ARE YOU SMARTER THAN WARREN BUFFET?: Here’s a chance for you to match wits with Berkshire Hathaway! Thanks to Points and Pixie Dust (whom I didn’t get a chance to say hi to in Charlotte, unfortunately) for bringing to my attention the Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection AirCare plan. Here’s what it covers:
My travel expertise is limited, but there are ways to put the odds in your favor with this product. For example, what’s the shortest connection time you can book after a flight known to frequently be late? What can you do to make your luggage more likely to get delayed, lost, or stolen? I look forward to someday reading the story about the slightly eccentric travel fanatic who figured how to make $500 per day with this product.
32-MONTH 0% BT: Those of you around in the 80s may remember the Cola Wars, but across the ocean they’ve got the Credit Card Wars:
A credit card war has broken out, with Barclaycard this week launching the UK’s longest-ever balance transfer offer: a 0% interest rate lasting for almost three years.
It has upped the interest-free term on its platinum balance transfer card to a market-leading 32 months.
That puts it ahead of the Halifax, which recently launched a 31-month deal.
Not bad, but I’ll take my unlimited 5% cash back, thank you very much.
HOW TO FLY FAKE FIRST CLASS: Unfortunately there’s no picture included, but check this out:
When Jason Blum and his wife flew to Morocco last year, they could have gone first class. The cost, though, was $22,000. And Blum, possibly the most profitable movie producer in Hollywood, never pays full price when a cheaper alternative will do.
Instead, Blum bought a row of seats in coach for $1,800. He obtained the measurements of the legroom void in front of these seats and had a custom, trapezoidal air mattress built for $500. He packed this contraption into his carry-on. Once airborne, he inflated it, creating a combined seat/air-mattress surface large enough to sleep next to his wife. Estimated savings: $19,700.
“I got a lot of fans,” Blum says of the alarmed and then envious passengers who witnessed the thrifty episode. “It’s like everything I ever do. Initially everyone thinks I’m out of my mind, and eventually people come around.”
Surprised Blum was allowed to get away with it, I’m sure if somebody else tries it there will be a “safety concern”.
I was actually surprised at that too.
I like that Aircare Plan!!!
Wait…is there an unlimited 5% cash back card??? Am I missing out on something???
5% GGD a la Amex, Wells Fargo, etc… not across the board 5% like the good ol’ Chase AARP card, though.
What is GGD?
Gas, grocery, drugstore.
Gotta love that policy…kind of like AFLAC for traveling.
As for Blum, clearly he’s not using an affiliate CC to earn miles when he buys his millions of dollars worth of equipment, etc for his films…or he’d be in first class and not have to pay anything, much less the cost of three seats in coach. In coach, you still get the leftovers that the dogs refused to eat for meals, and the high school band traveling to Europe who don’t stop talking, loudly, all.night.long.
Hmm, let’s start by routing thru SFO…
Now that’s what I’m talking about, people!
Love it! And the rest of the post for that matter. 🙂