We bring you the latest happenings on the Chase Sapphire Reserve card, how to fly Cathay Pacific with AA Miles, visit the Faroe Islands, advise you not to go for the Ritz Carlton card, how to deal with the latest Citibank changes, visit some bridge in China, laugh at those Greeks with their economy that resembles Byzantine communism more than anything else, and of course I say what comes to my mind going through way too many blogs and lots more!
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I am sensing a MEGA PUMPING FEST to occur when affiliate links for the Chase Sapphire Reserve card are released #warning. So much action yesterday with disappearing links and all kinds of nonsense. Here is the LATEST wrap up. The $300 travel credit looks good, data points look good to avoid the 5/24 rule but…I am waiting for the dust to clear next week (while fully realizing I may end up regretting it not getting in when the link appeared). #developing.
While pumping bloggers keep selling the Ritz Carlton credit card like it is the best plastic since…the last credit card they were selling, this is probably the best advice for now: Why You Shouldn’t Apply for the Ritz Carlton Visa Infinite Card. While these salesmen are getting marching order to SELL SELL SELL, TBB (and Travel Codex in this case) tell you what is best for YOU and not our pockets!
We are all scrambling to deal with the grim reality and continued hits our hobby is taking…Everyone is different of course. But this is not bad advice: Best Citi Sign Up Bonuses & Strategy to Use Before New Rules Go Into Place.
How to book Cathay Pacific flights with American AAdvantage miles.
An excellent trip report visiting the Faroe Islands. (HT: Katherine)
More pics of that ridiculously-high glass bridge in China.
Personal Finance post of the day: Always Consider Your Alternatives. Excellent! And so is this graph!
Economies and corporations explained using cows. Another variation of the cows theme. But this one keeps adding to them and it is beyond hilarious! (HT:smittytabb)
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How can readers take this barrage of credit card selling from these guys? OMG! It is so blatant it just makes me barf all the time, which really improves my physique and keeps me sexy 🙂 I better stop. But really, how do these people look at themselves in the mirror? Being bank credit card sales representatives/pushers!
We are not normal. There are normal people out there. And normal bloggers who are not bank bitches. Love this disclosure, can you imagine a pumping blogger in our space doing that….Yeah, right, keep on dreaming!
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Hilarious video about ads and how to rid the world of them. You know, TBB has NO ads and I am so darn proud of this! I DO care about your eyes too 🙂
Pointchaser continues her posts about her weekly Manufactured Spend activity and talking about 50k in gift cards in one visit and then wonders about increasing FBI activity. Shaking my head…
Apparently there is a Citi Business ThankYou card out there…
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We are all going to hell if this is what the future holds #crying
And I leave you with this…I swear the Chinese diving team is up to something…
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Early yes. First-well, you never know.
Feeling Golden?
Silver, and getting blown by the Ritz card every day while watching beach volleyball.
Lol…yeah I hear you
I gave you the link for the Faroe Islands. It has been on my ever expanding bucket list for quite a while. i was glad to see such a detailed report.
On my bucket list too and I really enjoyed that link–thanks Katherine!
I’m surprised to suddenly see a flurry of reports from (former) Norwegian and Danish colonial empires. Iceland, Svalbard and Faroe Islands.
What’s next? St. Thomas, St. Croix, Greenland or Antarctica?
I updated the post. Yeah, that was a very detailed report, it felt like I was there so I may have to skip it lol.
I need to get back down south now, you are right ABC.
I am still waiting for blog reader to start her travel writing career here by guest posing a trip report from Antarctica #hint
Oh just saw this. LOL
Yes.You.Can!
Can’t help but shake my head at that post by pointchaser. She was shocked when her WF card was “shut down for no reason”. Um… hello? Welcome to May 2016!
Knock, knock:
Who’s there?
FBI 🙂
I do not believe her. There is no way she is doing this level of MS.
