We travel to Burma and India, we learn of all the Travel benefits we can have, cringe at the Credit Cards deluge in the US, & how a Turkey defected to ISIS.
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Not much happening in miles & points…but for Breaking News you can always check the posts by TBBBreakingNews in the comments! Some fairly unimportant news about the Fairmont and Marriott cards noted.
What to see and do if you travel to Burma.
This is why travel is good for you, preaching to the choir here I know!
One of the most innovative and feel good tourist promotional videos I have seen: The Great Escape
Five images that define India from the man who photographed the iconic Afghan girl.
3.2 billion mailer credit card solicitations this year already. See the chart below, we are way down since the financial crisis. Not sure what this means to our hobby but it sure is an eye-opening chart. I would love to see a similar chart how many trillions of affiliate credit card links are pumped in da internet! And, amazingly, we have a few “angrys” bitching about my links lol. Goes to show that there is no way to please everyone!
A hilarious story: Popcorn the Turkey, now calling himself Babakurn al-Turki, was pardoned and defected to ISIS. LOLOLOL!
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By the way, good read on India through the eyes of a tourist.
And this for my friends at TBB. Sounds familiar, huh?
Hilarious take on how ‘budget airlines’ charge, and what happens when it is given back to them !!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Spare a thought for poor ole for Michael O’Leary, Chief Executive of Ryanair. After arriving in a hotel in Dublin, he went to the bar and asked for a pint of Guinness. The barman nodded and said, “That will be €1 please, Mr. O’Leary.” Somewhat taken aback, O’Leary replied, “That’s very cheap,” and handed over his money. “Well, we do try to stay ahead of the competition”, said the barman. “And we are serving free pints every Wednesday from 6pm until 8pm. We have the cheapest beer in Ireland”. “That is remarkable value”, Michael comments. “I see you don’t seem to have a glass, so you’ll probably need one of ours. That will be €3 please.” O’Leary scowled, but paid up. He took his drink and walked towards a seat. “Ah, you want to sit down?” said the barman. “That’ll be an extra €2. You could have pre-booked the seat, and it would have only cost you €1.” “I think you may to be too big for the seat sir, can I ask you to sit in this frame please”. Michael attempts to sit down but the frame is too small and when he can’t squeeze in he complains “Nobody would fit in that little frame”. “I’m afraid if you can’t fit in the frame you’ll have to pay an extra surcharge of €4 for your seat sir”. O’Leary swore to himself, but paid up. “I see that you have brought your laptop with you” added the barman. “And since that wasn’t pre-booked either, that will be another €3.” O’Leary was so incensed that he walked back to the bar, slammed his drink on the counter, and yelled, “This is ridiculous, I want to speak to the manager”. “I see you want to use the counter,” says the barman, “that will be €2 please.” O’Leary’s face was red with rage. “Do you know who I am?” “Of course I do Mr. O’Leary.” “I’ve had enough! What sort of Hotel is this? I come in for a quiet drink and you treat me like this. I insist on speaking to a manager!” “Here is his E-mail address, or if you wish, you can contact him between 9.00am and 9.01am every morning, Monday to Tuesday at this free phone number. Calls are free, until they are answered, then there is a talking charge of only €1 per second, or part thereof”. “I will never use this bar again”. “OK sir, but remember, we are the only hotel in Ireland selling pints for €1.
Where is everybody?
Kumar you are golden! Heck, TBB management awards you all three medals today for the RyanAir CEO story!
Breaking from TBBBreakingNews: Yawn #nothingmoving #zzzzzzz