ON MY MIND
The most ever comments in yesterday's blog post, 78 and counting! I think you will find them very educational and quite entertaining. I love it. An old friend stops by too!
This blog is becoming an obsession. I am so glad the weekend is here, I need a break:-)
I feel for the people in Oklahoma. I am so glad I live in Michigan, we hardly ever get any of these natural disasters! No post on Sunday, I need to work on my other blog. I turned down another potential client. That makes two. Could be about $10 - $12k per year. Just goes to show you that this hobby is not free lol. I kept thinking they will take time away from me answering the comments in my blog:-) Actually, both were not the greatest fit for my practice at this time. I went to the gym, pain. Getting the air conditioning going again for the summer, it's time! No burning...again. love it when it rains and I don't have to take the car to the car wash!
You all have a great weekend! Thank you for reading my blog.
TRAVEL
This story by Rapid Travel Chai of how ridiculously hard it was to get a visa to Saudi Arabia pretty much assures me not wanting to there EVER!
10 Awesome Swim-up Bars.
MILES/POINTS
Citibank is on attack mode closing accounts and confiscating the earned points! See relevant thread on Flyer Talk. Growing so fast it resembles the growth of Chase credit card apps in the blogosphere:-) What is disturbing is that Thank you Points are also confiscated left and right. Apparently some may have been going a little crazy on gift card manufactured spend me thinks? Anyway, there is quite a bit of outrage brewing and there is even a petition you can sign here! The TBB household signed it in support of our fellow miles/points addicts. Together we can overcome, kumbaya:-) Frequent Miler has the gory details and makes them a bit entertaining to read to soften the pain. View from the Wing also follows up with more details.
Oh, and stop buying gift cards for a while...with Citicrap cards!
You think we are done with Citibank? Not quite! If that was not enough, we can all pretty much confirm another end of an era with this bank: The END of the 50k AA offers! Yes, it has come to this. Don't let any blogger fool you though to sign up for an affiliate Citi AA link. The best one is still a non affiliate link for "only" 40k AA miles. If there is only one thing to read to keep up with the latest in these fast moving developments it is the wiki (top post) in this Flyer Talk thread. MUST READ. For the readers who did not know this, you are very welcome.
If you blog, DO NO HARM (passing on to readers inferior crappy offers just because YOU get paid).
The saying "Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered" comes to the front once again...I say spread the spend among several cards and try to NOT spike activity on a specific (CVS or office supply or grocery stores) type of vendor. You stay under the radar and stay IN THE GAME longer without hassles (AMEX Financial Reviews, closed accounts, banned from banks, etc.). Ignore the bragging stories by others who will make you feel like you need to keep up with the Joneses (in real life too!). This goes contrary to an airfare or hotel deal that it is likely to die a very quick death these days. There, the modus operandi used to be: Book fast and ask questions later. Lately it has become (with some airfare deals): Book fast and head to the airport pronto to fly it:-)
BLOG BUZZ
The most ever comments in yesterday's blog post, 78 and counting. I think you will find them very educational and quite entertaining. I love it.
Just copied that from the top. Filler of two lines, give me a break por favor:-)
I did not mark any pure credit card affiliate link assault blog posts...or maybe I am getting so used to them I don't bother?
ODDZ & ENDZ
Life in Your Early Twenties Vs. Your Late Twenties Oh, I wish I can go back to my twenties and give it a go another time, don't we all? :-)
11 of the strangest fads throughout history. THIS was fashionable? WTF!! I want my mommy!!!
For inspiration, I leave you with this picture: