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Destination Guides And Trip Planning / Re: Bora Bora Master Thread

« on: Yesterday at 11:23:50 AM »

Not even close. At least not until they start caring about refundables.

Your average Joe (not me) can sell his miles pretty easily.

Point is, for a lot of us (with limited spending resources) miles act as a CD to save up towards travel costs we would otherwise be hesitant to cover out of pocket. In doing that, we willingly forgo the opportunity to earn cashback. A+ is the same thing in a different format.

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Destination Guides And Trip Planning / Re: Bora Bora Master Thread

« on: February 20, 2019, 09:28:37 PM »

Only to a certain extent and miles are definitely not cash in the same way.

It requires a bit more work, yes, but at the end of the day it's all about how you set your mind and what you expect out of your CC spending.

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Destination Guides And Trip Planning / Re: Bora Bora Master Thread

« on: February 20, 2019, 09:24:53 PM »

I'm not disagreeing with your sentiment, I'm just saying that you could use the cash back just as easily to repair the leak in your roof as you can on a vacation. What you actually choose to use it for is irrelevant, it's a cash back card just like any other, just book a refundable.

Same can be said for miles.

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Trip Reports / Re: Fin Del Mundo - the unofficial DDF Exclusive TR

« on: February 08, 2019, 01:26:18 PM »

Thanks. Keep it going.

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Destination Guides And Trip Planning / Re: South Florida Master Thread

« on: February 08, 2019, 11:06:08 AM »

Yes. Bay Harbour, Bal Harbour, Surfside are all in the same eiruv. It doesn't cover the beach, although it does cover the walkway next to the beach. Also you can't walk to Sunny Isles as it's outside techum shabbos.

Awesome. Thanks.

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Destination Guides And Trip Planning / Re: South Florida Master Thread

« on: February 08, 2019, 10:58:21 AM »

Does the Eiruv cover a walk from Bay Harbor to the Shul?

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Credit Cards / Re: Large spenders. Best startegy

« on: January 31, 2019, 11:57:23 PM »

Unless you are redeeming the points yourself, which at 6MM a year is unlikely to be the case, 2% cashback is the way to go. It might need some work getting your desired credit line with a card like the Capital One Spark, but it's doable.

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Destination Guides And Trip Planning / Re: Maldives Master Thread

« on: January 15, 2019, 09:18:56 PM »

Benefit of 2br is if you get into a fight with dw you can still sleep comfortably

That's what the Hammock is for.

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Destination Guides And Trip Planning / Re: South Africa Master Thread

« on: January 09, 2019, 02:44:34 PM »

Friday night and Shabbat shul options for Cape Town? Staying at the Sea Point. I saw there was a fire at Morasha recently, anyone know if it impacted operations? Any shul has a small kiddush during the day?

Chabad.

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Up In The Air / Re: Turkish Airlines

« on: January 09, 2019, 11:12:02 AM »

TK has saver space that sometimes shows only on their own website as well as Asian partners (such as ANA, SQ, etc.) that doesn't show up on European and American partners.

Is it bookable over the phone with UA?

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Destination Guides And Trip Planning / Re: Lebanon Master Thread

« on: January 08, 2019, 11:17:04 PM »

So the pic is in front of the Ritz. I just want to know if they accepted your free night cert purchased on DDF under somebody else’s also very Jewish name. 

No need for a cert. The Ritz now offers free nights for opponents of the state.

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Up In The Air / Re: Year In Review: 2018 Edition

« on: December 31, 2018, 06:47:45 PM »

All in J except flights to BKK and VCE

Unless you returned by ship, you're missing a leg there (Following TLV-LAX).

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Destination Guides And Trip Planning / Re: Argentina Master Thread

« on: December 31, 2018, 08:17:06 AM »

looking into a trip to PAtagonia in March iyH.
I land at 5:30am in BaAs and take off the next day at 7:30 to go to FTE. Am I crazy to spend that day going to Igauzu for 6-8 hours? Or should I just see BaAs?

Stay in BsAs.

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Destination Guides And Trip Planning / Re: Croatia Master Thread

« on: December 29, 2018, 11:59:26 PM »

Great report. Thanks for sharing.

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Up In The Air / Re: Year In Review: 2018 Edition

« on: December 26, 2018, 09:58:10 PM »

Once again, working backwards based on scanning through my pictures rather than keeping better records 
But I think this is everything.




Lie-flats flown:

EWR-TLV UA J 77W
TLV-EWR UA J 77W
MIA-EZE  AA J 77W
EZE-IAH UA J 772

Are you saying you don't keep track of your flight history?