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The hobby starts here: The Top 25 Credit Cards by Mile Nerd.
Great post here to get some idea how tough it is to spend your miles/points after some “expert” tricks you to get a credit card from them so they can earn a fat sales commission and then leaving you all alone to…redeem. Should I Spend Or Save My Points.
In 3 years, we have gone from seeing Iceland be one of the most expensive places in the world to visit down to one of the cheapest places to reach (although the prices when you get there are another story!). We have also gone from American Airlines having extremely generous award availability to almost no award availability. The only thing you can be certain about in the miles and points sphere is that your points will generally lose value at a rate far higher than inflation.
Not sure how long this will last. In my opinion, not past 2018 but I am no travel thought leader so make your own decision. How to Redeem Marriott Rewards Points for Marriott Hotel+Air Packages.
Nice post: 30 Useful Things to Know Before You Travel to the Faroe Islands.
This is pretty good. The 25 most popular icebreaker questions based on four years of data.
This is so wrong, so wrong. Chinese women are spending millions of dollars on virtual boyfriends. WTF!
Your personal finance fix of the day: The Best Way to Lose $5 Billion Dollars What NOT to Do to Stay Rich, Courtesy of House Vanderbilt. Great read, I had no idea about the Vanderbilts wow!
Have ample liquidity (i.e. cash reserves) so that you aren’t forced to sell assets during market turbulence and drawdowns.
Super blue blood moon, wow!
8 interesting bridges around the world. Amazing pic collection!
China’s Pit Houses. Look interesting…
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I think Milenomics is the comeback blog of the year…The First Step to Take to Be Your Own Elite.
Five Tips on Squeezing the Most Value of the Hilton Honors Program. Some decent advice here.
How to keep Hertz points alive. This happened to me many years ago and I boycotted this program for many years before I re enrolled 🙂
What the hierarchy of the Boarding Area blogs looks like.
When you grow up and spend your golden years, you make sure you go to blogs you can not stand and troll everyone in the comments okay? Do not be like Ingy #sad
I do not trust blogs that keep selling credit cards every day. I am not angry, I just talk about my feelings here okay? Thanks Ingy who sold first way too early lol.
Spend $300 and get back $30…when you jump on the opportunity to blog this crap out so you can sell your affiliate links to unsuspecting moron readers who think you make a few bucks and do all this hard work to help friends and family travel for free…bwahahahaha!
I have no doubt Ingy at FTG would sell the crap out of the Starbucks card for the sales commissions. Remember, “it’s all about conversions”. Be responsible you guys woohoo!
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Poor ingy, must be frustrating to hear young kids talk about social media Influencers and then realise he doesn’t understand what that means and that they don’t know who he is. #ConsignedToIngynomy (see what I did there?)
Yeah…so sad. So sad to see (for Ingy) new bloggers still coming in. Today’s MMS interviewee wants to “I want to make miles & points accessible to everyone”….No joke.
In other news, I made it to an ice bar for the first time last night. It was freaking cold woohoo!
Thanks for all the support you guys. This blog provides some play money, it was never intended to maximize conversions. But so sad for the troll to understand that.
Gotta run, be responsible now okay 🙂
Isn’t Michigan the world’s largest open-air ice bar overall in January? You could also have paid 5k to tailgate the 8-degree Superbowl.
I think someone has finally made a case for a decent use of Hilton points, the overwater Maldives room. When you look at a single credit pull getting you a $1200 room, you finally have a winner, combined with free breakfast which is probably a $60pp value it makes sense. But to the rest of that Hilton crap I still just don’t get it other than blogger conversions matter the most.
Good morning!
It sure is! Time to go hunting for cool swag for freeeeeee!
Hello George Orman – are you related to Suze?
I have 3 months emergency savings, I contribute the max to my 401k and I have completely paid off my mortgage. I would like to know if I should get that new Starbucks card that all the credit card bloggers are raving about – it’s gotta be good right? Can I use those gold stars to fly that Etihad office cubicle with the reclining office chair and private secretary to hold my calls?
Please, I want to fly for freeeee or at least spend $100 to get another cup of overly bitter shit coffee for freeee…
Thanks for the laugh this morning! You are my blog’s target reader woohoo!
Actually I am in a Starbucks freezing my ass right now…about to go for refill #3 for freeeeeeee!
LMAO!!
