DON’T USE SQUARE ON YOUR CREDIT CARD, ESPECIALLY AMEX
I don’t want to go into too much detail, but: don’t use Square to manufacture spend on a credit card, especially on AMEX (Canada). I did so, and it ended poorly.
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A Reflection on the Chicago Seminars
This weekend I was at the Chicago Seminars, a weekend conference for points and miles. Generally it’s for beginners, but many experts, including “famous” people in the blogosphere attend. These are my reflections on the Chicago Seminars:
I’m in Chicago this weekend for the Chicago Seminars!
Every year, a bunch of volunteers host a gathering for us crazy frequent flyers, called the Chicago Seminars. I will be joining them for the first time this year. If I have any readers there, please shoot me an email so we can grab a drink. Otherwise, I’ll post next week some interesting tidbits from the event.
Lifemiles is dead. Long live Lifemiles.
The Lifemiles tricked cities have been fixed. They no longer work. Turkey, Korea, Australia, etc. Dead. All dead. Boomies still work.
Aegean changes requalification requirements
This past July, I spoke how about to get Star Alliance Gold status quickly, and how to maintain it easily with Aegean Airlines. With the old program, all you had to do to maintain the status was to credit one flight, any flight, to your Aegean account, and your Star Alliance Gold status would be maintained for another 36 month period.
Aeroplan shows availability to Pyongyang, North Korea (FNJ)
There are two airlines that fly between Beijing PEK and Pyongyang FNJ: Koryo Airlines and Air China. While Koryo Airlines is cheaper than Air China, it isn’t the safest airline in the world. A r/t ticket with them costs approximately $700, while Air China is a bit more expensive (but safer).
