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Some of you are both right and wrong. 😁 OTAs are now a quasi monopoly. Booking.com also owns; priceline, agoda, kayak, cheapflights.com and momondo.com Expedia Group also owns; Travelocity, Orbitz, Hotwire, ebookers and cheaptickets Last Minute Group also owns; Bravofly, jetcost, volagratis, and Rumbo eDreams also owns Liligo, Go Voyages, and Opodo Trip.com also owns Skyscanner They all use one of three distribution systems; Amadeus, Sabre, or Travelport (which combines Apollo, Galileo, and Worldspan). The end result is what you would expect. Yes, it is wise to book through the airline because you will be better taken care of if there is a problem. Unfortunately this isn't the most appropriate when you need to build an itinerary. It is no secret that transiting some cities can reduce the cost of airfare. For example, traveling from USA/Canada to BKK is almost always less costly if you transit ICN or TYO, but you can only marry some segments by using the OTAs like Expedia and others. Airlines try to sell their own code shares on these flights and they are typically priced higher than the actual carrier's flights. The OTAs will offer multiple options since they are relying on a software like Sabre which builds the itinerary.

That is your biased view because she did not make any serious mistakes and stayed on message. The Harris campaign has made a strategic decision to go local, and it is doing that by holding rallies and campaigning in local districts. The VP is also meeting media locally. The MAGA collective are the first to complain about the media. When the Harris campaign bypasses the media to go local and to use alternative information outlets, the MAGA collective has a panic attack and disapproves. Know what? The Harris campaign is young, is fresh and it knows its demographic and it is targeting its message. They know they cannot change the voting intentions of 50 year old nasty white men, but they can convince 22 year old people working and studying and struggling with student debt and paying the rent to come out and vote. You keep saying that, but when asked to confirm how many times Trump was fact checked you cannot answer. The reality is that Trump really was not fact always checked on the 30 times he presented incorrect information. He was stopped from spreading incendiary lies like insisting that immigrants were eating people's pets. In the USA, saying crap like that results in nutters going on a shooting spree. Please point out in the transcript where this occurred. The 2025 Plan was created by Trump confidantes,people who are in close contact with the convicted felon. IVF is a problem for Trump and now he argues he says he wants to force insurers or have the government pay for it. Talk about hypocrisy. His abortion bans are in place because he allowed Roe v. Wade to be reversed. Under the state mandates, IVF is under attack. Trump singlehandedly took away a woman's freedom to control her own body and replaced it by government meddling. Trump buggered up the national response to the pandemic with his lack of leadership and inconsistent messaging. You are distressed because Trump failed, bigtime. Now he is in trouble, and it will keep getting worse because Harris has the big MO. She's hitting her stride and the crowds are young, virile, enthusiastic and ready to make a difference. It's active elderly who still engage in life and don't sit on their front stoop shaking their fist at kids playing in the street. It's a contrast from the Lawrence Welk demographics who turn out for Trump and then have to leave early before they soil their undergarments as their bladders leak.

Especially difficult too since the republicans blocked many initiatives. There was a Bipartisan border agreement, but Trump and friends blocked it to ensure they had an issue at election.

No. Trump did it all on his own. Blaming the moderators, who moderated is a cop out. Thy were not biased and despite claims to the contrary were not fact checking Trump.

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And you have just demonstrated bias in your statements, relying on what you believe is credible. Let's review; 6 Dead Hostages: They were executed, murdered in cold blood. They had been kept in a place without fresh air where they could not stand at least a month. There were no washing facilities and they had to use a bucket for a lavatory. The initial medical exam showed that the deceased hostages had serious bruising, lacerations, contusions and were malnourished. The entrance shaft to the tunnel complex was through a child's bedroom, in a house. The walls of the bedroom were decorated with Disney characters painted on the walls above the 20-meter-deep shaft. School Building bombed: The building was not being used as a school. It stopped being used as a school months ago. Calling it a school conjures up an image of a non militarized structure populated by non combatant children. That was not the case. The location is used as a shelter site, hosting an estimated 12,000 people. Hamas uses locations such as this to conceal munitions storage and as command and control sites. This has occurred in the past and been proven. Israel said that it used a directed missile strike to take out the command and control site. It will have to provide evidence, but it usually does within a few days and the evidence is typically damning. Calling this strike an "atrocity" is hyperbole. A strike on a location such as this is legally allowed so long as the deaths of non combatants is proportional. In a location of 12,000 only 14 were killed. It remains to be seen how many were Hamas personnel. Yes some UNWRA contract workers lost their lives too. It also is to be determined if they were also Hamas affiliated militants. It has already been established that multiple UN workers participated in the attack on Israel of October 7. The names and bios of the deceased have not been provided by Hamas. They typically do not admit to the deaths of their personnel and will substitute other names and/or bodies.

