We have a wide selection of links for mostly educational purposes today. Stuff as such as Chase Ultimate Rewards dying, the new Amtrak Guest Rewards, FlightRadar24, traveling to Liverpool, China, New Orleans and odd balls such as the IRS Data Breach and more!
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I think the Devil’s Advocate at Travel Codex nailed it that Chase Ultimate Rewards is dying…
The details of the new pure revenue based Amtrak Guest Rewards program in 2016 are out. Kiss your cabin awards goodbye. Blame Delta…For a good analysis read MileCards.
Here is a direct link to a 60k Citi Thank You Premier Card, the best offer out there…likely not to last long. (Update: Link is dead. For NEW link, see this post at Running With Miles) Let me practice how they do it…Oh, yes…LAST CHANCE! Funny how you don’t see the same enthusiasm for cards that do not pay commissions to the pumping bloggers huh? Oh, and do NOT use my link! Until at least this one goes away…Checkout the post at Doctor of Credit.
This company FlightRadar24 was the subject of a story at the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. It claims it tracks all flights in real time and way too many are relying on it. Worth a click!
Travel Is Free in their August Travels. Hey, I have been to Plovdiv!
TBB Mentions (evil move by TBB Management to expand the TBB empire, resistance is futile): Small Business a Key to a Big Amex Offer? by Marshall Jackson on Travel
Inside the IRS Data Breach. Phucking scammers…I am thinking to go off the grid…
Risk: Your Best Friend and Worst Enemy.
Tourist sites that are disappearing. Many usual suspects here…
Really digging creepy abandoned amusement parks in China lately.
This guy has been shooting photos in New Orleans for ten years since Katrina!
Gun Violence in America, in 17 Maps and Charts. I don’t understand why we still tolerate this crap. And a funny take on the subject from an Australian comedian!
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First? Wow
Second.
The UR ain’t all bad. At least Third best.
I hope plane2sport is okay 🙂
As a first time AMEX PLAT member I found this site/blog (no joke this time ) helpful for AMEX FINE HOTELS AND RESORTS info. https://www.fhrnews.com/
Oh yeah? What part of that site is actually helpful (versus something you can read for yourself easily on the Amex website)?
DID WE WAKE UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED THIS MORNING?
I always wake up on the top of the bed.
@Bluecat is American Express Platinum Fine Hotels and Resorts helpful in booking a Cruise? Thank you in advance for your help.
I am no FH&R expert here but looking at it lately…for anniversary getaway
FH&R is for hotels. Some of those are actual deals. Most are not.
Cruise discounts with Amex Plat were not the best way to go, for the last 3 or 4 of my cruises
I don’t care if the rest of UR withers away so long as they keep the Hyatt pipeline open. Great value there.
Yes…but the program at its current form is not…improving you know
Hyatt hotels are the worst. = W. Awful, will never ever stay at any of those.
When I’m on vacation the last thing i want is an average boring business hotel.
Have no idea why it’s pushed so much… wait, f#$%^ bloggers? LOL
Got the CSP/Freedom as my beginner cards. Chase definitely needs to do something, since they are taking a few things away this year. I am starting to branch out into other flexible points. I got off the fence and got the Amex Plat for 100k. Now, with Citi increasing the bonus, I may try them next. Then I’ll have MR, UR and TY flexible points. Just need to figure out how to MS with Amex and I’ll be good. Also, got the Visa Buxx. I love “The Hobby.”:)
It’s good to diversify your miles and points….money too! 🙂
Liverpool is fantastic. I was really surprised how cool it was. You don’t even need to be a Beatles fan to enjoy it.
Ok, good to know, I was just surprised to see it on the list.
1. Loved this risk article – used to work in risk management, love the topic.
2. I don’t get the fascination with abandoned Chinese amusement parks, but to each their own.
3. Wife and I have apparently maxed out on once per lifetime AMEX Plat bonuses (inc. biz), so I’m ignoring the hype. These things come around frequently.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. Not sure I am digging pics from Chinese abandoned amusement parks lately…I can’t figure out myself sometimes 🙂 If Amex Business cards went one per lifetime as well I would be looking to retire from The Hobby!
How about a chart comparing violent crime with other objects (knives, etc) per million people? You can’t blame the instruments of the act – tantamount to blaming forks for making people fat, pens for misppelling words. Guns are tools. How people use tools is contingent upon the operator.
Oh, guns don’t kill people right? #rolleyes
Yes, I’ll take a crazy guy with a knife over a crazy with a gun anyday.
Last!
Just popped in via a Twitter bump by TBB. as always, interesting links with good reads.