What's the craziest purchase that you've made with points? Expensive or eccentric...

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Cubs World Series tickets. 200,001 Starwood points!

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Bought a big green egg and a John Deere tractor with AMEX points

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FA Cup Final in England last week. 30,000 Emirates miles per ticket. We lost 😔

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I did the Ferrari Driving Experience at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. So much fun!

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Delta one (first/business class) trip from LA to Sydney return on points. Made a huge difference to how I coped with jet lag

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I'm working on a Fintech startup related to commercial banking pricing. We would like to do some "expert interviews" with current RMs (we would compensate your time.) We want to better understand the friction points when it comes to price C&I or CRE loans. Please DM me if you are interested.

We are not looking for any private information, but more anecdotal evidence of issues that can be improved.

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Guys could you let me know how Incedo as an organization ?
Points to consider as well:
1. Getting a 30% hike
2. Is it worth leaving HSBC ? WLB is very good in HSBC
3. Designation is more or less same
4. Any other points to validate ?

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I have the Chase Rapid Reward card and gave 90k points saved up on Southwest over the years but I’ve stopped flying with them (haven’t flown in general due to pandemic). Is there a way to transfer these points to another airline, or even use them on hotel bookings? Any recommendations on how I can best redeem these points?

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I have 7 years of work exp in Data analytics & Data engineering team. Right now managing a team of 12. Will PMP certification help in career growth ? Needed some view points.

After a hard reset on travel points (got none after Covid and change to industry) how would you start over? Which credit card is best for travel points? Airline? Starwood or Bonvoy? Avis or ??

At one time I had status on most airlines and hotels but I never bothered to focus on accumulating points since it seemed like they were infinite and I booked on convenience. Oh have times changed! I even let go of Amex platinum, just wasn’t worth it to me. Base airport LAX/SNA so no airline pref.

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If I skipped the outbound leg of a r/t, but want to take the return and have a boarding pass on my phone, does that mean I slipped by? It was a weird booking with chase points on 2 codeshare airlines

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Up by 11 points and he has J. Howard and I have Burton tomorrow night 🤞

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Going to Austin for graduation. Should I stay at the W or JW Marriott with points? They’re both category 6, but does one stand out more than the other?

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Anyone selling III points tickets for Saturday?

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Curious to know people’s planning systems. I’m a paper planner at heart, but in this practice, there’s so many tasks and sub tasks for each client matter and each task may be in various points of completion (to do, waiting on, in process, etc.). I’ve toyed with excel sheets, word docs, paper planning, Trello, Notion, etc. and nothing seems to ‘stick.’ Thank you!

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Opinions on Clyde & Co? Bonus points for Miami office. Looking for info on WLB, autonomy with work, level of difficulty billing enough for bonuses, general satisfaction, any interesting or unique selling points, etc. Thanks in advance!

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

Any thoughts on Sidley's London office? How sharp elbowed are the associates and how much do partners genuinely try and help you develop a career? Bonus points if you can provide insight on how the corporate and finance departments work with specialists on transactional matters. As a final ask, are they genuinely into D&I and flexible working efforts or is this predominantly lip service? Thanks in advance!

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hey folks, I am going to join Oracle ossi in Hyderabad location. I have never been to Hyderabad, and will be relocating. Please guide on what would be good areas to look for rent. Also, what would be rent like for 2/3 bhk. Ideally my budget for rent would be <25k. Initially I will be going but in future my family will join me once I am settled. Any points to note or any other gotcha to keep in mind ? Please suggest.

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How do you ask for points?

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I searched and i’m incredulous we haven’t had this discussion yet. What’s your position on LIV. I think it’s a league mostly of has beens and never was’s designed to stroke Greg Norman’s ego and personal vendetta. I have no problem if you want to take the money to play events no one will care about and won’t get world ranking points, but don’t think you can have it both ways.

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Today I will be having an interview with Hexaware for data science role. I appreciate for sharing key points to crack it, and how well is the work culture & is it WFH ?

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Any recommendations on wedding venues or caterers in jersey? New to the city and don’t really know a lot of people. Looking for medium budget recommendations. Thank you in advance

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AOA everyone! I am a Pakistani currently living in Germany. I am in the final stages of getting a transfer to Canada but can’t decide between Toronto or Vancouver. Both have high COL so I’m trying to weigh the pros and cons. I know Vancouver’s weather is a lot better than Toronto, but any recommendations from Canadians on the bowl?

