What is the most useful frequent flyer blog?
Mar 24, 2013, 2:19 pm
#2131
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I would have thought the best piece of advice would be to not get a credit card at all if you are a student and only abroad for 3 months. You could get a Charles Schwab checking account for free and not be charged any ATM or international banking fees. He does suggest being an authorized user on a parent's premium card that had no forex (this probably should have been his first suggestion).
Mar 24, 2013, 2:32 pm
#2132
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oh no you didn't just bring up his dog.... Miles is the cutest puppy ever
Mar 24, 2013, 2:39 pm
#2133
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Mar 24, 2013, 2:51 pm
#2134
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No it wasn't, it was the axe products.
How is that a loophole?
Lucky also seems to have hit the niche of finding ways to milk the US DM loophole of flying to Asia via Europe in as many ways as possible on *A 
That said, if you have a certain travel pattern you become the expert of that route. Venturing outside that niche and writing something readable about it (that people want to read) must be pretty tough...
That said, if you have a certain travel pattern you become the expert of that route. Venturing outside that niche and writing something readable about it (that people want to read) must be pretty tough...
Mar 24, 2013, 4:07 pm
#2136
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I would have thought the best piece of advice would be to not get a credit card at all if you are a student and only abroad for 3 months. You could get a Charles Schwab checking account for free and not be charged any ATM or international banking fees. He does suggest being an authorized user on a parent's premium card that had no forex (this probably should have been his first suggestion).
In the end I got her to get a Pentagon Federal Credit Union Visa. It has no forex and is chip and pin.
'Course that would make a horrible blog entry since there would be no fees earned for that kind of referral.
Luckily I use flyertalk for advice like this, not blogs that have ulterior motives.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...dy-abroad.html
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Mar 24, 2013, 8:29 pm
#2138
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I actually did recently get my daughter a credit card for her semester abroad.
In the end I got her to get a Pentagon Federal Credit Union Visa. It has no forex and is chip and pin.
'Course that would make a horrible blog entry since there would be no fees earned for that kind of referral.
Luckily I use flyertalk for advice like this, not blogs that have ulterior motives.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...dy-abroad.html
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In the end I got her to get a Pentagon Federal Credit Union Visa. It has no forex and is chip and pin.
'Course that would make a horrible blog entry since there would be no fees earned for that kind of referral.
Luckily I use flyertalk for advice like this, not blogs that have ulterior motives.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...dy-abroad.html
^Whaaaaat? You didn't get her MB Amex Platinum or Business Ink Card? Or Used your own Ink card to buy Visa Gift cards at Office Depot? How about Citi Thank You or at least Chase Southwest card ( Personal and Business ) to get free companion ticket ?
BTW, I wonder if linkoffers considers this kind of ref link spam as cookie stuffing.
Mar 24, 2013, 9:04 pm
#2139
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I believe you are pulling what he said out of context. While I'm not a big fan of referral links, TPG suggests getting the Freedom card with Chase and then down the road to hit up other cards that have a UR signing bonus since the points from each card can be combined.
Mar 24, 2013, 9:17 pm
#2140
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And VFTW revisits (for the umpteenth time) the only destination that matters, the Maldives
$500 plane ride for the "last mile" and $20 drinks, expensive everything? No thanks.
Mar 25, 2013, 2:14 am
#2141
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Why some travel bloggers have writers block:http://thetravelhack.com/blog/the-hi...s-of-blogging/
Mar 25, 2013, 8:54 am
#2142
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In the context of this thread Gary's blog post this morning literally made me lol. The money quotes:
I suppose this goes to the notion that the blogs are meant to appeal to the fertile, un-turned soil of newbies.
If you’re already an expert, stop reading this post now. You already know everything in it, and I don’t want you to waste your time. You won’t be able to get your 45 seconds back. If you have 6 or more credit cards open, this post is not for you.
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And in the credit card space that recommendation is the Chase Sapphire Preferred card which has been probably the all-around most lucrative credit cards in the market for the past two years. Back in November 2011 I called it the king of credit cards.
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The Chase Sapphire Preferred card offers referral credit to me if you apply and are approved using my link, which I greatly appreciate.
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And in the credit card space that recommendation is the Chase Sapphire Preferred card which has been probably the all-around most lucrative credit cards in the market for the past two years. Back in November 2011 I called it the king of credit cards.
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The Chase Sapphire Preferred card offers referral credit to me if you apply and are approved using my link, which I greatly appreciate.
Mar 25, 2013, 11:19 am
#2143
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In all fairness, apparently the only place anyone wants to burn Hilton for, pre-3/28 devaluation, is the Maldives (well, with maybe Tahiti and Ko Samui in distant second place).
$500 plane ride for the "last mile" and $20 drinks, expensive everything? No thanks.
$500 plane ride for the "last mile" and $20 drinks, expensive everything? No thanks.
Mar 25, 2013, 11:54 am
#2144
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,184
JS is back today with an eye-popping 23 referral links in one post. About the incredibly mundane topic of gas station cashback, which can be answered succiently in two words: PenFed Platinum. Well done.
Mar 25, 2013, 1:03 pm
#2145
Join Date: Jul 2012
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What is the most useful frequent flyer blog?
besides the point breaks, it seems like I'm seeing a lot of credit card pushing today =o
is Monday the day newbies check random flying blogs?
is Monday the day newbies check random flying blogs?
