.
I think years ago there were some PoCs, but those probably don’t work anymore with updated devices.HawkeyePierce wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 6:28 pm
If this was possible, it'd be a zero-day attack on the phone. The idea that such an attack is regularly carried out and somehow Apple and Google don't know simply doesn't pass the sniff test.
Pu239 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 1:36 pmHow does Centurylink code? Internet? I'm considering an Elan Max Preferred card and Centurylink would be an important part of the calculation. Their autopay terms seem to be less consumer/reward card-friendly than my other utility providers. Very creative with new fees and gotchas.
How did the Zelle hack work? I did t know you could do pulls, so did someone log into their bank account and initiate a Zelle send? Then perhaps the email hack was the starting point. Once you have access to that, you can often use it to reset passwords for other accounts.
That was my experience at SEA last week… and at three or four other airports since early 2022.exodusing wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:13 pm It's also faster at many airports due to the streamlined process. I recently returned from Europe and at JFK I only had to look at a screen for a few seconds, the system recognized my face, I walked to the agent, who noted my name and that was it. No questions, no looking at passport, no other process. It was about the same speed as just walking through the checkpoint. Not all airports are this simple.
You need to be conditionally approved, pending interview. Then you can do the interview on arrival. So yes, you need to fill out the application and submit it and wait for the conditional approval.cheesepep wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 4:29 pm
I have a question about this. Do I fill out the application online first and schedule the interview online to be taken at the international airport? Or do I just, upon passing through the airport (have an international flight) just walk in without any scheduling at all?
How much searching did you do when, using the IATA website’s current member search, it took me two seconds to find their membership record?
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I must be misunderstanding this - did they fly the helicopter within 150 ft off the hiker in order to connect to the Tile tracker?WOMoney wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 10:21 pm This might be a little off topic, but airtag is similar to Tile. There was a speech at a symposium, where they used a tile to find a hiker.
They used BLE connection messages to stim his tile and locate the rough area where he was from a helicopter using grid search.
I know a little off topic, but cool.
Interesting. Early retirement has given us a lot more flexibility in using travel rewards.Beefriendly wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 11:45 pm In retirement. Travel rewards are too restrictive for us. Want to go where we want to go, not be lead by the "deal" leash
You generally don’t, unless you stalk them and hand it to them on the way into their home. But many companies’ CEOs have an executive assistant team that deals with emails or letters sent to the CEO. And they are often more empowered or, uh, capable of comprehending customer concerns than frontline (outsourced?) customer “service” reps.Kookaburra wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 9:25 pm For all the suggestions to write the CEO, how does one actually get the message or letter into the hands of a CEO at a major company?
Get them some UCSC t-shirts: https://www.ucsc.edu/about/mascot.htmlNotWhoYouThink wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 8:22 pm Another one where you'll need a car, but we enjoyed touring Olympic National Park. The kids laughing about the banana slugs is one of my favorite memories.
Indeed, it would have been better if the OP hadn’t signed the contract as is, and I am sure it won’t happen again. But that doesn’t justify the employee providing incorrect information (perhaps intentionally, perhaps because of poor training) that the contract would be corrected. If it’s not ethical for the OP to follow through with the signed commitment, what would we call the behavior of the employee? Scam? Fraud?
When I came across a story about this phenomenon (I think there are similar stories about flushing toilets during the super bowl), I was just surprised that it was tea that people in the UK desired, not a beer from the fridge.Valuethinker wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 4:13 pm
Oddly that is one of the things which is considered! That's one of the standard tests -- Football Association Cup Final etc. At the Half Time Break, there is a power surge as everyone puts the kettle on (in the olden days, 2kw kettles but I imagine now the majority are 3kw).
Reading in the article it's more about the availability of generation. At that time almost all of Britain's electricity was "despatchable" ie could be firmly drawn on by the National Grid control room.
That may be, but apparently Thrifty staff themselves don’t understand their rules as you seem to understand them. One should be able to rely on the information they provide about fees for additional drivers. It’s their job. So a letter to the CEO might very well result in a positive outcome for the OP. Or not, in which case I would pay and then in the future avoid all Thifty/Dollar/Hertz rentals unless they were significantly cheaper than other options.
In my town there are multiple new-ish apartment developments that have a small number of (at this time) free chargers. In the long term, they will have to expand that, and I suspect there will be some sort of billing system implemented (Chargepoint? Not exactly rocket science). I hope they considered the increased electrical load when building the car port structures and garages.DoubleComma wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 1:54 pm Its totally inconceivable they would install a charging station and allow users access for free.
I think British Victoria and Vancouver in particular has long had building codes/regulations requiring EV chargers in multi unit housing developments. If you research that, you will probably see how billing could work.
Thrifty is a Hertz-owned brand, so Elliott.org lists Hertz contacts for Thrifty.GreendaleCC wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 2:22 pm Complain to their CEO. Make his team clean up after their poor service.
Probably county-specific, not just state. At least in my state and, AFAIR, in California the county collects property taxes.jplee3 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 1:41 pm
Interesting! I'll have to look at that option for property taxes! What state are you in? And did it give you the option to select Paypal for billpay? Or did you go through Paypal's site? I'm in their "Bill Pay" section but it seems to be indicating that the provider needs to make Paypal available as an option... I'm in California btw
If it’s Tuesday, we must be in Belgiumniagara_guy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 7:20 am The short story is that my 15 year old child and I did 7 cities in 6 days many moons ago, it was a great trip, we lived out of backpacks. England, Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland, used Eurail pass and several overnight trains. Not for everyone, worked for us.
Agreed.
We had a great time in Rome and it’s on our to-do list to go back and expand to other parts of Italy. We have also had wonderful trips to Portugal and France.boglefreak wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:48 pm -considering France, England, Portugal, Spain, Italy
Was planning on Rome, but would appreciate suggestions!
Many thanks in advance.