We bring you the new IHG Rewards Club Accelerate promotion, learn about the Portugal drug policy, get Viagra fumes, learn about accidental inventions, visit Scandinavia places, save landmarks in danger, check out some of the best pics again, visit vertical cemeteries, some things from my recent burning over the holidays to Greece and we also have resident blog troll back spewing shit at me #goodtimes.
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Welcome back my 11 or 12 basement dweller readers smh! This is why you support TBB, look at the shit I get for you guys woohoo! More on BLOG BUZZ, lets get to the eclectic stuff you come to expect here!
Here we go again with yet another IHG Rewards Club Accelerate promotion.
Some interesting places in here: 20 Places to Visit in Scandinavia and the Nordics in 2018.
So this hotel in Tbilisi, Georgia has been chosen as the best place to stay in 2018. WTF, really? This is like Marriott Rewards winning best loyalty program every year…ludicrous!
This sure would be nice…How to Save the World’s Landmarks Before They Disappear.
Can you imagine this happening here in the US? Nope, sad! Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
Very interesting list: 52 things I learned in 2017. Revolves around technology and AI stuff…
I could be making single blog posts about this while taking a break from credit card pump posts…but I don’t: Irish villagers complain Viagra plant fumes have men and dogs walking around with ‘hard-ons’. This is why this blog is looking to score the first credit card sale this month. Lol.
There are some amazing ones in this link: The Best Pictures Of 2017 Siena International Photo Awards.
Whazup with these? Well, while in Hong Kong…The Rise of Vertical Cemeteries.
14 Incredible Inventions That Were Discovered by Accident. My favorites are Dynamite and Viagra 🙂
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Well, I had to cancel my British Airways Avios booked trip to New York City on American Airlines over the holidays as some family issue came up and I am going to spend Christmas with my mother in Greece. So, here are some thoughts on miles burning trying to do this last minute type bookings over a major holiday!
AA had absolute zilch availability. Sooooo pathetic!
Delta had some seats because my local airport Detroit is a major hub. Lowest was 50k one way coach. And very inconvenient routings..
United miles come to the rescue again. Many non saver seats and tolerable routing. I debated burning 70k one way for Business Class but I decided to burn 30k for DTW-IAD-ZRH on UA and ZRH-ATH on Swiss. It’s going to be a long haul you guys, wish me luck. Why didn’t I go for a flat bed? Because these UA miles are phucking precious these days with all the Chase bank card restrictions! I am not that entitled…I could save 40k for another trip! Oh…still trying to find my way back and hoping to get back to Michigan for New Year’s Eve at least. And thinking of actually paying to fly Turkish Airlines via Istanbul…#developing
I tried to spend some time on the Singapore Airlines site to see how the new award online booking thingie is going. Well, it is definitely not ready for prime time yet. Complete fail, hope it improves!
It is not just you…This churning hobby is in a huge crisis. After you are in the game a while…it is really hard!
Amazingly, the blog troll is back with force…smh. I am starting to lose count how many demeaning names I am called by now!
Dan’s (of DansDeals) wife had their 3rd baby. Girl. Congrats! Oh oh, now even more Amazon diaper deals 🙂
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Hello from the Delta Diamond wing of The Basement.
Lets see if Ingy took his medicine today…
Today’s MMS interviewee discovered the hobby in 2011 and then decided to do something different….start a blog to focus on newbies.
#stabmenow
Basement dweller? No freaking way. My basement is cold an moldy and wifi signal subpar.
Great links George. Are you going to the WC?
Definitely not. No USA, no Greece, sad!
In addition, I am not sure Russia is a good place for me to visit during these covfefe related times 😉
Try Google Mesh. Basement wifi is blazing in even the Hilton Blue wing.
My basement is unfinished, but my router is down there, so I have a strong signal. It’s drafty, but I just point as many space heaters at my love sac/couch/bed.
If the hobby is in a huge crisis, why does amex keep giving me bonus offers with no lifetime language?
Lastly, let’s play a game. I’ll need a new round of cards in January. If you can get 3 ingy rants in your comments before then, I’ll use every link possible that gets you a commission. Anyone else on board with this? Basement dwellers unite!
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you can get 3 ingy rants in your comments before then, I’ll use every link possible that gets you a commission. Anyone else on board with this? Basement dwellers unite!
I like it, lets do this!
So you yell at me for riding Amtrak in a Roomette instead of a bedroom, and yet you’re flying in the back instead of upfront?
#OhTheShame
I can only get so many Chase UR points man…this trip was unexpected…trying to make an excuse here….some expert I am lol.
I’m from California we don’t have basements! I do have to go to the basement to do laundry now that I live in Brooklyn, but I mean it is pretty nice… Central heat/air, wifi, gym, and tvs I really don’t think it would be that bad of a place to dwell.
you moved from California to Brooklyn? #wattadope… enjoy to snow and the summers humidity, hopefully you won’t get robbed anytime soon but you do get to enjoy great pizza (Difarra’s, $5 a slice, watta bargain)…..as someone who was born and raised there, it blows my mind that people want to move there, everyone I know bailed years ago
This is sort of Ingy logic, you make a snap judgement about something you know nothing about.
Snow: I’ve never lived in snow, to me the worst part entering my second winter is putting on snow boots, why o why do they make them so difficult.
Cost: I came from Silicon Valley, yes drinks and groceries are more expensive here but everything else including rent is on par. You can actually buy a place here for less.
Safety: Give me a break you numbskull, if you think every one gets robbed here you also think I’m a surfer bro since you know everything about Cali (to use the local dialect) as well.
Everyone you know moved: We both know this is just false banter.
#gratefuldope
This just in:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/08/politics/george-papadopoulos-fiancee/index.html
My My My My-My Simona.
Everything but a coffee boy…
Let that one sink in you guys.
Boy, she is making the rounds today…
I wish I was younger sometimes 😉
Your “whiner extrodanaire” keeps it coming! He seems to have never recovered from your (accurate) remark about him selling too soon.
BTW thank you for continuing to look after your mom, George. You surely don’t need any of us saying that…but I did it anyway.
As I was just getting the weight thingie under control…she will make sure I get fat again with her cooking #happenseverytime
“AA had absolute zilch availability. ”
But a certain thought leader keeps saying that it’s getting better.
Said leader also posted this earlier today:
Easy: 180,000 American Miles from 3 Credit Cards Still Available
“It’s all about conversions” – Ingy
Gary forgot to add “WOW!!!” to the headline!
Yeah!
I slept on it and woke up thinking I had not shown Ingy the proper respect with my idea about the blow-up doll. I’ve come up with an enhancement which I’ll outline the next time the big guy graces us with his wisdom.