Another TBB post featuring the most eclectic links around the web such as the overvalued stock market, AI bubble talk, the vanishing college premium, the new CITI AA Globe card, the US consumer balance sheet, speculative fever gripping the nation, top 40 jobs at risk from AI, learn eleven new words and about misophonia, must visit places in 2026, the best photography links and of course always all of the most important developments in the crazy world of frequent flyer miles and points at the lower half of the post. Enjoy the weekend.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“The best things in life are free. The second-best things are very, very expensive.” – Coco Chanel
PERSONAL FINANCE
With the stock market reaching new market highs every other day or so, we are all asking ourselves: Is The Stock Market Overvalued. First, let’s look at some facts from history:
…the market has had a remarkable run. Since the market bottom in 2009, the S&P 500 is up about 1,200%, including dividends. Over the past 10 years, it’s gained more than 14% a year—far above the long-term average of 10%.
And also realize that there is no Stock Market Timer Hall of Fame. And there will never be one as we all just plain suck at market timing. Therefore, maybe you just stick to your investment plan. Assuming you have one. And the plan should be properly diversified, rebalanced at set intervals, low cost and tax aware. And ignore the pundits everywhere screaming for attention. Corrections and bear markets are a necessary and integral part of investing. Latest client portfolio investment reviews all had us taking some gains from stocks off the table for obvious reasons. Be careful out there, fight that greed emotion, you can do it. Yes, it’s not easy.
Part of comprehensive financial planning is looking at all personal finance areas we all need to deal with. And an important part of this is estate planning. You know, dying. And this is a great article: 10 questions to answer before you die. If you have parents who just won’t go there, maybe you should send this article to them. Even better, send them a link to my blog post and tell them not to miss the second article in the PERSONAL FINANCE section, thanks!
5 questions to ask:
1. What method of body disposition feels right for me?
2. What kind of goodbye would feel meaningful for me and for the people who love me?
3. Who should be notified if I die tomorrow?
4. Who do I trust to make medical decisions if I can’t?
5. Is there anything I’ve left unsaid? Who do I need to say it to?
and
5 Things you can do right now that will make your inevitable death easier:
6. Set up your iPhone Legacy Contact & Gmail Inactive Account Manager.
7. Set up a password manager—and share the master password.
8. Name a guardian for your kids or pets.
9. Make a bank account “payable on death” (POD).
10. Write down what matters most.
This article may be almost a few months old but some of the market charts and stats in it are fantastic. And most of its content is still relevant. Some I excerpt are below:
We’ve now seen 13 straight years with at least 1 all-time high, surpassing the epic 1989-2000 streak (12 years).
US Auto Insurance rates have increased by 94% over the last decade, far above the 35% increase in overall consumer prices.
US companies are projected to buy back over $1.1 trillion in shares this year, another all-time high. The biggest single purchaser? Apple @ $100 billion.
And one more from the Visual Capitalist:
SCAMS/CRYPTO/AI/TECH
Well, the headline is right on imho: From Sports to AI, America Is Awash in Speculative Fever. Washington Is Egging It On.
The speculative fever has spread well beyond the usual stocks, bonds and property. Crypto, a brand new asset class, is now valued at some $4 trillion. Americans bet $150 billion on sports last year, up 24% from 2023, according to the American Gaming Association. Gold, a hedge against bubbles, is looking bubbly itself. Speculation has become woven into today’s political, economic and cultural psyche.
Maybe I should separate the AI in a separate section? Because, here is another one: ‘It’s going to be really bad’: Fears over AI bubble bursting grow in Silicon Valley. Yeah, it may/will eventually. But when someone says things like that, please ask them of the date and time when the bubble will burst, ok? And…always diversify!
Incredible investigative journalism in this WSJ article, can’t wait for the movie: How a Handyman’s Wife Helped an Hermès Heir Discover He’d Lost $15 Billion. Nicolas Puech says his wealth manager isolated him from friends and family and siphoned away a massive fortune. Then came the clue that began to reveal the deception. This Nicolas dude may have been the biggest fraudster since Madoff wow. When finally cornered he committed suicide. Just reading what he was able to do over so many years is shocking. And never ever let any advisor have so much control over you!
The Top 40 Jobs at Risk from AI:
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ODDZ & ENDZ
Part of the blog mission is to Educate. And now you are going to learn some new English words. If you knew them, I have no words (pun intended) other than to say I am super impressed. 11 Real Words That Sound Totally Fake. This list celebrates real words that might evoke a double-take—and will definitely make you want to slip them into your next conversation.
- Bumfuzzle
- Snickersnee
- Wabbit
- Collywobbles
- Snollygoster
- Quomodocunquizing <——-Oh come on, this one has to be fake!
- Taradiddle
- Borborygmus
- Kakorrhaphiophobia
- Absquatulate
- Slubberdegullion
I did not know this was an actual condition. There are some sounds that drive me insane so this explains it: Must you chew so loud? The trials of suffering from ‘misophonia’. The strange emerging science behind a little-understood medical condition. Add tinnitus to the mix and this compounds faster than a bull stock market.
I feel for all the kids graduating from college these days: The collapse of the college premium.
Amazing street photography in the Pure Street Photography Awards:
TRAVEL
There are some unique and excellent suggestions in this article: 25 must-visit places and must-do experiences named for 2026.
After my recent traumatic experience over the summer I knew American Airlines was the winner here: The Worst U.S. Airline.
Very interesting trip report from a very cold place in north Canada: Snowmobile trip to Nain. I prefer beaches but I must admit I enjoyed this a lot. And the sunrise pictures are amazing. Thanks to blog reader NickPFD for sending this one in.
Obligatory Thailand link: Alaska Airlines Considers Seattle to Bangkok. Oh please yes! This would be awesome and maybe we can use some of our Alaska Airlines Atmos miles finally.
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This blog started with a focus on miles and points and travel. It has evolved since then. Everything below deals with the hobby of collecting frequent flyer miles and points and maximizing your travel experiences. If you are not interested, you can stop here, thank you.
MILES & POINTS
Here we go again.
We are nearing the end of how we board on Southwest Airlines planes. It is a historic moment, it arrives on January 27, 2026. I think this was inevitable. But, again, this airline will do things differently aiming to do the whole boarding thing faster. I don’t agree with the headline of this post, I guess time will tell how passengers like it: Love Aisle Seats? You’ll Hate Southwest’s New Boarding Process.
Southwest Airlines tickets will include the boarding group number, the seat number and whether the seat is a window, middle or aisle seat. The airlines will have boarding groups numbered 1 through 8 and passengers with priority boarding will board first. After that, it moves to WILMA where window seats will get first priority. Next up is middle seats, followed by aisle, with boarding going from the back of the plane to the front.
I am starting to lose my desire for this program after the back to back to back hideous devaluations, you? Well, maybe you can find some deals here and…good luck: Where You Can Still Find Value in the Hilton Honors Program.
Well, I guess you can register for the latest Hilton Honors promo HERE. When it first came out it offered just 1,500 Hilton Honors per stay and I said this: “The latest Hilton Honors promotion is the most pathetic ever, wow.” It appears someone at Hilton reads my blog so they changed the promotion to now offer 2,500 Hilton Honors per stay. Ok, it is a little less pathetic now. If you had registered for it originally, no need to register again, it becomes effective with all stays going forward. If you only got 1,500 points per stay already, according to Hilton, tough luck. Maybe you should complain by calling them?
There are some good ones here: 15+ Great International Options For Your Hyatt Free Night Certificate. Oh shoot, I have one of these expiring November 13. If you need one night before November 13 AND you obtained a credit card with my links, email me.
