Acronyms (Updated 2020)

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If someone responds to your request for help with an acronym please help out and add it to the WIKI
 
  
2BM/3BM - 2/3 Browser Method
 
AA - American Airlines or Adverse Action
 
A/A - (Chase) Adverse Action
 
AAMOF - As a matter of fact
 
AAOA - Average age of accounts
 
AC- Aishes Chayil
 
AF - Annual fee, Air France
 
AFAF - Asking For A Friend
 
AFAIC - As far as I'm concerned
 
AFAIK - As far as I know
 
AFAICR - As far as I can remember
 
AFAICT - As far as I can tell
 
Aka - Also Known As
 
ALOL - Actually laughed/laughing out loud
 
AO - Add On (Amazon)
 
AOR - App-o-Rama
 
AP - Amazon Payments
 
AU - Authorized User (Additional Card on a CC account)
 
AWS - Amazon Web Services
 
AYLOR - Ask Your Local Orthodox Rabbi
 
B&M - Brick & Mortar (physical store, not online)
 
BBB - Better Business Bureau / Buy Buy Baby
 
BBD - Bed Bath & Beyond
 
BC - Amex Blue Cash card
 
BD- Bottle Deposit /BirthDay
 
BOA - Bank of America
 
BOFA - Bank of America
 
BOGO - Buy one get one
 
BOTOH - But on the other hand
 
BRG - Best rate guaranteed
 
BTDT - Been there done that
 
BTL - Bachelor of Talmudic Law
 
BTW - By the way
 
BUMP - Bring Up My Post
 
CA - Cash Advance
 
CAPTCHA - Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
 
CB - Credit bureau, Cash back
 
CC - Credit Card
 
CDW - Collision Damage Waiver
 
CEOA - Cheapest Ever On Amazon
 
CHFFGM - CHFF's Grand Mehalech
 
CTEOA - Cheaper Than Ever On Amazon
 
CL - Credit line
 
CLI - Credit Line Increase
 
CMIIW - Correct Me If I'm Wrong
 
CO - Continental (Airlines)
 
CP - Companion Pass
 
CR - Credit Report
 
CSP - Chase Sapphire Preferred card
 
CSR - Customer Service Representative
 
CSR - CHASE Sapphire Reserve
 
CTLMS - Comments That Leave Me Speechless
 
CX - Cathay Pacific
 
CYBYW - Correcting You Because You're Wrong
 
DACOTYA - Dumb a** comment of the year award
 
DAOTYA - Dumb a** of the year award
 
DD – Dansdeals.com
 
DDF - Dans Deals Forums
 
DDMS - Dans Deals Main Site
 
DDFB - Dans Deals Facebook (Group)
 
DH- Dear Husband
 
DL - Delta
 
DMPGS - Doesn't Meet Price Guide Standards (or DavidMal's Price Guide Standard)
 
DO - Day Out/ Day Off
 
DP - Data Point
 
DR - Deal Request
 
DROC - Don't Rely On Cashier
 
DROPR - Don't Rely On Phone Reps
 
DSU - Diamond Suite Upgrade
 
DW- Dear Wife
 
E's - Experian + Equifax
 
ECCA - End Chat, Chat Again
 
EECB - Executive Email Carpet Bomb
 
EF - Expert Flyer
 
Eq - Equifax
 
ETA - Edited To Add
 
Exp - Experian
 
FAR - Free After Rebate
 
FFN - Frequent Flyer Number
 
FIL - Father-in-Law
 
FOMO - Fear Of Missing Out
 
FR - (Amex) Financial Review/ Freddy rocks!
 
FT - flyertalk.com
 
FTFM - Fixed That For Myself/Me
 
FTFY - Fixed That For You
 
FTT - Follow The Thread
 
FTW - For The Win
 
FTR - For The Record
 
FU - CHASE Freedom Unlimited
 
FWIR- From What I Remember/ Read
 
FWIU - From What I Understand
 
FWIW - For What It's Worth
 
FYI - For your information
 
GC - Gift Card
 
GD - General Discussion
 
GIYF - Google is your friend
 
HT - Hat Tip
 
Hn - Henche
 
HUCA - Hang up & call again
 
HP- Hard Pull
 
IB - Ink Bold (Chase credit card), Iberia
 
ICBW- It Could Be Wrong
 
IINM - If I'm Not Mistaken
 
IIRC - If I recall correctly
 
IKR - I Know, Right?
 
IME - In my experience
 
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
 
IMO - In my opinion
 
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
 
IRROP - Irregular Operation
 
ISO - In Search Of
 
IOW - in other words
 
KSML - Kosher Meal
 
JS - Just Shmooze
 
LD- Lightening Deal (Amazon)
 
LLTG- Long Live the Game
 
LMAO - Laugh my aspargus off
 
LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You
 
LMS - Last Man Standing
 
LCR - Local Conservative Rabbi
 
LOL - Laugh out loud
 
LOR - Local Orthodox Rabbi
 
LSAT - Law School Admission Test
 
MB - Mercedes Benz (Amex Platinum card)
 
MBM - Multi Browser Method
 
MO - Money Order; Modern Orthodox; Method of Operating
 
MIL - Mother In-Law
 
MIR - Mail-in Rebate
 
MPM - Marco Polo Method
 
MPX - Mileage Plus X (United Mobile App)
 
MS - Manufactured Spend
 
MVD - My Vanilla Debit
 
n00b - New user (Newbie)
 
NPSL - No preset spending limit
 
NSFW - Not Safe For Work (foul language, etc)
 
OBO - Or Better Offer
 
OOS - Out of stock
 
OP - Original post/er
 
OT- Off/on topic
 
OTD - Off the Derech (On the Derech)
 
OTOH - On the Other Hand
 
OV- One Vanilla
 
OW - One way
 
OWB - Overwater Bungalow
 
PBMS - Please Be More Specific
 
PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
 
PITA - Pain In The ...
 
