How many of these have you experienced, and when/where?
1. Having to vacate your hotel room because of a fire alarm or other emergency?
2. Being "walked" to a different hotel?
3. Exercising the platinum guarantee (which probably means someone else gets walked)?
4. Having a flight diverted to somewhere other than your destination?
5. Being upgraded to a huge suite?
6. Unauthorized charges showed up on your hotel bill?
7. Being stranded overnight somewhere by an airline?
8. Missing your flight?
9. Missing a connecting flight?
10. Leaving a hotel in the middle of a stay because you couldn't stand the thought of another night there?
11. Being given a room key to a room already occupied by someone else, or vice-versa?
12. Your taxi, limo, train, bus or airplane got into an accident?
13. Bedbugs?
14. Full administrative search by TSA?
15. Free upgrade to first class?
Here are my answers:
1. Yes - Omni Parkerhouse in Boston - fire alarm in the middle of the night.
2. No.
3. Yes - JW Marriott Chicago during the Home Show. Also World Center during Heckerling Institute.
4. Yes - took off from ORD, got half-way to destination, then went back to ORD.
5. Yes - JW Marriott Chicago.
6. Yes - Mayflower and World Center.
7. Yes - DEN by UA.
8. Yes - ORD because of traffic, and RSW because I took a wrong turn and got lost.
9. Yes - ORD because I left the terminal and didn't get back in time.
10. Yes - Residence Inn by hockey area in Fargo, ND. Key phrase here is "by hockey arena."
11. No.
12. No.
13. No.
14. Yes. Trying to board Allegiant flight at FSD. Had to go into private room at TSA.
15. Yes - once on AA and once on DL at gate agent's discretion. Others due to elite status on airlines.
1. Having to vacate your hotel room because of a fire alarm or other emergency? - Yes, multiple times.
2. Being "walked" to a different hotel? - Yes, a few years ago (got the "guarantee" payment for it too!)
3. Exercising the platinum guarantee (which probably means someone else gets walked)? - Multiple times a year.
4. Having a flight diverted to somewhere other than your destination? - Yes, pilot tried landing during a Tornado Warning in Alabama.
5. Being upgraded to a huge suite? - Multiple Times (best was a Marriott in NJ, upgraded to Ambassador Suite)
6. Unauthorized charges showed up on your hotel bill? - Regularly - usually it is mini-bar or "water" left in the room.
7. Being stranded overnight somewhere by an airline? - Really? At least a few times a year (though usually due to weather)
8. Missing your flight? - Really the same as #7, but it could be different, of course, a few times a year I oversleep for that early flight - Thank God for prepaid Airfare.
9. Missing a connecting flight? - Several times a year. Just happened last month twice.
10. Leaving a hotel in the middle of a stay because you couldn't stand the thought of another night there? - Yes. This year, I left a Suite Upgrade at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay - HORRIBLE Hotel. Hyatt was nice enough to give me my Diamond Upgrade back and bonus points for the crummy experience.
11. Being given a room key to a room already occupied by someone else, or vice-versa? - Oh yea, was given a key to a room that had been "used" by hotel staff as a "love nest."
12. Your taxi, limo, train, bus or airplane got into an accident? Yes. Several years ago in NYC.
13. Bedbugs? - No, Thank Goodness!
14. Full administrative search by TSA? - Yes, usually once a year, even though I have Pre, Nexus and Global Entry.
15. Free upgrade to first class? - Yes, Have only flown coach once in 200K miles so far this year, including international.