First, if this was my 747, I'd NEVER want it this near to the ground without gear down (just consider the side compared to ground when he banks off)! Now more news: Any other interesting Delta news you have seen you wish to share with other Delta Points readers? Shout-out in the remarks section below on your blog. a' Rene Posted by Delta Points
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Fairmont announced this week that its first location in Istanbul, the Fairmont Quasar, will start in 2016 included in a combined growth complex in the Sisli District (near the Trump Towers). Two the 210-room hotel will be housed by 41-story towers along with leisure, industrial, and residential units, including four stories of work place and luxury retail at the root of the complex. Both the hotel and the households will be handled by Fairmont Hotel and Resorts, and the owners will be given VIP status and privileges at Fairmont homes all over the world being an additional perk of ownership. For discretion visitors, the hotel will have a Fairmont Gold membership level, many restaurants, 2,000 square meters of functionality space, and a Willow Stream Spa. The Fairmont Quasar is the newest project to be reported by the company in the Black Sea region, joining the recently opened Fairmont Kyiv in Ukraine, the Fairmont Baku in Azerbaijan (opening spring 2013) and the Fairmont Pekin in Moscow (opening 2016). We like the looks of the renderings as well as the selection of place in the Sisli District. The area is well-serviced by public transport, and it's home to Europe's biggest mall, the Cevahir, as well as plenty of restaurant and entertainment options. We'll watch out for the beginning rates once we get closer to opening day. [Photos: Fairmont Hotels and Resorts]
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Jedi A Brian TalbotA religious group has thought that Scotland can be a location for Jedi weddings must new regulation governing marriage be followed, a possibility which they appear to view as making a mockery of the convention of marriage. Scotland is in the act of updating its matrimonial laws, like the release of a new school of marriage ceremony. Along with civil and spiritual ceremonies, abeliefa ceremonies will be open to couples getting married. This option will forever formalize the legitimacy of Humanist ceremonies, which have increased in popularity but have only been permitted on a basis since 2005. Free Church of Scotland spokesman Reverend Iver Martin is important of the regulation and has predicted these changes can have unintended consequences such as the legality of Jedi marriages, Flat Earth Society relationships and so on. I may maybe not be up to date on comparative religion, but I thought Jedi knights werenat allowed to get married anyway. Read more concerning this in The Telegraph You may be thinking about related posts marked with: Scotland, Sidelines Stephanie Spencer is a freelance travel author from Canada who has been held hostage by the travel industry for over 13 years. An terminal wise aleck, known purple fanatic, hat person, and ukulele player of questionable capabilities, Stephanie examines the geeky area of travel on her website A Nerd Most Importantly, and dispenses arbitrary quirkiness as @ANerdAtLarge on Twitter. She really believes that any such thing is achievable with massive amounts and enough dedication of chocolate.
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For years, the T&Cs on AMEX product applications stated that you could not receive any new cardmember bonus if you had the same card within the previous 24 months. For me this meant I churned an SPG personal and business account in alternating years, receiving the full bonus for one of the cards each year. In addition, I maintain my original SPG personal card as it is one of my oldest accounts.
Now, I say full bonus above because AMEX generally awards points/miles for new cards in two ways:1)Bonus first purchase points/miles2)Bonus points/miles for spend in x months
The 24 month limit seemed to apply only to the first purchase points as several churners reported success receiving the points for spend in x months regardless of the time since they last had the card. All this changed though in late August when the following updated language was noted within the T&Cs "Welcome bonus offer not available to applicants who have had this product within the last 12 months." I decided to break from my SPG alternating application year sequence and apply for another SPG card in September 2012 during one of my churns to test the new limits. I was just shy of the 12 month mark but included the card in the churn so that at least some of my credit pulls could be combined and I wouldn't waste a separate pull on a bonus I might not receive.
Well it worked, at 11 months and 23 days after receiving the same SPG personal bonus, I received both the 10,000 bonus Starpoints after first purchase and the 15,000 bonus Starpoints after spending $5,000 in the first 6 months.
