Apologies for the lack of content over the past few days. This whole one-handed typing thing is slowing me down more than I expected and a lot more than I want. Here are some things I’ve been reading with interest recently: Southwest Airlines is…
It seems that the generosity of my readers continues…. Reader David H. (who also happens to be my best friend) read about my anonymous reader who pledged his United beverage vouchers, and decided to offer up 10 United Airlines beverage vouchers for me to…
I was nominated a couple of days ago by Randy Petersen to take the popular ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. For those newsletter subscribers reading this, you’ll need to click through to see the embedded videos. I just had surgery and needed to get something…
Since I’m still typing one-handed it’s tougher to bang out longer posts. To keep things fun, I figured I’d give away a $5 Starbucks gift card per my ongoing Tweet A Coffee adventure. So, tweet your caption suggestions for the picture of our puppy…
Apologies for the lack of posts over the past few days. I had minor surgery on my elbow Wednesday, so I’m typing one-handed with my left hand (and I’m a righty). Someone with more free time might have gotten a bunch of posts written…
There were plenty of people who participated in my first Starbucks giveaway via “Tweet A Coffee”. #pizzacoffee wasn’t quite popular enough to be trending on Twitter but we did have a few fun comments: I plan to continue handing out Starbucks on a weekly…
I recently ran into an organization that has an interesting mission to help people with cancer. The best way to describe it is a sort of “Make a Wish” for folks like you and me. But, it’s a bit more nuanced than that. I’ve…
Good news, bad news. For those that were targeted, there’s a pretty lucrative Hyatt Gold Passport promotion out for the fall. I was targeted, and the promo looks as follows: It’s a stacking promo similar to ones that Hyatt has run in the…
There are thousands of mundane steps to merge two airlines the size of American Airlines and US Airways. While that process is well underway, we’re still well over a year away from completion and probably close to a year before more substantial customer-facing pieces are in…
The American Airlines shopping mall continues the trend of smaller back-to-school bonuses with a 1,000 mile bonus for $200 in purchases in the next week. The timing is a very narrow window. You only have until August 25th to spend $200. But, it’s really…