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My Review of FTU Advanced San Diego and Tacos el Gordo

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Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend.  Myself and approximately 200 other miles and points “collectors” gathered at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay in San Diego this past weekend.  We had several speakers from Boarding Area (Greg @ Frequent Miler, Ben/Lucky @ One Mile at a Time, Gary @ View from the Wing, Scott @ Travel Codex, and Stefan @ Rapid Travel Chai) along with Mathew @ Upgrd.  The event began Friday night with a cocktail reception out on the lawn and it was my first chance to meet the other attendees.  I must confess, I had appetizers in the Regency Club before the reception and went back afterwards for some dessert.  The food in the Regency Club was very fresh and the desserts were delicious.

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My Credit Card Retention Offer Presentation from OC TravelCon

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Good morning everyone, I had a great time at the OC TravelCon travel conference yesterday.  It was a pleasure to meet some of you and to share my credit card retention offer presentation.  I was very nervous and forgot some of my opening jokes:

  • Hi, I’m Grant, long time blogger, first time presenter – and –
  • Some of you might recognize me from such action shots as:

Grant Jumping Around

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Are Southwest Airlines Anytime Fares a Better Deal than Wanna Get Away Fares?

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Good afternoon everyone, I am speaking at the OC TravelCon travel conference this weekend (more info) and I needed to purchase a flight to Orange County (SNA).  I was looking at the 7:05pm Southwest Airlines flight on Wednesday evening from SFO.  The cheapest option (Wanna Get Away fare) was $212, while the Anytime fare was $223, and the Business Select fare was $251.  Obviously the Wanna Get Away fare is the best deal, right?

SWA Anytime Wanna Get Award SFO-SNA Fare

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Guest Post: My Failed 1-800-Flowers Companion Pass Experience

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Good afternoon everyone, I have another guest post from my buddy Nigel.  You might remember him from such great blog posts as Guest Post: 5 Card App-O-Rama (Diners Club, Club Carlson, US Airways, Southwest Airlines Plus, and Citizens Bank).  Without further ado, take it away Nigel!

Hello TWG readers, I wanted to share my experience with the recent 1-800-Flowers promotion to help qualify for the Southwest Airlines Companion Pass.  The inspiration and instructions for this endeavor came from Frequent Miler’s post: How to Feed the Hungry and Fly for Free.

In brief, through February 14th, 1-800-Flowers was running a promotion where every qualifying order of at least $29.99 with promo code RR36 or RR43 would earn 1,750 Southwest Airlines Rapid Reward Points.  In November, there was a similar promotion and many people reported that the points posted as Companion Pass qualifying points.  Rather than further depleting my Chase Ultimate Rewards Points or Hyatt Gold Passport account balances, I decided to go for it.

1-800-Flowers Promo SWA RR Points

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5 New AMEX Offers (Mostly Restaurants) and a New Hyatt Place Tijuana (Category 1)

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Good morning everyone, I have 5 decent AMEX Offers available.  Since I am in California, most of these offers are targeted to residents on the West Coast.  The offers available below are Five Crowns, Bayside Restaurant, Bistango Restaurant, Janie and Jack, and Stay LA Hotel Offer.

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