We bring you an amazing video with airplane landings, learn how big the bunker business is, shake our heads at Ayn Rand fans, an amazing collection of fighter jets, learn which countries have the most wealth per capita, Citi lost Garuda Airlines as transfer partner, bananas may get wiped out, Obama’s reading lists, feel good looking at animals, watch Gorbachev sell Pizza Hut pizzas, seniors do amazing things after retirement, how to talk to your parents about aging, hack Avianca Lifemiles and more!
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Another summer weekend just passed and the worthy action in the miles and points blogs to make the cut to appear in my blog is almost non existent. So, we continue diversifying into other areas and continuing the crusade to make my blog truly educational/educational/inspiring you guys 🙂
Apparently, Citi lost Garuda Airlines as a ThankYou transfer partner.
For the aviation geek readers, watch this video of landings at San Diego airport. If you put it on auto repeat…I won’t judge you ok?
I love bananas! It is my favorite fruit (ok, watermelon is close second!). Growing up in Greece, bananas used to be very expensive and rare to find. I remember my dad finding and buying me some when we traveled to Thessaloniki and on the ride back to Larisa I started eating them at the back seat and just could not stop until I ate them all. Got a severe stomach ache while he could not believe I ate them all and kept shaking his head, oh the memories. Anyway, after this long intro, it appears we may have some supply issues ahead you guys! Devastating Banana Fungus Arrives In Colombia, Threatening The Fruit’s Future. It is a scary future without bananas!
This bunker stuff has become a big business, wow! A Boom Time for the Bunker Business and Doomsday Capitalists. Yeah, most customers are conservative wackos…
Here is a link with all reading lists recommended by Obama. I can not wait for Trump to share his own….bwahahahahaha!
Our society is changing. We are living longer, tech continues to disrupt everything and on and on. Meet the next generation of entrepreneurs. They’re all over 65. Very interesting article with amazing stories of seniors who are doing extraordinary things!
Your personal finance fix of the day is this important article about what you should do with your elderly parents. Heck, I just went through this and I can not emphasize enough how important this is. Parents Refuse To Talk About Getting Old? A Conversational Guide. Start talking…NOW!
I can not believe there are still fans of Ayn Rand out there! Someway, somehow there are still out there and they even have a conference. And this writer attends one and writes about it. And it is wonderful as she exposes the giant sales job these people have fallen for. I can’t wait for hate mail now lol. The Last of the Ayn Rand Acolytes.
Some of these are amazingly adorable and will bring a smile to your face. If not, I think there is something wrong with your face! 22 Interactions Between Animals That’ll Make You Believe There’s Good In The World.
Did you know that Gorbachev had made a commercial for Pizza Hut because he needed the money for his foundation? Yeah, it was brilliant, enjoy it!
Another link for aviation geek readers! A French Chateau Hoarding the World’s Largest Private Collection of Fighter Jets. What a collection, wow!
The Visual Capitalist just keeps pumping amazing content. Which Countries Have the Most Wealth Per Capita?
We are now entering BLOG BUZZ, a section for advanced hobbyists and veterans of this fast imploding hobby and also a section where I go on and on about some stuff that happens in my life because it helps me feel better about myself.
Deciphering Avianca Lifemiles: Cracking The Code On The Avianca Lifemiles Secret Award Chart: How I Booked A $459 Ticket For 6,500 Miles.
Tried to get son to shoot for a Hilton stay in his first week long business travel. But his company’s corporate travel department booked him into a Residence Inn. So, I registered him for this quarter’s Bonvoy dinky promotion, added his reservation to his Bonvoy account and got agent to sign him up for a Gold Elite challenge, 8 nights in 3 months. He will have five nights by early September, then we shall see.
Read it and weep: This is how hard the credit card churning has gotten. No wonder so many bloggers have quit or started working at The Points Guy. As this is a primary income of this blog maybe it is time to move on after almost 7 years? Then again, if I quit, how can I still be entertained by the deranged comments of my Numero Uno fan Ingy who is back more deranged than ever before!
