Royal Flusher World Launched Amid Meagre Fanfare!

Boy, Jimmy Poon has really outdone himself.

He's been hassling me to run a second site. So why do I need a second site?

Well, as you know, one thing I do is write Vegas Trip Reports. The mechanics of this blog make it confusing for when I write about other things, in between the trip reports.

Or things that maybe are of broader interest than the degenerate gambling and Vegas debauchery topics covered here.

So, this site, Las Vegas the Royal Flusher Way, will continue to be the home of the most savvy and silly Vegas trip reports ever concieved and executed by me.

And our new site, deftly entitled Royal Flusher World (because I couldn't think of anything better) will be the tautly focused and expertly curated home of "everything else that isn't a Vegas trip report".

One nice thing is that starting from scratch, and dealing with a non-linear magazine style format, Jimmy Poon was able to come up with a website that is at once garish, obnoxious, and engaging - just like my writing.

www.royalflusherworld.com

You might see some stuff that you recognize from this site - venerable old rehashed recycled favorites like the Cycle of Life, and the restaurant reviews and stuff - but I promise you word after word of new content will be written in the minutes, hours, days, months, years and milleniumses to come. Much of it will be entertaining.

I invite you all to check out our new place - Royal Flusher World www.royalflusherworld.com.

R.F.

P.S. Special shout-out to D.G. whose generous PayPal donation covered exactly the cost of the template for the new site. Thanks, man! It made Jimmy Poon's job a lot easier.

Battle of the Airline Compensation Giants - Air Canada vs. United Airlines Round 3

I have an update!

It's finally over. There's good news and sort of bad news.

I'll cut to the chase... I have received a refund from Air Canada for the business class upgrade I purchased. However, it is only a partial refund.

Why a partial refund?

Because I reveled in First Class from Toronto to Chicago before switching to the disaster on United. So they pro-rated the upgrade cost and deducted the portion for the benefit I received.

I have, as we speak, a $131.91 refund on my credit card, posted a scant 2 months after the trip, and a mere six weeks after starting the quagmire email chain process.

But here's the thing... I took a shortcut. I located access to an Air Canada insider who sometimes provides expedited assistance to weary travelers such as myself and with just a few days, he pulled some strings and got the refund processed.

If I'd stuck with the e-quagmire approach, there is no telling how long it would have taken, or if I ever would have received my dough back.

Here's the final tally.

Air Canada - one web submission, three emails, one plea through backdoor channels, six weeks to get a partial refund of $131.91 and a 15% next purchase promo code.

United Airlines - one web submission, 9 days to get $50 off next puchase promo code.

Bearing in mind that I didn't even purchase anything from United, just whined to them about my flight, they win this battle by a nose, tail, fuselage, wings, and fin.

Anyway, the saga that started with the last trip report is finally over.