I like how Air Canada’s Aeroplan makes it very clear that all these airline frequent flyer programs should be renamed frequent spender programs: We’re changing the way you earn Aeroplan points with Air Canada. For travel on or after January 1, 2026, earn points for dollars spent on eligible Air Canada® flights. Whether it’s for business or pleasure, each dollar gets you closer to your next adventure.
This post may be handy if you have a night to spare at London’s Heathrow airport: What are the best IHG One Rewards hotels at London Heathrow airport?
Bilt came out with another ridiculously pumpy press release how the company partnered with Metropolis. Which apparently is in the parking business. And it is also a leader in complaints and atrocious customer service. So, if you fall for this crap and try to park there so you can earn a few Bilt points, check your credit card statement very carefully. And keep doing it. You have been warned.
TRAVEL REWARDS CREDIT CARDS
This is a good resource: Transferring Points to Another Person: Our Guide for all Transferable Currencies.
Well, that’s good after making the front page of the Wall Street Journal. And I would not be shocked if this bank somehow finds a way to screw this up too: Citi Refunding $595 Annual Fee & Waiving MSR On Citi Strata Elite For 4506-C Affected Cardholders.
Chase Ultimate Rewards 25% Transfer Bonus To Southwest. I don’t remember the last time I saw a transfer bonus to Southwest.
Not many changes in the offers listed below, just added the new Citi AAdvantage Globe card, extended the expiration date for the 120k Chase Southwest Performance card (10/22/2025 10/27/2025) and now all Bank of America Alaska Airlines cards are “ending soon“.
NEW OFFERS:
90k CITI AAdvantage Globe Card
New card: CITI AAdvantage Globe Card Launches With 90,000 Points Bonus ($350 Fee). So, if you are in this hobby you look at this and you ask yourself: Can I get a lot more value out of 95,000 miles (90,000 Signup Bonus plus at least 5,000 for unbonused spend) for $350? The answer is probably yes so that’s that. Now, is this card a keeper? I doubt it, unless you are an American Airlines flyer who flies it often but not enough to make the premium Citi AA Executive card worth it. I was never a fan of these mid-tier cards for some reason. It’s like you go all in…mid way. Since it is a new card you won’t get turned down for applying because you were not eligible for it.
The minimum spend to earn the 90,000 AA miles is $5,000 within the first 4 months of account opening. The card earns 6x on AAdvantage Hotel bookings, 3x on AA purchases, 2x on restaurants, 2x on rides and rails and 1x on everything else. First checked bag free and preferred boarding. AA companion certificate (after the first year) for $99 plus fees and taxes. $240 credit on Turo at $30 per quarter, $100 credit on inflight purchases, $100 credit on Splurge (up to two merchants from 1st Dibs, eligible AAdvantage Hotels, Future Personal Training, or Live Nation). 4 Admirals Club lounge passes every year. $120 Global Entry/TSAPreCheck every four years. No foreign transaction fees. If you are looking for a link please email me.
What can I say, Citi does Citi again. $30 quarterly Turo credits, seriously? And 1st Dibs, come on! And what the hell is all that pushing for booking hotels in airline sites lately? No sweeteners to earn status higher at all? The Strata cards are so much better than this and it’s not even close. Just another odd product from a bank that just can not get out of its shadow smh.
These two offers stand out and they are back!
Two NO ANNUAL fee cards from CHASE, the CHASE Ink Business Cash and the CHASE Ink Business Unlimited, for 90,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points for $6,000 minimum spend.
The 90K CHASE Ink Business Unlimited card is back. This is a NO ANNUAL FEE business card that earns 1.5x on everything, unlimited. The minimum spend required to earn the Signup Bonus is $6,000 in the first three months. Don’t use this card abroad as it has a foreign transaction fee. Chase may advertise this card all over the place as a cash back card but it does pay the Signup Bonus in 90,000 Chase Ultimate Reward points. Of course, extended warranty, purchase protection and primary CDW when renting a car for business purposes also apply. All these goodies for no annual fee, wow! Needless to say you don’t have to book travel in the Chase travel portal to get the travel values above. You can transfer your points to airline and hotel partners and possibly get even more more value than what you can get at the Chase travel portal, assuming you do have one of the cards mentioned above (Sapphire Reserve or Sapphire Preferred or Ink Business Preferred). But that requires a little more legwork from you to transfer, find availability, book award trips, etc. I like to transfer to Hyatt, Air Canada Aeroplan, United and sometimes Southwest.
