August, 2016

• 6 August

  How Uber Drivers Can Charge You More than the Quoted Fare

  

  I recently wrote about how Uber is no longer disclosing when surge price is going on.  So you now pay Uber surge pricing without realizing it. The upside is that Uber discloses the entire price of your ride ahead of time.  You won’t be surprised when the ride ends because …

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• 6 August

  Get $10 Amazon Credit When You Download Free App (Android Only)

  

  Amazon has a promotion going on right now where you can get $10 in free Amazon credit towards the app store if you download the free app, Hay Day. From the offer page: For a limited time, customers who download Hay Day from Amazon Appstore between August 1, 2016 and …

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• 6 August

  Yes, Editing Two Women Kissing Out of a Movie is Problematic

  

  The movie Carol is being shown on Delta’s IFE.  The storyline involves an affair between two women, and it’s pretty groundbreaking. There’s been a lot of controversy over Delta’s version of the movie.  The kissing scenes (along with some more explicit scenes) were cut out of the movie for Delta’s …

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• 6 August

  Strategic Board Games Sale on Amazon (Today Only!)

  

  Amazon’s Deal of the Day features a large selection of strategic board games today–five pages of them! I was surprised (and excited) to see a lot of highly rated games I haven’t played before.  I’m also currently on a yearly trip I take to play board games with my friends, …

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• 5 August

  Family Thanks Pilot for Protecting Daughter During Attack

  

  An airplane is a very enclosed place.  So when a passenger is being unruly, there’s only so much you can do.  You can’t kick him out and you can’t leave. A flight attendant was trying to calm an unruly passenger down when he went on the offensive. From Fox News: …

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• 5 August

  Fly to Tokyo for $400

  Apologies for the short poorly formatted post but I’m at intermission at a play and this deal just popped up on my feed.   From slick deals,  $400 to Tokyo from LA. http://slickdeals.net/f/8991127-singapore-airlines-roundtrip-flight-los-angeles-to-tokyo-japan-from-398?utm_source=rss&utm_content=fp&utm_medium=RSS2   It’s on Singapore Airlines.   If I weren’t here,  I might be booking!

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• 5 August

  How Miles Make Things Possible in Horrible Situations

  

  In February, my family faced a terrible situation.  A close (young) family member only had days to live–at most.  And we needed to get out there as fast as possible. A quick flight search showed prices in the thousands for a last second flight.  But when we searched using miles, …

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• 5 August

  Uber Upgrades Driver App, Making Navigation Better

  

  Whenever I take an Uber, I try to chat with the driver about Uber, how they like their job, and anything new they like about it. Lately, I’ve been hearing about Uber’s native navigation. Uber’s native navigation has been notorious for being difficult to use.  It gets people from point …

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• 5 August

  Get a Free Air Filter for Your Home ($20 value)

  

  While doing my “spend only $100 a week” challenge, I became acutely aware of how much every single item I buy costs.  At one point, I needed to replace the air filter in my house, and was floored by the prices on Amazon.com. I ended up driving to Home Depot …

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• 4 August

  Trip from US To London AND Iceland for Only ~$350

  

  This airfare is incredible and includes two checked bags. You can travel directly to London or travel to London after taking a trip to Reykjavik, Iceland.  Either option would cost around $350.  Which is amazing. The Flight Deal, as always, has the details. From their page: Valid for travel from late October …

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