What is a mileage run? Seen a lot of talk but unclear what it is or how to do it

Hi All,

Has any of the recent joiners joining date at KPMG Global Services been rescheduled by the HR?
Mine has been rescheduled from 21st Nov to 5th Dec because of some back end data issue in the HR system. Is this normal?
Please suggest.

I am short 1140 PQP short to maintain my United status. I have a Turkish airline flight booked, would this be enough to gain the needed PQP? Not sure how to check / calculate. Thanks!

Help! I recently purchased a wanna get away ticket through Southwest for a business trip that was about $850. I was asked to cancel the trip due to other work issues in my local area. As luck would have it, there's a strong possibility that I landed a great new job and they need me to start right away. The credit is under my personal rapid rewards account. Ideas to help me avoid writing a big check to my company??

Have some big trips planned for next year so I would like to upgrade my Delta gold AMEX to Platinum (need that MQD waiver 💸). I heard that if I upgrade I won’t get the 50k sign-up bonus miles, so should I just close my gold card (not my oldest card) and open a new Platinum one?

Does American Airlines have any status partnerships with hotels or rental cars, etc? (Eg. Platinum Marriott will get you united silver)

I am a deputy manager with 8 years of experience in retail banking operations CTC is 5.64L, now HSBC global services is offering 70% hike, however, the grade will be assistant manager. Should I accept the offer? Would degrading the designation from deputy manager to assistant manager be a mistake? Please suggest.

I have an offer from Principal Global Services. How is the company culture? Is it better than most other companies? How about growth opportunities?

Hi team will be joining KPMG global services (kgs) in September last week.
When is the rating done and what % can I expect?
The hike + bonuses are shared in October right?

Consultant role in Deloitte USI (F&EP Team) Vs KPMG Global Services (IT Advisory- EPM Team)

Deloitte USI: 13L + 4L JB
KPMG KGS: 17L + 1L JB

YoE: 4.5
Tech Stack: EPM

Which one will be the better choice In terms of:
1. Bonus and Increments
2. WLB
3. Type of work (back-end/client-facing)
4. Professional growth
5. Any other relevant factors

Please share your experiences?

I am new to United Silver and I purchase economy tickets. Is the best strategy to check in exactly 24 hours ahead and switch my seat to an open economy plus seat?

Does anyone has a United GPU/RPU that is expiring on Jan 31st that I can use?

In looking to hire a headhunter to land a SCRUM/PM role. Any and all recommendation welcome. I’m located in the Austin, TX metro.

I feel like at times i’m running against newbies in the industry that are just flying by the seat of their pants. How can I shine as an experienced professional even though IT is still relatively (2 years) new to me ?

I need an answer for "Think back to the most recent complex decision you had to make or problem that you had to solve. Describe in detail the process you used to make the decision or solve the problem. What sources of  information did you use? How much time did you have, and how much time did you take? 

Anyone bought some MAC? What is your reasoning and potential fair value?

Facing problems with working memory and long term memory while you did good previously. Any supplements/ therapy for memory retention and increasing listening absorbing skills?

Here is my dilemma: I was passed up for manager promo last year and rightfully so a lot of my feedback was definitely correlated to me not properly handing my symptoms causing a good bit of inconsistencies in my performance especially if I lacked interest. This year I’ve crushed it and switched up projects off of ones that I’ve long been on. The few people who “advocate” for me seem to be stuck on things that seem either 1) so unsubstantiated and show that they are too far detached from the …

How do you deal with the following - 1) lack of general organization in life, note taking, keeping track of your relationships and 2) attention to detail. These 2 things have been bothering me a lot. We all are smart as hell but silly mistakes such as spelling mistakes, broader checks to be done on the deck is killing me. Also I feel the lack of organization in personal life blows into professional as well. If you are a consultant how do u deal with it ?

Does time blocking tasks for the day work for anyone? I get caught up, unable to finish tasks within the time block and feel miserable.

Got offer supervisor associate,rank 64 for CT practice. can soneone help me understand the salary bracket and yoe for this designation?

What's the slab for Manager Level 2 or Level 3 in Taxation? Does it crosses 30-32L?
YOE - 10+ Years

How easy is it to switch offices in Bain?

How hard is it to get into an investment bank for risk? Doing market risk related work (FRM)? And what kind of salary would you be looking at from entry to associate (senior) level ?

Im in internal sales.
a few years ago my company implemented a "2 pack" to my pay pay plan. Where they would deduct 200 per month to counteract minimum wage increase. Fast forward to now, it's 480 taken From commission.
Anyone else see this?

any telltale signs of layoffs in tiger?

Hello everyone, I'm a cs grad student graduating in may making a career transition from mechanical eng to cs. I had an internship but its been hard to find a fulltime dev role. I was thinking of taking a lower position at some company and working myself up maybe BI to DA. I would like to work as a dev but a lot of the small companies are offering salaries significantly under 100 for jr dev roles. Any thoughts?

3rd year Financial economics specialist at the University of Toronto. Trying to break into either capital markets of financial consulting. Would appreciate any help to get an internship for the summer of 2023

More than halfway through a 90 in 90 and I’m so grateful for NY AA and that there are so many meetings! Also 90 in 90 is actually kinda great

Anyone have any tips on finding great content creators? Ty in advance!

Got a good offer for L9 Tech Advisory in Tier 2 city, it is in a range that matches market and my ask. Should I still negotiate to round up?

Can someone confirm if Marriott does not give complimentary breakfast with a points booking? Booked with 25k points and was told no complimentary breakfast..

A hotel I stayed at for the weekend gave someone else my room key, I was working and the other person walked in. What should I ask in return? They also messed up my reservation -paid for 2 beds, got 1

Will end up at 65 Marriott nights for 2018. What would you select for your annual choice benefit? 5 elite night credits or is that pointless?

With the new point system with Marriott/SPG are they going to re evaluate hotels categories? Currently a cat 7 hotels are 35,000 points it looks like the new cat 7 standard is 60,000

Has anyone tried to sell miles or points through one a site. I have a family member looking to do it and I had never looked into. Any experiences? Pros cons

Best cards in Canada for points?

Had a 2 night reservation at a Fairfield Inn and was bumped. Am a Marriott platinum member and got the points and $100, but only one night at another hotel. Is this policy or should it be 2 nights?

Got targeted for Amex platinum 100k. Is it worth it? Is there a higher targeted offer?
Considering doing it since no more personal card for BCG expenses. Also have CSR fwiw.

Got a mail from American Airlines that says they are giving me free upgrade to platinum status with no strings attached. Anyone else got this?

3 hour maintenance delay this morning on American. Checked my account and they deposited 5k points without me even contacting them. Has anyone had this happen before? I am PP status

Any suggestions on SPG/Marriott hotels in Barcelona for personal travel?

Flight attendant woke me up while I was sleeping to give me ice cream, then I couldn’t go back to sleep.
How many points?

New Delta Marriott deal - 2 miles per $1 spent. Anyone switching to earn miles?

WiFi didn't work in a 3 hour flight, no inflight entertainment sets as well, how many miles can I claim?

Does anybody have a referral link for Amex Platinum? - has to be UK based

Used to be EXP on American, haven't flown them in a while and now no status. want to use miles for a flight, but they're charging $75 processing bc it's within 21 days. Any way around this?

I am sick of seeing these SPG Marriott posts!! Can we talk about something else for a change?

Is the a black market for rewards points? I want to get rid of my delta points for either American or Marriott points

What’s your highest value point redemption? State the redemption and rough $/point.