The 90K CHASE Ink Business Cash is a NO ANNUAL FEE card. The card now offers the 90k Signup Bonus after $6k spend in the first three months. It earns 5x on office supply stores and internet/cable/phone services on the first $25,000 and 2x on gas and restaurants on the first $25,000 and 1x on everything else unlimited. Don’t use this card abroad as it has a foreign transaction fee. I usually go to Office Depot and buy gift cards of the stores I usually shop at, hello 5x Amazon! You can transfer your points to airline and hotel partners and possibly get even more more value than what you can get at the Chase travel portal, assuming you do have one of the cards mentioned above (Sapphire Reserve or Sapphire Preferred or Ink Business Preferred). But that requires a little more legwork from you to transfer, find availability, book award trips, etc. I like to transfer to Hyatt, Air Canada Aeroplan, United and sometimes Southwest.
Attention all you Southwest Companion Pass lovers:
CHASE Southwest Business Performance Card 120,000 Points Signup Bonus (Companion Pass With Single Card Signup). $299 annual fee. $10k minimum spend in 3 months. If you time this right, you can earn the Companion Pass for all of 2026 AND 2027! Offer expires 10/27/2025 by the way. So if you apply in early October you can get the bonus posted in early January 2026 and boom!
EXPIRING OFFERS:
We now have the refreshed AMERICAN EXPRESS Platinum & Business Platinum Cards ($895 Fee, 175k/200k Bonus, Many New Credits).
The Signup Bonus offers remain the dreaded “Up to 175,000 points” for the personal card (most getting 80,000). And a solid 200,000 points for the Business card.
125k CHASE Sapphire Reserve/200k CHASE Sapphire Reserve for Business
Chase raised the Signup Bonus to 125,000 from 100,000 points. The minimum spend is $5k in the first three months. As with all cards, you know what to do to help the blog, thank you. You can read a lot more about the Sapphire Reserve cards HERE.
Citi now offers the 100k CITI Strata Elite card after $6,000 minimum spend. This is Citi’s premium card at a $595 annual fee. $300 annual hotel credit, $200 annual Splurge credits, $200 annual Blacklane credit, 4 annual American Airlines Admirals Club lounge passes, Priority Pass Select membership and $120 Global Entry/TSA Precheck credit. Earning structure is: 12x points per dollar spent on Hotels, Car Rentals, and Attractions booked on cititravel.com, 6x points per dollar spent on Air Travel booked on cititravel.com, 6x points per dollar spent at restaurants on Citi Nights purchases, Friday and Saturday from 6 PM – 6 AM EST, 3x points per dollar spent at Restaurants any other time, 1.5x points per dollar spent on All Other Purchases. Points can now be transferred out to American Airlines. This card is a Mastercard. There is a $145 discount off the annual fee if you are a Citigold customer or have a Private Client relationship (requires over $200k with Citi). Citi Private Clients get the first annual fee waived. Citi is not an easy bank to deal with so beware. If you are looking for a link please email me.
American Express just came in with elevated offers on all four Hilton Honors cards, they all END 1/14/2026:
– Honors: 100,000 points after $2,000 spend in six months
– Surpass: 155,000 points after $3,000 spend in six months
– Aspire: 175,000 points after $6,000 spend in six months
– Business: 175,000 points after $8,000 spend in six months
And Chase just elevated this offer:
Chase Marriott Boundless 125,000 Points + Free Night Certificate (up to 50,000 points) after $3,000 in six months
30k CHASE United Gateway
One of my favorite no annual fee keeper cards. Just $1k minimum spend in the first three months. Earns 2x on United purchases, gas stations, local transit and commuting, 1x on everything else. You get expanded award availability and 2 free checked bags after $10k spend in a calendar year. 25% off in in-flight purchases. No foreign transaction fees. Many spend based promos with this card from personal experience, there is always a spend based promo going on, they never stop, love it.
