News and notes from around the interweb:
- I’ve written about the Points Path free browser extension that lets you search for award travel using Google Flights (cool!).
They now have a premium tier of service as well and a limited-time deal on it, too. A few of the new features:
- E-mail alerts of award price changes
- 7-day calendar award calendar
- Support for additional airlines
Through Monday, December 9th only it’s 25% off at $59.99 through end of 2025.
- E-mail alerts of award price changes
- Gate Gourmet employee tries filming passenger in restroom at Denver airport somehow reminded me of the Larry Craig Memorial Bathroom in Minneapolis, which has sadly since been renovated.
- Companies that process federal tax payments by credit card have lowered their fees Pay1040 down to 1.75% and ACI Payments to 1.85%. PayUSATax appears to no longer be listed by the IRS, but the website is still live.
- Boeing had planned to install “workplace occupancy sensors” in its offices somehow I don’t think work from home and return to office compliance are really fundamental to what’s wrong at Boeing.
- Chase Travel 10 million points giveaway
- Multiple reports of Bilt Rewards credit card customers being targeted for 5x earning for 5 days after requesting a credit line increase. Your mileage may vary.
Thank you, Gary. Wish I knew about pay1040’s lower fee before I paid my 1040ES for this quarter. Even a 0.1 difference adds up. Hopefully that holds or gets better.
I was targeted for the 5x for 5 days by Bilt but worth flagging that it is capped at 10k points (so only $2k in spend).
Thanks for spreading the word on this point accumulation technique.
I have paid federal income taxes due and estimated taxes for a couple years using a credit card offering 2x points for every dollar charged. Great way to build up points accounts.
Boeing bean counters doing what bean counters do.
Measuring employee input rather than output, the surest sign of excellent management at a clearly successful company.
This has nothing to do with any of the Roundup stories. Today I bought tickets on Asiana for flights in April with return flights in June. They cost less than they have in the last several years because the South Korean won is currently low due to the effects of the declaration of martial law in Korea and the subsequent repeal of it. For anyone traveling on Asiana or Korean Air, buying tickets now might be a way to lower cost slightly. Of course it could drop even more or it could go up.