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He has only five-star reviews on rentmen. Maybe you should give your input to rentmen to bring those five stars down to reality. To look at this ad on rentment, and see all five-star reviews, one would think he is the greatest thing available. Your response would bring a little reality to his ad.

Even that new link has been changed! These guys must be difficult to get along with based on what is reported and changing their ad so often.

Don't feel that you made a mistake. Quite frankly, in Sydney, there are slim pickings of escorts. I was in Sydney earlier this year. I was surprised to see the high asking rates in addition to the small number of guys in such a big city. I looked both on rentmen and rentboyaustralia. Maybe I visited at the wrong time of year. Needless to say, I did not meet any escort during the week I visited.

You mean that the stock of Austrian piano manufacturer, Bösendorfer, is currently owned by Yamaha. Manufacturing of the Bösendorfer piano still occurs in Austria.

Actually, there is no Germany made Steinway piano. The name Steinway is an American way of saying Steinweg. The "weg" is a German word that means "way" - All Steinway pianos are made in the U.S. To make a long story short, the German citizen, Heinrich Steinweg, changed his name to Henry Steinway when he moved to America to manufacture pianos. He manufactured the same fine quality piano he formerly manufactured in Germany. Instead of calling the piano a Steinweg (his original name), he called the American made piano Steinway (for his changed American name). My relatives who live in Germany have a Steinweg piano. I have the privilege of playing it when I visit there. In the U.S., I own a Steinway. Both pianos sound pretty much alike. I know this is probably boring to most readers. But, someone did bring up a German Steinway, that does not exist.

Dear x x x x x , "We would like to inform you that the access code feature for Private Galleries is no longer available. This change is part of our efforts to simplify and improve the RentMen user experience." What they really mean is: This change is part of our efforts to make more money for our company. You need to pay a monthly fee for this new service.

No, they did not. Read the narrative of the case again. They took away SOME of the million miler benefits. The judge ruled that United could do what it wants to its mileage program.

For life? Did you read the judge's statement when million-milers took United to court via a class action for taking away some lifetime benefits (and lost the case)? United got away with the "fingers-crossed" defense. There was a lot written about the lawsuit but here is a short version which lets us million milers know that United can change its mind on anything and get away with it: https://viewfromthewing.com/never-forget-frequent-flyer-program-lying-although-lie-others/

On a lighter note about a United pilot: https://viewfromthewing.com/united-pilot-receives-300000-settlement-after-tsa-claimed-he-was-exposing-himself/

I am really sorry to keep this going. However, your statement is not correct. The $18,000.00 minimum spend to achieve 1 K has NOT been around since 2014. it is a new requirement. It can die now?

Sorry to keep this thing going. Did you read the article I supplied? You will see that the new United program does not care how many miles you fly. They just want a minimum of $18,000.00 annually. For example, you can fly a couple of hundred thousand miles in coach for less than 18,000 but if you have not spent 18,000, you do not get 1K

Let's see - An airline mileage program that no longer uses miles flown to measure loyalty to an airline! That is normal? No, that is greed on behalf of the airlines. Loyalty recognition is now based on what you pay for tickets rather than how much you fly. In most years, the mileage programs are more profitable than the actual transportation of passengers and freight. I don't like the "logic" of using an airline's mileage program that is not based on miles flown.

I just received this fairly recent blog about United and its status costs. $18,000.00 (minimum) annually to retain status to "maybe get an upgrade and a few perks! 11 Takeaways From United’s New $18,000 Elite Status and more...

You are usually right on the money so to speak. However, in your one sentence, this has not always been the case. You said - - - "since day one of any program - - - " Prior to the mergers of Continental and United nine years ago, United often used to give fliers double and triple miles for actual miles flown. If you used those miles at that time you earned them, you could get some wonderful bargains on award flights. United gave those extra miles for promotions and to encourage flying. Those were the days before the airline seats were so full and before greed set in with the frequent flier programs. Now, you don't even get one mile for miles flown unless you have some sort of elite status and paid a high price for your ticket. Then when you get those miles, they devalue. I think currently, it is a bad idea to accumulate miles. I got shafted big time with United's award charts being discarded. Oh, well, live and learn.

You have a good upgrade history because of the routes you fly. If you flew a busy route, for example, LAX - ORD, your upgrade ratio would not be so good. However, it also depends on the time of day and how much you paid for your ticket. It is all about money with the new United. As to the other things you mentioned that saved you money, most fliers do not make the kind of changes you mentioned. With an airline, there is no "one size fits all" So, my friend, my answer is still - NO -

The city learned a lesson https://abcnews.go.com/US/st-louis-police-sergeant-told-tone-gayness-awarded/story?id=66608609

"Is United Premier 1K worth it?" In my opinion - NO - United now requires a minimum of $15,000 each year in ticket spending to get 1K status. It is not worth the gamble of probably not getting an upgrade unless you are willing to go at an inconvenient time or routing. Other than the upgrades, what are the advantages versus a lower-tier status - answer - not much. Worse for United is that they recently devalued their mileage program by taking away its award chart. Fliers who accumulated hundreds of thousands of miles in their mileage plus account had their miles severely devalued. In many cases, to about one-third of what they were worth prior to the devaluation. Those accumulated miles were like airline money in the frequent flier bank. A portion of the accumulated miles was earned with extra miles from being 1K status but most was earned from actual flying. What a terrible thing to do to loyal customers - devalue their miles saved in their frequent flier account for future flights! If you had hundreds of thousands of dollars in an actual bank and the bank suddenly devalued your money and told you that your money is only worth one-third of what you deposited, what would you think of that bank? Essentially, that is what United just did to its frequent flier program. It was gutted. What is the point of staying loyal to an airline and spending a minimum of $15,000 annually only to be slapped in the jaw by having your accumulated miles severely devalued? I will still use United when it is convenient. I have flown enough miles this year to earn 1K for next year but I feel ripped off even though the terms of United's frequent flier program say they can change their program at any time. Again, no - it is not worth spending $15,000 to get 1K status with United.

https://viewfromthewing.com/southwest-pilots-reportedly-spent-flight-watching-video-of-passengers-in-the-lavatory/

I agree that this latest demotion of United Airlines has gutted its loyalty program especially with their devaluation of accumulated miles. In most cases, it now requires more than three times the number of miles for a mileage award than it did before the devaluation. Those with a lot of unused miles got a severe devaluation of those miles. So, does 1K help with the pain of the devaluation? Absolutely not. The demotion negatively affects 1K fliers as well as those who hold less or no status. Getting 1K status is no longer worth the effort or the increase in spending considering the demotions. While the economy is currently doing well, United can screw around with its "loyalty" program and stick it to their loyal fliers. Just wait till the next recession strikes. The airlines will be the first to feel the recession because there will be fewer fliers. Many business and leisure fliers will not have the funds to fly. I remember the last recession when many businesses had their employees do conferences online rather than in person. United will be giving away 1K just to get customers to fly their airlines.

Exactly - I know from experience - it was not a fun deal -

You did notice that the photos were taken over a period of time. Or he dyes his hair. Some of the photos show him with completely brown hair while some photos show him with lots of grey hair.

Funny - although it is meant to be funny, many truthful things are said while joking.

What a hilarious and pompous thing to write in an escort ad. Oscar Wilde had an answer for people who write or say that sort of thing - "to love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."

His photos show a man who is older than his claimed age 26. Maybe 26 around the waist?

Because, unfortunately, when an escort lowers his original asking price, sometimes, but not always, the quality of an escort's service is diminished. Haggling over the price of an object is sometimes expected but haggling over the price of personal services can, but not always, result in regret.