@honkinggoose said in what a journey already!:
@miserly said:
“i get an email from expedia basically says they have cancelled the reservations and don’t bother trying to make reservations on this account again.”Can you just create another account, using a different email address … and possibly different cc?
Tried but no dice. I think it is the hotel on their end through third party reservations must be wonky as I have tried different agencies including Amex travel.
so i can get 2 iphone 7 128 gb for $650 + tax + 1 month of service at $60 and cancel in 1 month?
so i booked 5 rooms for next summer for 3 families to hang out together. booked online through expedia back in August and paid in full $5K. our plans changed so i had to changed the dates by 2 days, same number of rooms and nights. expedia said i had to cancel and rebook. ok. so i do that, same price. and new reservation goes through last week. earlier this week, i get an email from expedia basically says they have cancelled the reservations and don’t bother trying to make reservations on this account again.
was on the phone for over 2 hours this morning. first 2 representatives were disconnected after i went through the whole reservation. the third one transferred me to his supervisor. supervisor couldn’t make the reservation either. they all tried to tell me it was my credit card. however, i called my credit card 3 times and each time they said it wasn’t them denying the transaction; all my other transactions have gone through in the last week.
i also tried ebates hotel (only because they offer the most cash back for this itinerary) hotels.com and will now try amex travel. i would make it at the hotel website, but their cancellation policy is 1 night charge minimum. i suspect it is either something superwonky with my profile or the hotel is’nt letting 3rd party sites book .
i’m on the hook for the reservations as the planner in the group and will likely have spent 12 hours by the time we’re done. 
the 2 oil changes are where they come to you, so should be priced way higher than the $25 i have a coupon price at a firestone. that should be valued at maybe $50.
I recently spent a lot of time researching electric car leases.
We wanted a new car for Mrs. M, and electric car fit her driving pattern well and once you drive electric, it’s hard to go back to regular gas engine. (quiet and smooth pick up) Leases allow us to get a new car with less risk on depreciation. We bought our last 2 cars and have been driving them until the wheels fall off. While they both run fine, it’s all the other parts that start to fail.
Anyhow, here are a couple of excellent resources for electric vehicle leases.I found both to be very good for current information terms on leases.
http://ev-vin.blogspot.com/2016/07/current-lease-offers-for-selected-evs.html?m=1
I did decide to have the local Firestone match Costco price and they agreed. Since I get my oil change there, now they can balance and rotate too. This will make my life a lot easier. Getting tires balanced and rotated at Costco took some doing.
@myisland $30 for shipping? not in the 48 cont states?
https://www.prioritybicycles.com/
You do have to assemble it, but fairly easy to do. Good commuter bicycle and the belt drive and internal gear is virtually no-maintenance.