Lucky wrote about British Airways adding a burger to their first class menu. This is somewhat controversial because, A burger strikes some people as hardly befitting international first class. It can be tough to do a good burger in the air. It can be tough for British Airways to do decent food even on the ground (please see “Concorde Room“). The idea of a British Airways first class burger is an interesting one. The Concorde Room burger is indeed awful. I’ve ordered it, but I’ve not taken more than a bite or two. ANA used to do a great job with their burger (snack) in first class This is something people actually wanted and talked about. That such a thing exist is proof enough that it is possible. But airplane burgers usually do not look…
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30% Off Silvercar, $50 Off First Rental, and $25 Credit for Being Referred
I’m a fan of Silvercar, the new rental car outfit that’s so far only in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, and Dallas although rumored to be expanding. They offer only Audis, and the rental ‘includes everything’ – GPS, wireless internet, SiriusXM radio, and even toll tracking (you pay only the actual cost of tolls you use) plus refueling at market rate (you don’t refill the tank and you’re charged the actual cost of gas plus $5). I first wrote about $9 Audi Rental Cars from Silvercar, noting that one-day rentals start at $59 and there’s a $50 off first-time customer code. With my first rental experience which I reviewed, I also discussed the $25 credit for being referred by someone (the referrer also gets $25): How I Made $12 on My Audi Rental Car and…
The UAE as an Uplifting Place of Opportunity
There are a lot of awful places in the world, if what we mean by awful is offensive to Western standards of people with Western standards of living. If you have a US income, even a very average one (and on the whole travelers tend to be better off than non-travelers), then seeing comparative extreme poverty is tough. Isn’t this awful! It shouldn’t be this way! And hearing stories about rights abuses is hard, too. Child labor was common in the U.S. and other Western nations until standards of living were higher, automation also replaced the least-skilled labor. Laws play a role here, although they generally lagged the economic reality on the ground. Lucky thinks the UAE is a far more depressing place than India. Many countries with “visible” poverty have a huge gap in…
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