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Scary Flight Experience

I fly a nice amount per year. I am accustomed to the normal and sometimes very significant drops caused by turbulence. But I never experienced what I am about to tell you in my hundreds of thousands of miles flown on a plane. I was flying on a clear day, the skys were clear, the

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Replaced My AMEX With Chase Continental Card

A month ago, I applied for the Chase Continental Presidents Plus card. I got the cards this week and already moved all my known spending to this card. I will soon be free of American Express. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t mind AMEX, they have been good to me. But I am leaving AMEX

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My “Naked Parts” Courtesy of Airport Security

Past few weeks, I have been in a bunch of airports. Some of them had the new “Millimeter wave scanner” body scanners. If you have been reading the news this week, you would have noticed lots of complaints about them. Well, I went through at least one in the past week or two and I

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At Gate Change Fees: Borderline Theft

Yesterday, I was on the way back from the BlueGlass Conference from Fort Lauderdale Airport (FLL). I happen to walk into the lounge and ask, are there any flights going back to Newark before the one I was on. I was at the lounge, through security at about 2:20. The Continental rep said there is

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Applied For Continental Presidential Plus Credit Card

I travel pretty often. So I was very into having an American Express Platinum card for the travel perks. Especially for the access to the Continental Presidents Club lounges and points to mile transfer. As I told you in the past, I was planning on leaving AMEX for Continental Card because American Express and Continental

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My Ugly New Plates Arrived!

Last night, 38 days after first ordering them, my new license plates arrived. Yea, they are ugly but I likethem. Honestly, it was a surprise, because when I called to find out the status, I was told it would take a total of 8 weeks. It came after 5 weeks and 4 days. Yea, 1

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Awkward! Driving Behind A Hearse

I was driving back to the office today and I was driving behind a hearse, you know, a car that drives a coffin from one location (often a church) to the cemetery. It felt awkward. There was no body in the back, at least, it didn’t appear to be so. I don’t think it was

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Ordering Custom License Plates In New York Takes 8 Weeks

I have been very eager for my new custom New York license plates to arrive. I ordered the plates, RustyCar over 4 weeks ago and they are still not here. The order confirmation email reads: Allow two weeks to receive your registration receipt and window sticker by mail. Your new plates will be mailed separately;

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License Plate Infringement

My brother-in-law spotted this license plate on the road. Not cool. Not cool! Plus, to make matters worse, I still have not received my new RustyCar plates.

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Sometimes It Pays To Complain

I am not a complainer. If the food is bad, I normally won’t return it. If the room is a bit dirty, I won’t ask for a new one. If I don’t get something I thought was included, I normally let it slide. But I decided to complain that my upgraded first class flight from