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Common acronyms used in the MS world by Miles Per Day. Very comprehensive list. So…what do we call the new “Kate”?
How to Churn the Hilton Surpass Without Opening a New Account. By Running With Miles. There is some really good advice here!
Apparently, the way to go to Hawaii is using Korean Air miles flying Delta…and other mis-destinations by Travel Codex.
You can get Free Platinum status on Sixt Rental Car by Loyalty Lobby. I should probably do that, ya never know…
Rage Room: For $20, Smash the Crap out of Everything in the Room. By Will Run for Miles. Oh, this could come in very handy for all the pumping my beautiful eyes see every day…
Everything is for Sale in the Longest Yard Sale in the World. At Racked.com.
I’ve been finalizing our family holiday trip to New York. I am up to over 800,000 miles/points used this year and counting…I actually used AMEX Pay with Points feature to book son on Jetblue alone. I guess I am supposed to get 30% of the points back. Also looking for a getaway trip for me and Mrs. and apparently flying out in that week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve is a horrendous week to use miles, YIKES! No seats/no savers throughout! OMG, we may have to pay cash 🙂
Sometimes I wonder where does View From the Wing get ideas for so many blog posts. I noticed a pattern. A post appears in Frequent Business Traveler and shortly thereafter Gary is on it…Just an observation.
10 Peaceful Photos of Empty Train Stations. I just love these!
Shades of Mountain Blue at Twisted Sifter
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Nice been awhile since I got a first in!
Golden!
Dang, I missed my spot–was goofing off over on CruiseCritic!
We were worried 🙂
thanks for the mention!
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I will pay you in drachmas
That is me – WRFM
I’m Sixt Plat via my LH M&M status since 10+ years now and can tell you its not really worth it and mostly hit and miss. Sixt has an intricate status system where they can see if you have status due to courtesy matching or thru real $$$ spend.
Thanks…Does not appear worth the trouble then.
Name for the new Kate: how about Evil Kate?
I like it!
@Buzz/ Sometimes I wonder where does View From the Wing get ideas for so many blog posts. I noticed a pattern. A post appears in Frequent Business Traveler and shortly thereafter Gary is on it…Just an observation.
Mr. EGO just throws his spin on other folks content from the web……….that”s what make him the foremost authority on points, miles and all known things to mankind. Don’t believe me? Here is what he wrote about himself in the 3rd person, no less. AND PLEASE BUZZ DO NOT FORGET HE WILL SOON CURE CANCER AND SOLVE THIS GLOBAL WARMING HOAX!!
He’s been called an “Air Genius” and “an airline industry brainiac, who you might think of as the Nate Silver of his domain.” He has also been called “the godfather of the [frequent flyer] hobby” in Rolling Stone.
Gary serves as Chair of the Nominations Committee for the Freddie Awards and was named one of the world’s top travel specialists by Conde Nast for his award booking service, BookYourAward.com (2010-Present).
You’ll see him in the media frequently. Some of those appearances:
Television: The Colbert Report, ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, CNN Business Traveler, CNN The Situation Room, Fox News Happening Now, Fox News America’s NewsHQ, MSNBC News Nation, Fox 5 Morning News (Washington DC), CBS News New York, CBS News Philadelphia, KOMO Seattle
Radio: WTOP News Radio, the Maggie Linton Show, Rudy Maxa’s World, and the Mary Starrett Show
Print profiles: Town & Country, Executive Travel, Washington Post, Washington Business Journal
Award booking service recommended in: New York Times, USA Today, Inside Flyer, Conde Nast Traveler
Blog recommended by: Wall Street Journal, New York Times
Quoted by: New York Times, USA Today, CNN.com, ABC News.com, NBC News.com, Washington Post, Associated Press, Financial Times San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Times, Conde Nast Traveler, Business Week
.. and many, many more (and many of the above news outlets, many, many times)!
He is also former Chairman of a non-profit that provides networking and professional development opportunities for young people in policy, politics, and journalism and currently serves as treasurer for two non-profits. Through a non-profit fundraising practice he has written under the signatures of two Majority Leaders of the US House of Representatives and a future Vice Presidential candidate.
Through his day job he’s been fortunate to work alongside several Nobel laureates in economics, a Director of the Congressional Budget Office, and a member of the 9/11 Commission
Almost forgot Buzz, DWTS (Dancing With The Stars), a show I hate that my wife watches (sorry ladies, I’m married) will have on Gary Busey this season. Count me in on watching this train wreck.
I did not click on the link to learn about the latest Starwood promo. It led to Milepoint, a site I have not visited in more than a year 🙂
A little modesty would be welcome as well, someone tell GL!
OK Buzz thanks for the acronym list, trying to figure out BBBJ is that on there somewhere ?
I’m trying to figure out about burning my ~245K Hawaiian Air miles on China Air or Korean Air perhaps to fly business class to Hong Kong 2016 next Sept/Oct., sorry do I sound like a broken record ? But that Korean Air mention just reminded me, a super nice site member on FT tipped me to searching out my own reward and discount flights using free expertflyer, then going to GDS to find something (same/better fares from other cities?), thence to ITIA to find something else (flight codes?), those last two might not be the exact letters but you get the idea, I eventually will start to catch on and in the meantime thanks for putting up with my ramblings. He said it was so easy he was slightly shocked that anyone such as an “awards travel booking service” would be so predatory as to actually charge for doing it.
OK does any of that make sense to you ?
Comments from all welcome.
I don’t know much about Hawaiian Miles. Actually I don’t know anything! And award booking is definitely not my thing, it sometimes totally demolishes me so I just….keep earning and then go on burning binges so I can spend as less time doing it as I can 🙂
sometimes, the best learning is best when you figure it out. Spend more time on FT!
Mike – Just curious how you ended up with 245K Hawaiian miles?
Welp, looks like USBank Visa Buxx is kaput.
I think this one calls for a special Buzz post.
Gary Leff being interviewed by an attractive anchor about-I can’t believe it-an airline weighing passengers before boarding. Can you use points to bypass the scales?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R9tJ52lqVD8
Don’t miss the title of the show: “Boom or Bust”. Can I call a friend?
That host is…wow!
MM
I had a few short jobs over in Hawaii so I figured I’d get the Hawaiian Air credit card, this was several years ago. I was mindlessly using it for a while then finally realized I wasn’t burning the miles so I quit and went back to my United card. Just never even thought about them sitting in the account.
Just learning about this game for real at this time, lots of opportunity wasted !
Just watched the segment, now is Gary one of Buzz’s love like or hate bloggers ? The guy isn’t broke is he ? Couldn’t he at least have worn a tie ? He is representing the awards travel/frequent flyer community, come one we don’t want everyone thinking we are a bunch of slobs ! ! ! (Are we ? )
The chick is pretty hot once she takes her jacket off and we get to see her in a halter top, her voice though, that accent lol, definitely cute but kind of aggressive and hard. It is a financial show, right ?
Right clever title, with the hot chick anchoring, of course they can invoke plausible deniability.
On now on to today’s blog post !
Thanks Buzz !