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Reminder: San Francisco Meetup Saturday, August 15 @ 12pm at Super Duper Burgers

Good evening everyone, this is just a reminder that my next meetup will be this Saturday afternoon (August 15, 2015) at Super Duper Burgers on Market Street (located between Montgomery and Powell Street BART stations).

  • Where: 721 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103 (Google Maps)
  • When: Saturday, August 15 @ 12-2PM

Super Duper Burgers Yelp

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New Meetups Announced in San Francisco (August 15 and 18) and Orange County (August 22)

Good evening everyone, it’s been a few weeks since I did a meetup, so I wanted to get a few dates on the calendar.  Since my last “unofficial” SF meetup was back on March 14 (terrible planning last time since the St. Patrick’s Day parade was going on outside).  I’ve decided to take my talents back to Super Duper Burgers on Market Street (located between Montgomery and Powell Street BART stations).

  • Where: 721 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103 (Google Maps)
  • When: Saturday, August 15 @ 12PM

Super Duper Burgers Yelp

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Reader Appreciation Day: Giveaway for 3 $10 Amazon eGift Cards

Update 9:50pm PT 8/2/2015: After carefully reviewing all the responses, these are my 3 winners.  Reasons: I love Taylor Swift, I love when people try to teach their spouses about MS, and I love Australia (even though I have never been).  Thank you to everyone who commented on this post.  Have a great evening!

  • Elena: Taylor Swift concert at Levi’s stadium! I’ve bought tickets since day 1 in December 2014 and have been waiting and waiting. And now it will finally be here! I’m like a little girl that can’t control her excitement and have no shame admitting I like her and her songs.
  • James: I’m looking forward to teaching my wife more about MS’ing so she can help me!
  • Marc: Looking forward to a trip to Tasmania to see some college friends for the first time in a decade and then to Sydney/Cairns as a gift for my brother’s 30th bday party

Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is going well.  With the end of July a few days ago, I wanted to take a look at my site stats and see how things are going.  I finished off July with a few good posts and ended up with 104,909 total page views for the month.  That is a pretty good finish, but there is always room to grow.  Thank you to my long time readers for coming back day after day to my blog, I really appreciate each and every one of you.

July Site Stats

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How to Book American Airlines Flights with Citi Thank You Points (1.6 Cents Per Point Value)

Good evening everyone, in this post, I will show you how to book American Airlines flights through the Citi Thank You Points website and get 1.6 cents per point (CPP) in value.  Travel Codex recently reported that codeshare flights with American Airlines / US Airways flight numbers can be purchased for 1.6 CPP also through the Citi Thank You website.  The value you get out of your Citi Thank You Points is dependent on the Citi credit cards you have and the flights you book.  Here is a summary of the possible values:

  • Citi Prestige Credit Card + American Airlines / US Airways Flight (and codeshares) = 1.6 CPP
  • Citi Prestige Credit Card + All Other Flights = 1.33 CPP
  • Citi Premier Credit Card + Any Flight = 1.25 CPP
  • Citi Preferred/Forward/Other Credit Card + Any Flight = 1.0 CPP

If you have more than 1 Citi Thank You Point earning credit card, all your Citi Thank You Points can be pooled into 1 account and will be worth the same as your highest earning credit card.  For example, I have a Citi Prestige, Premier, Forward, and Citigold Checking account and they all earn Citi Thank You Points worth up to 1.6 CPP.

Anyway, let’s get started with booking an American Airlines flight.  After logging into your Citi Thank You Points account, click the Shop tab and then click on Flights.

Citi Thank You Points Flights Link

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Transfer Times to Singapore Airlines from Chase Ultimate Rewards, AMEX Membership Rewards, Citi Thank You Points, and SPG Starpoints

Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is going well.  A few weeks ago, I learned about all the cool things you can do with Singapore Airlines miles (@ the SF Travel Hackers Meetup) and I am tempted to book my first award flight using Singapore Airlines miles.  I also heard that point transfers to Singapore Airlines were not instant, so I decided to run a few tests to see how long each transferable points program took to post to Singapore Airlines.

If you were to look at the below screenshot from my Singapore Airlines account, it would look like all the transfers took the same amount of time.  Not true.  The dates listed below are the dates that I initiated the transfer, not the actual dates when the miles posted.  I will go into more detail in the post, but here is the summary of transfer times:

  • Chase Ultimate Rewards Points: within 12 hours
  • AMEX Membership Rewards Points: within 24 hours
  • Citi Thank You Points: within 24 hours
  • SPG Starpoints: 6 days

Singapore Miles from Transferable Points Programs

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