Gaming the system
CategoryHeartwarming story: how an entrepreneur read the T&C’s very carefully and helped his business succeed
There’s a story about successful designer Kenneth Cole in Fortune. Some of you may enjoy this anecdote about how Cole creatively interpreted city rules and regulations to help hi..
Gaming the system, California pension edition
I like to occasionally touch on how people game the system in venues other than points, miles, and credit cards. Italy’s hookers-and-blow scheme comes to mind, as does the guy
How dolphins game their rewards system for extra fish
I enjoyed this one. From an old Guardian article via Reddit:
At the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi, Kelly the dolphin has built up quite a reputation. All the
Man finds glitch in Choice Hotels rewards program, accumulates points, redeems for Applebee’s, gets sued
An interesting story out of Florida:
ST. PETERSBURG — It was the glitch that kept on giving.
That’s how Choice Hotels International, one of the world’s largest hotel chains, port..