u/Tree_pineapple

I'm trying to get to London from IAD (Washington DC). There's unfortunately no reward space for DUB - LHR connections the entire last week of August. This is a long shot, but is there any way to book the IAD - DUB leg with Avios, and book the DUB - LHR with cash, and merge into one booking so I can check a bag the entire way? Perhaps by calling? I would have just tried to call first, but didn't want to sit through a long queue just to be given an emphatic, "no."

Host left a clearly retaliatory review with verifiably false statements (their own message history with me on AirBnB contradicts statements they made in the review) after I left their place a night early and received an AirCover refund. Immediately when their review went live (which was <24hrs after my stay since I also left a prompt review), I filed a detailed request to remove the review with plenty of evidence showing that their claims were false and therefore retaliatory. That was 5 days ago, and I still haven't heard anything from AirBnB support even though they say it should be review in 48 hours. Should I keep waiting or is there another contact method I must use?

I have good reviews from at least a dozen other hosts, so I am not that worried, but it is annoying to have this on my profile.

-- more info that isn't relevant but if anyone is curious what happened:

Had my second-ever serious issue(s) after maybe 30 different AirBnB stays over the last 7 years. There were a ton of problems. If it had just been one or two things, I wouldn't have escalated all the way to leaving early and getting AirCover refund, but so many things in the listing had some issue or misrepresentation. It was surprising, bc the listing had a dozen reviews and a 4.7 avg rating, and was charging a hefty premium compared to other accommodations in the area.

- Listing claimed it was 2-bedroom, but it was actually a studio (bed and kitchen) with a second story attic-like space (second bed and bathroom) and no door separating bottom and top floor. Had to walk through the 'bedrooms' to access the bathroom and kitchen. This was not at all clear in the photos or description of the listing.

- Missing fan (a listed amenity in the listing) during the peak of summer in a no A/C unit. Reported this to host immediately upon arriving (check in time of 5pm) and they refused to replace it and offered a laughable refund of 2% per night for the inconvience. (It was easily 26C/80F inside the unit during the late afternoon, and even hotter mid-day-- it was a top-floor unit.) At this point, I was forced to escalate to AirBnB support, and after doing so, the host was magically able to find a replacement fan even though they had previously claimed they absolutely couldn't replace it and that all stores were sold out due to last week's heat wave.

- Since that was taking hours to resolve, I had gone to dinner during the time AirBnB support was contacting the host about the fan, and at 8pm (over 2hrs since I initially contacted the host btw), to deliver the fan, the host went inside on their own since I wasn't answering the door. Honestly, I don't really care about this that much, but it is technically a violation of AirBnB policy for the host to have done this. They should have just left the fan in the apartment hallway outside the door, it is a safe village and the building requires a code to even get inside. Or they could have called me to ask. This did feel a bit violating and made me uncomfortable, but at this point, it still wasn't enough to get me to leave and I was happy they had replaced the fan, but upset I had to escalate to support to make that happen.

- Oh and also, only one fan provided even though there were two rooms and 3 guests. I can't complain since the listing didn't actually specify there would be enough fans for all beds/guests to have one, only that there was a fan 😅 But this meant one person had to suffer through night without one.

Upon returning from dinner, as we settled in for the night, several other issues became clear that we had not realized when we first checked in:

- The only handsoap in the entire unit, located in the bathroom, was completely empty. There was no other soap in the entire unit except dish soap.

- The bathroom smelled of mildew/mold and had no ventilation besides a window so tall that only someone of 6ft could possibly reach it without a stool (which was not provided). There were also super gross squishy "bamboo" mats on the floor-- there is no way it is possible to properly clean these between guests.

- The main bed had beautifully done electric candlelights over the bed. Try to turn them on-- Oh, wait, the extension cord is missing so they are completely non-functional, and there's no other extension cords in the entire unit.

I raised these concerns to the host and they didn't reply until following morning (understandable, it was around 10 or 11pm) and instead of apologizing for the issues, offering to replace them, or anything like that-- they immediately jumped to "what do you want?", accusing me basically of extorting them for a refund. When their place was missing basic amenities like a handsoap 😭 After that, I felt pretty uncomfortable, and we wanted to move, but couldn't find any hotels with two rooms in the area due to an event.

We went out to get groceries and make breakfast. When we got back, we discovered yet more problems:

- Kitchen essentially non-usable because the drawer where all of the utensils, including spatulas, are stored was jammed, despite effort to un-jam it (it seemed like something tall/wide inside was preventing the drawer from opening.) I don't understand how this could have been missed by the cleaning crew, since they need to check whether the stuff in there is clean, but I guess the same way a totally empty handsoap is missed...

- There was a microwave which seemed to work-- except literally not a SINGLE provided dish was microwave-safe, including the mugs. All dishes had a gold foil on them which sparked (I wasn't sure, since they weren't labeled, so I had tried using one and immediately removed it.) And the mugs were plastic with a metal lining.

