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Southwest Airlines Gift Card Balance Checker Broken – Here is the Fix

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Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend.  I had a great weekend-long road trip with brother down to Salinas, then Pismo Beach to ride ATVs on sand dunes, then up to King City, then hiking at Pinnacles National Park, and then wandering around the Winchester Mystery House trying not to get lost.  Anyway, I recently purchased a few Southwest Airlines egift cards and I wanted to check their balances before adding them to my travel spreadsheet.  Like I’ve done many times before, I went to the Southwest Airlines website and clicked the “Southwest gift card” link in the footer.

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FTU Advanced Orange County (October 28-30) and Seattle (February 24-26)

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Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is going well.  We are only 1 week away from FTU Advanced in Orange County (October 28-30).  FTU stands for Frequent Traveler University and is a travel conference with your favorite travel bloggers from Boarding Area and beyond.  I will be attending the conference, but I am not presenting.  I am flying down from SFO on Friday night after work, so I won’t be able to attend the Friday night happy hour (someone, please drink for me).  I am staying at home, not at the host hotel (The Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa), but I will be at the conference all day Saturday and Sunday.  I will be wearing my classic Travel with Grant shirt (much to the chagrin of Devil’s Advocate).  If you see me, don’t be afraid to say hello :)

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New AMEX Offer: Home Depot $15 Off $75

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UPDATE: I updated the blog post to distinguish between the 2 AMEX Offers.  They cannot be stacked.  Thank you FreeTravelGuys for pointing that out in the comments.

Good morning everyone, greetings from Las Vegas.  I’m waiting for my scheduled Uber pickup (blog post coming), but in the meantime, I saw some chatter on Twitter about a new AMEX Offer for Home Depot: spend $75 and get a $15 statement credit.  I got the offer on all 5 of my AMEX accounts.  This offer is only valid for in-store purchases.  Act fast since there might be a limited number of offers available.  

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Reminder: OC Travel Hackers Meetup on Sunday September 25 from 2-4pm @ Tustin District In-N-Out

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Good afternoon everyone, I hope your weekend is going well.  I just wanted to remind everyone coming to the OC Travel Hackers Meetup on Sunday afternoon at the Tustin District In-N-Out that the date and time are slightly different from my normal meetup time, so please take note.  I’m looking forward to seeing a few familiar faces and meeting some new travel hackers in Orange County.

  • Where: In-N-Out Burger, 2895 Park Ave, Tustin, CA 92782 (Google Maps)
  • When: Sunday, September 25 from 2-4pm

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No need to RSVP to this post.  If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.  Have a great weekend everyone!

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OC Travel Hackers Meetup on Sunday September 25 from 2-4pm @ Tustin District In-N-Out

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Good morning everyone, I hope your week is going well.  I apologize for the short notice, but I will be in Orange County this weekend and I wanted to organize an OC Travel Hackers Meetup on Sunday afternoon at the Tustin District In-N-Out.  The date and time are slightly different from my normal meetup time, so please take note.  I’m looking forward to seeing a few familiar faces and meeting some new travel hackers in Orange County.

  • Where: In-N-Out Burger, 2895 Park Ave, Tustin, CA 92782 (Google Maps)
  • When: Sunday, September 25 from 2-4pm

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Please let me know if you are planning on joining, so I can get a rough estimate of how many people will be there.  If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.  Have a great day everyone!