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OC Travel Hacker Meetup – Tustin District In-N-Out Burger – Saturday, February 27 12-2pm

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Quick shout out: Thank you to everyone who joined me yesterday at the Mountain View travel hacker meetup at In-N-Out Burger.  It was great to see all of you, I will be back soon :)

Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is going well.  This has been a very busy week for travel hacker meetups.  I had a meetup last Monday, a meetup last Tuesday, a meetup yesterday (Saturday) and I will have another meetup this coming Saturday in Orange County.  I really enjoy meeting other miles and points junkies, it never gets old.  I know it’s been awhile since my last OC meetup, so I am taking my talents back down to Orange County.

  • Where: In-N-Out Burger, 2895 Park Ave, Tustin, CA 92782 (Google Maps)
  • When: Saturday, February 27 from 12-2pm

In-N-Out Tustin District Map

I’m looking forward to seeing a few familiar faces and meeting some new readers in Orange County.  No need to RSVP, just show up if you are interested.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.  Have a great weekend everyone!

P.S. I promise to get back to posting actual miles and points articles, not just meetup announcements and reminders :)

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Reminder: Travel Hacker Meetup @ Mountain View In-N-Out (Feb 20 from 12-2pm)

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Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is off to a great start.  This is a friendly reminder that my first travel hacker meetup in Mountain View is happening this afternoon.  I will be taking CalTrain from SF to Mountain View and then going to the In-N-Out near Grant Park Plaza.  There is another In-N-Out in Mountain View, but don’t go to that one by mistake.

  • Where: In-N-Out Burger, 53 West El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040 (Google Maps)
  • When: Saturday, February 20 @ 12-2pm

In N Out Mountain View

I will be wearing my traditional Travel with Grant gray shirt and hanging out by the outside tables.  There is no need to RSVP, just show up if you are in the area.  I hope to see a few familiar faces and meet a few new readers this afternoon.  Have a great day everyone!

P.S. I will be in Orange County next weekend, so I will organize an OC Meetup for next Saturday afternoon (2/27).  Stay tuned for details…

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Reminder: SF Travel Hacker Lunch Meetup @ Super Duper Burgers (Feb 15 from 12-2pm)

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Good morning everyone, happy almost 3 day weekend!  I am flying to Denver tonight to catch the California Zephyr Amtrak from Denver to Emeryville on Saturday morning.  Last week, I wrote 3 Bay Area Meetup Events between February 15-20 (Super Duper Burger, WeWork & In-N-Out).  This is a reminder that my Amtrak buddies / travel hackers from Denver will be in town and we will be having a mini meetup at Super Duper Burgers.  Come join us if you are available.

  • Where: Super Duper Burgers, 721 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103 (Google Maps)
  • When: Monday, February 15 @ 12-2pm

Super Duper Burgers Yelp

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New AMEX Offers: KLM $200 Off $1,000, Hilton Garden Inn $40 Off $200, a Few Others

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Good morning everyone.  It’s been a while since I last reported on AMEX Offers.  The offers have just been so bad for the last few weeks that it wasn’t even worth mentioning.  The streak has been broken with 2 pretty good travel offers.  The first is from KLM, where you can get a $200 statement credit for spending $1,000 or more on KLM flights.  The only cash back portal that has KLM is Ebates (they are offering 1% cash back for KLM flights).  The second offer is from Hilton Garden Inn, where you can get a $40 statement credit after spending $200 or more.  iConsumer is offering 3.2% cash back for Hilton Garden Inn.  This offer is not valid at any other Hilton properties and the total stay charge must be higher than $200 to trigger the statement credit.

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PSA: Check Existing Southwest Airlines Flights for Price Drops, then Rebook

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Good morning everyone, greetings from rainy/windy Super Bowl City (San Francisco).  I just got an email from Southwest Airlines regarding their current flight sales.  In most cases, Southwest Airlines flight sales would not be newsworthy, but if you are an experienced/savvy Southwest Airlines flier, you know that Southwest Airlines lets you make free changes and cancellations to existing reservations.  I keep a spreadsheet on my computer (saved to OneDrive and available on my iPhone) that shows all my upcoming flights.  I book a lot of flights and sometimes I forget when I book flights (and I accidentally booked 2 trips for the same weekend #facepalm).

SWA Last Call Email

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