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What is constant in this hobby is the never ending rampant sales of travel rewards credit cards. Be careful out there, always go for the best offers. Most bloggers will NOT promote the best offer if it does NOT pay them a sales commission! I feel awful when that happens. Maybe that is why I don’t sell many lol. Anyways, always feel free to ask for advice.
And follow BestOffersPatrol…who is back with, well, Best Offers. SPG 35k cards now joined with two Hilton cards, the no annual fee for 80k Hilton Honors points and the Surpass for 100k points. Remember, you don’t get the sign up bonus if you had these cards before! Most bloggers will NOT indicate this because they still get paid if you get approved for the cards…and then you find out you don’t get the bonus…as they laugh all the way to the bank at your expense, THINK!
We all knew that Alaska Airlines will kill the Virgin America brand. And they made it official. Cranky Flier had the best post about this. I am bummed that I never flew Virgin America.
25+ Marriott Rewards Best Values. Omg, they exist?
If you have the Hyatt credit card, you get one free night at a hotel up to a Category 4. So, this post with the best value redemption Category 4 Park Hyatt, Andaz and Grand Hyatt is just ideal.
The 2.5% cash back everywhere card is coming. From Alliant. Love America…this just doesn’t happen in other countries…But for how long?
16 Lesser-known Ancient Places Around the World. Not sure some of these are lesser known, really AFAR?
For my Michigan based readers, looks like we will have a new Fairfield in Ypsilanti, across the street from the renovated Marriott at Eagle Crest.
Greece, in the island of Crete, is getting its first Ibis Styles hotel. This is an Accor brand. In the center of Iraklion city. I have the link but it is in Greek. I almost spilled out my coffee when I saw someone actually investing in the country! And good luck.
This text exchange is epic. “After First Date Girl Asks Guy If They Could Just Be Friends, Guy’s Response Takes Her By Surprise“. And then all hell breaks loose…woohoo!
Personal Finance: Seven Things You May Not Know About IRAs. Not a big Fidelity fan…but that was good.
Haunting Photos Of A Massive Underground Military Base Forgotten By Time. Love this. “Nestled between Croatia and Bosnia, Željava Air Base was once one of Europe’s largest underground military bases. These days, the abandoned space is a crumbling memorial to the Yugoslavian government.”
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Getting to Israel Using Starpoints. Dan pumps but posts some good shit. Waiting to get bitched at for pumping in yet another paragraph lol.
Best rewards programs, ranked by reliability. I like the one on the top…Cash! Well played.
You know when the pumping bloggers will unleash a wave of pumpy posts? When I get an email from the Frugal Travel Guy. Never fails…
There is a parody Twitter account, @Straight_TPG And he is out there with Emily! No, it is NOT me behind this, stop asking please! Never photo shopped anything in my life!
Well, I leave you with that ..above me!
Such a heartbreaking loss by Michigan…so so close. I prefer to be blown away by 30 than to lose like this…by one to Oregon.
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Waiting….. watching the bot……
Question: if airfares get cheaper then do we need to revise downward our mile valuations?
+1! I’ve always thought the best currency to use is $$$. I picked up a one way from Spain for $105 last week.
That said, I also just nabbed a one way award ticket on Delta for 40K that I could not find for less than $1K elsewhere. Points saved my bacon.
If your comparison is coach, yes.
I like bigger numbers. I always use business or 1st class prices to inflate the value.
Breaking: TPG to revise mile valuations
#notreally
Coach always! If I can get 2+ flights in coach versus 1 in Biz, then coach it is!
To each his own though!
Second in the Human League
There was a band with that name “Human League” in the 80s…
It’s why I wrote what I did like I did!
Much prefer Talking Heads. Wish the Internet hadn’t left out SNL’s Rich Hall’s Byrne skit with the Big Suit. Something like:
“You may ask yourself, ‘How big is this suit?'”
“And you may ask yourself, ‘Can’t it be taken in?'”
In the pic with Emily and TPG, it would’ve been better is TBB’s head was swapped in for the waiter!
Lol…thanks!
“Dan pumps but posts some good shit.”
One thing about Dan’s posts and forum members that I enjoy is that I get to use Google Translate a lot. They love to throw around the “insider language” and I find it amusing.
I’ve also learned a lot about very obscure (to me) religious practices. The best headscratchingist one I discovered involves some sort of perfectly shaped lemon (that people sell for big bucks). Hey, I’ve been to cathedrals where people worship the alleged finger of a saint, so a lemon, at least, smells better!
Did not know about the lemon!
I would like to smell that finger to see where its been
Shalom from MLE 🙂
It’s a citron imported form Israel or Italy, but who’s counting.
Well worth watching the film “Ushpizin”
Can cost $50-$400. Worse yet, if gets scratched it’s worthless.
Pac 10 pride baby!
(Still never really accepted Utah and Colorado lol)
Gary Della’bate is that you? OMG!
I call it now…
Kansas will win it. These guys look like an NBA Team #wow
What was that bud??
#Pac10Pride
Anyone else sick and tired of clicking on all images with a storefront?
Was thinking about that the other day…one of my big time pet peeves online…getting out of control lately!
No to mention the sign. I can never remember if the sign includes the post, so I wind up failing and then have to look at store fronts ….
Shouldn’t a parody account be funny?
The photo shops were very well placed 🙂
I am with South Carolina! #marchmadness
I think I am going to give up, time to move on…
Amazon link revenue in past 10 days:
0.48
0.14
0.88
0.00
2.20
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.42
Just 4 cards sold this month to date (minimum is 10)
The worst aspect of TBBing…by far.
Do I have to turn my wife into an Emily or what?
For you Ingy, I want you to laugh, I care about you #notreally
You are such a whiny bitch TBB!
George is a nice guy but I agree. The act is getting old.
I guess it depends on whether he’s serious or whether he’s just CYAing. Don’t answer Buzz!
Can’t believe this is Gonzaga’s first time in the Final Four!
Laying out the numbers is educational for aspiring bloggers…to save them!
Back to basketball!
But i want to start a blog for my friends and family