In this post I’d like to attempt to merge two topics from the forum, and add in a little more food for thought. The overall topic that we will be looking at is the cost of cruising full time, or pretty much living on a cruise ship, the ghetto way.The neat way to live on a […]
Archives for February 2016
Thoughts on The Points Guy AMA on @reddit
So it happened. The clusterf*ck that is Reddit hosted Brian, The Points Guy, and it got run over by a steamroller. Ultimately, I’m somewhat happy about the end result. I don’t like bullying, and I feel that the AMA (Ask me anything) may have crossed that line, but I do like that there is a […]
How To: Book your first trip to Lithuania (or anywhere)
I came across a tweet earlier this week from an academic in the planning world over at Kansas State University. He has a buddy who is trying to get to Lithuania to present his work on a recent paper. They decided to set up a Go Fund me to help support the trip, the link is […]
Why is reselling so attractive to the MS world?
As I keep my finger on the pulse of the game, and MS in particular (by reading TBB) I’ve heard of this thing called ‘Reselling’. Apparently it is the future of MS. So much so that several people I know have quit their jobs to resell full time. There must be a lot of points to […]
Gatekeepers help efficiency
One of the most frustrating things to see is the blind pursuit of points, miles, rebates and free stuff at the cost of time. In just the past week I’ve seen a number of such deals where people sell their time in exchange for something trivial, thus preventing the achievement of bigger and better things.Here’s […]
5x Credit Card Phishing-esque Scam
5x on dining you tell me? Hell yeah! But wait.. why is the email you sent me a giant image that hyperlinks to the application?I’ve recently noticed a bunch of scam like emails coming through, and initially thought that they were phishing scams. In the interest of journalism I clicked the link, and discovered it […]
Can you handle getting detained?
Depending on which blogs you read, you might be committing crimes, or not, in the pursuit of points. But in either case does that actually matter if you get detained?An important consideration for the masses who are swarming into the land of manufactured spending is that the exact same event can create different outcomes. This […]