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More on Structuring, American Airlines Upgrade Rules, Kukeri

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We learn more on Structuring transactions, get up to date on the American Airlines upgrade rules, travel to Bulgaria and its weird Kukeri festival & more!

 

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Apologies for the missed email with yesterday’s blog post. Hopefully it works fine today. We sure did a lot of work praying for it, hope God listened! If you clicked more on….okay, see, hanging around online with so much pumping around me what do you expect? 🙂

Since we are still trying to come down from the mega mayhem due to some posts regarding “structuring” and things of that nature, here is a post that puts it all together and educates readers about what we are dealing with. So please be very careful about this stuff! And certainly don’t blog about it with your full name and picture for the world to see! Which happens all the time with deals but this time we are dealing with the law that can have very harmful consequences!

Here is another brilliant post by Points Are King: The Tragedy of the Miles (or: Why Chase’s 5/24 Rule is Good for You) I tend to agree but it sure sucks being denied getting the amazing CSP card again 🙂

Followed up with the wrap on structuring by Personal Finance Digest: How do you get to hang out with the cool kids.  Pretty good advice with just one missing: Read my blog so you don’t miss the really important stuff and, on top of all that, you ‘ll laugh 🙂

All right one more on this stuff we in this crazy hobby we love reading. On communities and responsibilities by The Free-Quent Flyer.

The Ultimate Guide to American Airlines Upgrades Rules. If you have not figured it out yet, I am very fond of reference type educational posts!

A good SPG promo if you stay at the SLS in Las Vegas before April 30, 2016.

The Mystical Origins of the Kukeri: Bulgaria’s Strangest Folk Festival. They do have some really weird festivals in Europe! I am talking…really weird!

Porsche to Open Solís Hotel as Part of Porsche Experience Center. Never heard of this brand, certainly looks cool!

I always wondered about this: Who Owns WordPress and How Does WordPress Make Money?  So now you know. You are welcome.

I have written some stuff about Greece back in January 2014 and in July 2015. But this video titled: “The collapse of the last Soviet republic in Europe” puts it all together what I was trying to help you understand. Problems are so deep that is impossible to grasp among most Greeks, let alone everyone else! Sigh again!

Landscapes caught in a timestorm. Short video, just 2.17 minutes of pure awesomeness!

20+ Tweets that only married people will understand. Lol fest! Which one you hate the most? <—–no lame blogger questions from TBB woohoo!

Ok, no more dirt, I just don’t feel like it. The truth is I am tired from yesterday’s mayhem and all the time wasting on Twitter so here is an awesome pic expertly cropped to make me not look fat!

Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta Canada. July 2013
Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta Canada. July 2013 “The Truth Is Out There”

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Comments

  2. Sam says

    Buzz-

    Ever think about restricting first place prizes to posts that show the commentor read that day’s TBB? There could still be a place for the others-sort of like the kiddie debate for Presidential candidates no one knows.

    Kukeri.

    • TravelBloggerBuzz says

      TBB Board will take this into consideration…It has been brought up before. Valid point. Intern is working on a device to administer electrical shock for anyone who does exactly that

      HT Kumar: Be afraid

    • Kumar says

      Shh.. Top secret, don’t tell anyone. My boss got caught by the police when he tried coming out of that maze that way and we are still digging his way out. And he refuses to pay my bonus.

  5. GOD says

    WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON DOWN THERE?

    CHUCK FROM D O C HELPS OMAAT AND GLEFF SELL CREDIT CARDS YESTERDAY?

    THEY ARE THE REASON DEALS ARE DYING FASTER THAN ABE VIGODA, CHUCK!

    WHY DID YOU DO THAT, D O C LOSES CREDIBILITY?

    SAY 5 HAIL MARY’S AND 2 OUR FATHERS FOR YOUR PENANCE.

    HT KUMAR

  8. bluecat says

    Gosh, I just went to that “money order structuring” blog. Read today’s post.

    It struck me as very defensive. One guy, “SF” , posted what I thought were some pretty good comments (see http://www.pointchaser.com/a-follow-up-on-that-money-order-post/#comment-83409 ) but the author basically missed or deflected all the points.

    Why is so hard for the author to write “I phucked up. I’m sorry.” and drop it. Instead, we get a lot of unpleasant behavior.

    Oh well, didn’t read that blog before and certainly won’t read it now.

    • TravelBloggerBuzz says

      We all can learn from all of our experiences. Hopefully, she learned too. It is never too late.

      Fighting online with complete morons is lame. Has nothing to do with fighting back and standing up for women or whatever blah blah blah. It is obvious they are lame. I ignore them or just have fun with them for…entertainment.

      I think it is the FTG effect? 🙂

  9. GringoLoco says

    First?

    Oh hell, even GOD was in before me. Must really be slipping…

    Since I have nothing constructive to add to anything, I’ll just plunge on, because, well, that has NOT stopped me yet!

    1. Constantly amazed at the lengths those of you in “The Hobby” will do to make a few thousand points/miles. As to the kerfuffle of the MO structuring: what an idiot, followed and defended by a similar bunch of idiots. Civil Asset Forfeiture is NO game/Hobby/fun.

