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The future is really amazing. It was raining in NYC in mid october (screw that) and I REALLY wanted a steak. Seeing as how a good, high quality grass fed steak

by maneesh 14y ago

The future is really amazing. It was raining in NYC in mid october (screw that) and I REALLY wanted a steak. Seeing as how a good, high quality grass fed steak can end up in the $100 range in NYC, I thought "I wonder how much it would cost to go to Buenos Aires tonight?" I pulled up aa.com and checked the Award Reservations---it was only 40,000 ffmiles + $42.40. For a same day reservation. Since I run a site all about how to get unlimited free airline miles, I had several million--so the total real cost to me (to get to Buenos Aires) was $42.40. Four hours later I was boarding a plane, and 13 hours later I was eating the best steak known to mankind. Definitely worth it :)

stevenwei 14y ago
Should have flown to Kobe, Japan instead. :)
- sliverstorm 14y ago
  Significantly more expensive airfare, and the beef still costs $100!
ashbrahma 14y ago
Would love to know more about racking up a million miles for free. What website do you run?
- maneesh 14y ago
  it's called http://www.hackthesystem.com http://www.hackthesystem.com . The guide to getting free miles is the Travel Hacking Report. It also talks about how I get free offices in almost every country in the world.
  - daeken 14y ago
    Saw your previous comment and hunted this down. Just read the whole thing -- very, very cool. Regus Businessworld will definitely come in handy; $300/yr isn't bad at all, but 6 months free can't be beat! Nice job.
    - maneesh 14y ago
      it's actually forever free---they say only 6 months, but the expiration is non-existent. I've been using mine for over 4 years!
  - monksy 14y ago
    Is this mostly with credit card churning or mile runs?
    - maneesh 14y ago
      churning
      - monksy 14y ago
        Churning really depends on your credit. Shaphire and the high mileage cards require you to have a very good score and decent sized credit history.
smackfu 14y ago
The really cool thing about going to Buenos Aires is that its often the same time zone as NYC and the flights are overnight. So you can go to sleep in NYC and wake up in Argentina with no jet lag (if you can sleep on planes).

by maneesh 14y ago

stevenwei 14y ago

Should have flown to Kobe, Japan instead. :)

sliverstorm 14y ago
Significantly more expensive airfare, and the beef still costs $100!

ashbrahma 14y ago

Would love to know more about racking up a million miles for free. What website do you run?

maneesh 14y ago
it's called http://www.hackthesystem.com http://www.hackthesystem.com . The guide to getting free miles is the Travel Hacking Report. It also talks about how I get free offices in almost every country in the world.
- daeken 14y ago
  Saw your previous comment and hunted this down. Just read the whole thing -- very, very cool. Regus Businessworld will definitely come in handy; $300/yr isn't bad at all, but 6 months free can't be beat! Nice job.
  - maneesh 14y ago
    it's actually forever free---they say only 6 months, but the expiration is non-existent. I've been using mine for over 4 years!
- monksy 14y ago
  Is this mostly with credit card churning or mile runs?
  - maneesh 14y ago
    churning
    - monksy 14y ago
      Churning really depends on your credit. Shaphire and the high mileage cards require you to have a very good score and decent sized credit history.

smackfu 14y ago

The really cool thing about going to Buenos Aires is that its often the same time zone as NYC and the flights are overnight. So you can go to sleep in NYC and wake up in Argentina with no jet lag (if you can sleep on planes).