We show the history of overbooking planes, a Flying Spirit guide, fight for LGBT rights, the new US Bank Altitude card & let the Hyatt Card pumping begin!
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From day one here, the whole point of my blog was to bring you the important blog posts from around the blogosphere I found the day before. Always adding my colorful commentary and of course still aiming to satisfy the blog mission to entertain, educate and inspire. I think you can tell I do not like to mail it in (or phone it in as some bloggers do). One post every day and sometimes I miss Saturdays. I find it amazing I am still at it four and a half years later #wow.
Ok, so where am I going with this? Yesterday I found myself struggling to find TBB worthy stuff! I usually have something else in a draft mode but I am dry there for now and just not motivated yet to start my Asia and Iran trip reports from 2016, please don’t laugh. So, this one will be really short. This time I think it will be true…maybe.
I still can’t get over the insane media attention of the United incident. I mean, airlines have been overpacking planes since the 1940s! The article tells us how the present auction like system to handle overbooking was started by an economist named Julian Simon who published in an obscure journal a paper titled “An Almost Practical Solution to Airline Overbooking” in 1977. He did not expect it to be taken seriously…
This is a Complete Guide to Flying Spirit. I flew them once and it was fine. I am flying them again to Fort Lauderdale in a few weeks, exit row seat and bag fees reimbursed. On a round trip ticket costing 5,000 Spirit miles. I think it will be fine. I am no snob. I just like flying freeeee 🙂
Drone Captures World’s Largest Tunneling Machine Breaking Through After 4 Years Underground. This machine is unreal!
The Western world has never been so rich and it is making us miserable. I wonder about that sometimes…all this anger, so many assholes elected around the world…Interesting article.
You guys remember Windows 95? And how we used to defrag our C: drive? Well, do it again and sit back and…shake your head to oblivion lol. Oh, turn on the speakers!
This is what LGBTQ+ rights look like around the world. Great infographics! I am in favor of complete equality and erasing discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals, no news for those who have been reading my blog.
The best tweets ever. Pretty cool. This below explains Twitter in a way. Love how super fast and spontaneous it is and of course its wide reach, ask Trump!
Since we are in silly mode here, how about: Dad who humiliated daughter by recreating her ‘sexy selfies’ now has twice as many followers as her. Hilarious. I don’t do Instagram…I should check daughter’s page to see what is going on…(HT: Dave).
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More details on the Altitude premium card to be offered by US Bank. First, don’t get too excited. We are talking about US Bank here! Lets see what happens when it comes out, these guys would never lose 300 million like Chase did to hook them millennials 🙂 Do not expect commercial blogs to sell this baby. Unless US Bank changes its policies and allows affiliate links…then the bloggers marketing representatives WILL find a way to SELL it #guaranteed #sameoldshit Here is a more refined summary of the card.
I tweeted this morning: Here comes the Hyatt credit card pump! Amazing how quickly bloggers discover how fantastic a credit card is when affiliate link pays them!
And then I commented the following:
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Lets do this every day u guys, lets win the #1 sales prize, SELL SELL SELL #BIGBonus #hint
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Sad!
And I leave you with this…Dan’s of DansDeals picks up camera and films rap music videos around Cleveland, his new career after banks kill all affiliate channels 🙂
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In a little cafe.
In Paris.
Le premier?
I’m jealous!
(Did the waiter sneer? 😉 )
And not Vendoming it either 🙂
By choice that is…because he could 🙂
I was actually in the Vendome about 30 minutes ago dropping off a friend who is staying there (on points of course). One couple came through reception with a very cute dog. Pretty nice faux sculptures in the lobby too.
Earlier today, I walked along the shops across the street from the Vendome. I saw a magnificent watch priced at 55,000 euros, which at 1.07 euros to the dollar, is a real steal.
Then I headed back on the Metro. Some kid waived a 5 euro note in my face and asked for change in French. I asked “Do you speak English”; he answered “Yes”, and I told him “Scram”.
Is Emily still in town? Perhaps she might join me for a ‘Do francais’. Or is ‘Do’ feminine? Hell, where’s Ingy when we really need him?
Argent!
Urgent?
French for “silver”.
Aww, poor Dan
Hope he does not get offended!
“rap being a form of music created by one performer shouting obscenities in a singsong voice while other performers torture a cat and throw garbage cans down a flight of stairs” ~ P.J. O’Rourke
I take it you don’t like rap then lol.
Apparently only applies to Puff Daddy.
I just took a look at the Bowtie’s blogs latest installment of “Emily and Mom in Paris” and there was Mom in a bunch of pictures. She’s not holding any credit cards though, so that’s a plus.
And the lingerie pics (featuring mannequins, not anyone from the blog) is an interesting choice. Sex sells, baby.
TBB, is this trip a potential tax writeoff for them? In general, can bloggers who generate an income from a travel blog write off the complete cost of such travel if they write it up?
>>>>>>>>>>TBB, is this trip a potential tax writeoff for them? In general, can bloggers who generate an income from a travel blog write off the complete cost of such travel if they write it up?
Oh yeah!
I have done two blog posts about my trip to Iran. I should probably do more 🙂
I swear, that Live and Fly dude is trying to be a View From The Wing or One Mile at a Time wannabe…He is determined to out do them both on United flight incidents, WTF!
Murderer/Ex Patriot Aaron Hernandez just committed suicide in jail.
Good riddance! The World is a better place without you.
Had to pee on Trump’s and the Patriots’ party too. That’s the way to maximize the impact.
😮
Just trashed several comments.
There is no need to add fire to comments posted SOLELY to invite response from specific members. Mayhem ensues. We don’t need this here.
I left the original comment intact. I agree with it. What a sad story. I think about his 4 year old daughter…
Hate doing this, I sure don’t do it proudly.
Ignore Sad and Ingy!
Heard that by committing suicide after being acquitted of the other murder and being in appeal on this one, he blocks any civil court lawsuit against his daughter inheritance.
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