I managed to run 9 miles on Saturday and to follow that up with another 6 miles on Sunday. No signs of the injury, feeling pretty good. And I sleep like a baby now that I am so exhausted! Here I responded to a reader’s question on how I decided to approach marathon training with a coach.
We are trying to maximize familia time just before son moves out of Michigan to New York City for his first job. After running the 9 miles I took the familia to Bone Heads BBQ in the metropolitan cosmopolis of Willis, Michigan lol. The family platter is awesome and the clientele is sure interesting (as in bikers, etc). Check out the “license” on the wall in the men’s bathroom!
Another song recommendation. Going way back to 1962. I think this is the best song by Joe Tex. This dude was shot by James Brown! What a performance! It speaks to me, being free to blog and run and stuff like that you guys 🙂
And I leave you with this…
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Thanks for the Ayn Rand institute link! Good to keep up. Rand turns out to be a remarkable witness to otherwise hidden events.
Very good with the thing about aging parents. I had to deal with that and now (I am 62) I am trying to get my kids to prepare for when the old man is not doing well. Plus I am trying to make sure i won’t be a burden. Great stuff today, as per usual!
Also, VERY good to be working with a coach. It will save you pain and help you complete your goal of the Marathon!
Oh, and SILVER! For the Pacific North West!
For all of the banana lovers out there:
The Most Interesting Fruit in the World
http://freakonomics.com/podcast/bananas/
Donde esta señor Ingy?
La playa
Vamos a la playa oooh oooh oooh ooohhooo!
Back in 1983, many norther Europeans visiting Greece lost their virginity after getting drunk to that song.
Yes!
Your marathon approach is good food for thought — if I ever decide to commit to a doing a full, I can see the value in getting a coach. Training definitely seems a lot more complicated than “keep running slightly further over time”. Have you done a half before?
Points Adventure is 100% spot on, and I’m really puzzled why we don’t see more discussion about this (and, relatedly, how retention bonuses seem to have become decidedly less generous / non-existant). It changes the math. And I shouldn’t have to dig into the weeds of Reddit or join some secret slack group to develop a strategy.
(Maybe I’m not really puzzled — we all know why we might not see discussion of this — but surely you’d think there’d be non-affiliate bloggers talking about this. Remember all those blogs with Keep, Cancel, Downgrade series, or Retention posts? )
I have had several runs longer than 13.1 miles since I started running. And I did a Trail half marathon back in March or April of this year and I really enjoyed running that, so different than the running I have gotten used to. I have no fear doing half marathons now…and this is why I want to go for the full one and get it out of the way…its like that beast staring me at the face guarding the kingdom, I can not wait to kill it to rule it! 🙂
You are right on again on the…”they are not posting about this stuff as it will hurt conversions 🙂
Only Travel With Grant and Miles to Memories are doing those posts sporadically now. Many have turned into taking breaks doing clickbait posts until they get back to selling plastic.
Yeah, it is a sea change. But judging from what you see around in the blogs everyone is so happy traveling for freeeeee smh.
On the running coach benefits. Key is to find a good one that will be a good fit of course. I should have started with her earlier! If I did, I would have accomplished this goal, I have NO doubt about that! I feel more confident knowing that someone knows what they are doing lol.
7 mile run tomorrow, today is rest day, I needed it!
Don’t be so quick to assume! In fact the bunker article notes that “Bunker clients say they are united not by ideology — liberals, conservatives and political agnostics exist side by side in this world — but by a belief that global forces have left societies increasingly vulnerable to large-scale disaster.”
I know a couple of people who are preppers like this (but haven’t bought bunkers yet!). One family are hippies the other are sort of a mixed bag I guess. I suspect more and more people will be adopting this mindset, albeit for different philosophical reasons. They may have a point, I don’t know.
Yeah there are all kinds. But I think the biggest slice of bunker dudes are wacky right wing conservatives…likely descending from the private militia clans lol.