Disappearing links, you mean the 100K bonus is evaporating?
No, at least not yet. Card to be officially released next week but someone found a working app link but only lasted for about an hour.
FYI, the limit is now one free Kirkland water every 24 months.
What, enhanced already??
Thanks for the great Faroe Islands trip report. We’ve been looking for a trip like this!
Thank Katherine above!
Got approved for the new chase reserved card. after my citi aa mailer expires, I will pretty much out of the hobby.
Very surprised WM lasted this long.
I am thinking, if I can get this card, to keep it forever and make it the only card I have and graciously retire from the hobby while I take a new challenge: basket weaving!
Cathay: BA shows so much of ghost space that best is to skip and use Qantas. Qantas does show ghost space sporadically and is time consuming to use, day by day, many clicks. Business availability is no good at least that what I have been experiencing to the point of frustration (granted your flexibility is limited). It is a Struggle but in the end it hopefully works out.
Ok, good to know, thanks. Using AA miles is a huge struggle these days
I just booked flights a total of five flights on AA miles this week. People always are complaining about this but I seem to not have this issue.
Day after day you whine about commercial blogs that pump for business and continue to do the same thing yourself???
Some will call you a hypocrite. I think it is a jealous obsession they are making the big bucks and you just pennies.
Day after Day after Day
Humanity will not be the same without you!
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
3 months hey?
Is this ingy or Renes?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
FCWBT = Hmm, anyone?
Fat Chicks With Bad Tattoo’s ???
I see them at Walmart all the time, maybe they MS there too….
A little over a year ago I was able to downgrade the CitiBusiness AAdvantage card into the Citibusiness Thank you Card with some sort of retention offer. So that’s also an option
Good to know. Been a while since I had that one, well over 24 months 🙂
According to the good Doc, Chase chose TPG to announce the Sapphire Reserved…hahaha.
http://www.doctorofcredit.com/chase-sapphire-reserve-will-not-infinite-100-airfare-discount/
Oh yes, I have that in tomorrow’s post. What gets me is that media continue to ask these “experts” for their SO BIASED opinions. I mean, when was the last time the guy said NOT to get a Chase card lol.
I feel a great rant coming.
Naahh, don’t think so. I probably sound like a whiny bitch, always taking shots at the same businesses masquerading as experts pumping only what their bosses tell them to 🙂
What is WM and WF? I can only think of WalMart and Wells Fargo, something to do with MS, a term I do understand.
Good one Ramsey.
Ted how did you get that CSR card approved so quickly, I thought it wasn’t even available yet?
Also:
Buzz, you could tell me once again how we might sign up for CSR via this website?
Ahem, one more thing, Buzz did you get that email I sent you?
You got the two acronyms correct.
Almost all who applied for the CSR in that very brief 1 hour window yesterday got instant approvals #yuge
The link will go live late on Sunday or early Monday. And you WILL hear about it…a little 🙂
Got your email, listened to the song, I liked it, asked my friend, he got back to me, I will email you tonight…not sure how much help it is, looks like you know your way around this. When you go on tour, think of me because, you know, GROUPIES lol.
lol ! Thanks Buzz.
Thanks always for looking out for us the fellow traveller with your deep personal finance and travel experience combined for a great result. The CSR coverage lately is very helpful for us to analyze its details & I love the calling out of the pumping bloggers. Love the Greek reference, too, cheers!
Richard:
Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated.
The CSR is a no brainer now with CURRENT structure…if you can get it. I would argue it may be a keeper if you have lots of travel expenses (3x). My gut feeling is that there is NO WAY this card can keep all the bennies that it currently offers and it may go the way of the Prestige (decimated).
This is my little corner unleashing my inner demons and inadequacies trying to stay out of trouble or whatever 🙂
Entertain.Educate.Inspire
as long as I can keep doing it without quality suffering. One man band to show quality can win instead of pumping 🙂
Time to refill coffee,cheers!