75,000 Points + $300 Travel Credit CAPITAL ONE Venture
If you value simplicity, this card earns 2x points everywhere (and 5x on hotels and rental cars booked on the Capital One travel portal) with a $95 annual fee. No foreign transactions fees, Visa Signature benefits and credit for Global Entry or TSA PreCheck.
CAPITAL ONE Spark Cash Business Card $1,000 Signup Bonus With $10,000 Spend
The card has its annual $95 fee WAIVED for the first year. No annoying credits to deal with, it just earns 2 points everywhere. And you can earn 5x on hotels and rental cars booked on the Capital One travel portal too. And when you have a Capital One Venture X or the Venture card above, the $1,000 can be turned into 100,000 miles.
CITI Strata No Annual Fee 30,000 Thank You points
CHASE Aeroplan 100k Bonus Points. $95 annual fee. 75k points for $4k spend in 3 months. Additional 25k points for $20k total spend in 12 months.
Two new 100k offers on CHASE United business cards Ends November 5, 2025
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THIS CARD STILL PAYS FOR ITSELF:
The 75K CAPITAL ONE Venture X card has a minimum spend of $4k in the first three months. If you like simplicity and looking for one (premium) card, I highly recommend this card (and yes, I have it myself!). It has an annual fee of $395 but it comes with an easy $300 statement credit for travel booked on its own travel portal, essentially turning it into a $95 annual fee card. But wait, there is more! On each card anniversary you earn 10,000 points essentially making it FREE! Every dollar of spend earns 2 points and flights booked on the travel portal earn 5 points per dollar. You get access to Capital One and Plaza Premium airport lounges and a Priority Pass Select lounge membership and, this is important, you can add four authorized users FOR FREE who can also have their own Priority Pass Select airline lounge membership and, this is BIG, they can bring in unlimited guests with their FREE Priority Pass card! You can transfer your Capital One points to up to 18 Transfer Partners. No foreign transaction fees. Free Hertz President’s Circle rental car top elite status. Cell phone protection and PRIMARY rental car coverage. Awesome seats at baseball stadiums for just 5k points each. And lots more.
Here are my three TOP CREDIT CARD OFFERS:
90K Capital One Venture X
90K Chase Ink Business Unlimited
90K CHASE Ink Business Cash
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MY ACTION AND BLOG BUZZING
Some pics from the Toronto Trip last weekend on Instagram:
Roaming the streets of Toronto
2025 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon
Review of Toronto Hyatt Regency
And a video of our Deluxe City View Suite at the Toronto Hyatt Regency on YouTube.
Burned another 86,500 Alaska Airlines miles for a family member for three separate flights.
I am in “danger” of going under 4 Million miles/points in the bank. After burning almost 1.6 Million year to date. After burning more than 2 Million in 2024. Maybe I just need to slow down lol.
Going back to New York City over Christmas, minus son plus one. As the resident family travel agent I was given the dates and a warning not to bother flying American Airlines again burning Alaska Airlines miles. So I booked us on United instead lol. Burned about $450 of my United Travel Bank, all from Amex Platinum credits. For 3 flights, still need to book two more.
Another week went by and the atrocious business class award availability to fly wife Detroit to Bangkok and both Kuala Lumpur to Detroit remains. Sometimes I wonder if this hobby is near its end, it has been a hell of a 30+ year ride. I should probably book some economy flights as place holders but those go for 100k miles, WTF! So, this is weird.
