Weird Wrinkle In The Best Free Money Offer Of The Year ($100 – $10,000)

by Gary Leff

woman using ATM
Dec 15 2019

I’ve gotten the signup credits from both accounts, and referral credits work well to. There’s one interesting twist to the credits you receive on the investment account. It appears they deposit $100 in your account, and then use it to automatically purchase stock. You’re still getting the $100, it just works differently than it had been and I originally expected.

It even seems I’m getting the $100 in stock commission free, they’re not recapturing cash that way, though I haven’t verified I’m getting the best possible price on the shares at the time of the transaction [however I’ve had gains in the account, not losses, not I’m actually coming out ahead so far].

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TV Heart Throb’s Melt Down At American Airlines Gate Caught On Film

by Gary Leff

Dec 14 2019

Richard Grieco starred beside Johnny Depp in FOX’s 21 Jump Street. Young girls everywhere had a poster of him up on their walls. Now Grieco is 54 years old, picks up the occasional role, but mostly lives the dream of being young and famous even though he’s neither any longer – and certainly doesn’t look the part.

When confronted by police he declared himself the ultimate ‘don’t know you who I am,’ he says “I’m Richard Grieco, you guys know who I am.” An Officer asks him to rate how drunk he is on a scale of 1-10. He answers a 9. Then he changes his mind, so intoxicated he fails to understand the question.

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LAX International Lounge Review

by Gary Leff

Dec 14 2019

Air Tahiti Nui uses the LAX International Lounge – or more formally, Los Angeles International Lounge at LAX. I hadn’t visited this lounge before, and my expectation were low – but exceeded.

The Los Angeles International lounge is used by El Al, Air Tahiti Nui, Philippine Airlines, Fiji Airways. The lounge is also used by Japan Airlines for premium economy passengers. It was basically empty while I was there, and seems a perfect candidate for Priority Pass, but it isn’t accessible through any lounge access programs – just with a qualifying boarding pass.

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Marriott Prepares To Make $7000 Per Night All-Inclusive Available On Points, Updates Terms & Conditions

by Gary Leff

villa
Dec 13 2019

Back in March we learned that $7000 per night all-inclusive North Island in the Seychelles would be joining Marriott’s Luxury Collection and I confirmed that it would become part of the Bonvoy program for earning and redemption.

Marriott updated their program terms to allow for redemptions that cost more than category 8 high season – because we were never going to book this place for just 100,000 points per night. We can only hope though that, having made the change, they aren’t tempted to expand the pool of properties “off award chart.”

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