We bring you ways to get SPG Platinum benefits, if you win the lotto do not buy meth, the latest on the Chase Sapphire Reserve Elite card, visit five great layover cities and awesome amusement parks, visit but do not fall in the biggest hole on earth, look at some rare historic photos, teach you how to eat a lobster properly so no one thinks of you as a slob, along with the juiciest Blog Buzz section anywhere in the blogosphere & more!
TBB Blog Mission: To Entertain. Educate. Inspire. In That Order!
How to get SPG Platinum benefits without status. Well, with Marriott taking over SPG, you can kiss all the suite upgrades goodbye soon!
5 great layover cities around the globe. They are: Singapore, London, San Fransisco, Hong Kong, Paris.
Top 25 Amusement Parks. Heavily Disney influenced. My favorite is still Cedar Point, roller coaster capital of the Universe!
Around the World in 42 Hand Gestures. Neat infographic.
If you win $3 million in a lottery, dear Lord, don’t invest it in a crystal meth operation. Shaking my head violently, wow!
Personal Finance post of the day: The Cheapest ETFs in the World. As of now.
Biggest hole on earth is discovered in Southern China sea, 300 meter deep!
Rare Historic Photos. Shocking<—-clickbaity. But really, some I had never seen before! This is the last public execution by Guillotine in 1939.
How to eat a lobster. You are welcome saving you from being embarrassed 🙂 I am a value oriented person so I always thought lobsters were way over rated and over priced. And dear God…what a mess to eat lol!
BLOG BUZZ
Note: This section is geared to more advanced travel hacking enthusiasts!
How to book Japan Airlines flights with American AAdvantage miles. I recently flew JAL Business Class and I was not impressed. Maybe my expectations were much higher…I think.
Some more details are trickling out on the new Chase Sapphire Reserve card coming out next month.
Getting to India using your American Express Membership Rewards points.
Personal Finance Digest, in a blog post about the excellent value of Hyatt Category 1 awards, mentions the BEST hotel name ever: “North Bumblefuck Holiday Inn Express“. I could not stop laughing at Starbucks and almost choked on my triple venti skinny mocha (freeeeee).
Recently Randy Petersen popped into Flyertalk to speak his mind that FT is full of complainers. Ummm, I mean, was it not ever? Anyways, my response addressing certain (missing) standards from blogging business practices we would love to see… #waiting
I find it incredible you can squeeze 14 blog posts out of one trip, wow!
I swear everyone wrote about that $100 rebate after paying multiples of it on a certain Chase credit card. Wow, just wow! Which brings to mind I just cashed all my remaining BarclayArrival miles to get the last hotel I ever paid in a very long time (Doubletree Kuala Lumpur, upgraded to Terrace Suite) for freeeeeeeeeee!
The Points Guy is on a tear, wow! TPGTV (wow, seriously?) speaking at Twitter, Facebook and Google HQs. He is determined to get everyone a CSP card and soon the new premium card. Prepare for it folks! #beafraid
Last night it was Hillary vs Jason Bourne. And Jason won lol.
This made my day…how a reader searched for my blog 🙂 #thanks!
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Fourth. Straight. FIRST.
I’ll stick around for autographs.
Just got a call from the Ted Talks committee….they want to offer you a speaking slot. Because of your accomplishment here that is unprecedented! #youhavearrived
Have you ever seen the Onion Ted Talks parodies? They’re pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkGMY63FF3Q
Lol.
I did not know the Onion had that as well. I should add the Onion in the Love list 🙂
I would prefer a nomination for Freddie Award. 😉
Lol, good one!
How many all nighters did you pull for this projectx? Silver
Actually, most of the post is prepped by 10 am. But then throughout the day I keep adding to it….darn Blog Buzz section. Actually, I ‘ve been thinking to do away with the eclectic finds (most time consuming aspect of what I do here) and then just unleash a full Blog Buzz section every day just…unloading.
Let me think about it…translates to…likely not going to happen.
Perpetually second.
I agree on JAL. I flew first from NRT-ORD and didn’t have an amazing experience. See? I read.
This is what happens when you read…you lose silver!
I object. Tie for second. Judge rules?
6.44 vs 6.46
I will allow you a motion of appeal for a…fee 🙂
Typical titan.
On that FT thread, one member asked Randy what he thought about bloggers who knowingly post offers that pay them when there are better offers that don’t.
No answer yet.
“This is the business we’ve chosen!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au0zM3I_p3w
Would.Not.Hold.My.Breath.
#pageviews =Business
Buzz-
I was wrong about no answer. As we bridge players say, a pass is also a bid.
HK Disney and Paris Disney over Tokyo?
I would have no idea! Definitely not a Disney fan!
Noooooo! Tokyo Disney Sea is the best theme park in the world. Miles above everything else even other Disney parks plus Tokyo Disneyland is probably the most complete Disneyland park.
Check it out George: extreme Alpine soccer! It’s also a Mercedes commercial, but still pretty neat:
https://youtu.be/UOxL-vGtfks
That actually looks awesome! Maybe they can invite my “Gasping For Air” team, I expense the whole thing and…do a blog post “trip review” out of it or something hehe.
Lucky did a recent review of JAL Business class and he loved it. I wouldn’t have expected that you were more picky than him. lol
I call it like it is. He only calls out airlines he would not have anything to do with in the future…like Air Jordanian lol.
Even Air China…he stuck with it and they caught on #bloggerPR
How did you like Jason Bourne Movie? Thinking about going, I’m a big Brian Cohen (often goes by stage name Matt Damon) fan.
Typical JB movie. Great action. Other than that, not much. Average to poor acting, moronic plot (CIA is really really bad, u can’t believe what they do to “protect” us all, something happened with JB way way in the past and he has been trying to find out ever since, don’t piss him off, throw in a hot female agent who dies early in the film, and another one who falls for JB, they are both really hot, one blonde one Asian, AMAZING car chase scene in the streets of Las Vegas, ending enough to…get you to wait for the next one).
tpg tv has to be the worst channel in the world. wow
TruTV has to be THE BEST channel in the world…….Thanks to the Impractical Jokers Marathon programming.
Can’t bear to watch it after my first encounter with it…
Reminds me of Kardashians…
TPG=5/24…the more he sells the CSP….expect it to be 1/36 soon #crying