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What a boring weekend in the miles and points blog world, wow!
Interesting little article on the amazing Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card. We have seen most of these figures before. And these figures stand out on the people who have signed up for it:
- Average income: >$180k
- Average Deposit and Investment Wallet: >$800k
- Average FICO score: >785
When mainstream media thinks the Amex Platinum at a $550 fee is a ripoff. Can’t wait to see what they do to the Business Platinum next!
Lets move on to more important things I found for you. I could be promoting my blog and its amazing links but instead I comb through Feedly to bring you the following:
The Worst Generation. You suck Boomers! Note: I am not A Boomer, so there! If you are a Boomer and you are offended (you probably should be), don’t take it out on me all right? Thanks! #DontShootTheMessenger
Ed Thorp’s Advice on How to Live a Good Life. This is really good stuff dear readers. About success, money and what is a good life anyway. And it reminds me some fellow bloggers in this space…Two excerpts stand out:
When J. Paul Getty was the richest man in the world and manifestly not fulfilled, he said the happiest time of his life was when he was sixteen, riding waves off the beach in Malibu, California. In 2000, Los Angeles Times Magazine, speaking of new multibillionaire Henry T. Nicholas III of Broadcom Corporation, said, “It’s 1:30 a.m. He’s just turned 40—at his desk, in a dimly lit office. He hasn’t seen his wife and children, ‘my reason for living,’ for several days. ‘The last time we talked, [Stacey] told me she missed the old days, when I was at TRW and we lived in a condo. She told me she wants to go back to that life.’ But they can’t go back because he can’t let up.” (They later divorced.)
I loved Thorp’s ideas that time is all that matters in life and having the best life is more important than having the most money. The first step might be to understand the difference between the pursuit of happiness and the figuring out how to be content with what you have.
Ok, the above were way too serious. And you know we like not to take ourselves too seriously around here. So, here is the deal. TBB is working on an exclusive affiliate arrangement with THE product that will blow you away. The new Smart condom ring i.Con, the Fitbit for your man bits. Oh man, can’t wait for the money to start rolling in, may get me a mansion at the Hamptons next to the one The Points Guy lives in so we can hurl water bombs at him and his guests, woohoo!
This is epic and a must click. You know I like drones by now. The most incredible drone photos. I can see you hardly can contain your enthusiasm as you look at endless attempts trying to sell you plastic…
More awesome images from China’s ghost cities. These ones are from satellites #wow.
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Blogging about deals kills them. RIP Merrill 50k Visa signup links are now gone. Thanks bloggers…
Just be careful with the now live Hilton Honors Points & Money Option out there…
There may be a 5k SPG bonus if you can make this happen after trying to enroll with the link in this page. And if you never had the SPG cards before and you know what you are doing…please don’t sign up because some blogger told you it is good for you (and never told you how good it was for them). Yes, they can be a good deal, especially now that Marriott is taking over SPG and Amex may be going away…So, after you thought really hard about this and you can swing all this spending for the lucrative signup bonus (what else!) please consider signing up with mine and hell yes it will be good for you and me 🙂
Funny how the #1 British blogger decided not to write about the match.com deal (#2995) in the British Airways shopping mall. One Date at a Time wrote several posts on it urging readers to spend as much as possible. And then Avios were only given for the base subscription. WTF is wrong with some people? Anyways, at least you know that this is happening right now…
And I leave you with this….
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We are not worthy!
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We know how you feel Peteco
TheSocietyofAlmostFirstTBBreaders
Hey, got gold on Saturday! Now I moved on to new horizons
This is totally off topic but so cool:
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/5xppv4/ping_pong/?st=IZY1PS3S&sh=2e4c2df3
Amazing!
And good call on the off topic too 😉
Can’t wait for Scottie tomorrow!
We know 🙂
I can see the headline already:
“Which Credit Card Should I Use to Purchase a Drone?”
I haven’t looked at any Hilton redemptions yet since the changes – doesn’t sound like I’ll be overly impressed.
Interesting piece on the Boomers. My parents are boomers and I guess I’m supposed to be in Gen X. The post-war period through the 60s was quite a tumultuous time. I wonder how history will look at the Boomers and their offspring, and the subsequent generation, 50 or 100 years from now. That’s when you can really have enough time to see how things play out in the long run. Of course I’ll be long gone by then.
I am a Gen Xer too. Yeah, these things take time to iron out. Hopefully we are not known as the generation who elected Trump or something lol.
3, 4, 1, 2
Hmmm….
The boomer article, just like its author, is a POS. Begala contradicts his own views inside his own piece. #LateBoomerHere #NoSnowflakesWanted
Buzz gets the blood flowing by AGAIN showing that damned pic of Emily. And my inane Twitter comments — wait, is that the same thing?
Thank Zeus for strong Costa Rican cafe to wash the foul taste(s) from my mouth.
Any of the Buzzer community familiar with Sanya in China? I’ve got a week to kill and Hainan has great (awesome) biz fares from LAX. Credit to AS has a 100% class of service bonus. Online reviews of Sanya are sorta meh but I don’t want to do PEK or PVG again. I self-pollute my lungs — no additional Chinese climate change crimes needed.
My MLK day is Saturday.
Just another manic Monday. #TBBon
Always love your post, can I follow you on Twitter?
Sorry guys about that Emily pic…WTF was I thinking?
Been a crazy Monday today, wow! Thank God I had half of tomorrow’s post done on Sunday night, phew!
Can you prove it was the E Train ?
Centurian Lounge, gate D 17 DFW. One word review:
Underwhelmed.
More words: After all the hype, I was excited to try a Centurion lounge. Excitement gone. The lounge did not have a lounge feel, with mostly cheap chairs and only a few couches. There was adequate seating when we were there, though just barely, as around 4pm more people filed in and some were walking around looking for somewhere to sit.
Food was B to B-. Barbecued tacos and pork chops, renamed by the fancy chef. Good enough but we could have done better with $12-$15 on the concourse. Breaded Pork chops on a buffet? Dry? Yup! Servers stocking the buffet struggled to keep up.
Kids of all ages running, crawling, and crying. I won’t get into that debate-if that’s your thing, you’ll be welcome here. If not, well…….
Hard to criticize free booze, but I heard the bartender tell a guy she couldn’t use the good whiskey in a blended drink as she had to ‘follow the recipe’.
Next time we’ll just head to Pappadeaux near Gate A24 and get some of that great cajun seafood. It’ll cost a few bucks, but I’ll have money leftover after ducking that $550 Platinum fee.
I had done one too some time ago:
http://travelbloggerbuzz.com/review-dallas-amex-centurion-lounge-take-amex-platinum-card/
Sadly, it was so bad for conversions, nobody clicked on my link for weeks lol.
What I most remember is the Thai lady in the spa playing with my hands 🙂
That experience came with a happy ending?
No 🙁
I’m at 6/24 but will be 4/24 end of March. If I go by my favorite Chase drinking hole and apply for the most amazing CC ever (CSR!!!) I expect the application to be declined.
Am I likely to be approved if I call the reconsideration line beginning of April?
Yes, I want to the fat bonus ending on 3/11.
Hey, that’s a great idea…Do they drop these apps after a certain time…kind of hard to believe you can call on an app…three weeks later for recon!
I am giving it a try with wife on March 11. Out of principle that is!
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