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My main credit card gives me back 3.3% on everything, so if the fee is less than that, it's still gonna be the payment method of choice. Edit to answer aja8888's question below.....it's an old Priceline .com Rewards Visa, grandfathered into an old program. Their new system is not so generous.

It's so easy to sign up for a credit card and get miles. I rarely pay for plane tickets anymore. I find American to be very generous. They have so many different credit cards, that between my wife and I we could have a dozen or so cards if we wanted, each with about 60,000 miles bonus. These...

Nice paint job!

Good luck. Sounds like they don't want you to leave, so why would they pay you to do just that?

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HA! love it! One of the reasons I've stayed around in this gig so long is that it's all aviators here. Good people. The bosses are VF/VFA guys, so they sometimes need a lot of direction, and the slow fat kids from VAW like me can do that in our sleep! Easy money! So, honestly that's...

Perhaps, but when I first retired in 2017 and didn't work for several months, it sure wasn't boring!

Sometimes I'm not sure why I'm still at work. Here's the updated numbers....... Nearly $4.7M in net worth, about $3M in investments including retirement accounts, including $.3M of in college accounts for the kids. On top of that, add retirement pay and VA disability. Typing from my...

Dulles direct to Aruba is $135. You're right, it's outrageous!

Oxford. Mac and Joe's. Or a Skyline at any location.

Anybody know what that stuff is? It really smells good!

I'm one of those guys who never has any cash. Not broke, just no cash. I go to the automatic ATM machine so infrequently that I have to reset the personal PIN number every time! Only way I have cash these days if if I'm out shopping with my kids. I put the purchase on a credit card and...

Are you flying or taking a boat north from CLE? Ya can't drive.

CT = a MASSIVE dose of radiation

Making the years between 50 y/o and 59.5 y/o is a bit tight with the $500k, assuming that your buddy can't get at the retirement funds without a big penalty.

I saved a bunch of money by paying in Euros via the European websites of different airlines. Just comes down to who has a better exchange rate, the airline websites, or your credit card.

Does NJ give a tax deduction for 529 contributions? If not, there may be better things to do with that money.

I think it tracks your speed, although they don't tell you that.

I never get refunds anymore. But paying taxes is an opportunity to get free plane trips if I sign up for a new airline credit card each year.

It's a great theft deterrent. But it's no fun after going to a drive through fast food joint.

One rule for aircrew is that you have to have been rated for a USAF plane within the past 10 years. For most pilots, it doesn't make any sense. Most of them are now at the airlines, making much better pay, and not dealing with a deployment. But there are a few people that love being in the...

If you're trying to go between Massachusetts and Florida, then I'd book a sleeper car on Amtrak. Sure beats driving.

BTD? I'd rather spend it on 3 or 4 more R/T airline tickets than on expensive luggage!

For us MIL retired.... no state income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. New Hampshire taxes only dividends and interest income. no tax on military retirement benefits: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana...

https://www.hotel46timessquare.com/ Hotel 46 was nothing fancy at all, a basic hotel. But it was clean, safe, and relatively inexpensive for its location (half block from Times Square). Despite being so close, it was really quiet. It's across the street from the old HS that inspired the show...