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Chase Ink Preferred vs Amex Business Gold. Good comparison. 9 out of 10 Chase wins. Again.
Chase Sapphire Preferred, Citi Premier & American Express Premier Rewards Gold Compared. Only if you are really interested. I say the winner is: Chase Sapphire Reserve 🙂
Getting To The Caribbean With Airline Miles. Good reference.
Earn 25 Hertz points by registering for its pretty good “up to 4x” promo. Just do not rely on these points to renew the life of them because they won’t!
Apparently all day today you can sign up for Amazon Prime for $79, new members only. I tried to figure out how to get my own direct link to it but I gave up. Just click on my Amazon link above and you can look for it, gracias.
What United’s CEO Munoz is going to focus on. Let me summarize it for you, he is going to focus on da money lol. Notice how absent any talk about the Mileage Plus Minus frequent flyer loyalty program scheme is. Oh, and Basic Economy fares booooo!
Holy crap, is Accor Hotels buying everything in sight or what? I had never heard of “Conscierge and Loyalty Provider John Paul” before! I am shocked they have not killed the Lifetime Platinum Fairmont Presidents Club yet. I am wondering what they are going to do with John Paul. Only thing for certain is that the dude who sold out and staying on….will leave in a few months like the Homestay CEO did.
What I Learned From Quitting Social Media for 5 Days. Very interesting. I plan to quit for 7 days when….TBB receives a non insulting offer to sell out!
This is a follow up to the post written before the election by Howard Marks. Titled “Go Figure!“. Lots of political stuff mixed in with finance etc.
12 Maps that changed our view of the world.
How to Hang Your Dress Pants. Awesome visual. You are very welcome. Doing my best to improve the quality of your life…Ok, that was a joke!
Why do people use Reddit AMA when they are there for mostly the same old corporate spin BS huh? I guess it was Hyatt’s Jeff Zidell’s turn…Oh man, some of the comments are so brutal, wow! Tough crowd indeed. If I had time I would pick some real gems for you all 🙂 Oh wait…How bad was it? Hilarious parody thread started, THAT bad!
It always happens. An airline or hotel kills a program mostly because it was bought by another company and then gives plenty of notice to members to save their miles/points. And, like I said, it always happens that years later some folks come out and bitch about how they lost their miles/points and had no idea or never received a notice. Right…Well, here is another PSA to save your BMI Diamond Club accounts…you have 13 12 days left…tick tack…
I watched a wonderful Swedish film ” A Man Called Ove”. It is about life and death and…humanity. I cried but don’t tell anyone. Everyone was crying so I don’t feel so bad woohoo.
The lounge of the hotel we stayed in Yazd, Iran. Definitely not a Hilton lol.
And I leave you with this…
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FIRST!!!
I see Kanye West has said he’s going to run for President in 2020.
My mother often said “Cheer up-things could be worse.”
Mom was right.
Michael Moore wants Oprah to run…
I mean, we can look back to 2016 and ponder how normal it was
omg
help us Lord!
George, That is the best clothes folding information published on a Point/Mile related blog since Gleff posted the video on how to fold a shirt with one hand (remember that one, perhaps his greatest post). Speaking of Gleff, judging by his new Gravatar, he envisions himself as a Road Warrior aka George Clooney in the movie UP IN THE AIR…………………………………..sorry your just a egotistical, pancake loving, credit card salesman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWtK8gtaJPY
that video…
I am sure he will make Diamond again to eat free pancakes lol.
Hi I’m Jeff Zidell, SVP of loyalty for Hyatt, please leave your comments here about our GREAT new World of Hyatt program enhancements. We welcome you feedback.
where is your assistant to paste the answers to the easy questions I picked to answer with BS spin last month?
I take it Miles to the Wild didn’t get the memo that Southwest is a pretty good option for flying to some of those caribbean islands?
That was my first thought, what about Southwest?! They have a ton of flights out of Baltimore (East Coast) and plenty of connections as well. I guess this alliance partners only.
Cheers,
PedroNY
Let her know. I think she stuck to the main alliances.
The writer is based in Australia by the way.
I bookmarked the post as I am thinking it may be easier to burn some miles there…
I already considered all the islands on the above list, but I’m looking to go somewhere on thanksgiving day or the day before, and return saturday or sunday if I can get in earlier. Starting in Omaha. Any ideas? If so, assume that I have enough points in any program/alliance. 🙂
No ideas, I am over eating and watching the Detroit Lions on TV that day 🙂
What am I paying for then???
Um…FREEdom to beg for help somewhere else???
My question was rhetorical. And I picked Grand Cayman to use flexperks to meet a United milestone and earn an extra 20k miles.
Hey Buzz,
I know TPG is Persona Non Grata and on the naughty list but you should check out his video interview with British Airways CEO. We are all Scrrreeeeewwwwweed! If you thought TPG would push back on the ridiculous reason for keeping Avios fuel surcharges, that would be a Dana Carvey “Nah Ganna Du It!”
Oh man…do I have to?
What do I do for readers these days hehe
Ok.
Is it Friday yet??
Burning question #1: does Buzz have any connections for Dead Things tickets at the Joe?
BQ 2: How cold is DTW during the 2d week of January?
BQ 3: Why are there no real Hyatts or Hiltons in DTW?
Off to again drown my deep sorrow over the demise of the BMI program. Geez what outsized values did they give me! Thanx for the reminder (#notreally)
#TBBon
Dead Things? Connections at the Joe? No idea.
It can be very cold. But so far the weather is unseasonable warm. Ya never know. Global warming is real me thinks!
The lack of Hyatts and HIltons at DTW…Good questions. But the Four Points by it is a superb killer with SPG points if you just need an overnight stay.
Trying a Hyatt Place near Auburn Hills next week.
RIP BMI #thosedaysarelonggone
Dead Things = Red Wings and the Joe you must know. Developing plans…
When it comes to baseball and hockey I am more clueless than Donald Trump is on foreign policy…and many other things lol.
Isn’t Auburn Hills around 100 miles from DTW? Drove this once and it seemed like I should have booked a flight.
Yeah…definitely not close!
Perfect timing for the Carribbean link especially because they used POS (Port of Spain) as an example. My wife is from there and I’ve been there too. Definitely bookmarking that, thanks!
So I tried to fold my pants like that but it hurt like heck! Was I supposed to take them off first?
Nice and subtle maps link reminding us all that the Greeks invented everything worthwhile….
I hear TPG will have a video demonstrating that!
On yr 2nd point: So true…