Japan rail pass is my go to for travel in Japan… 7days unlimited “biz class” seating for $350 is amazing! You can see the entire country in comfort … and works on some bus networks as well as JR trains/subway in Tokyo. They also have some regional passes if you are only in one area.

I suppose observing human emotions will eventually help you mimic them.

It is all there in plain sight – the peak pricing, the Cat 9 pricing – but it is ignored.

Eg Essex House in NYC is 45k now, 60k next week and 70k in peak from Jan. Same happens to the good London hotels.

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I used to think that the Iphone 1.0 had not future. Who would want to look at p0rn on such a small screen? And sure enough, the screens kept getting bigger and bigger. As bad as Tesla’s finances are, the big screen is why I still feel excited about the company.
Funding secured!

No running Friday and Saturday. And food relapses. So hauled my big fat ass out of bed and pushed myself to run (slow) 7 miles along the Santa Monica beach. #toomuchpain

Much better experience in my 2nd stay at Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica. Beautiful birthday cake for my daughter, very nice touch. Already burned $120 at bar lounge treating visiting friends and still lots of certs to burn before we leave on Tuesday.

Did a downtown LA food tour for the first time. Wanted to do something different for a change. It is not a deal $ wise, $65 per person for about 4 hours visiting about 6 places for food and a few others for drinks/desserts. We had an interesting group. I think THE thing about these experiences is meeting the people in the group. And of course the food, a few were indeed amazing and the others were really good too. Some interesting stops to check out as well that we would not have the opportunity. We all tipped the guide too….So, that was something unique we did. We will likely do it again..I think.

We are going to hang out in Santa Monica all day today I think, we have everything around here.

Check out my daughter’s saved highlight story in Intagram for pics/videos from our CA trip.

The day we left San Jose we had an opportunity to ride in a Tesla….wow. The screen dashboard in it is YUGE! And the acceleration and quietness of it are amazing.

Barely made it to the Food tour as Delta was almost 2 hours late getting us into LAX. Managed to snag $150 in Delta vouchers. Can’t help it.

Driving a Cadillac something from Sixt. Triggered the Platinum match I had done some time ago after the first car rental in San Jose. Very competitive rates this time. Okay service…I see these guys making a move to be relevant in the US ahead.

The Club at San Jose is decent…enough for free coffee. Avoid the boiled eggs. And all other food lol.

4/10 conversions this month for reader J who asked. You are all waiting to get the SPG Luxury card with my links on the 23rd right? If TPG does not block me until the 26th when every one of you can not get it lol.

I have no idea how bloggers do trip reports…no way I can keep up! Then again, this is an operation of a one man band 🙂

I have a question. I saw this job in your post:

« Completing paid online tasks, such as on Amazon Services, Mechanical Turk, Fiverr, Task Rabbit, or YouTube. »

Let’s say I took this job. I just sat down to start work. What do I do?

Would this category cover those new guys OMAAT hired to write blog posts? How about that guy at MMS chasing credit card links with a butterfly net?

Another question-Do you think there’s anything behind the rumor Amarosa’s starting a points and miles blog?

One more-How about Brian Kelly hosting Jeopardy with commercials for free travel with credit card sign-ups?

The dog days of summer.

I don’t think it was a sale but over the last week Delta had good prices on both miles and dollars. Virgin upper class from Dulles to Heathrow for 155k. The flight lsts for $9.8k Huh. Two global upgraded flights to Frankfurt for 50 percent more than coach.