Recent content by gurbina

Needless to say, if you used the same password from Accor elsewhere... CHANGE IT. Even if you used a different email, they know your personal details which can be used to find other accounts even if they have a different email or username!

Yes. A simple alphanumeric password can easily be cracked even when hashed. Even with symbols, any password short enough can be cracked quickly with nowadays computing power. Well, you can also export the data if you wanna use it elsewhere or to another password manager. Theirs work literally...

People like to reuse their passwords. So what happens is some of your personal details, including email and password have been leaked by a website. It could be new that nobody knows or a website that even went out of service many years ago. Now they will try to use that email and password...

If you're genuinely interested and you are eligible ring them up and ask. Banks in the US aren't obligated to only accept SSN/ITIN for opening a bank account, but it is at their sole their discretion. Some branches will let you, some won't. If you don't have these IDs you'll most likely be...

HSBC Premier only facilitates opening the bank accounts remotely, where they're permitted to do so. But if you show up in person to the bank branch in any jurisdiction where you meet the criteria to be able to open bank account, you can do so. Some will let you open one online if you register...

There's really trashy members in this community. As for Marriot you're stuck. These cases are rampant, if they had access to your account means they could have changed your email, security questions and so on... Get a PIN lock if you retain your account, that should make sure it doesn't happen...

Few things, doesn't matter whether you have HSBC Premier or not. 1. Banks have to abide by local regulations, that will exclude you from having a bank account in many jurisdictions unless you have the paperwork (long term visa, tax registration, tax residency certificate, etc). HSBC can't open...

Sadly most of these 18k-20k charges to London is mostly passenger and airport service related fees. I'd fly to other destinations nearby or perhaps enter or exit via another country to save a few thousand.

Yeah, that has always been my criticism specially with the blanket approaches of this government. No matter what they do, they'll make hundreds of millions of people pissed off. But this is partly fault due to a broken and retarded government, because I can't find a more appropriate word to...

There's two kinds of democracies: 1. India 2. The rest of the world It's almost like we have a different kind of measurement, and if not, the government makes it up! One of the biggest jokes around the world is calling India the mother of bureocracy but this government truly believes that...

The people clapping and laughing are the perfect representation of people in this country. Everyone works hard and people are the one taking many risks. For what? Just so you can hand over a HUGE chunk of your revenue and salary to receive what in return? Nothing! It hurts giving so much money...

You can put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig. Right now Air India and Axis are both duds. They're the perfect match, both keep changing their mind and screwing up their customers. There's greener grass elsewhere, you can book Air India at better rates in domestic through many of their...

I think they've had to change course plenty of times since they started the merger. I don't think this was the initial plan, let alone this soon! It was planned for mid 2025! There's certainly pressure from one of the parties to get this done as soon as possible even if it's detrimental just...

Yeah, you have no choice... unless:

There goes the best loyalty airline program in India and back with one of the worst ones. They didn't really kept their word when it came to their loyalty program or merging until certain criteria was met. Air India still sucks, it is in the diapers phase of the merger and rebrand. You can't...