I am now at 37 World of Hyatt elite night credits. With a sure path to 63 easily requalifying as Globalist elite. I was going to cancel my 3 throwaway nights at the Flint Hyatt Place in mid December and get my 15,000 World of Hyatt points back but now I am wondering if I should go for 70 nights to hit that milestone instead. Why? Because since we are going away for another month I have stopped applying for new travel rewards credit card offers there is no need to hit minimum spend on new travel rewards credit card(s). And since money will soon go out bigly for the kitchen remodeling project (which has now expanded to most of the main floor lol) I may be able to hit the 70 night mark from spend on my personal Hyatt Visa that earns 2 night credits on every $5k of spend. But this will likely not occur until mid December which means all this spend will credit to my account in January. Hmm, let me ponder this for a bit longer…
Maybe I try for the 125k Amex Schwab Platinum card one more time on November 1st, pray for me to escape the dreaded Amex pop up jail thingie you guys, thanks. I am thinking to get it without the signup bonus. Which is completely shocking if you know me. I just feel the credits on the Amex personal Platinum cards are so much better than the ones in the business Platinum version (which I have).
Sad to hear the news of the death of Dave Ball. He was the second half of the group Soft Cell in the early 80’s who came out with the anthem Tainted Love. The guy was into electronic music all his life. And I really liked how he went on to do electronic music in his own unique pioneering ways. Especially with the group The Grid, check out these two tracks:
Swamp Thing (techno with banjo, yeah!)
I have now become the marathon cheerleader and coat holder lol…
I DO have a separate page listing my affiliate links HERE for: Rakuten and Top Cash Back and more. These get one click a year in total, sad lol.
I am giving myself a challenge to average 5 credit card sales and 15 Buy Me a Coffee sales per month. If I can’t even hit these low targets after almost 13 years of blogging I am out. We now have:
August:
Credit card sales: 8 Buy me a Coffee sales: 22
September:
Credit card sales: 2 Buy me a Coffee sales: 18
October to date:
Credit card sales: 6 Buy me a Coffee sales: 6
HOT CREDIT CARD OFFERS:
200k CHASE Sapphire Reserve Business, 125k CHASE Sapphire Reserve, 100k CITI Strata Elite, 175k AMEX Platinum, 90k CHASE Ink Business Cash, 75k CAPITAL ONE Venture X, 90k CHASE Ink Business Unlimited, 100k CAPITAL ONE Spark Cash, 200k AMEX Business Platinum, 200k CAPITAL ONE Spark Cash Plus, 75k CHASE Sapphire Preferred, 30k CHASE United Gateway, 100k AMEX Gold, 75k CAPITAL ONE Venture Rewards, 120k CHASE Southwest Performance Business (ENDS 10/27/2025), 100k CHASE Air Canada Aeroplan, 15k AMEX Blue Business Plus and many more!
As of today, I have burned 1,593,712 miles/points year to date (2,027,816 in 2024) and have 4,022,361 miles/points in the bank.
Remember, you are NOT allowed to ever carry a credit card balance!
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Comments (21)
10.50 am…where is everyone? Did the email from Mailchimp go out?
Sometimes I wonder if I am blogging to myself…
Wow! Much to read and enjoy from the west coast where it is a lot earlier than it is where you are, George! Retired people sleep late, too. Not to worry, we are here. Gonna have time later this weekend for a lot of the great stuff here. Meanwhile, coffee and breakfast is next up. Thanks as always for all this and I hope you have a good weekend.
You enjoy the weekend too Carl.
Sorry to be late!
Thanks for the links. Sorry to hear about your miserable experience on
American Airlines … I’ve got an AA flight coming up … going to a place
that Delta doesn’t go! Gad. I used Chase’s Ultimate Rewards with
their new valuation. Huh. I actually might renew the Sapphire Reserve.
You know you are late when retired Carl beats you to it 🙂
Going to be very hard for us to risk flying on AA to NYC again…
If you like techno with banjos, you may like “Take Me Back to Your House” by Basement Jaxx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYAkoZeV75I
On the topic of words that sound silly and made-up, I’m partial to mollywop and flibbertigibbet.
