Chicago people - buddies are coming into town in a couple weeks. Which. Hotel would you recommend for the highest percentage to be upgraded? Westin River North or The Gwen?

How can I get super cheap flights to Paris from NYC? Any tips for cheaper flights in general?

Chicago based - have the option of earning on AA or United. Already have Gold on AA but go places with Star Alliance more...Which one should I continue to earn on?

Any tips for traveling with a baby? Will be flying with a 4 month old in a few months. Any advice would be appreciated!

Key West advice. Looking for a 3-4 day stay in February. Hoping to add this as an extension to an already planned trip so don’t want to spend to much money. Everything seems so pricey for not great value. Any recs on stays / best activities, let me know!

Hi. So I'm about to begin employment with United HealthGroup. It will be for Medicare recipients. I have some years experience with Medicaid. Any advice? I know, at first, it'll be working on the phones. Any thoughts also on how to get off the phones or how to move into other positions? Thank you.

Favorite national park to visit in July/August?

Anyone switch to Metromile from Geico. Since the pandemic hit, I don't drive anywhere an maybe do minimal miles on a grocery trip. Stayed with geico out of loyalty but the price of loyalty is 3 times what Metromile is charging

Booked UA biz, PHI-ORD. Delayed and re-routed PHI-IAD-ORD in economy (but still on original ticket). Will PQMs be based on the actual/longer routing at 200% fare class bonus?

If I’m fully vaccinated, where would be a good place to travel and work from right now? I was looking into Hawaii but you still have to pay for a $90 test apparently.

What's the best airline stock to get into before the possible travel rebound next year? Do you also get in now or Q1/Q2?

Has anyone been to the UK lately from the US? What are the Covid requirements / restrictions? Thank you!

We are hiring for senior IT auditors and cyber assessors to work on SOC2s, CMMC, pen testing, vulnerability assessments, and other similar projects. Boston area, medium/large regional firm. 2-4 years exp but flexible. Open to associates that are on the cusp of promotion to senior. Relatively low travel and better WLB compared to Big4. Feel free to DM.

Has anyone gotten matched to Delta diamond from EP or 1K? In our status match program it shows platinum as the highest tier for matching. Any tricks?

Do you fly out to family for the holidays or do they come to you? We're hosting Christmas for the first time and having the entire family come to town for it. What are some can't miss holiday events in the city? Ideally accessible because my father is in a wheelchair.

Recommendations for first time to Europe?? Looking to do a trip with my parents and sister (I’m 23) hitting multiple cities.

Why platinum and no longer platinum elite?

Thoughts on Prime Ocean here?

Is attaching communications between opposing counsel and the filing attorney when filing a response to a motion poor form?

New member! I have a career consulting business on the side and would love to connect with those who are looking for help.🙂

At KPMG how much is the health insurance cost per paycheck for employee-only coverage?

Any account managers in here for chemical sales? Want to learn more about it...

I need a good snaker plug in the Nova area.

Any idea what's the TC of 'technical program manager" at Meta?

Can anyone recommend a carrier that will write beyond the age of 85? Thank you !

I am a personal injury defense attorney and I’ve never done plaintiff’s work. I have a case where I suspect the plaintiff is malingering and exaggerating his injuries. The plaintiffs attorney has sent me multiple demands for $3 million dollars and basically begged me to respond with some offer. I’ve told him the truth - my client has no interest in trying to settle if his demand remains about twenty times higher than the actual worst case (for us) jury verdict. More in comments...

What is the present value of a government pension? How does one calculate it? Trying to get a sense of weather it's worth moving over to Federal.

Recent immigrant and about to buy a car - insurance company said it would take 2 weeks to process my application. Is this normal? In the US I insured my car with one 10min phone call, so was a bit surprised

Nurses are suing hospitals. Do you think they'll win?

IF you use EPIC EMR, do you like it? How does it compare to prior ones that you have used?

Fellow freelance ADs! What are typically the slowest months of your year?

Anyone looking for short term freelance support the next 2 weeks, my schedule opened up. Background; new business pitches, data driven strategy, research and analytics. Unlike most analysts, I work well with creatives :)

I’ve been dabbling with the idea of getting into copywriting as something to soon the side but I have no experience doing it. What steps should I take (books to read, gigs to start with or pursue, etc) if I want to go from $0 and next to ) experience to $40k or so a year?

Right now I’m currently unemployed and taking a break from my fine art stuff to try to get back into tech sales, but I was looking to expand my skill set and also generate extra money at the same time.

I am looking for a new role / job change into Broker Vote

Having experience in Broker Vote (capturing regional ranks and preparing score cards for analysts), Deep Dive Analysis, Account Review Meetings, Consumption Reporting, Interactions.

What are your thoughts of consultants and auditors doing client work in a coffee shop, using said coffee shop’s wifi?

How bad is the firing cycle at PwC? Do new associates with albeit low utilization have anything to worry about?

After a year using my home office setup, especially the 27 inch monitor, how can I ever go back to the traveling life with tiny laptop screen? 😔

How do I check my utilization?

What is your most badass consulting moment that only consultants would understand?

Need help on weighing an offer:
Currently SC at 115k ~ (+25k retention), offer from Capgemini Invent at 170 for M level.. not sure on sign on bonus. Worth the switch? Any reviews of capgemini?

Anyone from Bain - referral for AP roles?

I'm an introverted person, like to keep to myself, focus on work, spend the rest of my time on family, gym etc. I've been told that I need to work on my communication and client relationship building skills. any books I can read? I don't follow pop. culture anymore, no longer actively follow team sports (but sporty myself) as I consider it bread and circus for the masses and don't rly enjoy work drinks... Am I doomed? Personally I am happy and love the work but fear for my career progression.

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...

I have been tagged for this project that doesn’t start until June 10th. My utilization is going to drop significantly but at the same time the deployment team cannot present me elsewhere. Ugh!

Any good business/consulting books on amazon kindle that y’all have read that has helped you in your job?

is it normal to get more attention, positive feedback and guidance from you peers and managers after you have put in your two weeks? I wish I'd gotten this before, I wouldn't have been so fucking stressed out.

How long does it usually take to hear back after MBB final round? I think this was off cycle for experienced hires and it’s been 7 working days - should I keep waiting or move on? TIA!

Recommendations for a keyboard? I’m quite illiterate in this topic, and I ordered a random one off Amazon and it’s quite noisy, and not very ergonomic

Best consulting companies with exposure to the blockchain / digital assets space?

Need advice. Top performer. Team members have been leaving and I have a stupid amount of responsibilities. I’m not complaining about that but some were very swiftly transitioned while I was dealing with other work streams. TLDR: I am super burnt out and am one of two people who does any technical work. I randomly get forwarded emails from my lead about work steams that predate my tenure on the project. I can’t do it anymore and I’m losing my mind. I’m an analyst so don’t know what do.

What are the best paid/free PowerPoint add-ins?

I have like 9 million things I need to do and I just want to hibernate.

Barack is in the Waldorf Astoria!

Suggested books or resources to learn more about strategy consulting? Different analysis, acronyms, etc.