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Weekend Update: Economy+ Parody, NYC $5 Lyft Lines Ending, Amex SPG 30K Offer Ending, Citi AA Personal No FX

Weekend Update

Updated on September 28, 2015 Don’t have time to sift through BoardingArea and FlyerTalk? Here are the highlights from the past week: Key and Peele’s show finale included a parody scoring an Economy Plus Upgrade.  If you liked that skit, check out the other travel-related skits throughout the years: TSA & Al Qaeda, Turbulence, and Continental Breakfast. Lyft announced that…

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Feature Week Review – A Look Back

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Updated on December 14, 2023 What a week it’s been!  In case you missed it, here’s a recap of what’s been published during my feature week so far: Ireland & Poland – 15 Day Trip Report – I spent more time writing this extensive trip report than actual “vacation” time.  The most popular mini-reports: Aer Lingus…

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Feature Week: Trip Reports, Jet.com, Lyft, Uber, Amex 50k 100k, Hilton

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The Reward Boss is featured this week on BoardingArea.com in addition to my usual home at Prior2Boarding.com.  For the next week, expect more posts than usual – many which are trip reports from my recent miles and points trip to Ireland and Poland. Stay tuned for a Gift Card Giveaway later this week.   Since my last…

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Mid-Week Update: Hyatt Diamond Challenge Publicly Available, Lyft Driver Bonus $50-$750, SPG Free Weekend Nights

Weekend Update

It’s not often that I post mid-week updates, so when I do, it’s usually quite juicy.  Here are the rewarding highlights from the past few days: Lyft has upped the driver sign-up bonus up to $750 depending on city. If you live outside of NYC (NYC which requires TLC license), this may be a great…

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Affiliate Summit East 2015 – What Can Bloggers Learn?

Updated on December 14, 2023 On August 2-4, 2015, Affiliate Summit East comes to New York City. I will be going — mainly for the education sessions.   When I first heard about the conference last year, I didn’t think the Affiliate Summit would be interesting. Who wants to sit around and talk about affiliate…

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UberEATS Delivers Gourmet Meals in 10 Min – NYC, CHI, LA, BCN

Updated on May 29, 2015   UberEATS  is now delivering food in 10 minutes or less! UberEats just launched in New York City and Chicago after being tested in Los Angeles and Barcelona.  Their new website is UberEats.co (not to be confused with UberEats.com which is a different company).  We’ll be able to order from a…

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