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So I have completely lost interest in my area of practice mainly because I haven’t been exposed to many matters (our team is really slow) and I am the most junior in the team. So billable work is never constant. I feel like this has impacted my interest and stagnated my growth. I am thinking of moving into a different area of practice that I’m interested in. Has anyone ever done this? I’m actually depressed and I really hate being given work now. I have ADHD. Please advise

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Hey everyone,

Does anyone learning from Applied AI course currently?

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New country and new job, I want to ensure I save and invest money correctly. We need a car and soon enough our home, staying in a rental accommodation for now which is just enough for 2 of us. Any suggestions on talking to a financial planner, does that help? And any platform where we have financial planners to choose from?

Any remote jobs hiring in NY? Tax, audit, anything

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Hi Fishes,
I have overall experience of 5yrs. Out of which 3years for US healthcare and 2 years for US mortgage. US mortgage domain has now become thinner as industry almost sunk since most of the companies has laid off employees, I was also the victim. Fortunately, got an opportunity to work Optum but heard rumours about the lay-off in our entire process which is creating a frustration and negativity all around. Please refer me if there's any relevant opening in backhend operations. Thanks!

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All -
I am interviewing for a Strategy leadership role at a SaaS company. A bit rusty on interviews so crowdsourcing from senior folks here, what are best practices or good examples of certain behavioral questions.

1. What is your weakness? I can talk at length about strengths but unclear what weakness to state so as to not mess up my chances.

2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? This question is tough because there aren't very many levels above me so cannot say in an EVP role.

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Looking to finally go get my SPHR having the PHR for the past 6 years. Still value and pursuing and obtaining?

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Hi Everyone,
Any suggestions on networking in the private finance sector?
I recently transitioned from public to private sector finance to be more well-rounded and I’m having a hard time connecting with people in the space. I work for a fund admin in the digital asset space for HF & PE/VC firms and I noticed how much “bro culture” seems to impact the industry. Networking is hard enough working from home but I know how important it is to make those connections.

For small firms - What was your billable rate in 2015 and what is it today in 2022. Please provide your practice area too, if possible!

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Anybody from PWC workforce transformation willing to talk to me? Want to learn more about the firm and practice. Thanks!

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With a couple of breakups I’ve been in complete shock and cry a lot. Don’t know what happened and I with a few online rejections I feel complete lack of confidence. Now when it comes to work...

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Hi fishes, 3 days remaining for Lwd. Please help me to choose between Tsys and Hcl. Tsys-15 lpa fixed, hcl-17 lpa fixed Have sent mail to Tsys to match hcl offer, but still waiting for response. Tech-Sdet

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When we will get the hikes for the 2021 ratings in cognizant?

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Instagram is off-putting now.
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_build is > 1000 employees as of now. It needs it's own bowl.

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What are the best things to do in the Boston area during the summer? I'm very new and originally from Nevada so don't really have a pulse on New England summer.

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When you haven’t entered your time in a week.

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I just want to say this, “Hakuna Matata”

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Currently a C at Deloitte (3.5 years since graduated UG) in my promotion year to SC. Being reached out to for project manager role at slalom. Would this be a good step up? Or stay put?

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Got a verbal OK for a FB offer that is slated for the Austin office but I live in NY. Can I tell the recruiter I don’t want to relocate and expect to start in NY or will they blacklist me or be flexible? The team sits in Austin and I knew that going in.

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Is a Principal is BCG same as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey?

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Wow. I am *not* busy. Client is slow af and nudging my actions along probably takes like 2 hours a day max. Keep trying to speed things up but there is no appetite right now. 🥱🥱😴😴

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61% utilization as a first year associate. RIP

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Do you consider fly/travel time as working? Not billable, but “working?"

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What do you think of LBS or INSEAD for MBA? Do you think they’re at the same tier as lower M7 or Duke/Dartmouth?

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What are your top book recommendations? I’m genre neutral.

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Do people actually take lunch breaks? Always done working lunch and wondering if this is the norm...

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Decent food in SLC airport? Had catcora's last Thursday and got sick as a dog 🤢

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I am coming to realise the importance of golf in business and want to learn. How long does it take for one to become reasonably good at it?

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