Can someone do fast track for status (not status match) again if they did it before but lost status? Open to any advice but interested in AA, United & Delta

Taking parents to Bali for 7-10 days in June. Should I follow one of the thousand itineraries online or does anyone have must do/ could avoid recommendations? Thanks

Looking to book two Iberia tickets using avios NYC to MAD business class in March but can't seem to find availability - can anyone help?

Hello - thinking of starting a small side coaching practice. Could use a bit of help because I've never thought about opening a side hustle but times are tough with two kids in college.

1. What is the best approach to collecting your fee? Each session? Pay the package cost upfront,? Other, and if so, what is it?
2. How do you collect it? Venmo? Credit card?
3. Do you have to register your business?

Thank you in advance for any guidance.

Experiential Marketing position, remote w/ some travel and 5 years of experience. Any idea of salary range?

Any Marriott/Hyatt recommendations for Mexico City? First time there as a tourist and want a nice, convenient hotel for food + sight seeing. TIA!

Any recommendations for hotels in Barcelona? Will be staying there for 3 nights in August in a group of 4.

Thanks in advance!

Is it a red flag when a recruiter talks about unrealistic benefits like getting a chance to fly to another state just to visit the client HQ all expense-free? Or is it really a thing? Let me know if you have experience like this.

ZS 🐠, how often are you at the office vs client site? I’m curious because I’ve heard they don’t travel much

I am going to India for a month. May have to change my return date. Any suggestion on what insurance/other option to reduce the ticket update cost impact.

All the Delta purple outfits look like they ran a size smaller than the old ones - attendants don’t look too comfy.

Hello! DIY giveaway on my island. Code is MWY2J.
You can find the DIYs on the first strip of beach to the right of the airport. No tipping expected


Hyacinth lamp
Grass standee
Tree standee
Peach surprise box
Peach rug
Peach wall
Peach chair
2 bamboo wall decorations
Mossy garden rock
Log garden lounge
Honeycomb wall
Wooden plank sign
Tulip crown
Lucky gold cat
Fruit basket
Log extra long sofa

Any recommendations on St Regis vs Ritz Carlton Istanbul?

30 yo gent here... I need to start going on dates with people who travel more ... this going on dates with people in the same city every week has been a big of a struggle. Anyone single!?

Does your firm let you take 28-30 December off? Many of my team members won’t be working those days and I decided last minute that I’d like to travel somewhere between Christmas and the New Year.

So my spg points and nights have still not merged with my Marriott account. Anyone else having this issue?

I have H1B visa from previous company. Does anybody know the process to transfer it to PwC?

PS - Just wanted to be prepared for travel if any opportunity comes. I know it is long shot as travel is restricted.

It’s Thanksgiving Eve, I just finished critical pending work at 10pm, and flipping through my emails, I find a request from 4pm for a vendor contract “every day counts, very urgent, pls do immediately.” How do I respond? I’m traveling at 9am, so I need to sleep and pack tonight. Do I take 2 hours out of Thanksgiving tomorrow? Try to get it in tonight? Tell them to pound sand until Friday/Monday?

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?

Hi
I will be joining cisco bangalore soon
Can anyone share with me the holiday list for oct 2022
I need it to plan my travel
Just need to know if there's diwali holiday or not

Thanks

Does Automation testing / QA engineer have good scope and good salary hike or should i go for devlopment ?

I have personal interst for automation testing


Please suggest

Pay for teachers in Arizona is so awful 😭. I always wanted to teach in my local community but frankly I can't afford it. I want to move to another state where comp is better but I'm not positive where. What do you make & where are you located? For context I'm a 3rd year 2nd grade teacher.

Biggest winner last night, Green Party.

Does anybody have a class or promo code for Bloomberg Market Concepts?

Hi all,

Hope you all had great news from B-Schools.

I was just curious about the proportion of folks from T2 that were accepted to M7 ?

Are chances bad if you are at LEK, OW, Kearney, EYP… ?

Feel free to share your profil/stats !

Anyone out there who is a RN who works in marketing? I have been a surgical nurse/nurse navigator for 10 years and for the last 2 years have taken an interest in marketing. I have my own social media management company I do on the side for locals, but I want to transition to working for a company full time. Tips?

