We show you the dark side of miles and points, visit unforgettable bars, shake our heads together with hideous credit card marketing crap, how to move to Europe, get the scoop on the complete Alaska Airlines and Virgin America merger, dance a lot, visit a swanky lounge and a dude alone in Siberia & more!
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We start off with a must read blog post: “The Dark Side of Miles and Points“. Folks, this is an addiction! I have always been VERY careful of who I talk to about this hobby. Because, you know, I am very well aware of the fact that this hobby can consume you and make you do stupid things and, if you are not the type, make you do very illogical things and you can lose perspective pretty quick. Or, you can kill your credit score, get buried in credit card debt and annual fees, lose jobs and hurt relationships with loved ones….I could go on.
To me, even now that I am a blogger, this hobby has been a game, I love the thrill of scoring something for free or a ridiculous fraction of the actual cost. I have done my best to keep it that way…because, if not…Alexa rankings and dollars/conversions take over and pretty soon it becomes a real job and I already have one which I happen to like, thank you very much. I just don’t want to lose money doing this and I would love to make minimum wage at least because the psychic rewards of blogging are important to me and it IS the reason I have not quit yet. All the big Titan bloggers who keep selling credit cards…to anyone who breathes can get approved they are hurting many people who should not be playing this game. But hey, they are successful. Whatever!
What still works for Amex Platinum PRG airline fee reimbursement. Hate giving the Amex Rewards Abuse team the keys…but hey, my Alexa rankings are so low that it does not matter so I think you will find this post helpful and I am sure you know what you are doing.
Now that the Alaska Airlines and Virgin America merger is complete, here is what is going to happen. Oh, in the meantime, you can enter to win two round trip tickets!
If you wanted to escape Trump and move to Europe, this may help: The 12 easiest and cheapest countries for gaining European Union residency. I was very surprised to see Austria at #1!
This is great: Guide to 10 unforgettable, one-of-a-kind bars around the world. Cheesy blogger question would be “which one is your favorite?”. TBB question would be “In which one did you hook up?” or “In which one you drank so much you made an ass of yourself?”. Feel free to add in your own in the comments 🙂
100 People of Dance. Cool video! Awesome editing skills. Unlike mine!
Too much negativity this year. Time to turn this around now! 99 reasons Why 2016 Was a Good Year. Cheer up, the best is yet to come!
No personal finance advice post today, just a grim reminder how many newbies get hit by repeated barrage of credit card sales marketing in this space. US household now owe over $16,000 in credit card debt. I wish one day in the US we don’t allow charlatans and totally unqualified people to give ANY financial advice. ANY includes promoting debt by repeated posts that exist ONLY to sell credit cards to the masses.
Well, we have a winner in the 2016 World Travel Awards. It is the GVK Lounge by TFS Performa which is located at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India.
Fascinating post: Mikhail Baburin is the only resident of Mikhailovka in Siberia.
Speaking of big blogs selling credit cards to anyone who falls for these marketing gimmicky crap…Stop falling for this!
And I leave you with this…
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You are fast, Scott!
There is no one better…
Until I mess with him and, cough, change the posting time #mysterious
Wanted to claim 1st 🙂
You are not the only one 🙂
I am more concerned about the recent dramatic rise in student debt. There are only two winners, University administration and lenders. CC debt as a percentage of total debt has been decreasing in the last 10 years.
I am more concerned if I will be able to lift my arms after personal trainer thought I was next up for the NFL combine draft #ouch #feeltheburn
At least Alfy is taking more tasteful pictures of Emily nowadays 😉
Who is Alfy, new boyfriend? Sorry…I don’t go there anymore, it just pops up in my twitter feed once in a while 🙂
The guy not hitting her?
Honored to have my screengrab of TADA Emily featured 🙂
I owe you an HT for that one. As soon as I saw it…I knew it was TBB material 🙂
Some of these Mega Bloggers are getting Soooooooo rich, they are have peasant under glass. Sounds Kinky!
@R.A.T. WATZUPWITDAT ?
Urban Dictionary calls that “a glass bottom boat”, I believe….let me check Websters too, I will get back to you ASAP…..SWM
That avatar…
you are killing me….I just check in here to see your avatars you know.
I bet your discussion of bloggers pushing CCs on people will bring “ingy” along soon to preach…yadda, yadda, yadda, personal responsibility… LMAO! TRIGGERED!!
Dark side is something to bear in mind – all fun and games until someone loses their house.
Man, Amex just keeps losing its luster more and more.
I am trying to get him out here again…so hard…I know he reads every day…Must be doctor’s orders not to engage “angrys” 🙂
Oh yeah, the personal responsibility cop out as usual…
And just when you thought it was safe to enjoy the Holidays, a new shiny piece of plastic to #pumppumppump til they drop.
Well, wait, they don’t drop, they just go on to the next shiny piece of plastic paying payola.
Thanx for linking people to cheap(er) Euro zone countries to escape the US. Tired of answering questions about Central America.
A very cynical day in Paradise.
#TBBon
When I posted that link…I thought of you!
Whoever said Austria is #1 in the EU to get residency must never have tried it. I have (quite a while ago) and multiple friends I know have done it recently. VERY DIFFICULT!
Yeah…They almost elected a right wing President there…almost. It was shocking to see them at #1
Last ! ! !
That “inverse” site is a trip.
George, good to see you posting about great, one of a kind bars especially after my post election blues…..