u/OldWolf3

It's the world boss zone quest but:

• They have a buff saying "Nexus-Captain Leth'ir and Adjutant Mertei share health" but they don't, they have separate health pools and the captain dies first
• I've killed them both twice now (in raid groups) and get credit for Mertei but no credit for Leth'ir and no loot

How is this supposed to work and what's going on?

Dealer turned down the queen of clubs or something like that; I have Jc Qs 9s Ac 9c in first seat.

It's a spades call but would you go alone here?

In the actual hand I decided to not go alone and lead the 9s; and it turned out partner was void, the right was buried and I was very lucky to escape with a point. Whereas -- in this case that the right was buried -- going alone and leading the left would have worked.

At 8-7 ahead , partner order me up the jack of diamonds . They won the first trick in offsuit and then... led the 9 of clubs

We went on to lose the hand and the game. Partner was holding A-x trump and K-9 club .

Bowers like to eat lesser trumps!

I recently travelled internationally , flights cost about $5k but this has put me less than halfway even to AirNZ Koru Silver. (S213/225 earned from qualifying flights; S213/450 earned total).

I have seen there are other ways to earn Status Points besides flying , e.g. perhaps if I had taken out a Amex Airpoints card and bought the flights on that, then I might have made it to silver already.

I might be travelling more as time goes by, so what tips do you have for trying hit those upgrade levels? Are these other credit cards worth it? (I currently have a BNZ Classic card).

Many years ago I had an Amex which had good rewards but I found that few places accepted it, probably since Amex charged the merchants hefty fees to provide those rewards.

8-8 . I deal myself Th 9s Ad Kd Ac. Upcard is Kh . Partner rated in the 2200s, opponents high rated. I assume everyone picks this up even though opponents have 8?

Then it got to 9-9 and I'm second seat with Jh Ks Ts Kc 9c, the upcard is Qc . Have to order this as it's not as bad as letting opponents call ? Is that an order at all scores?