    2. However, having stated the above, the lack of civil discourse on Twitter and/or blog posts was sad to see. Despite the idiocy of the post, there is NO reason for the hateful, spiteful, ignorant commentary.

    3. And my last comment on all of that: she’s a cute Afghani who went to USC. Can’t be ALL bad!! 🙂

    In an effort to provide some entertainment value here:

    Nicaragua has a “religious” festival (read: drunken party far far far removed from anything saintly/holy/spiritual) whereby (Lucky’s favorite word?) the participants beat themselves with … bull penises.

    Yes it’s true.

    http://tinyurl.com/zw47zzk

    May your weekend be Buzzzzzzzzzing…

  10. RamseyandKumarBreakingnews says

    Baskin Robbins $1.31 scoops on 1/31/16. Now, which blogger is most likely to make a post of it and coming up with suggestions on the best card to use at BR? DD, Doc…

    • TravelBloggerBuzz says

      Well, Lucky OCAAT (M–>Credit) just had a post about the AMAZING way to use a travel conscierge with the Prestige card….so I think if he did that…I am sure he can find a way to make a post to sell whatever card is on sale 🙂

      • RamseyandKumarBreakingnews says

        And add a note that the best way to meet min spend on the Citi TYP card is to buy 2291 scoops at BR on 1/31 🙂

  11. Kumar says

    Just noticed the glaring exclusion of loyalty lobby from your list. I think he is one of the most committed in this space. Saverocity is missing as well. Just want to understand your reasoning behind the exclusions.

    • TravelBloggerBuzz says

      OMG….Loyalty Lobby was accidentally erased! I just fired that intern…youth these days, no attention to detail, can’t follow instructions, wow!

      It is fixed now, they are back on there. Thank you!

      Saverocity: Well, this is about blogs. I do not have a category about blog aggregators. If I did, it would be on there….But I did add the “Personal Finance” category. And Travel and Other. I think I better stop there.

      I always found it confusing that Matt is so closely associated with the “Saverocity” brand. He should let the brand alone to flourish as the collection of the bloggers participating in it. And he should give PFD a bonus for busting my ass posting right after I schedule my posts requiring me to get up before 5 am to edit the darn thing…again!

  12. Mike says

    I was here early early this morning but didn’t have anything to say.

    Still don’t really.

    Have to work this weekend, most likely. 🙁

  13. exoticfusion says

    I decided to do the IHG Priceless Surprise promo. Mailed the stuff off on Jan. 22nd and got 94 emails from IHG today. I got over 40,000+ points, which will be put into my account in 2-3 weeks. We shall see how long it really takes to get credited, but that’s not a bad finish. At first I wasn’t going to bother, but I figured, “Why not?”

    As for “The Hobby” and the aftermath of bluebird… it’s very interesting to see stuff hit the fan, when you’re watching from the sidelines. I quite enjoy observing the “slaughter” while everyone freaks out. It’s pretty apparent how desperate some of the titan bloggers are based on their recent posts. This is like the Darwin Awards and watching natural selection or population control within “The Hobby.” This is a good thing to me. I hope we say bye bye to a lot of them. 🙂

  17. Mike says

    Thanks PFD, LOLing, which one is George again ?

    😀

    Yeah got to go into work later this morning, unless I can weasel out of it that is.

  18. JUST ASK BUZZ says

    DEAR BUZZ,

    Thank you for taking my question. Do you think the ICONSUMER portal will pay out everybody’s GIFTCARD.COM purchases before they go bankrupt? Would you be interested in buying my ICONSUMER shares. Thank you in advance for your response.

    Signed, Unsigned.

    HT KUMAR

    • TravelBloggerBuzz says

      I think it’s probably the same guy who owned the crumbs website, another renowned ponzi in this land of ours. Guess who has been bragging about how much money he made off that site…

      Trying to get the troll out of da hole 🙂

      Getting ready to watch my daughter perform with her dance group in the big stage…in the Michigan Theater…hope she does not trip lol.

  20. Mike says

    Dear Buzz,
    What are the chances of me getting a 2nd Ink card, let’s say I start a 2nd business ? My cred score is good.
    Ever heard of such a thing ?
    Thank you.
    Mike.

    • TravelBloggerBuzz says

      Not good. Must be LEGIT business and the questions on it by the nosy Chase reps will be..well, very nosy indeed. Prepare to be asked many questions about the business!

      In the old days, yep.

      Anyone else?

  21. Rob says

    Just read the whole PC Twitter thing. I’m surprised anyone even tangentially involved in MS isn’t aware of structuring and was very surprised a supposed “travel hacker” was not aware and had to research it. It just goes to show this hobby isn’t a science and just because someone can go to the store and buy gift cards and then go to another store and unload said gift cards doesn’t make them an “expert”.

    That being said, I didn’t see the need for the criticism of her, both respectful and otherwise. Nothing like stories of a couple of newbies following her advice and having their bank accounts seized to cull the herd in this hobby.

    • TravelBloggerBuzz says

      There appears to be a lot of culling going on lately…

      All this hobby is a steep recession….

      I am not advocating this thing in general…just saying….what may push back a little the downwards trend…

      On the looking up side, I burned some Skymiles today. 25k RT DTW-SAN….Wow!!!!!

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