Anonymous wrote:Cheap housing and pre-purchased airfare. I could get a ticket to Beijing right now for a September trip for $500 round-trip. You just need to know how to look.

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one that hates to fly because you miss too much? I guess there are places one can't visit unless they fly, but as I approach retirement, my desire to go around the world has dissipated due to the state of the world. Even many European cities are starting to resemble third world s-holes!

Give me a car, the open road, and a camera and I'm good. Drive through Canada? Sure. Alaskan Highway? Sign me up. The only other trips I'd like to do are river cruises throughout the US. They are pricey but you get a lot of bang for the buck.

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It’s an anonymous site so you can pretty much say what you want . However I reserve the right to doubt your claim that business/first class is waste of money . It maybe transient as you say but it is nonetheless excruciatingly unpleasant.Moreover, people who can afford business/first seats aren’t looking to save so they can afford more trips , so based on your comments you clearly seem to lack the means to afford that on a regular basis , therefore clearly not the target demographic . The idea that the flying experience on a long haul flight ( even short one) where you can’t even move your knees and run the risk of being trapped next to some mouth breathing morbidly overweight fellow in coach is the same as business class where you aren’t reduced to being the human version of canned sardines is the same is quite frankly pitiful

You do you, honey. I’ll spend my money on things that matter to me.

I’m not sure why you feel the need to insult others who don’t care to waste money on such things. That says a lot about you. It’s like you need to justify your spending to yourself. Do you fly business because you need to feel superior? Again, it’s your money. If that feeling is what you like when you fly, have at it. You way want to consider giving to charity.

The wealthy people (even by DCUM standards) I know fly coach and drive unassuming cars. We all have our priorities.

You’re quite the sad and strange creature , if stating the facts is insulting so be it . You’re desperately pushing the false narrative that coach and business are one of the same thing and such dishonesty should be vigorously contested .No! I’m not better than you because I can afford to fly business whenever I travel. I’d be damned if people like and your barely disguised envy and jealousy are not confronted. You keep insisting that it’s waste of money without providing verifiable and pertinent arguments as to why , of course it was only a matter of time before you brought in that tired trope of wealthy people driving unsssuming cars . You’re not even good at trolling .

DP here, but you sound desperate. The PP means that coach and business are one of the same thing in the sense that you will get from point A to point B, and this is what her goal is. Why are you so emotional about someone's choice to fly coach? It is like a sofa that cost $1000 and $30,000 is the same thing -- it is the sofa and provides you with the place to sit on. You can argue as much as you want that the $30,000 is so superior, and people who think it is a wast of money just jealous and envy, but the reality is: it is still the sofa.

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Anonymous wrote:Travel churning. New credit card, meet minimum spend to earn bonus, move on to the next card. Never carry a balance, if done correctly.

That or budgeting well and prioritizing.

+1 when done responsibly, this is the way to go. This year we took 3 trips, one of them to Hawaii, all on points earned from CCs.

Does this work with any credit card?

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Anonymous wrote:Travel churning. New credit card, meet minimum spend to earn bonus, move on to the next card. Never carry a balance, if done correctly.

That or budgeting well and prioritizing.

+1 when done responsibly, this is the way to go. This year we took 3 trips, one of them to Hawaii, all on points earned from CCs.

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It’s an anonymous site so you can pretty much say what you want . However I reserve the right to doubt your claim that business/first class is waste of money . It maybe transient as you say but it is nonetheless excruciatingly unpleasant.Moreover, people who can afford business/first seats aren’t looking to save so they can afford more trips , so based on your comments you clearly seem to lack the means to afford that on a regular basis , therefore clearly not the target demographic . The idea that the flying experience on a long haul flight ( even short one) where you can’t even move your knees and run the risk of being trapped next to some mouth breathing morbidly overweight fellow in coach is the same as business class where you aren’t reduced to being the human version of canned sardines is the same is quite frankly pitiful

You do you, honey. I’ll spend my money on things that matter to me.

I’m not sure why you feel the need to insult others who don’t care to waste money on such things. That says a lot about you. It’s like you need to justify your spending to yourself. Do you fly business because you need to feel superior? Again, it’s your money. If that feeling is what you like when you fly, have at it. You way want to consider giving to charity.

The wealthy people (even by DCUM standards) I know fly coach and drive unassuming cars. We all have our priorities.

You’re quite the sad and strange creature , if stating the facts is insulting so be it . You’re desperately pushing the false narrative that coach and business are one of the same thing and such dishonesty should be vigorously contested .No! I’m not better than you because I can afford to fly business whenever I travel. I’d be damned if people like and your barely disguised envy and jealousy are not confronted. You keep insisting that it’s waste of money without providing verifiable and pertinent arguments as to why , of course it was only a matter of time before you brought in that tired trope of wealthy people driving unsssuming cars . You’re not even good at trolling .

Anonymous wrote:About the coach seats thing, when I go on vacation - the ENTIRETY of my trip needs to be a vacation for me. At least 80%. So four connections through Baltimore, New York, Rekaivik, and then finally landing in Paris is cramping my style.

