First I have to admit, and most people who know me I am a mileage whore. Everyone who has traveled with me is always amazed at the ways I can find to accumulate miles. At my peak I was flying 300k plus miles a year and 150 nights in hotels so I was typically United […]
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Here is another case where I must question whether it is pure capitalism, good business practices, or greed that is capitalizing on those who are struggling. Progressive Insurance My son in Boston has progressive auto insurance. He got an email notification that his car insurance was coming due.. It was interesting to see the various
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A few months ago, I was looking to book a flight for my wife and me to go from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand, while we are in the area for a conference. Being a “very” loyal two million-mile United customer, I went there first to check on flights. I was going on one big
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I mailed my taxes recently and sent them with delivery confirmation. I went online to get the confirmation and found that the one I sent to Hartford, which is two towns or about 8 miles from my house, took nearly twice as long as the same first-class envelope going to Oregon. Note that the Oregon
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In my previous post, I mentioned I was researching flights and found a crazy mileage run routing. I had a buddy tell me he had flown Virgin Atlantic to the continent previously and suggested I check them out. So I went to “The Google” and entered “Virgin Atlantic to Nairobi,” which seemed like a simple
Flight to Africa Rant #2 – Virgin Atlantic Missed Opportunity Read More »
I have been asked to keynote an event in Kenya in June. I was looking at some flight options, and trusty United App thought a good route would be for me to do the following: Fly from JFK in New York to Los AngelesFly back from Los Angeles back to Newark (the other NYC airport)Wait
Flight to Africa via Los Angeles – Possible Milage Run Read More »
I was on a blog today and saw the following conflicting ad messages: one warns against being the next JC Penny or Overstock from buying links and the other pushes buying links. Interesting.
Conflicting Ad Messages Read More »
This week at SES London, a few people scolded me for not writing more frequently. I will try to do better… I have been insanely busy on a few client products and the forthcoming “Voice of the Consumer Data Management System” brilliantly code-named “VOCDMS” – may need to do some crowdsourcing on the name;-). Hard
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As usual, the family and I went on our year-end diving trip. This time we went to the Dominican Republic. Since United and Continental have merged, we took advantage of the direct 4-hour flight from Newark. In the past 10 years since I swore off Continental, I have only flown them twice out of necessity.
Continental Airlines Elite Access – Too elite Read More »
My mini-rant of the week concerns the ever-shrinking pages and the manufacturers who insist that this is what we, the consumers, want. This is not new. I remember seeing it first with ice cream and orange juice and a great article in USA Today and the recent Mouse Print article on Orange Juice carton shrinkage. I
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