September, 2013

• 2 September

  Groupon Offering Deals Without Pre-Purchase in Select Cities

  Groupon is offering a new product called Groupon Reserve, where you make your reservation through the Groupon site and a discount is automatically applied to your check.  There’s no pre-purchase required, nor running out to use a Groupon on its expiring day. This product is currently running in DC, Chicago, …

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• 1 September

  TopGuest No Longer Earning Points for MLife

  I just received an email that as of yesterday, TopGuest will no longer earn points for MLife: Talk about lots of notice 😉 I previously mentioned how you can earn tons of points through TopGuest by going from casino to casino.  Not so much anymore. C’est la vie!  

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• 1 September

  Deciding Whether Deals are Worth Going For

  Every Deal Has an Opportunity Cost When pursuing deals, it’s important to remember there’s an opportunity cost to every deal.  What could you be doing instead of going after that deal?  Or more importantly, what deal are you giving up by going after another one? This is especially true with …

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August, 2013

• 31 August

  Classic Airline Advertisements

  View from the Wing offers a great look through different TV commercials for Airlines.  I love checking out old airline advertisements, and the Air & Space Museum DC location has an exhibit with old ads, old flight attendant uniforms, and classic cabin layouts that is just awesome. TWA ad (Source: …

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• 29 August

  Baseball Teams and Frequent Flier Miles

  I started reading an article on ESPN about the amount of travel sports teams have to do and how there’s disparity between East and West Coast teams. From Jim Caple: “[T]he Dodgers just completed their fourth trip to the East Coast to play against NL East opponents. (It was their …

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• 29 August

  A Bit More About the FitBit

  

  I’ve been getting lots of questions about how I like the FitBit on Twitter.  I’ve only had it for a week, but I do have some initial thoughts. The FitBit has been really easy to carry around, and I tend to forget I have it on me.  (With some exceptions).  …

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• 28 August

  Weight Gain and Traveling

  

  Traveling can feel glamorous sometimes–popping off to Napa for a wine tasting weekend, heading out to Paris for some macarons, or sampling the flavors of the Big Easy. Traveling can be delicious, but it also limits us from our regular schedule.  It isn’t as easy to workout, for example.  And …

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• 25 August

  How My Breasts Terrified a Farmers’ Market

  

  When I’m not traveling, I try to keep my habits as healthy as possible–well, because it is really difficult to keep up good habits on the road. Because of this, I spend my weekends home going to Farmers’ Markets, picking up fresh produce and other local products.  The other thing …

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• 20 August

  Flight Diverted After Man Tries to Open Door in Air

  Following on the tail of a smoke filled diverted flight (see what I did there?), Ben Mutzabaugh of USA Today reports that an AirTrain Flight was diverted after a passenger attempted to open a door. The flight was enroute from BWI (the destination of the other diverted flight) to Austin.  …

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• 19 August

  The Top Posts on Heels First

  Jeffsetter suggested we do a post highlighting the top posts on Heels First so far.  Which got me thinking, there are a few different ways to measure top posts.  There’s obviously the most read, but then there’s also the ones that have been shared the most socially.  And Google recommends …

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