1500 points shy of Southwest A-List preferred. Any tips on how to get those without going on a flight?

Best Marriott/SPG property for a couple’s stay in Amsterdam? End of December - want to be reasonably close to city center but not break the points bank (<~50k a night ideally )

Has anyone been offered a status buy-up for 2021. ~$1700 short of United 1k this year and think my travel will increase a good bit starting next year. Think it could make sense, especially given the 2021 thresholds

Need info about Bangalore Metro. How is the availability? What is it about the purple line? Do we need metro card? Is it crowded a lot?

Headed to Rome, italy in mid September for a wedding and planning on spending 2 weeks in italy. I would like to do Sicily and Positano but i have no itinerary yet so any recommendations are very welcome! Thank you!

Has anyone taken the blue line to ORD recently? Is it open and safe to use? Debating taking the L or a Lyft to the airport

Recommendations for bachelor party destinations aside from Costa Rica and Mexico City. Preferably under 5 hour flight time from Atlanta outside the US.

My Marriott ambassador is useless. I ask him to check with the hotel on trying to get certain rates etc and all he does is look in the system and tell me things aren’t available. (Cont.)

Looking to buy 35K marriott bonvoy points. Let me know if anyone’s willing to sell?

Is taking the bus to work as convenient as taking the tube? Thinking of getting a place that by bus has a lesser commute than train but worried about traffic, frequency, etc. of the bus. Basically 20 mins bus vs 27 mins tube? Thanks!

Will firm say anything if I travel and but am still working? Probably intentionally. Probably a week or two. Figure the VPN will tell them

Is it worth it to save up to fly business or first class internationally [even just US to EU] - or save the money for other things?

I booked basic economy even though I’m platinum on delta using rewards since it was crazy cheap. Does upgrading to regular economy cost a lot? Will there be a cheapest time to move up?

Does any kind soul here have any extra United upgrade points to lend for an urgent upcoming flight? :)

I’m desperate to get out of town. Can’t really do Road trips bc I can’t drive for long periods due to injury. Where can I fly to that’s relatively safe and I’m not putting anyone at risk?

Hello fish - I moved to NYC from Charlotte NC recently. I have several weddings to attend in the month of April and am traveling back for 3 weeks. Has anyone traveled via airline with a pet before?

I don’t know where to start … having a pet sitter for 3 weeks isn’t an option and driving to and from isn’t either due to my work schedule.

Likely going to miss Delta Diamond this year by about 10k miles. Anyway to pay to make up the difference?

Podcast or other recs for a 6 hour solo road trip tomorrow? 27F if that influences anything

What is travel like in FDD?

Debating between a few travel cards and need some opinions. Debating between Capital One Venture, Venture X and Amex Green card.

Live in a non major city with an international airport, but need to be flexible to different airlines. Which of those cards, or other cards out there, would be best

Get me a job in Google please

I have my first TAM interview next week. I’m prepping today and wanted to know if anyone has any tips or tricks, advice for them.

What are the exit opportunities for a product manager in canada? Ideally one that makes 2-300k

I have an 8 hour layover in Madrid. Never been there before. Is it worth leaving the airport and doing something in the city? Any tips on what to see in a few hours?

Happy Juneteenth y’all. While I know we have a long way to go, we’ve also come a long way. Stay blessed and I’m rooting for y’all.

Happy New Year ! Anyone interested in bitcoin investment and NFT ?

I guys i am looking for job change

Tech stack :- java,spring boot, microservices,git,jenkins,docker,kubernate,kafka,mysql,zos.
Total exp 4.5
Relevant 4.5
LWD 12th dec

Have any of you enrolled in or completed the Penn MCIT program and be willing to chat about your experience?

Has anyone heard of, or tried using, the Paladin Registry?

Looking for new opportunities in CRE in NYC. Valuation, underwriting or something similar. Significant experience with ARGUS Enterprise, just finished a Python/data science course. Interested in talking to REITs but open to talk to anyone needing my skill set outside of traditional appraisal.

Any suggestions? Appreciative of any leads...

ADA roadmap update tomorrow!

Thinking of buying the Caraway cookware set. Has anyone tried it? I'm not much of a cook so it seems like a great set for me (also I'm a total sucker for the design and color options). Blogs I've read have all provided positive reviews but would love to get some personal input!

I currently work agency side and have 4 years of experience. How many years is it good to make a switch to a FAANG company?

MBA? / yoe consulting / title / company / age / salary

Would you mind helping an art director who also lectures in art direction schools please: what has been the most exciting or memorable or useful lecture in your Art Direction school/course as students? I want to give real value they can spend professionally and not blah blah, so I am interested in what you people have considered a valuable input.
Please no suggestions like "Change your studies until it's too late" (because I have already done that lesson haha --and they are still there)

Are Analysts expected to travel while working for the consulting practise at Deloitte India? How often is one staffed on/rotated across projects?

I'll be completing 24 months at level12 on sept 30.
when can i expect promotion and how much hike.?

No one is talking in this grp. Why?

Anyone else hear that post-CRT partners will get fired this year in commercial advisory? How the hell does a partner get fired....

When hopping from one consulting firm to another what’s the reason you normally give as to why you’d like to leave?

Best business-oriented, but novel-style books with good writing, style, & interesting characters? Not really self-help/advise focused, more of actual literature with business themes/plots. Any recs?

One more day...then freedom for two weeks🎯

The day you lost respect for your client...

Just had my life flash before my eyes as someone's 100lb carryon gets knocked out of overhead and hits my arm rest. "Oops, sorry".

I'm trying to buy a bigger than normal whiteboard for my home office: any recommendations?

When they say utilization doesn't count for the month of May/June what exactly does that entail? I'm assuming being on the bench for those months will still show on personal utilization reports...

older 🐠... what are some phrases / words / slang you've seen on here or heard in the workplace that you don't understand?

How does Accenture’s cell phone reimbursement policy work if you don’t want a new device and just want reimbursement for the plan? From what I am reading we have to charge the cell plan to client?

Is it wrong/bad to accept a job offer for a position which you have gone through the interview process for that requires 2 more years of experience than you currently have? It is for SC at B4. I just recently became C.

Told a friend of mine in tech I was considering moving to BCG. He asked me if I would have to move to Boston.

I followed up by asking what he thought the top consulting firms were. "I'd guess PwC and then McKinsey are the best. I've also heard of KPMG, Deloitte, and Bain, but I don't know much about them."

Just a reminder that outside our bubble no-one really cares about firm prestige etc.

What’s it like working at CME Group? Work-life balance, benefits, salary ranges.. I just completed my MBA and accepted a job in industry but am getting bored, so considering a change. Thanks!

SM asked us to shifted client billing hours to non-chargeable code... Will significantly impact utilization... Sucks

I’m looking into a senior account executive position at Marsh & McLennan Agency. Is anyone familiar with the career growth of this insurance sales and consulting space whom can connect with me? Thanks

don’t want to work today. working on this one PPT slide that’s going to be the death of me. not feeling like working in general this week due to short week and still trying to get better from being sick🤒

🆘

What's the deal with PTO, holidays, and utilization?

Stupid question: do you get to alt-travel? Not fly home to your home office on the weekends, but use that budget to fly somewhere else?