This sucks. Both Citi and Barclays suck. I am glad both of these banks are out of my life (currently). No worries at all about the monthly BMAC charge.

Watch your Aadvantage card charges closely!

4 nights with confirmed suite upgrade at Park Hyatt Saigon – 80,000 points

Transferred 60k Chase points to Hyatt. I see two 60k Hyatt points showing in the app now.

I am going to stay silent and try to book the Park Hyatt Saigon later today 🙂

Hiya George! Man, glad you will get the Shingle shot. Truly, it is not fun having them so get it done soon! I got mine at the pharmacy here as they are authorized to do vacccines and my insurance covered them, too. Maybe check with a local CVS or Walgreens?

Saturday May 9 would be ideal for me if it can be worked out. It’s a couple hour drive but what with the next day being Mother’s day, I suspect would be preferable to everyone and their cousin taking Moms out? That’s my hunch, anyhow. Lemme know! You can always message me via the book of face and if you wish, lemme know there and I’ll shoot you my phone number.

@ Carl: So I called my doctor’ office. After enduring the phone hold and pressing button #1 several times, I got to talk to a human and she took my request and will let my doctor know and he will get back to me. After a few days a nurse messaged me back to tell me they are not doing shingles vaccines in the office and I should talk my insurance company to inquire if it is covered and which provider can administer it. I absolutely despise the US health care system, I can’t wait to get to Bangkok for all my health care needs. So I have to call my pharmacy and ask them next, not calling my insurance company…whenever I do that it drives me up the wall.
SEA itinerary is still up in the air. More like up to my daughter actually. Is there a day that works best for you?

@ DML: So, you got the trip using Skymiles to Glasgow? That was under 250k? 🙂

@ Sophia’s Friend: Hi L. Thanks for the kind words, they made my day. Thanks for the candid feedback through S. I should look into upgrading the look/feel of my blog and email newsletter. But it takes money and will surely lead to this blog turning a loss this year. And I am not sure how long it will stay alive as I will be dropped from the cc vendor (that provides 95%+ of the blog revenue) any day now. So, I just ignore it and focus on the actual content and….keep going. This has been my little escape project that keeps me busy and trying to educate/entertain/inspire blog readers. Commercially speaking, well, I don’t want to talk about it lol. I may just bite the bullet and put some money into it soon because the last thing I want is for my blog to be associated with sites that look scummy. Thanks for the push. And good luck in Seattle, visiting soon.

@ Christian: You can Carl convinced me, I will do the shingles vaccine very soon. Added Thursday Murder Club on my list to watch, not sure when I will get to it, if ever. Maybe I get to watch it on my next flight. I plan to book the Park Hyatt Saigon this week for September, plan for 4 nights, that should be enough I think.

Left my phone outside the bedroom last night. Slept in, woke up late at 5 am, got 8 full hours of sleep. I need to make this a habit!

The TBB link queue is developing nicely. There is a small chance to post on Tuesday, maybe go back to make it a mini post on Tuesdays?

Credit cards sold at 3 and coffees at 11, still under the monthly target to keep this business a “going concern”. To all aspiring bloggers, DO NOT DO IT!

Enjoy and keep healthy everyone!

If you have Netflix, watch The Thursday Murder Club. Amazing cast, lots of fun and a great whodunnit. My wife loves it too so it’s not just me. If you like it, mention that and I can suggest one or two other things.

The Park Hyatt Saigon rocks. you’ll love it if you haven’t stayed there before.

Those who think poorly of Delta’s frequent flier program will be amused that I was
unable to get a trip to Glasgow on miles. I was not amused. Ah well.

Thanks for all the terrific links.