We bring you a guide to hiking Mount Olympus, how to get to Bora Bora on miles and points, travel to Lake Bled and other places, a sad infographic about all the rare diseases, register for the latest Hyatt and Avis promotions, we travel to Bhutan and Milan, watch some awesome goals, have fun with Trump’s sharpie, look into the one and only D.B. Cooper, learn about the Dunning-Kruger effect and all the exciting dirt without the shocking videos in the Blog Buzz section.
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MILES & POINTS
Register for the latest Hyatt promotion HERE for stays between September 15 to December 15.
One of the most aspirational trips in our hobby is burning some of our stash to Bora Bora. Which is a very expensive place! Here is how to save money on your trip to Bora Bora.
Avis has now come out with its own lucrative rental car promotion, register HERE.
In case you missed all the credit card pumping in the past few days, the “hot” credit cards are all the Southwest cards (three at 60k points and one at 80k points for signing up) and apparently the Amex Business Green card has a new sign up bonus of…earning 3 points per dollar for a few categories for spend up to $50k. As always, TBB staff and hungry interns really appreciate if you use the TBB credit card links, thank you!
TRAVEL
Interested in hiking? How about hiking to Mount Olympus in Greece then! Here is mi familia in the mountain of Gods…which I could see from my back yard when growing up (well, not exactly but close!). Obviously, this was a long time ago!
I like this series at Travel Codex. Or maybe I just like the location: Four Days Exploring in Bhutan.
I always liked the photos from Lake Bled in Slovenia. There is more in this post: Exploring Central Slovenia: Lake Bled, Vintgar Gorge, Bohinj, Skocjan Caves, and the Technical Museum.
Lets hope over to Italy next! 10 Unmissable and Gorgeous Day Trips from Milan, Italy.
ODDZ & ENDZ
The most unforgettable 30 goals in football history, enjoy!
Breaking: Donald Trump’s approval rating shoots up to 88%! LOL
Maybe this TV guy was the closest we ever got to have someone discover D.B.Cooper, the hijacker, the man, the legend! But, if he was correct, it looks like his man died and took the truth with him, so sad! Has the Mystery of Skyjacker D.B. Cooper Finally Been Solved? A TV Newsman’s Obsessive Quest.
PERSONAL FINANCE
Beware of this! An expert on human blind spots gives advice on how to think. Heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect? I had no idea that Dunning is a professor at the University of Michigan! Oh, what is the Dunning-Kruger effect?
That’s where people of low ability — let’s say, those who fail to answer logic puzzles correctly — tend to unduly overestimate their abilities.
Or:
We often feel more confident about a skill or topic than we really should. But at the same time, we’re often unaware of our overconfidence.
You can not believe how many investing geniuses I have come across my career 😉
3 LINKS WITH AN AWESOME PHOTO
Some of the funniest entries from the 2019 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.
A sober infographic: Which Rare Diseases Are The Most Common?
A temporary art intervention, a forest inside a football stadium. Wow!
BLOG BUZZ
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.
Some good info nuggets in this Guide: How To Book Central & South American Airlines Awards Online.
Well, this sucks if true. [Rumor] City National Bank To Change $250 Airline Credit Per User To $350 Across All Cards.
I can’t get away from The Points Guy, talk about arrogance much?
Miles Per Day continues getting shut down from more places lol. Walmart Moneygram shuts me down for buying money orders.
My Mailchimp email list subscription price went from $15 to $20 per month, sad! Running blogs cost you guys. Lets not talk about my free time lol.
I responded to Amazon about my so called violations. Which is absurd if you ask me. So now I wait for the verdict whether I am going to keep my Amazon link or not. Unbelievable!
Sometimes I wonder if you need to blog irresponsibly to “succeed” as a blogger, sad! I could be pumping all day like the clickbait king View From The Wing:
15 Things I Love About the Southwest Performance Card
Southwest Credit Card Initial Bonus Offers Jumped By 50%
3 Best-Ever Rewards Card Offers That Aren’t Going to Last Much Longer
And I leave you with this…Pull up your pants Ingy!
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Thanks for links.
Becoming aware of our inabilities is a big deal.
Yep.
For example, Ingy thinks he scored a deal for selling out so early…without realizing how way too early and disadvantageous it really was. 🙂
I saw Ingy trying his best to ruin another deal the other day. I think U saw you comment on it.
*meant to write *I* saw you comment.
Yup, the old man went public with AA mailers.
What are the 3 best ways to tell a secret? Telephone, telegraph and tell Rick.
Look for ads on Nightline soon.
Got to work on increasing readership you guys…
No wonder he has no balls to come here.
Happy lunchtime from a WeWork hot desk next to Paddington Station. Had to bring my own lunch as WeWork cafes are now vegetarian.
Mailchimp was chronically underpriced for people like us, but especially me. Mine is going up to c $250 per month. However, I am sending out 1.3 million emails for that price.
Note that you can’t do this with the new Mailchimp pricing plans. The old system was based on subscriber number and did not factor in how many emails you send each person.
I did not get the memo that the pricing scheme at Mailchimp changed from number of subscribers to number of emails sent to subscribers. All I know is they are increasing my costs $60 per year. That will cut into my grand hiring spree planned by the funding round currently in progress by the venture capital firm about to win the next bidding round for TBB…
Bwahahaha
Any feedback on Commission Junction? Thinking of joining so I can book a trip with GAdventures and get some discount 🙂
CJ commission will be the same that TopCashback etc pays you, and latter is easier
I understand that Brian Kelly has that rare disease of selling your soul to pimp shitty credit card offers! Doctors are still researching how widespread the phenomenon is. #developing
Remember, Pimps are people too…..
And so are conversions…Almost none go to ones who deserve it and way too many go to some with 100 staff never ever recommending a card that does not pay them, so sad!
Ingy posted a few days ago about his possibly moving since many hurricanes aim for or near his current home. He mentioned several factors for a new locale, including ease of Manufactured Spending.
I flashed back to a Sopranos episode in which a truckload of high-end furniture was delivered to Tony’s house and he cracked to Carmela “We should just move into Roche Bobois and save the delivery charge”.
Then it hit me: Ingy could move into a Walmart. Walmarts let people with campers park overnight in their lots, so why not let Ingy just move into the store. They have some lawn furniture and sleeping bags and he could put a little ‘chez moi’ together. Maybe shower out in one of the campers, breakfast over at Subway or whatever the food counter offers. Imagine buying money orders without getting into your car. Now that’s really Frugal!.
Of course he’d have to get used to those Walmart shoppers, not to mention the employees. But hell, a salesman like him could probably get a few conversions a day out of that crowd. “Travel freeee” and all that stuff. 5 cards a day-why not?
Just 5, come on! I think he is preparing the post with the 6 cards in the same day…most business cards of course…with ebay and babysitting EINs lol.
When he gives up on the blogging…he will show up here again. Too many conversions on the line to affect them by trolling me here…If he had not sold so early!
Breaking: Mileage Update is all for Beto who when he shows up in his doorstep to take his AR-15 away….MU will say “Just take it away, Beto”!
You’re cracking me up! This is a classic comment Sam!
Bold prediction, WEwork won’t be around two years from now. Can’t raise enough money to maintain the current burn-rate.
This one is a certain as death and taxes; bloggers will be PuMpInG the Citi trifecta HARD now with the DC changes. I expect at least a 5 part series from FM w/ a heavy dose of Turkish AirLines. Have your airplane barf bag ready.