- Due to neither a usable stovetop or microwave, we wasted the groceries we had purchased that needed to be cooked (eggs) or heated up (milk/coffee)

- Only two hot drink mugs were provided despite 3 guests staying (listing allows up to 3 guests)

We were really frustrated at this point and just wanted to leave. We checked again and found hotels that had some space, though we would have to split up. We spoke with AirBnB support and they said we could leave and be refunded for the night we didn't use, so we did, vacating the apartment in the early afternoon.

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In the host's review, they basically claimed that I lied about several of these things. They said the fan wasn't missing (verifiably false and they confirmed it themselves in msg history, they claimed a previous guest had stolen it), that the handsoap wasn't empty (I have photo/video evidence that it was), and that I just wanted to leave esrly for my own convience and had my changed my mind. (In reality, the refund was barely enough to cover the cost of moving to another hotel, let alone the hassle of doing so, and ofc no compensation at all for our wasted groceries and for our bad experience the previous night. Also, that wouldn't even make sense, because their refund policy was incredibly lenient, such that I could have completely canceled my stay only 2 days prior to arriving had I changed my mind about the dates I wanted to stay.)

Mostly just curious. I had never seen cherry diet coke in local stores/online shopping (GoPuff, Amazon). As of a week or two ago, suddenly 12packs are everywhere. I really enjoy the flavor so I'm happy but-- what causes these seemingly sudden flavor availability shifts? If it was just one grocery store, I'd assume a customer requested it. But it's on both Amazon and GoPuff delivery services around the same time.

DMV area

https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/online-records/new-york-state-birth-index/536-057/1, which is the same as https://archive.org/details/New_York_State_Birth_Index_1937/page/n856/mode/

I am searching for a birth record for someone of last name Miller born in 1937 in New York State. (Not NYC.) I have had zero luck on Ancestry, so I decided to go to the actual source. To my surprise, it seems like the underlying record, linked above, is missing all last names between Mar and Mor alphabetically. (See page 854 - 856). Am I missing something here?

I got off the waitlist for a Saturday Terras ticket through hospitality.be. Just making sure, is this website official and legit?

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Also, I am confused on how I should pay. They have sent me a .pdf invoice with a total amount to pay within 8 days. I am not sure if this is because I am ignorant or because I am an American (possibly both) but I have never seen anything like this and have no idea how to pay it. I have considered contacting hospitality.be and also my own bank for advice, but figured I would ask here as well.

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Thank you

I saw some posts on here from a couple months ago of people saying TM wasn't yet allowing resale. I see there's currently no resale tickets listed. Is that because there's simply no availability or because resale is still not yet allowed?

For those who have attended in previous years: do you think it is likely there will be availability on the sold out days closer to the show date? I would love to attend on Saturday, but my only options right now would be buying in Stubhub/Viagogo which seems suspicious.

My credit card offers insurance (including accidental damage and theft!) but the contract language excludes, "Cell phones which have been rented, borrowed or are part of pre-paid or “pay as you go” type plans."

My current plan, which I will never give up bc it's just too good and I'm grandfathered in is a yearly pre-paid plan. Obviously not eligible for the coverage.

After looking at potential third-party insurance options (I'm buying refurb/used, so not eligible for insurance through mfrs directly, ie no Apple Care or Samsung Care+), it seems nearly impossible to get accidental damage coverage for phones that are not purchased new. At the very least, I think it's pretty likely I can find a post-paid plan at a cheaper rate than any third party insurance would cost.

There's a few posts about this on this sub, but all of them are at least 2 years old.

Would be ideal if the carrier supports eSim since my current plan uses a physical Sim.

My Fold 4 kicked the bucket today (black line of death.) I really wanted to wait for the announcement of next gen devices, but I can't, unless I delay by purchasing a cheap tide-over in the meantime. With that said, the current word on the street is that Fold 8/Fold 8 Wide will not have s-pen support anyway-- and if it doesn't, there's no way I'd be going for that model. Ability to use a stylus with palm rejection is non-negotiable for me w/ foldables. Otherwise, I would just carry around a slab phone and an iPad... and it would still cost less than a single Samsung Foldable.

Long story short, it's been a few years, and it seems that while I was still married to my Fold 4, a few new brands have entered the US foldable market. Do any of the other foldables have palm rejection stylus support?

Without looking deeply into all of the brand options, the things I'm currently considering:

- New-in-box Fold 6 ~$1,000, intend to Care+ and would return if not eligible

- Re-furbished Fold 6 ~$600, via Amazon Renewed (but NOT sold by Amazon bc that doesn't exist), has 90-day returns, might be able to get third-party insurance?

- New or refurbished Pixel Fold/Pixel Fold 9 Pro. No stylus support, but the price points are MUCH lower than Samsung Folds, to the point that I'd considering sacrificing the feature. What gets me is paying $1-2k for a phone that doesn't have it.