Did you read the rules of the event? Obviously not. How many times did the moderators correct the false statements of Trump? 5X? 10X 20X Trump made 30 false claims so there were plenty of opportunities. For you to claim the moderators took sides with their fact checking, means that there must have been multiple times when they did so. Trump forced the moderators to correct his false claims because they were inflammatory, hateful and grossly incorrect and violated the debate rules about remaining civil, which means not inciting hate against people. Three such occurrences were; 1. Claiming that unauthorized immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, OH despite there being no evidence. 2. Claiming that Democrats support killing babies after they are born, despite there being no evidence. 3. Claiming that “crime is through the roof,” despite the evidence showing a significant decrease in violent crime and event that the property crime rate had fallen. Trump's intentionally false statements were corrected because the moderator's had a duty to do so. Aside from that, the moderators were not fact checking, although Trump made 30 false claims.

It is the moderator's obligation to point out factually incorrect information. The rules were straightforward. The two seated moderators were the only people asking questions. Moderators will ensure a civilized discussion. Insisting that immigrants were eating the cats, dogs, pets of Springfield despite there being no evidence to support the claim was not civilized. It was inflammatory and hateful. That is your subjective opinion. It is not evidence of an intentional lie as was the case with Trump. Your comments are consistently Pro Putin, Pro Trump. The Democrat Party candidate was selected by a vote of the delegates at the Democrat convention. President Biden had not been selected as the Democrat party candidate. Are you denying that there was a vote? Prior to the Biden withdrawal, the 2 people running were office were Biden and Harris. If people were opposed to Harris as the VP, they did not have to support the Biden ticket which included Harris. What is the lie about abortion? That is your subjective opinion which you keep regurgitating. We get it. You are opposed to VP Harris. You are opposed to support for Ukraine.You support Putin. We get it. No need to keep repeating. There was no invasion and there are not 20,000. Springfield is a city, not a town. How many times does it need to be repeated, that the city and county was dying as younger people, and entry workers fled the city and the county. The city, county and state were desperately trying to get people to come. The city once had a population of close to 71,000. Over the past 30 years, it slowly lost people. The city population is now approx 58,000. If the immigrant population is 12,000-15,000 it means that the city would have had a population of 43,000-46,000. Cities that lose populations like this die. Instead, the influx of immigrants provides economic life and a future tax base. More importantly, it doesn't stress housing. One of the biggest problems in the USA is affordable housing and Springfield was filled with vacant residential properties. The influx of immigrants will save the city.

Why is the Korean war irrelevant? China repeated its Korean strategy in India and then Vietnam. The accusations of a US military industrial complex are unfounded when one considers the state of the US military supply chain now. The Putin Collective gleefully points out the low manufacturing output of ordinance in the USA, screaming with delight that unlike Putin's Russia, the USA is not making "enough" artillery shells and other munitions. Today, astronauts are sitting up in the ISS waiting for a ride home because Boeing can't guarantee a safe trip. So much for the great overpowering military industrial complex of the USA. The US military is one of the most significant drivers of medical and technological research in the world. Its infectious disease unit directly impacts the quality of life of everyone in Thailand with its work on HIV, dengue, malaria and other insect borne illnesses. Fat farangs are able to travel to Thailand in comfort on aircraft developed in large part because of US military advances in aviation. It is the US military that has delivered aid to catastrophe stricken regions of the world and it was that US military industrial complex that responded to the first ebola crisis in Africa that prevented the world from succumbing to a plague much worse and far deadlier than Covid. And it was the US military industrial complex that provided the framework for one of the greatest humanitarian efforts in the world, when the administration of President George Bush (the younger) launched its AIDS relief in campaign in Africa saving the lives of millions of people. Russia and China certainly did not help, nor contribute.

Hamas never wanted a peace agreement. They are achieving their goal of creating hate for Israel through extending the war.

In addition to the VP and President, There is a really awesome concept called a Cabinet consisting of 25 members. The military has its chain of command. All of the individual departments will have their managers and leadership groups. The US Congress with its House of Representatives and Senate operates independently of the Executive branch of the government. Do you honestly believe that a President sits in the WH giving out daily instructions on how each and every department in the US government operates? President Biden is still on the job and has been carrying out his duties. What do you think Trump did when he ran for election in 2020?

Tourism is very different than foreign residency. Tourists typically visit for less than 3 weeks. Tourists will not be taxed on their worldwide income.

