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A good summary of what compensation you can get from airlines. It really helps if you take off in Europe š A Simple Breakdown Of Your Flight Delays Rights + Cancellationsā¦
Remember the first days after Marriott bought SPG how fast they were into integrating the two programs? And all bloggers were singing high praise to Marriott? And I was warning you all to just wait and see what these guys have in store for us. And then Bonvoy came along and then they screwed it up so bad we now have a term for it when they screw their own customers: Bonvoyed. Yeah, it is a horror show: Hereās How I Was #Bonvoyed By 2 Marriott Hotels In July. And it is not letting up. They sent me 200 points for being Gold lol. With so many hotels to choose from, you are on the way out Marriott! I spent some points to have wife and daughter stay in the NYC Residence Inn Manhattan/Central Park property over the weekend to celebrate her 17th birthday. I told her to not leave without the receipt showing $0 lol!
Radisson Rewards finally added a hotel in the Las Vegas Strip. Sadly, it is the Treasure Island hotel. This post has a recap of all the LV strip hotels in the major hotel chains, plenty of choices now when years ago there were none!
Do you know why the Apple card will be a hit? These are 10 reasons why. I am still not interested of course, it is not for us points obsessed hobbyists š
Weekend action is so slow these days that I am bringing in links that were in line to appear in a TBB Best of Web post. So, you are in luck! First one up is: What Led Peruās Former President to Take His Own Life? What a tragic end to Alan Garcia! Who was elected very young only to proceed to turn his country into a horrible socialist hole. Only to escape to exile. And many years later comes back and wins elections again and turns into a capitalist. But, throughout his life he could not say no to taking some dinero for himself. I say it was the same type of suicide as Epstein š
And here is another gem, you are welcome: The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years. Which one is your favorite? š
What can I say, I have been holding off lots of gems. I have never seen any of the Sacklers say anything in public until now. They are the family that spread Oxycontin like a wildfire and made billions with their pharmaceutical company Purdue. I understand a little more now where they are coming from. I think the whole system failed us all and the ongoing damage has been extremely costly. āWe Didnāt Cause the Crisisā: David Sackler Pleads His Case on the Opioid Epidemic.
This is the story of a greedy hedge fund dude who went to prison and what happened to him there. I still think he is an asshole by the way. But still, very interesting story: āI Really Feel Most Comfortable in Prisonā: A Hedge Fund Ex-Con Finds Itās Hard Coming Home to Greenwich.
Ok, lets laugh, parenting goals you guys LOL.
Ok, one more for you. The responses to this tweet are GOLD!
This is great: The Best Finance Books in One Sentence. Some selected ones for you:
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
Give yourself a margin of safety because Mr. Market can be insane.
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One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch
Buy what you know.
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The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb
Shit happens.
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A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel
Donāt try to beat the market.
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Liarās Poker byĀ Michael Lewis
Greed is good for Wall Street.
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Stocks For the Long Run by Jeremy Siegel
Buy and hold.
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by Jack Bogle
Costs matter.
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Against The Gods by Peter Bernstein
Risk is in the eye of the beholder.
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Winning the Loserās Game by Charles Ellis
You win at the game of investing by avoiding mistakes.
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Your Money & Your Brain by Jason Zweig
Weāre not hardwired to be successful investors.
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The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley
Live below your means.
Maybe ending mileage runs was the correct thing to do, thanks airlines…
I had no idea about the size of the student loans when you put it this way!
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.
And the triple Lyft dip is now just a double (Delta & Hilton)! JetBlue and Lyft partnership ends on September 9. Sadly expected š
Just when you thought you had seen the absolute worst clickbait content out there…I realize how far lower some blogs can go, wow! The only type of moron out there are ones clicking on this!
United Passenger Recorded People in the Lavatory, How He Was Caught Proves Heās a MoronĀ –Ā View From The Wing
I feel so blessed that I had the chance to watch the Buena Vista Social Club musicians live in concert in Ann Arbor years ago in the second row with my wife. One of the best concerts I ever attended. Sadly, most of them have passed away since then. But the music they left behind is something to treasure.
Buena Vista Social Club – Candela
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Silver from the Sonoran desert!
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Of course this blog will try to benefit from this shit…
United Airlines Flight Attendant Incident is Disturbing on So Many Levels – RenesPoints
I still can’t believe someone bought that pathetic blog!
In my day, drinking on the plane while working ( flights to Europe) was extremely common/accepted, but this before employee random drug/alcohol testing. I would rather get high inflight (blow the smoke down an held open sink drain) than drink.
But I did get lit once on an empty flight (20 pax onboard) a B707 EWR-ABQ early morning nonstop, partying with a young lady seated in the last row. She did invite me to join her in the lav to smoke some weed and for some oral pleasure, who am i to refuse a pax request……..Looking back I cannot believe how often this stuff happened when you just gave these broads a few free drinks. Not kidding about this, what a great job it was, i miss it, but then again i’m now an old fart.
After I read the ten reasons the Apple credit card would be a hit, it made me throw up in my mouth a little bit.
Good info on flyer rights!
Where is Ramsey? I am worried š
see above
Enough with this Jeffery Epstein crap, he did the taxpayers a favor.
NOW GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE!!!
Another one of these FIRE stories in the Guardian. Iāll let you in on a secret, make mo money and DONāT have kids. They are expensive. (And donāt spend too much)
No words…just links to this blog…smh
60% of Japanese Flight Attendants Say Theyāve Been Secretly Taped Inflight – View From The Wing
Any comments on why muy first class flight to Hong Kong got cancelled? Am I do compensation or what. Why are those HK protestors so racist? They are flying the ‘Murican flag. Dont the know what that flag stands for? I gotta kneel Im getting dizzy. Those Hong Kong kids are almost as bright as white kids.