Acronyms (Updated 2020)

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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