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If you enjoy my blog, you know, you can let your mother know about it. Or your mother in law if you like the #1 rule lol.
The intention is still to stay away from blogging in the weekends. Well, old habits die hard so I had to post this past Saturday with a great link about our favorite bank and the now infamous 5/24 rule. A must read for all newbies and probably you too!
This New York Times writer knows his miles and points stuff. How to Pounce on Best Credit Card Offers (Before Banks Pull Them). So I found it very disappointing he mentions The Points Guy, he should know better. But hey, Chase has a big ad budget last time I checked…
If you are trying to decide which credit card to go for, Aviator Red vs Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select, well read this post then.
I don’t have and do not collect these points. But you may have been thinking about it so click if you want to learn more about the BancAmerica Travel Rewards. Not sure about the “best deal in travel hacking” part!
Win 70,000 United Miles. One time online entry, takes a few seconds.
If you are going to send someone off, this is what a good son will do for you, send you off with a bang! A Taiwanese politician’s funeral featured 50 pole dancers! Check out the hot video! Why read the boring Titan blogs when yours truly can bring you such sizzling material huh? #bestfuneralserviceever!
Your personal finance fix: We Can’t Direct the Wind, But We Can Adjust Our Sails. Some wonderful advice here, my favorite examples are:
- We cannot control being laid off from our jobs for reasons we had nothing to do with. We can control having an emergency fund in place with one year’s salary stashed away.
- We cannot control the fact that markets do not have positive returns every year. We can control our savings rate, tax management and investment costs to help smooth the ride.
- We cannot control the fact that most private sector jobs no longer offer a pension. We can control contributing enough to our 401(k) plans to, at the very least, qualify for an employer match.
- We cannot control the fact that too many so-called “financial advisors” are nothing more than glorified used car salesmen pitching the product of the month. We can control choosing a real financial advisor; a fee-only fiduciary who is legally bound to look out for our best interests.
- We cannot control the likely possibility we will never become a billionaires. We can control our level of happiness by valuing experiences with our family and friends and doing things for others.
NASA released this photograph with the highest concentration of black holes ever seen. Wow #blownaway
Around the World in 27 Burgers. The best from Brooklyn to Bali. Just another list. Lame blogger question: Which one is your favorite? And there is a burger joint named “Pizza Loves Emily”…WTF! Most surprising entries on the list is that there were not one but two in Bali, Indonesia!
Proof that life is getting better for humanity. Stop bitching. But you can bitch about how this formerly quirky and obscure hobby is finding its ways into the mainstream lately #thinkconversionstonewbies
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This section is for advanced travel hacking hobbyists/enthusiasts and oldtimers…
These probably will not last much longer #hint 11 Things you Need to Know about Marriott Travel Packages.
If you are running out of cards to get and not willing to take a break to work on that horribly restrictive 5/24 feature, perhaps you can maximize the Merrill+ card and its 50,000 point sign up bonus. One of the best things in life is when a client leaves Merrill and signs up with you and you see those assets leave ML #loveit
Frequent Miler, after losing Julian to The Points Guy, now is losing Shawn too. When it rains, it pours; bad break losing two good people back to back! So he is looking for someone to come aboard full time. If only all bloggers had this site’s affiliate linking policy the world would be a better place and not have the pumping machine Titans be sought after as “experts” #myass. I don’t want to get into discussing The Hobby here you guys 🙂
This site does NOT do weekly digest posts, I see them as a cop out to regular readers. But I hear they are wonderful for SEO stuff, Alexa rankings etc. Maybe one day I should start paying attention to these things…
So, you apply for the Chase Sapphire Reserve (with my link, thanks!) and you get the “7-10 days pending” message. Don’t panic, READ THIS!
I am having lots of fun at the 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit attending some private events for Amex Platinum card holders with my wife. If you don’t follow me on Twitter for updates, well, you lose! I may have a post about it with some AWESOME cars too…so I can justify the tax deduction 😉 #blogbenefit Oh, did you miss me in a Ferrari I bought after I got an insane buyout offer from The Points Guy Inc?
And I leave you with this…
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I hope ScottCastle is okay! Had to post earlier today as we left early for the Auto Show!
Nice jump in Mike.
Where is Shawn going?
Shawn is going home to his own blog.
Per FM, he said to concentrate in his own blog and family.
I hope he does not get hired by TPG too 🙂
I was thinking, since Trump was elected, should I just watch the world burn an apply for the Chase Sapphire Reserve through The Points Guy? I decided no and applied through your links. I say first!
I started to get angry after that first sentence…and then, you won’t believe what happened next! 🙂
Thank you.
I already have a cat 5 week I’ve extended twice, currently through December of this year. I’m considering jumping on it before it dies, but haven’t decided where to put the miles. My travel partner has the companion pass and plentiful points there, so I don’t need that. My top choice is currently Alaska miles. Anyone have thoughts or recommendations?
I would say the top choice, as of now, is probably Alaska miles.
Key word is: now.
“These probably will not last much longer #hint 11 Things you Need to Know about Marriott Travel Packages.”
I doubt it’s a bad deal for Marriott. I suspect few hobbyists will end up staying at a Marriott hotel for 7 days.
I think there was a spike in these redemptions. When spikes happen, management notices. And they eventually come around to fix things that cost real money…#hopeIamwrong
Following up on the Frontier Airlines meltdown:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/investigations/frontier-coo-bill-meehan-previously-in-charge-of-flight-operations-resigns
Never flown Frontier yet…Well I flew Spirit for the first time in 2016. Maybe I ll fly Frontier in 2017. Maybe I start a “fly one new airline every year” and make a post about it and…deduct the cost 🙂
I applied with your link on Sat, got the message you noted with the automated phone line currently giving me the “30 days” message. Keeping my fingers crossed…
Thanks a lot, I hope you get it.
Need to make a stop by the branch again soon #hope4preapproval #nogoformonths!
I have two of those packages in the bank and I sure as hell will stay a week at properties. Why not?
Many do not have the flexibility. You have to find a hotel with 7 nights of standard room award availability. Some don’t get excited about staying 7 nights at Marriott’s category 1-5 hotels. I have never stayed at one property for more than 5 days.
I have a hard time staying 3 nights, let alone 7. My best plan of attack is splitting the package 3:4 with someone else.
I ll stay in a hotel for 7 nights if it is at a place we want to visit, find award tickets there and it is a good deal 🙂
I just get impatient. I’m not quite at rapid travel chai speed, but I hate the idea of staying in one place for more than a couple days.
As if Mother Merrill cares if you poach a client or two LOL. Good for you taking someone from the BigDog but that constant asset grab by Mother is unstoppable.
U never hear any going back to ML after they leave them!
So, they have been losing to us for years…but the y just keep expanding the market. Just like bloggers keep pumping and expanding the newbie market…ML reps just go off on BofA warm leads, eeer, mean victims 🙂
I dont know who “”us” is but small fish, small pond kinda stuff dude. Great for taking but Mother gets her pound of flesh always. Wait til they get free of BofA. Unleash the Krakken sort of proportions.
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It was caught in the spam blocker sorry! It now makes sense, I thought you were losing it there for a sec! Great catch, thanks!
For pre buyout offer, nada!
For after buyout offer, it depends how high it is…
Sliding away from this trap 🙂
What do you think about this article? Which one is your favorite?
Lol, thanks 🙂