Apparently gravity has been discovered in the cryptocoin space. Everything is now 50-70% discounted compared to December. Waiting for bitcoin to bounce.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DU_vyDwX4AE5CfR.jpg
Prices are so low you can’t afford NOT to buy!!!!!!!
I saw my shadow, keep on freezing stupid humans!
We have several Bitcoins for sale down here at attractive prices. Also a closet full of rare Beanie Babies.
IS IT ME OR….dosen’t it seem like more than a couple of “so called” more reputable bloggers are now hustling us in schemes/post that line their pockets with gold?
I GUESS THE COST OF ADDING THESE STAFF MEMBERS TO THEIR BLOGS, has it’s cost?
Ramsey-
I am surprised that you would accuse travel bloggers of putting thier own interests ahead of that of their readers. You should know that they each take a sacred oath to always put their readers first, and every day they review their posts to be sure they have done just that. Moreover, the Titans’ Board reviews questionable posts at their monthly ethics meeting.
Hey-somebody go over and check on Buzz. He’s laughing so hard I’m afraid he might swallow his tongue.
I am back from the emergency room…my deductible of my HSA is almost reached de to the unfortunate incident of almost choking to death from…laughing so hard!
If BTC can’t hold 7500 on the next dip it is probably a quick trip down to the 4000s
YOU ARE INVITED TO PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN MY POLL
HELPER’s or HUCKSTER’s? You decide, please vote….
FrequentMiler
DansDeals
View From My Lemon Poppyseed Pancake
One CrowdSource Plea at a Time
I Sold Out Too Early CheapAss Traveler
add your own blogger
this poll is unauthorized by Buzz or the TBB management team, but I am sure he won’t mind hearing what you have to say, and it is good for his Alexa Ratings. So Please Vote
FrequentMiler – HELPER
DansDeals – HELPER (mostly)
View From My Lemon Poppyseed Pancake – HUCKSTER
One CrowdSource Plea at a Time – HUCKSTER
I Sold Out Too Early CheapAss Traveler – Dictionary definition of HUCKSTER
write-in nominee for HUCKSTER: Live & Let’s Be a Douchebag
2nd on what Ryan said, except Dan’s deals is only helpful at finding Amazon sales after they’re gone…
Dictionary definition…
Bwahahahahahahahah!!!!
FrequentMiler – HELPER
DansDeals – OCCASIONAL HELPER
View From My Lemon Poppyseed Pancake (LOL) – DOUCHE
One CrowdSource Plea at a Time – RECEIVING HANDYJ’S ON ME3 EXPERT
I Sold Out Too Early CheapAss Traveler – TRAVEL FASHION EXPERT
write-in nominee for HUCKSTER(S) – MMS, FTG, ETC
You are the target reader. You are probably at LOL/24 with Chase too 🙂
I agree…
FrequentMiler…..what is going on over there lately, big turnoff
DansDeals…..Shanda…he should get credit to those who originally post “HOT DEALS” or ways he readers can do even better than go thru his links
View From My Lemon Poppyseed Pancake……Don’t even get me started
One CrowdSource Plea at a Time…….I do not care fore this Aviation Expert
I Sold Out Too Early CheapAss Traveler…..I have a soft spot for this old dude, love when he visits here…but his blog, not so much
Cheers, Stephen (LHR)
all of those are hucksters. last 3 much worse but first 2 are bad too.
Agree with John, also throw in Deals We Like and Hustler Money Blog as Hucksters. I am on the fence about Miles to Memories, he is the King of Click Bait though. Those leading or I say misleading headlines drive me crazy. I had to stop going there because of them.
What? Hustler Money Blog is still out there?
Hey, FTG is not Ingy’s blog after he sold 🙂
My conspiracy theory is that BA paid someone to lead Drew down a rabbit hole because TiF was getting too popular.
Also, hasn’t FM just turned into a couponing site–a $10 deal here, a $30 deal there…?
I miss TiF being active. Drew has a natural eye for this stuff and knack for explaining it very well, too.
I am still sad TIF quit.
Of the blogs I like, I gotta have one for newbies. Frequent Miler is it I think, got any better ones where readers will not get mauled?
Nice mention in the Washington Post this morning!
Which one?
The bad George?
The good George
Not TBB right?
Was it about Cockapoo’s
The good George. Big article in Sunday business section.
Got it, thank you!