Had to google both of these words. Basement Jaxx sounds ok but doesn’t beat the banjos in my link 🙂
Hey Buzz,
I haven’t been bumfuzzled since Carol in high school.
MVL comment of the day, most valuable laugh 🙂
What did Carol do to you Sam? Did she bring her grandpa’s snickersnee to your first date? woohoo
Curious why are you so keen on the 125k Amex Schwab Platinum card? Is it the Annual Schwab Appreciation Bonus that makes it better than the regular personal platinum card?
Correct. The regular personal Plat credits are great. You add that Schwab Appreciation Bonus now that some of the accounts have grown (and now both Revocable Trust and IRA type accounts count which was not the case for a while I think) and this card becomes a no brainer imho. I just don’t want to give up the 125k but I just might, reapplying on Nov 1st.
Nice stuff today. The Hyatt Cat 1-4 list is nice but could be a lot longer.
I’m torn on whether to try for either the new AA or fancy expensive Citi cards. I’m over 5/24 so that adds to my ambivalence.
Thanks Christian. I think the AA Globe card is definitely one and done. The other Citi cards probably too…but could work for some as keeper cards for longer than a year. Will hang around the first half of the year and going to become this blog’s biggest revenue generator next year by getting back to replenish some of my banked miles/points vaults 🙂
When your weekend starts with an email informing that a Judy unsubscribed from my blog email list…I guess my content was not good enough for her smh.
I will get over it if my hometown soccer team wins the first game of the season to get out of dreaded relegation zone!
Dang…it’s cold here!
I have already 2 TOP stories for the Oddz & Endz section…that it will be very difficult to replace them.
Another vote for AA being absolutely the worst. Last month my AA outbound was repeatedly delayed, though eventually did go out, and I made it to my transatlantic connecting flight, which was booked with AA miles. I was assured by both AA chat and my onboard FA that my F seat would be waiting for me & not to worry. But that F seat on that TATL? Nope, they gave it away. They gave away all the seats in C too. I was put in the back of the bus. The compensation? 23,671 miles. As if anyone could upgrade from economy to F on a TATL for 23,671 miles. If that were true, I’d be flying F for the rest of my days, given the number of AA miles longstanding in my account–nearly impossible to use for anything useful to me.
Friend is flying tomorrow Detroit to Chicago to catch Cathay Pacific flight to Hong Kong. I wished her good luck and to have Plan B arrangements set. And award availability to BKK and KUL-DTW remains non existent smh. Looks like that AA executive who bolted to UA is taking its former employer to the shed.
Finally my hometown soccer team AEL FC from Larissa, Greece won its first game of the season. And put together a complete performance, we were due! And that first goal may end up being the Goal of the Year in Greece, wow. Highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=nFoycK3cVAbJ80YP&v=UXHqe_X7Zoo&feature=youtu.be
I’m trying to see about getting a Hyatt personal card for P2 but your link shows:
“Not Currently Available at Your Best Credit Cards
This card is not currently available on Your Best Credit Cards. Please use our Card Explorer to find similar cards.”
Does that mean you would still benefit from her applying? If not do you have a personal link?
Yeah, that personal Hyatt Visa has not been available at my cc vendor’s links for many years. I have no idea why, just weird bank rule things.
I am not aware of personal referral links on the personal Hyatt visa. Anyone know if they are available.
I would not benefit in any way, please find another worthy blogger’s links to help them out. If they have it, not sure, can’t keep up with these aff cc rules.
That reminds me I forgot to add the new offer with the double elite night credits. Would I forget if this card paid me a sales commission? Hmmm…this affiliate cloud enters its ugly head again.
Got the 7th credit card sale this month. To celebrate, tomorrow’s post going to be the best one ever. In my humble biased opinion of course. There is a lot happening and I will have it all here. I think I have one of the best phucking blogs out there. Written by one human. No AI at all. Spread the word so people can be educated. Entertained. And inspired.
Condolences to all Vacasa lovers, RIP.