PGFHGS - Pigs Get Fat, Hogs Get Slaughtered
 
PGGP - Pretty good game plan
 
PGS - Price Guide Standard
 
PL - Priceline
 
PM - Private Message/Price Mistake
 
PNR - Passenger Name Record
 
POIDH - Pics or it didn't happen
 
PP - PayPal
 
PPR - PayPal reload
 
PPD - Points Per Dollar
 
PRG - Premier Rewards Gold (AMEX)
 
PSA - Public service announcement
 
PUTPAC: Pick up the phone and call
 
PUTPACA: Pick up the phone and call again
 
RS - Refuah shelema
 
RTM - Report to moderator
 
ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing
 
ROTB - Rolling On The Belly
 
SBS - Small business Saturday
 
SDC - Same day confirmed/change
 
SEO - Search engine optimization
 
SIYF - Search is your friend
 
SM - Secure Message
 
SMH - Shaking my head, (slap my head, something's missing here)
 
SP - Sapphire Preferred (Chase CC)
 
T&C - Terms & Conditions
 
TALUK - Try and let us know
 
TARB - Try And Report Back
 
TGTBT - Too good to be true
 
TIA - Thanks In Advance
 
TBH - To Be Honest
 
TBS - That being said
 
TFS - Thanks For Sharing
 
TLS - TLS TopLawSchools.com
 
TMLT - Tofasta Meruba Lo Tofasta
 
TMTC - Too many to count
 
TOFTT - Take One For The Team
 
TR - Trip Report
 
TRU - Toys R' Us
 
TU - Transunion
 
TWTCSIN - The worse they could say is no
 
TY - Thank you
 
TYVM - Thank You Very Much
 
UA - United Airlines
 
UPS - United Postal Service, Unknown Possibly Something
 
UR - Ultimate Rewards (Chase)
 
UTWP - Use The Wiki People!!
 
VGC - Visa/Vanilla Gift Cards
 
VOIDH - Video or it didn't happen
 
VR - Vanilla Reload
 
YMMV- Your mileage might vary
 
YSYL- You Snooze You Lose (i.e. the deal is dead)
 
YQ - fuel surcharges
 
YW - You're Welcome
 
WIYF - WIKI Is Your Friend
 
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
 
WATBATA - Walk Around the Block and Try Again
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Airline And Travel Related Acronyms
 
 
ESD: Electronic Support Desk
 
ETC: Electronic Travel Certificate
 
FA - Flight Attendant
 
FD - Fuel Dump
 
FFN: Frequent flyer number (in context, can also be Hyatt faster free nights.)
 
FT: Flyertalk.com
 
GA - Gate Agent
 
KSML: Kosher (special) Meal.
 
OW: One-way (in context, can also be Oneworld)
 
MR: Mileage Run (in context, can also be Marriott Rewards or Membership Rewards.)
 
O/D: Origin/Destination
 
OLCI: Online Checkin
 
PM: Pre-merger
 
RT: Round Trip
 
SDC: Same-day confirmed change
 
TATL: Transatlantic (e.g. JFK-LHR)
 
TCON: Transcontinental  (e.g. JFK-LAX)
 
TPAC: Transpacific  (e.g. JFK-NRT)
 
YQ: Fuel surcharges.
 
 
 
Classes of Service:
 
F: First
 
J or C: Business
 
Y: Coach
 
 
Alliances:
 
*A: Star Alliance
 
*S: Star Alliance Silver
 
*G: Star Alliance Gold
 
ST: Skyteam
 
OW: OneWorld (in context)
 
 
Airline codes:
 
A3: Aegean
 
AA: American
 
AC: Air Canada
 
AF: Air France
 
AS: Alaska
 
AV: Avianca
 
AZ: Alitalia
 
BA: British Airways
 
B6: JetBlue
 
CO: Continental
 
CX: Cathay Pacific
 
DL: Delta
 
ET: Ethiopian
 
EK: Emirates
 
EY: Etihad
 
FB: Flying Blue (joint venture of Air France and KLM)
 
HA: Hawaiian
 
JL: JAL
 
LA: LAN
 
LH: Lufthansa
 
LX: Swiss
 
LY: El Al
 
NH: ANA
 
QF: Qantas
 
QR: Qatar
 
RJ: Royal Jordanian
 
SQ: Singapore
 
TG: Thai
 
TK: Turkish
 
UA: United
 
US: USAirways
 
VS: Virgin Atlantic
 
VX: Virgin America
 
WN: Southwest (also abbreviated as SWA)
 
 
 
 
Hotels:
 
HGP: Hyatt Gold Passport
 
(GH=Grand Hyatt, HH=Hyatt House, HP=Hyatt Place, HR=Hyatt Regency, PH=Park Hyatt)
 
HH: Hilton
 
IC - InterContinental
 
MR: Marriott Rewards (in context)
 
PC: Priority Club
 
SPG: Starwood Preferred Guest
 
 
 
Credit card points:
 
MR: AMEX Membership Rewards (in context)
 
TY: Citi Thank You points
 
UR: Chase Ultimate Rewards
 

Latest revision as of 22:26, 29 September 2020

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