It's not exactly frugal LBYM, but this is an interesting innovation on the baguette maneuver:
Homeless Executive Lives Off of Rewards Points - Yahoo! Finance
Homeless Executive Lives Off of Rewards Points - Yahoo! Finance
Of course it might also just be job-search marketing, but I don't begrudge him the pain he had to endure to rack up a million frequent-flyer miles...Jim Kennedy, a 46-year-old executive in Southern California, went from six figures to homeless in less than two years after he lost his job as a corporate-development manager, had to file for bankruptcy and then lost his Newport Beach condo to foreclosure, the OC Register reports.
Now, he's using the more than one million frequent-flier miles and rewards points he accrued in his career to survive and help stretch the few dollars he has.
He's not your typical homeless guy: He drives around in a leased BMW, but hops from hotel to hotel, including a stay at the Motel 6, and tries to keep his food budget to $5 a day. He looks for places with free Internet to to facilitate his job search.