VP Harris did what she had to do. Trump made a fool of himself. He started small with his boasting about the size of his crowds in a childish manner. Then he showed himself to be a racist instigator with the false claim that Haitians were eating people's companion animals. It's pretty bad when a Republican Governor and supporter has to correct you. He then showed how clueless he is when he complained about being fact checked every time he let loose with a lie. He said it wasn't fair that he was constantly being corrected. Well, Donald, if you didn't want to be corrected, you shouldn't have lied and misrepresented as often as you did. The moderators did the responsible thing when they pointed out the actual facts.

Rubbish. You are regurgitating Goebbels propaganda and I am not surprised. There was an event called WWI. The dislike of the Huns grew after WWI and was guaranteed to remain for decades. The tremendous loss of life caused by the war and the walking crippled wounded that had come back served as a painful reminder. Great Britain with its respect for the rule of law and basic freedoms was an obstacle to Germany's expansion desire to impose its will on others.

I consider him a personal hero. A man's man. Never a coward, always bold and fearless. Driven by his sense of duty, he was a man of destiny. He is judged now using the criteria of the 2020's. He was liberal and progressive by the standards of the 1900's. The people came back to him and he served from 1951 to 1955 as PM.

The bias of the Trump collective is on display. In their eyes, Trump can do no wrong. VP Harris' performance produced sighs of relief from her supporters. She held her own. It's down to the few thousand voters in 7 key states and what they will do. Attack the candidates all you want, but it does not matter. Trump's support is baked in. It's rock solid and won't change, no matter what. He has at least 46% of voter's support. He has never exceeded 50% support. The Harris support has 47%-50% and it has at times surpassed 50%. Trump's gaffes and multiple falsehoods won't change his core supporters. They will remain. What it may do, and the immediate interviews with focus groups suggest, is that some undecideds and some wavering Trump supporters will move to Harris and stay there. All she needs is the few thousand voters in the 7 states and more turnout in her core states to ensure a victory. Once people decide, they won't change their votes. It will come down to getting people to vote.

Your statement is not reflective of the data reported by the county. Please provide a source for that claim. Clark County which includes Springfield, reports 12,000- 15,000 immigrants of all national origins. The population of Clark County is approximately 135,000 and according to the US census is 88% white. And before you claim Democratic Party misrepresentation, note that the county votes Republican county. https://springfieldohio.gov/immigration-faqs/

Vaping is just as dangerous and just as imposing on other people. Vapers are ingesting unregulated and unknown chemicals into their lungs. The claims of "safe" alternative come from the purveyors of the products.

So much bias and wishful thinking on display. One fact not recognized is that a large number of voters who say that they are supporting a candidate do not show up to vote and others say whatever they feel like saying just to screw with the pollster. Other people don't like to share who they are voting for and intentionally give an inaccurate response.

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Would you be surprised that automated checkin at kiosks is in excess of 85% and that bag tags are 85% self printed too? This is predominately for non premium class passengers. There will always be a manual checkin capability, but the trend is to offer reduced staffing. Where there were once multiple checkin counters with agents to process passengers, particularly on domestic flights, there may be one or two. Some people are okay waiting in line. The trend is to get away from checkin agents on domestic flights. Bangkok Airway has been pushing passengers to use the self checkin lines for years. Domestic checkin at Phuket now has both Air Asia and Thai checkin kiosks and it is a welcome option compared to the ridiculously long lines for manual checkin.

May I draw your attention to the following; Project to improve the A40 in Oxfordshire has been delayed - 30th November 2022 https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23160536.project-improve-a40-oxfordshire-delayed/#:~:text=In April%2C the council's cabinet,its costs due to inflation. The former Conservative Council had approved the expansion, but local elections changed the composition of the council to a coalition of Lib Dems, Labour and Greens who inherited the project. They realized that they did not have the £106.7 million needed to pay for the project. Can they really be blamed for prudent management of finances?

Sheraton is now at the low end of the Marriott brands. And the Sheratons in Manhattan have been depressing, and poor value for at least the past 25 years. It's been a brand in decay for at least a decade. This thread is a BS exercise. No one offers tuck in service. Who in their right mind even wants to see housekeeping when they are around? There are no luxury hotels in Pattaya. Luxury as in Four Seasons, Hong Kong's Mandarin Oriental, or some of the opulent options in Dubai. At best there is Intercontinental and Dusit Thani. Centara is like a Hilton. I doubt that the OP can afford to spend 60,000 baht a night for a suite at the Intercontinental.

Automatic transmissions were ridiculed too. There was resistance to seatbelts and the auto industry fought until the late 1980's against airbags. Today's fuel economy standards were forced upon the auto industry, but have come to be greatly appreciated as fuel prices spiked. And so it goes.

Because the black market would continue and the tobacco revenues would fuel organized crime.