I am in a major catch up mode…This post is about my experience trying to use my US Airways lounge pass and UberX, going back to Mile Nerd’s day after letter, get the skinny on the Citi AA Cards, learn how to use UA Miles with non-alliance partners, get up to date on the Blue Cash card massacre, link to Instagram travel photographers, and finish with the best personal finance articles that will make you a better and smarter person! Unless you are one of those who are permanently angry or something, woohoo!
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MILES/POINTS
Something you may not be aware of and I learned the hard way. I had a US Airways lounge pass I used in Charlotte and was guesting a colleague. Only to be told “you must have cancelled your card”. Which I did. But I was shocked the lounge staff would actually know that. And this is why you make small talk. She felt pity on us and let us in anyway. Phew! Reader said that the same thing happens with the United Mileage Explorer passes! Please be aware so you are not as unpleasantly surprised as me!
I used UberX a couple of times in my recent trip to Charlotte. Much cheaper rides than Uber Black! And very casual experience, you sit in the front and drivers have been pretty cool. Actually, my drivers all have been immigrants (Nigeria, Ethiopia, Pakistan) so we talked a lot about the World Cup! Ride to the Detroit Airport (with 15% tip included) was between $35 and $40. Thank you to readers who signed for Uber with my REFERRAL link (in CAPS because I earn FREE rides and you earn $30 too!<———Strategic placement of exclamation mark next to a number with $ in front, yes! And down with the Las Vegas Taxi Mafia!).
A review of the Charlotte Westin may follow soon. I am waiting to see if a promise will materialize. I still can’t believe the wifi would not work anywhere in the hotel but worked just fine down the street at the Panera and the Hilton!
Day After Letter – Mile Nerd Well, the day after to get everyone to calm the *&%# down!
Increased Citi AAdvantage Credit Card Offers & Application Strategies – Miles to Memories A nice recap of where we stand with Citi credit card offers. Because you just never know know with this bank…
Bloodied, Black & Blue–The Facts About Blue Cash Shutdowns – Milenomics An update on the Old Blue Cash card executions. I have escaped it so far! Non-hogs get to play longer 🙂
US Airways anniversary miles (and affiliate bloggers acting shamelessly) – The Free-quent Flyer Oh my, the anger spreads. The “angries” expand! I am glad to see this by the way hehe!
TRAVEL
14 Awesome Snapshots From Some Of Instagram’s Coolest Travel Photographers Some of these are very cool!
23 of the world’s most colorful markets – Matador Network I love outdoor markets!
The 15 Coolest Airline Paint Jobs In the World
PERSONAL FINANCE
Diversification Sucks – Bason Asset Management Wow, must read. If you are interested in personal finance take a few minutes to read this. I am not an expert in this stuff, it’s just my “hobby” hehe.
Real Estate Investing Offers Only One Likely Outcome: a Low Return – New York Times My colleague has a unique way of getting excellent points across…
10 Stupidest Money Mistakes – USA Today I would like to add No. 11 “Getting a credit card from a miles/point “expert” after reading just one of their blog posts hyping it all up on how YOU can travel for FREE & then totally botching it up and live years in shame trying to get out from that hole you dug you irresponsible you lol”. Well, actually it’s not funny at all…
It never fails to bring orgasmic feelings to my existence…Stronger than crack?
TBB after trying to catch up with blog posts and then readers wonder why this guy sometimes gets a little angry lol…
And let me end this with yet another edition of Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Brad Pitt LOLOLOLOLOL. Darn snarky people of Greek heritage bwahahahahahahaha
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I like your travel links, the blogger thing is getting tired my friend…
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Silver!
Tres!
100k pending points? You need to talk about that so we can all kill that deal too
Cool ANZ plane! And that is definitely the best “Between Two Ferns” ever.
@ Andrew: Yeah, but “hate sells” lol. Yeah, I know what you mean….getting a little bit repetitive…but someone must warn and save the newbies 🙂
@ tv7: Better than bronze!
@ Grant: You can do better, I know it.
@ J; Haha, yeah right. Not much of a deal actually. Amex targets me, I said yes, two trips, done w/ min spend, collect.
@smittytabb: Air New Zealand had the best paint jobs by far! And that segment with Bradley Pitts was just one of the most brilliantly funniest moments..”give me your two sperms”, “doctors without diplomas” the spit & the gum stuck in the eye “that was my last piece”….Everyone watch it!
I just used two United explorer club passes and cancelled my card over 6 months ago. They didn’t meantion anything and scanned as they normally do.
Now that you mention it, I think it may have been AA lounge passes that reader talked about…can’t remember when/where…happens a lot more the older I get!
The Free-quent Flyer’s post and Saverocity Matt’s bickering with the former FTG (on FT) remind me of the old punchline:
And: United lounge passes (and I think AA passes) don’t have your frequent flier number marked on them; US passes do. I would guess that’s how they were able to track your cardholder status.
Yeah…makes sense…got lucky as the gal was from Detroit and we started talking about things we from this area talk about 🙂
“Yeah…makes sense…got lucky as the gal was from Detroit and we started talking about things we from this area talk about :-)”
Municipal bankruptcies?
Hahahaha.