We bring you all the ways to travel to Hawaii with miles, a review of the Hilton Conrad Maldives, how Cathay Pacific devalued Asia Miles, a disturbing story about some “expert” dude in extreme travel, visit Transnistria, Delta’s new airline routes ahead, heads up on scammers bilking billions from the elderly, all the budget airlines flying to Europe from the US, visit a remote place in Iran and Baku, a new bus company in the US west coast, marathon etiquette tips, laugh with the royals getting married, the most beautiful train stations according to a list anyway, discover how world trade has been with us for centuries, we miss Rene in Boarding Area #notreally and lots more freeeeeeee!
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Best read on the travel hacking hobby today: Hawaii miles and points guide Part 1: What airlines can get you to Hawaii using miles?
A review of the Hilton Conrad Maldives.
The trend continues…Cathay Pacific devalues its Asia Miles program as of June 22, 2018. We are all going down…No worries, expert bloggers selling plastic will still be excited to sell you plastic!
Delta keeps doing its thing. Operationally excelling that is with earning Skymiles becoming an after thought I guess. It will fly non stop to India again and, this is important, will launch 11 transatlantic routes to Europe this summer. Azores anyone?
Another reason the hobby is not what it used to be is…these airlines. U.S. airports with budget airline flights to Europe.
Latest from Yomadic: Guide to the Lost Paradise Hidden from Everyone – Dashtak, Iran.
Another nice travel blog post: Muslim Friendly Baku: Here is why Azerbaijan’s capital is a perfect halal travel destination.
Megabus is getting some competition it appears. Bus company launches service from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and more.
Wow, this dude looks like a scammer, beware! The Mysterious Heir of Extreme Travel.
My dream is to finish a marathon half marathon 🙂 Some things to know about them: 10 Tips for Marathon Etiquette.
Hilarious! A Bad Lip Reading of the Royal Wedding.
This is VERY sad! How Criminals Steal $37 Billion a Year from America’s Elderly. Be careful out there!
Nice list: The 11 most beautiful train stations around the world.
Love this! Transnistria, The Country That Doesn’t Exist.
This is amazing! We don’t need to build walls! An Incredibly Detailed Map Of Medieval Trade Routes. Go to the link to click on the map, it will shock you! 🙂
Really weird to see Titan blogs all writing about the now infamous Chase 5/24 rule. But if you wanted to read more about it, here is the Doctor of Credit post with the 5/24 FAQ. What did you expect me to do, send you to a Titan blog? Can you imagine the traffic in my blog if I did that? Neither can I. Actually, I haven’t checked my blog metrics in a very long time. I need to get with the program…
In my regular TBBing duties I go to Boarding Area to see if there any new bloggers to add to my Feedly RSS feeds. While browsing it I noticed that the #1 spot holder in the infamous Blogs to Ignore list is not listed. Rene had shouted some time ago that he would leave BA if I ever made it there. But I am still here! Sooooo, what happened, anyone knows?
Plastic conversion #4 this month. Oh crap, I have not done the monthly support blog post yet! Priorities I guess.
Another song. I got a story for it. The person taping this was right in front of me. Iggy Pop is from Ann Arbor and he went to the same school as my kids! Not only that…but he was the class president lol. Then, you know, he went a little different path 🙂 It was a super fun concert. Likely contributed to my tinnitus, sad!
Iggy Pop & the Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog
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Lots of news today! Thank you.
Fridays are always slower. People getting ready for the weeeeeeekend. Sadly, we won’t have the deck in the back yard ready.
Started the day with a 2 mile run. That was painful. But amazingly feel pretty good about it in my local Panera. Lets see if I can keep it up in the mornings…and disrupt my routine…
Warriors are in big trouble! They are just a different team without Iguoadala, he is hugely important! Even with Harden choking to the max missing every shot…they still managed to lose. If Chris Paul does not come back they may have a shot if they get to Game 7. I think Steve Kerr’s magic appears to run out, they have underperformed and outcoached. I feel for Chris Paul who managed to find the absolute worst times to go down.
Go Celtics in Game 6. It appears LeBron is out of gas! That Tatum dude will be a legend, what a steal in the draft. He went to…Glenwood College….Glen what????
I have a lot of material for Sunday and Monday now.
You all have a great weekend!
Strange to see Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley cup final. Never heard about the team.
Apparently they are the underdogs and I always like the underdogs 🙂
I have NO clue about hockey. But I did go to a detroit red wings stanley cup parade once…to get out of work lol.
You’ve outdone yourself today with so many cool links! Never heard of Dashtak but what an amazing spot! Baku might be worth a stop sometime.
I’ve been to a few of those train stations. Antwerp, St. Pancras, and Kanazawa are among my personal favorites. I like rail travel.
I had looked at Asia Miles before to see if it was worthwhile getting the CC and/or moving some points in. Didn’t see anything that really wowed me in terms of redemption values at the time, aside from better availability than booking with partner miles. This deval sure doesn’t change my opinion.
Hadn’t heard anything about the Renesss blog. The site still seems to come up with the usual BA website address but yeah, not seeing him on the “Out Bloggers” list right now.
When I went to Iran, Dashtak was not a stop.
The best sleep I ever got on a flat bed was in my Amtrak cabin from Chicago to LA!
Same on the Cathay Pacific card. Thought about it briefly back then. After this, nope.
Yes, the Amtrak sleeper cabin is awesome – and nothing like the gentle rocking of the rails to lull you to sleep. Plus you get to shower while traveling much cheaper than what it takes to get a shower on an airline. I think the wife and I might take the train up to Glacier Nat’l Park next summer/fall.
Took the Caledonian Sleeper from London to Aberdeen two years ago on our anniversary trip. Very nice overnight ride. No onboard shower but you can access the lounge with showers on arrival at Aberdeen. I read they’re planning to upgrade to new coaches with showers sometime.
I see RT from SFO-HKG on Cathay Pacific for about $350…many dates available.
Can someone remind me how this points game pays off anymore?
That’s a good question these days
So Qatar added a $100 fee to Qsuites awards…Can’t wait for the next pumping post selling plastic showing newbies how to fly the amazing Qsuites for freeeeeee….NOT!
Buzz-
Any changes to the TBB Privacy Policy?
(Asking for a friend of my lawyer).
None
If I had a CSP click for every email I got notifying of these GDPR thingies…
I went to walk the dog this evening, he wouldn’t leave the house until I read his new privacy policy. Getting out of hand
Just got done reading the RS article on that travel scammer! Holy crap!
He should have started a blog pumping plastic instead 🙂
And oh, look….
Emily: “These Are the 7 Credit Cards I Carry in My Wallet”
#tTBBfreaksout
BIG news coming up
Been selected to a Top 10 list. No, not for travel blogs lol.
I need to come up with my favorite financial fact…There are sooooo many to choose from…
Give me some ideas por favor…
Maybe I should tell them: CSP is the best travel rewards credit card woohoo!
Favorite financial fact: Did you know you can travel for FREE with one simple credit credit card sign-up? Click here to find out how!
I was looking for something more obvious 🙂
Financial advisors have financial motivations to give what advice they do.
Oh .. congrats! That’s terrific.
Most powerful force in universe, exponential growth (aka compound interest/growth).
Yes yes…but I think they are looking for something that contains some stat/numbers
Good grief, VFTW: “Why the New Arrival Premier is Underappreciated”
The answers will SHOCK you!
OMAAT’s post about the amazing Backlane or something like that app…
Amazing how 25 euros commission per signup can lead bloggers to rave about something (HT:HFP via FT).
Hey TBB, I look like a caveman…Do you think I can get a job as a credit card model at MMS?
Geez, the balls on this kid! But then again, what is it that he’s achieved by pissing off these rich guys? Legal actions across Europe, the god awful notoriety — with his gift of persuasion, he might’ve been better off keeping his side of the bargain and milking them for years to come.