On top of that, sitting in Coach for 10+ hours with cramped space and crying babies after fighting for your rightful carry-on space overhead is also not relaxing. So I don't think its embarrassing, its just not also what I picture when I have a vacation in my sights.

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It’s an anonymous site so you can pretty much say what you want . However I reserve the right to doubt your claim that business/first class is waste of money . It maybe transient as you say but it is nonetheless excruciatingly unpleasant.Moreover, people who can afford business/first seats aren’t looking to save so they can afford more trips , so based on your comments you clearly seem to lack the means to afford that on a regular basis , therefore clearly not the target demographic . The idea that the flying experience on a long haul flight ( even short one) where you can’t even move your knees and run the risk of being trapped next to some mouth breathing morbidly overweight fellow in coach is the same as business class where you aren’t reduced to being the human version of canned sardines is the same is quite frankly pitiful

You do you, honey. I’ll spend my money on things that matter to me.

I’m not sure why you feel the need to insult others who don’t care to waste money on such things. That says a lot about you. It’s like you need to justify your spending to yourself. Do you fly business because you need to feel superior? Again, it’s your money. If that feeling is what you like when you fly, have at it. You way want to consider giving to charity.

The wealthy people (even by DCUM standards) I know fly coach and drive unassuming cars. We all have our priorities.

You’re quite the sad and strange creature , if stating the facts is insulting so be it . You’re desperately pushing the false narrative that coach and business are one of the same thing and such dishonesty should be vigorously contested .No! I’m not better than you because I can afford to fly business whenever I travel. I’d be damned if people like and your barely disguised envy and jealousy are not confronted. You keep insisting that it’s waste of money without providing verifiable and pertinent arguments as to why , of course it was only a matter of time before you brought in that tired trope of wealthy people driving unsssuming cars . You’re not even good at trolling .

Anonymous wrote:Travel churning. New credit card, meet minimum spend to earn bonus, move on to the next card. Never carry a balance, if done correctly.

That or budgeting well and prioritizing.

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Anonymous wrote:1) insta and FB are curated - it’s what people want you to think of their life - not what their life really is - the exception are the influencers - but they’re a different subject

2) many of these “jet setters” are fakers (most are, just look at the data). They’re not living it up as much as it looks like. They’re taking budget flights, with multiple connections, with overstuffed carryons, sleeping at budget hotels and hostels, etc. they’re also prioritizing their spend to save for these trips.

3) if that’s what you want to do - do it too - image citation just takes time and desire. I’m taking a international trip with one of my “jet set” friends, and the difference is stark. My travel and accommodations budget is much more than his. I’m flying business, he’s in emailer economy on the same flight. I’m staying at 4 and 5 Star Hotels, he’ s budgeting. The difference is how I enjoy traveling vs how he enjoys it - but in the end, we’re going to the same place and seeing the same stuff. I’ll do this a couple tomes a year, he’ll take like 5 of these and be glamorous on insta...it’s all about projecting an image - and he enjoys it knowing he isn’t projecting reality

It isn’t faking to go to places on a budget. Staying in a 5 Star hotel does not enhance my experience. I could care less about flying business, waste of money. Like you said, he enjoys himself and sees all the same stuff you see. He is projecting reality, which is that I bet he is way more easygoing and fun to travel with!

NP , you’re missing a crucial element here, these people don’t go on social media bragging about their budget travels. It is curated in a way that lets the viewer know or at least have the image of someone living a life of insouciance and opulence . So yeah there’s a bit of faking going on there , either the culprit is aware or not .
Furthermore , I suspect you don’t fly business class regularly and I’m tempted to say I detect a little thinly veiled bitterness in your assertion that business class is a waste of money , these days airlines literally go out of their way to make travelling in coach as undignified and humiliating as possible and according to your very insightful assertion business class is waste of money ? Bro, you sound pathetic

Not the PP, but why in the world would it be humiliating to fly coach? I suppose we all prioritize things differently, but I have a small amount of pity for the folks who wasted money on something so transient. It’s your money to waste, so have at it. I’ve flown business and first class, but it isn’t worth the money to me. I’d rather take two trips than spend that much on airfare. To each their own.

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It’s an anonymous site so you can pretty much say what you want . However I reserve the right to doubt your claim that business/first class is waste of money . It maybe transient as you say but it is nonetheless excruciatingly unpleasant.Moreover, people who can afford business/first seats aren’t looking to save so they can afford more trips , so based on your comments you clearly seem to lack the means to afford that on a regular basis , therefore clearly not the target demographic . The idea that the flying experience on a long haul flight ( even short one) where you can’t even move your knees and run the risk of being trapped next to some mouth breathing morbidly overweight fellow in coach is the same as business class where you aren’t reduced to being the human version of canned sardines is the same is quite frankly pitiful

You do you, honey. I’ll spend my money on things that matter to me.

I’m not sure why you feel the need to insult others who don’t care to waste money on such things. That says a lot about you. It’s like you need to justify your spending to yourself. Do you fly business because you need to feel superior? Again, it’s your money. If that feeling is what you like when you fly, have at it. You way want to consider giving to charity.

The wealthy people (even by DCUM standards) I know fly coach and drive unassuming cars. We all have our priorities.