Introduction I had bought a business class BA mistake fares back in October. I was waiting for First Class availability to show up so I could use Avios to upgrade to first class. I know a couple of people who did this back in December. And there’s a FT post in November saying it was okay and […]
Introduction Another quarter, another SEARS PLATINUM VIP benefit. Man, this quarter sucks…big time. As you can see, there aren’t even any good PLATINUM benefits unless I want a tacky watch or a tacky bracelet. What did I get? The choices were so bad that I don’t think I’ll resell anything. Instead, I got this […]
Introduction Since last week’s post, 2 more readers were shut down by Barclays. It’s getting real up in here folks. This will be my last full post about Barclays shutdowns; I’ll just add future shutdowns as snippets in the Saturday roundup. The common denominator from the handful of data points I’ve seen so far has […]
Introduction Since I’ve written about my 2-3 day trips in international cities I’ve been so, I figured I’ll at least write what I would do in 2-3 days in my backyard, Seattle, Washington. This is the itinerary I usually take people on or send them when they visit Seattle. You can customize as you see […]
Round 2 If there’s one thing that WILL DIE this year is that certain 5% card at groc/drug. I won’t mention more because the cardinals are watching; if you don’t know, think about it for a minute, and if you still can’t figure it out, email me. I figure I may as well get in […]