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| LOVE this pic! Found at WillRunForMiles from Kathy’s trip to Tel Aviv |
ON MY MIND
US Air card is here. Stopped at CVS (naturally) and only got a few Gatorade drinks with it. Add another 35k miles, woohoo! No Vanilla Reload cards, boo! Thank Mile God there are many stores around me. I need to finish the minimum spend on the two AA cards…tomorrow:-)
Wife with daughter used some Fairmont dining certs expiring on 2/28/13 in the Singapore property. Final bill for nice dinner only…$4. High Five!
Every day I say I am going to sit down to burn some miles/points and always run out of time…
I never knew the huge appeal of my website. You want me to prove it to you? Luxury Travel Blog had a post yesterday celebrating its highest traffic day ever! I had three different blog posts of theirs featured here in my own blog yesterday. Coincidence? I sure would like to think not:-)
MILES/POINTS
Hilton HHonors Changes Program Terms and Conditions…and the destruction of this loyalty program continues. Taking away more and more. Dear member, bend over some more. From Loyalty Lobby.
PointChaser continues the excellent series with best Club Carlson redemptions. Category 5.
How to Remove Hard Inquiries from Your Credit Report. From Points and Pixie Dust. Very interesting. I am not the type of guy who obsesses and checks these numbers. I know some of you do so this may be helpful.
TRAVEL
The Tunnels of NYC’s East Side Access Project. Wow!
The sulfur miners of Ijen, Indonesia. From Matador Network. Wow, what powerful pictures.
Chinese official loses his cool and smashes gate systems at airport. From Tnooz. What I find most ridiculous are the police men (or is it soldiers) standing by watching the MFer and not doing anything at all. Talk about entitled traveler or what?
ODDZ & ENDZ
CIA – The World Factbook Enough said, the mother of all world facts!
Another lesser-offer US Airways Mastercard pimp
http://romsdeals.com/2013/02/26/changing-or-cancelling-award-tickets-for-free-due-to-schedule-changes-on-us-airways/
“If you need USAirways miles or want to collect them soon before they turn into AA miles, you can apply for US Airways Premier World MasterCard, which offers a 30,000 mile bonus. I am not sure if this is the best offer out right now since I am taking a short break from credit card churning, be sure to search Flyertalk for the most recent offers.”
Not sure if this is the best offer, huh?
Oh, and no disclosure either, natch.
Yep. Every blogger who has done an interview at MMS starts this crap. They all say “I will always have the best offers” but hardly noone does. The easy $$ always comes first. This crap drives me nuts.
If I had time I could spend 24/7 roasting them, endless blogging material! I did notice the pimping is back in full speed with me on the sidelines. But I have better things to do with my life.
Rule Number 1 is to do no harm to your readers. Most bloggers spectacularly fail at it. Sad to watch indeed.
I am kind of glad I have not been approved by the major CCs for their affiliate programs. Would hate to have seen my blog turn into a drumbeat of crappy offers…
On the related note, I got excited for the removal of inquires post, especially with the sensational-sounding entry… and then I saw it was all about B*… welcome to 2007.
Just wait until you get approved:-)
“Would hate to have seen my blog turn into a drumbeat of crappy offers…”
Many said that before you:-)
Thanks for the email on Norway. Early April is not a good time for me.
Nice Story,Articles, very good