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Do you like movies? I do! Do you like FREE movies? Yes yes yes! I have had an account at WBtickets for a while (WB stands for Warner Bros) and today I received an email offering me two passes for an advanced screening of the new movie The Intern. You can sign up HERE. Don’t worry, no referral codes or anything. No guarantees if you will get any free movies soon either! You are welcome.
PointsCentric posted about his experience cancelling various credit cards & the retention offers.
More about the incredibly welcoming news of United CEO’s leaving. Was Jeff Smisek an Exemplary Leader? by The Gate.
Bankrate to Pay $15 Million to Settle Accounting Fraud Charges by Accounting Today. No comment.
The Terrible Truth & Dangers of a Bucket List. Fantastic post by Miles to Memories. “The truth is I don’t care what you call your list. Just don’t give yourself permission to wait too long to see everything on it. Go out and explore. See and do what you can when you can. Life is too short and most of us won’t know our expiration date before it comes. In other words, we don’t know when we are going to kick the bucket, so why pretend we have the time?” I subscribe to this but, at the same time, I have other life goals as well that would be hurt by traveling so much…so, to me at least (we are all different), I have always aimed to find a balance. I should do a blog post sometime about this. Yeah, I should start a TBB email list too #priorities
The Amex Everyday Card with 25k Points by Doctor of Credit. Wow, this is a great offer if you can get it. Keep your Amex Membership Rewards points going with no annual fee. DO NOT get the card with my links! If you see this card pushed by other bloggers for only 10k points it is because they get paid and you get screwed. We try our best to put you FIRST! If you have questions email me or ask in the comments. Maximize your potential, don’t fall victim to the Titans whose first priority is maximizing THEIR monetary potential. I just high fived me, that felt nice 🙂
Hyatt Points & Cash will be available online within six months from now. (HT: Pizza in Motion)
Crazy 10% cashback promo up to $10k from the Discover IT card card for in-store Apple Pay purchases for the rest of 2015. TBB offers the card or email me for a referral. Here is the Slickdeals thread.
Any plans to travel to South Africa with kids soon? Better read this post by TheDealMommy.
Loyalty Traveler gets high with the locals in Bergen, Norway. I’ll take this type of trip report than your flat bed in a metal tube in the sky drinking Shug champagne every single day!
Ranking the World’s Most Powerful Passports. Top 5: UK, USA, France, South Korea, Germany. Bottom 5: Palestinian Territories, Sao Tome and Principe, South Sudan, Myanmar, Solomon Islands.
Rental Car Retirement. What happens to them after their last drive?
Amazing Drone Footage of Historic Masada. Amazing is a huge understatement, wow!
Jason Zweig’s Rules For Investing. Probably one of the top personal finance writers today!
Drone finds man sunbathing on top of a 200ft wind turbine. Clearly, a WTF moment…so there must be stairs that lead up there I guess.
This post details what Jeff Smisek will get, assuming he does not get nailed by the criminal investigation. Read it and weep:
- A lump sum cash separation payment of $4.875 million.
- 60,746 shares of United Airlines (UAL) common stock.
- An annual performance bonus prorated to the date of separation.
- Long-term performance bonus.
- The title to his current company car.
- Flight benefits for life.
- Free parking for life at predesignated parking locations.
- Company health benefits until he is eligible for medicare.
- United will help Smisek find a new job through outplacement services.
Here’s what United will no longer pay for:
- Gym membership.
- Accounting services.
- Legal services.
- Disability insurance.
Stunning Aerial Photos of Altered Landscapes
Autumn Delights, another AFAR travel guide.
The lost tunnels buried beneath Liverpool. Here is the website of the Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre
Meanwhile, in the Netherlands…(HT: Twisted Sifter)
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First! (And I was coming by to thank you for the shout out.).
Congrats on both counts 🙂
El Segundo, CA.
Moving on up!
Just think what kind of industry-lagging performance United Airlines could have gotten out of the CEO if it paid him less than that!
Yeah….really…I would be really pissed if I didn’t get my gym membership paid for lol.
Thanks Buzz.
Paid my Goes/Sentri renewal yesterday, too bad I don’t yet have one of those cards that reimburses for it. Only $83 or so however.
Hey that was me ^.
Got an email offereing 600 United miles for joining and completing first survey.
“United Airlines and MileagePlus have no responsibility for the subject matter or content of surveys, advertisements or other materials or information you may receive and do not share any views expressed during your participation with this program.”
So that means I’ll be getting a bunch of junk mail and email.
Worth it ?
U talking about Global Entry? Why only $83? It’s supposed to be $100.
The United survey site is notorious for…letting you answer MANY questions only to kick you out saying “you do not qualify” after you wasted so much time! I guess it could be good for getting the sign up bonus miles and then doing one when your miles will be expiring…Other than that, it is a waste of your time. These survey sites do take a LOT of time for LITTLE miles.
Yeah mine is the ten year renewal, maybe that’s why it is only $83, or maybe it is because it falls under the “Sentri” program.
OK forget it then, no United survey program for me ! Ordered some VGC from Staples online to make up for it, so there !
Got the Discover It card from your links, time to Ipay me $2k. Discover bank is the bank that keeps on giving!
Thank you very much for the support. Lots of good stuff on this super deal coming up tomorrow for all TBB readers!
Just came across frequentflyerpost.com for the first time. What a compilation of Credit Card SALES CRAP from your favorite Titan Bloggers all on one blog. Made me nauseous, kinda like when I watched I AM CAIT on TV for about 30 seconds. Caio Enrico
Oh I just threw up inside my mouth. This website sure looks like an awesome fit to my Blogs to Ignore list. Wow, every &^&%$$ link goes to a Titan, WTF!
Amex sent me an email about how I can have access to tickets…like watching Cait, starting at $150. Why would I blow all this money to see her? Unless she sings or something. Or whatever. WTF! Hey look, I had a sex operation, I am going to have a speech written by some writer and you all suckers are going to pay me a couple of hundred G’s for sitting in a chair to see me speak…Only in America Enrico 🙂
Thought for the day – how come AwardWallet doesn’t let you keep track of its own referral points reward programme via AwardWallet?!