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April 14, 2015

Citi Prestige Card is Your Ticket to Free Golf

Citi Prestige card - in addition to a new big 50,000 point signup bonus, $250 airline fee credit, American lounge access, and triple and double points-earning categories - comes with a variety of included benefits.

One of those is free golf rounds, which appears to be better and more useful than I would have expected. There are courses nationwide and even worldwide that you can reserve, up to three times per year.

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Roundup: 10 Hotels in Europe That Make You Feel at Home

More than just places to rest your head, these properties in Paris, Vienna and other cities offer a sense of community.

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In Transit Blog: A Book Fair in Buenos Aires

The Buenos Aires International Book Fair in Argentina will include more than 500 exhibitors.

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Where to Go Now: What’s New in Milan, Paris and Manchester, England

Openings and exhibits, including 2015 World Expo, highlight a busy spring in Europe.

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Story Of AMAZING Service At The Ritz-Carlton Beijing

Ritz-Carlton is famous for their amazing service philosophy, which they call their Gold Standards. Ritz-Carlton even publishes this on their website. Here's their credo, for example:

"The Ritz-Carlton Hotel is a place where the genuine care and comfort of our guests is our highest mission.

We pledge to provide the finest personal service and facilities for our guests who will always enjoy a warm, relaxed, yet refined ambience.

The Ritz-Carlton experience enlivens the senses, instills well-being, and fulfills even the unexpressed wishes and needs of our guests."

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Signs you were raised by Southerners

When you heard your mother’s high-pitched whistle from down the street, you came running:

from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/14-signs-raised-southern-parents/

Germanwings Crash Motivates New German Law On Victim Compensation

Lufthansa recently earmarked $300 million to cover the costs of the March 24 crash.

from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/germanwings-flight-9525-compensation-politicians-push-new-claims-law-lufthansa-1881122

Why resort fees are insidious and misleading — and what to do about them

from Elliott http://elliott.org/blog/why-resort-fees-are-insidious-and-misleading-and-what-to-do-about-them/

How to piss off a Jamaican

Do poor imitations of our accents:

from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/piss-off-jamaican/

Discounted Caesars Entertainment Las Vegas Hotel Stays With Daily Getaways

As I first posted about several weeks ago, Daily Getaways is back earlier than normal this year, and is a great opportunity to purchase hotel points and travel packages at a discount. It’s sponsored by the US Travel Association, and every weekday for five weeks they’re offering discounted travel packages.

So far I’ve posted mostly about the opportunities to buy hotel points at a discount:

-- Purchase IHG Rewards Club points for ~0.58-0.6 cents each

-- Purchase Club Carlson points for ~0.45 cents each

-- Purchase Hilton HHonors points for ~0.5 cents each

-- Purchase Best Western Rewards points for ~0.55 cents each

-- Purchase Choice Privileges points for ~0.4 cents each

-- Purchase Hyatt Gold Passport points for ~1.1 cents each

However, we've also seen some great opportunities to purchase discounted hotel packages:

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How Denver’s TSA Manipulated the Nude-o-Scope So They Could Get to Fondle Attractive Passengers

Don't think those enhanced pat downs are excuses for the TSA to get their jollies? At Denver they were.

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Amazing Deal: Free $20 Amazon Spend With Amex Offers

Amex Offers is a great way to get additional value out of your American Express cards. If you log into your online account and scroll to the bottom of your card summary you'll see a section titled "Amex Offers For You."

There are often dozens of offers available at a time, though not everyone is going to find all of them useful. But then there are some no brainers. For example, last November Amex paid $150 of my AT&T bill thanks to an Amex Offers promotion.

There's now an Amex Offers promotion which is possibly the most widely useful one ever -- you can receive $20 back when you spend $20 or more through Amazon by June 6, 2015. That's right, that's basically like $20 of "free" spend at Amazon.

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