There’s currently a deal going on where you can fly to Germany from the US for only $500.  This deal is good from October to December of this year. As always, the Flight Deal has the scoop. United – $503: Miami – Munich / Hamburg, Germany. Roundtrip, including all Taxes …
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Get Assassin’s Creed Unity for Free After Rebate (and $3 or free shipping)
Assassin’s Creed Unity is marked down to $15 on Newegg, which makes it free after the $15 rebate NewEgg is offering. Shipping on Newegg is only $3, or free if you have Newegg Premier.  (NewEgg used to be on Shoprunner, but it looks like they’ve dropped it to push their $50/year …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Yes, Editing Two Women Kissing Out of a Movie is Problematic
The movie Carol is being shown on Delta’s IFE. Â 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. Â The kissing scenes (along with some more explicit scenes) were cut out of the movie for Delta’s …
Read More »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. Â I’m also currently on a yearly trip I take to play board games with my friends, …
Read More »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: …
Read More »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!
Read More »How Miles Make Things Possible in Horrible Situations
In February, my family faced a terrible situation. Â A close (young) family member only had days to live–at most. Â 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. Â But when we searched using miles, …
Read More »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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