Anyone willing to do a meet up? I’m visiting Seattle next week and thinking about moving there. I understand it’s covid, but if anyone is open, I’d love to have a chat. Beers on me!

Hey so like - newfound reason for my procrastination since I got on Ritalin - a tendency towards "putting things off so I can enjoy the hyperfocus later". When I just started taking the meds I was super effective for a few weeks but now my brain seems to be figuring out ways around the drugs 🤦🏻‍♀️ any ideas on how to not fall back into procrastination behaviours?

Tips on writing marketing company that sounds organic and punchy?

What are the best software / tech conferences? Less focus on the startup stuff, more mature buyout / growth preferred.

Hello,
Can someone suggest or rather guide me which skills one should work acquire after having 10 years of experience in automation QA?
Also what is scope after having such experience?

Thanks in advance.

Anyone else work with international teams meaning they have to start their day extra early?

I was a very different person in college. After an unfortunate event, I turned into a sour and rude person. I’m blunt and honest (maybe too honest), but realized this behavior may have...

First post? Ok I will start. My SPG nights for 2018 dropped from 101 to 91 after the merger.

Do a lot of seniors in the advisory groups work weekends? I am coming from a group that has busy seasons sometimes we don't get a day off for a few weeks before the deadline. 80-100 hour weeks for me.

Apparently Deloitte is one of the major sponsors for the Kentucky Derby Marathon this year. Anyone running that one?

Kind of a new distance runner here (completed my first half mara last month) and am usually run on treadmill for workouts during the week. I also wear an Apple Watch. Have noticed that my Apple Watch tends to say I’ve run a longer distance, at a faster speed, than treadmill. (It’s usually up to 0.5 miles off and 0.5mph off in speed). Anyone experience this? Not sure what to trust but assuming Apple Watch. Thoughts?

What is the MBB admissions rate for HSW, approximately?

How do I become an MBB employee? Is it possible to gain experience at big 4+ACN and then get referred in??

Anyone have CFP Prep books they don’t not need anymore?

Is severance taxed higher? I got 1 month of pay but seemed to be taxed much higher

What are the BCG ring fences and how is each one? Can you join any of them or are you required to do the one closest to your home office

Does B4 let people go the same day as their resignation only if they’re going to a direct competitor? How about MBB or a tier 2 consulting firm?

Have people been let go immediately in case they go to FAANG or other industry firms?

Travel with a baby and forgot my laptop at tsa checkpoint. Anyone managed to recover their stuff before?

Any fish have experience with Marsh Risk Consulting? Good, bad, ugly? Thanks.

When did you put company email on your personal phone? First year? Second year?

Accenture CEO said on earnings call that accelerated performance cycle will help manage low performers at greater pace if need to pull levers.
More layoffs are incoming soon.

About last layoffs, we didn't do any layoffs it's cost adjustments mostly in operation centers and restructure due new growth model. 🤷‍♂️

Looking for book recommendations; any favorites? Interested in both fiction and educational/self-improvement (for example, investment / finance books, time management, etc). I feel my vocab is...

How do you leave your op unit to do different type of work without pissing off the partners? Or do you just assume the bridge will be burnt? I dislike what I do and I can’t stand some of the leaders

All the Delta purple outfits look like they ran a size smaller than the old ones - attendants don’t look too comfy.

Anyone here go from a federal consulting practice to Microsoft Federal? Interested to hear about the work and differences between the two spaces.

I heard Slalom restructured titles and many people got the short end of the stick. Is this true?

What industries are good for stability and lower stress?

No snark, please. I’ve had some health issues come up and was told to find a lower stress environment.

Is it pronounced gif or gif?

Any book recommendations for philosophy, psychology, and business? Or any book you read last year changed your values? Going to fly international, gonna read it on flight. 😍

For a non-tech person who is moving to AWS, what certification would you recommend to learn more? I’ll never be a solution architect, I’ll be an L8. I just want to learn more about the services, offerings, and think a crt could help. Cloud practitioner / Solution architect / other? Avg study time ? I want to learn more and at a director level (L8).