The United Visa is finally

The United Visa is finally an attractive credit card. There’s an offer for a 15,000 mile signup bonus. That, combined with double miles on all purchases means that you should probably get one right away. You don’t even have to fly — you just have to put $5000 on the card in the next couple of months (or spend $833 at specific restaurants and charge the meals to the card) — and you will have a free domestic roundtrip ticket.

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Swaziland spends a

Swaziland spends a quarter of its annual budget on a private jet for for its King, and uses international aid funds for the down payment. Millions of this country’s citizens face famine due to government policies.

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Sand in the Gears

Sand in the Gears leads a revolt against airport security. If enough of us did this, we might be able to overthrow a silly regime that doesn’t protect us in the least, causes massive consternation among the traveling public, and is doing serious damage to an airline industry which is losing billions of dollars a quarter. Tony may have just found a way out of this recession — taking our economy and our dignity into our own hands.

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Thanks for the link,

Thanks for the link, Quare. In noting the link, Quare asks what in the world the title More Room Throughout Coach has to do with “Free Miles and Free Markets.” The answer, it turns out, makes plenty of sense…

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So, wait a minute. I

So, wait a minute. I don’t plan to fly any of these places, or on USAirways, or Delta. So, Mr. Smartypants More Room Throughout Coach, what good is any of this to me? Simple. You may not realize it now, but you might catch a flight.. say from DC up to New York on the USAirways shuttle.. or maybe you’re flying Northwest and your flight gets cancelled and you get put onto Delta. Will you be able to register for this promotion while running between terminals trying to catch another flight? I didn’t think so. Just register for these babies. It takes just a few seconds. It could pay off big in free travel.

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