Maybe one day we will see a blog writing about bunker place points woohoo.
I can see the TPG headline now: “Yes you can stay in a luxurious bunker under the earth for free!” Click and click and click…
Maybe a HUGE move is underway in Boarding Area…
Our investigative reporters are on the beat!
Come back here to learn the news…
Meanwhile, another super yawn article (if you can call it that) from Rick/Ingy….mega yawn wow!
So glad to see you get up so early to read Ingy post. You really have missed him haven’t you? Now get back to overcharging your clients for investing in index funds
Hey, retirement/saving are about psychology (once you’re able and willing to save). And some make stupid mistakes and some worry. If a financial advisor will make you sleep better, it’s may be worth spending a reasonable amount of money on it. If you’re a boglehead or DIYer just use low fee funds like Vanguard etc. it’s an area filled with snake oil salesmen/women. Obama tried to regulate the space to the benefit of savers. Trump of course reversed the executive orders.
Two coments on today’s MS post:
1. “Gift card liquidation. Walmart, grocery stores, post office.”
My post office hasn’t taken GCs for a couple of years. Is there news here or just out of date ideas?
2. “I pick up and extra 5% with a $10 max per day.”. This is not an English sentence.
I am always inspired by Buzz’ command of the English language. Maybe he’d consder some lessons if you ask nicely.
Speaking of language errors, I owe an apology for using the phrase “Via Con Dios” last week. It should have been “Vaya Con Dios”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw1uMiOOJYk
I’ll be honest-Portuguese is tough for me.
I would love to be George’s client but he is not taking any new ones!
Yes his fees are much lower and he is a CPA too. And he would never screw my wife…oops, that did not come out right, you know what I mean.
About saving 0.50%…when you are over $1 million his fees go down even more based on the competition. And I am not talking about broker types of course. I believe you are comparing it to the Vanguard service where they charge 0.30%…That tells me your portfolio is lower than $1 million and I think George is right you sold too early as you must need the money to get back in it writing (if you can call this writing) at Pointchaser.
There was an article George posted here today about aging and growing old. Trolling blog comments is not aging gracefully. Really really sad.
Every summer now I wonder how did it go so fast…Here we go again.
Thanks for blogging George. Sorry no credit cards lately, it’s…well, you know what it is. How this space has evolved is sure something…
Peace
LurkerDavid
My impression of the industry is that you don’t make much off your median client. the outliers make you the “big” bucks. But you may not find find a few diamonds without having a large clientele.
Thanks Lurker for the comment. My balance is considerably higher than the $50k minimum to get a .30% deal with Vanguard. I like George use exclusively Vanguard ETF’s but self directed and through a local brokerage that helps me with the paper flow at no charge. I learned my lesson over the last several years. Financial advisors are way overpaid once the allocation has been determined. After that, they are just babysitting your money
If you put $10,000 into JC Penney in February 2007, you have $72
https://twitter.com/michaelbatnick/status/1163871850847526913?s=21
Thanks to the new commenters.
Best of Web post tomorrow scheduled.
Have a big project due Thursday am so no time to post here much today, sorry.
7 miles today…never eat 2 whole wheat bread slices with hummus 2 hours before running. Stick with one banana, lesson learned.
I will change the ridiculously long name handles to Ingy when I get to it. He continues to display an incredible combination of ignorance and bad trollism…it is entertaining to watch, part of the mission lol. He meets the #50k mimimum asset requirement to get 0.30% fee….wow, no wonder he needs anything he can get from Pointchaser.
Night night
I love coming here again. You can make anything out of any statement. It’s like watching Clown News Network.
I was fortunate enough to have credit card links for 17 months of a 5 year blog ownership. $50k was a small month. Why don’t you clowns look up the average lifetime earnings of a college graduate. The earnings far exceeded that number and I was the smallest of three big blog sales of people that saw an opportunity, got in on time and sold out.
It is a far different story than be too late to the party, far too bitter and jealous for not striking when the fire was hot, and still whining about it almost 8 years later.