We bring you a guide on pooling ThankYou points, show you all you need to know about Hyatt Platinum, visit Krakow drinking 24 hours, do crazy stuff in Greece, learn about computer science, coffee, financial stress, car maintenance costs, immigration, see how bloggers are now pumping the Citi Executive card and more!
TBB Blog Mission: To Entertain. Educate. Inspire. In That Order!
Should You Avoid Pooling ThankYou Accounts? Yes. Or more specifically per Frequent Miler:
I recommend not pooling ThankYou accounts. Rather than pooling accounts, share points across accounts as needed. One exception: points earned from bank accounts cannot be shared so there is an argument to be made for pooling those points with a premium account in certain situations.
That Hyatt Platinum status. You know, the one that comes with the Hyatt card. Is it worth it? Well, it is better than nothing but…certainly don’t go out of your way expecting suites and stuff like that. You can learn more about it in the link.
SPG’s Hot Escapes hotel list is one of the shortest ever, wow!
These weekly inspiring travel photos at Matador Network are inspiring indeed! Which one is your favorite to be at and read TBB? Mine is Lake Louise and Kazakhstan, wow!
Loyalty Traveler drinks his way through Krakow, Poland. He calls the city “Europe’s Best Travel Bargain”.
10 Must Do experiences in Greece. I am at 8 out of 12 #winning. Went to Delphi in a 9th grade field trip, I have some pictures I will dig up one day…for your amusement and mine!
Incredible infographic: How Computer Science Transformed the World.
You know I love coffee. And been on Twitter for many years now. So, this is the link to click on to see tweets portraying addiction to coffee. Mega LOLs!
Financial Stress Hurts, Literally. Research findings show “Financial stress may not only ratchet up physical pain, it may also amplify emotional pain.” This is what gets me in the blogosphere. Bloggers pump credit cards indiscriminately to the masses when many are just not cut out for this and you are assisting them to a life full of pain. At least, I make it very clear that you should NEVER EVER pay any interest, you must have good money habits, be detail oriented, super organized and, of course, love traveling. I only help people who I identify they are suitable for this quirky hobby, the vast majority are NOT, regardless of what The Points Guy and Million Mile Secrets say sell to them.
An entrepreneur goes to North Korea. You won’t believe what happened next! Fascinating pictures. Including some of the tourists, anyone we know?
Which car brands have the highest maintenance cost? TBB never stops educating…
Which countries have the most immigrants? Yep, we are really going long on educating today!
Summer time…everything just slows down…big time.
I managed to burn over a million miles in 2014 and 2015. I am at about 600k year to date. I should look into burning for trips next year I guess if I want to keep the streak going.
In for another $500 from Chase for a Business Checking account for the blog. Actually, going to keep it and close the one at Huntington Bank where they gave me $750 about a year ago. Will be consolidating my banking with Chase…slowly moving away from my two main accounts at Bank of America I have had for many years. Yeah…it’s time. #developing
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Slow day is right. Perhaps I should
order some cat food on Amazon.
First first?
Yeah, order lots of cat food on Amazon, huuuuryyyy! 🙂
Kinda surprised that Saudi Arabia has that large a percentage of immigrants! Of course, Iceland is not on the list – and probably number 193 in the world!
Saudi Arabia imports lots of workers but AFAIK they don’t get to be citizens.
Top 50 populated countries only.
The sister (or is it cousin?) of my wife’s friend from Malaysia immigrated to Iceland and owns a Chinese food restaurant there, WOW!
Bronze. Kraków has been on my list forever. Time to move it up!
Krakow is synonymous with ghetto, slave-camp, terror and exploitation. It’s at the bottom of my list.
Krakow is fanstastic. Went this summer. Awesome trip. Great nightlife in OldTown Center. People were super nice and prices cheap due to a good dollar conversion.
Never been to Poland. But my hometown soccer team had two Polish players in its golden era in the 80s and they were awesome!
Not a word about the Southwest IT meltdown yesterday? Flights delayed 4 hours, planes grounded all over the country, thousands of passengers stranded nationwide, getting no meal or hotel vouchers?
This post sums it up:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/26946747-post91.html
Nothing?
Yep, nothing.
Been covered so much elsewhere.
Thought about saying something but post was already pretty long…
I wonder what this will do to credit cards featuring Southwest rewards.
Yeah, the IT backend is dreadful but what a frequent flier program!
They need to get their IT act together!
Since you put up that car maintenance graph–did you know it costs $20,000 to change the oil on a Bugatti Veyron?
https://artofgears.com/2015/11/05/heres-why-a-bugatti-veyron-oil-change-costs-20000/
yea, but they DO use a high mile synthetic oil that lets you go 10k miles between changes, ymmv
Wow, that’s insane!
I know 10,000 miles on one oil change, INSANE!
Present.
I am not taking attendance 🙂
rfid badges are way easier
Thanks Buzz, I can watch that all day and still laugh every single time he crashes into to stage set.
Yeah, me too!
Hilton Gold -> Best Western Diamond –> Hilton Diamond?
http://angelinatravels.boardingarea.com/2016/07/20/easy-way-turn-gold-diamond/
Them.Links…
If you are looking to move banking, HSBC UK is offering Etihad Gold if you deposit £500,000.
Probably on offer in US too, google HSBC Jade
Great, I ‘ll stash my “emergency fund” in there 🙂
I have four of the Great Greek Experiences! I’ve always meant to get back there, but it has been 30 years now!
Go soon, they need the money!
I wished I spent more time in Krakow during my Eurotrip this past month! Oswiecim (where Auschwitz is located) was a neat little town as well! Loved the people and, of course, how cheap things are!
I currently drive a Honda (#27) and my first car was a Toyota (#30). Woohoo!
I was expecting Switzerland to be in that listing, but I guess their population is too small to be considered.