Recap: Anthony Bourdain, Hawaiian Miles, Lyft Free Rental & More

  • What are HawaiianMiles worth? by Freequent Flyer Book. Good look at HawaiianMiles.
  • Duterte Wants the Death Penalty Back by The New York Times. Death penalty for the possession of drugs seems to be excessive, but that was one of Duterte’s main running points. Realistically not sure how much the death penalty actually matters considering his death squads are estimated at already killing over 7,000 people. That being said this NY Times articles has some good information on why it does need to be stopped there.

 

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Lela
Lela (@guest_352172)
February 12, 2017 03:56

Guess this is a finance blog and not much of a travel blog, but my thought was that all the folks that enjoy using their credit card points to travel to Manila and perhaps enjoy drug use should be aware of these policies and police viewpoints.

Stefan Krasowski (@rapidtravelchai)
February 8, 2017 11:51

No need to protect people from ideas and events, the world is not just $5 off $10 at Papa John’s, have at it! It is fair to readers to develop a consistent approach of when you’ll cover political and when not. In addition to the important human rights situation in the Philippines, there is very much a real connection to your blog content and travel – think of how many financial institution customer service and travel industry jobs around the world are staffed by Filipinos. We should give a thought to people we often treat as invisible.

Joe S
Joe S (@guest_350190)
February 8, 2017 10:16

Thank you for including the Bourdain piece! It was unexpected surprise.

Jeff
Jeff (@guest_350074)
February 8, 2017 02:19

Screw these other guys! Post what you enjoy, it’s your blog!
I for one really enjoyed the Bourdain piece 🙂

Brian
Brian (@guest_349766)
February 7, 2017 14:59

Bravo for including the article about Duterte–the man is a monster.

Credit
Credit (@guest_349653)
February 7, 2017 10:53

Doc. I agree. I have never made political commentary here. But I have a field day on many boardingarea blogs after they have posted even one political post to drum up clicks. In your case you are just linking. But stay away from politics unless you want most unrelated posts to devolve into politics in the future.

This is one blog that is all about making money. And you are very good at it.

Jimbo
Jimbo (@guest_349645)
February 7, 2017 10:33

The political post was unexpected and a little off-putting. I don’t come here for that and I imagine the vast majority of your readers do not either.

Roger
Roger (@guest_349617)
February 7, 2017 09:03

I’m not sure why you have included this link about Duterte, it has ***nothing*** to do with personal finance or churning. You want to avoid political commentary or you might risk losing readership really quick. Please note I am not a Duterte acolyte.

Andrey
Andrey (@guest_350204)
February 8, 2017 10:33

Well, it probably was for someone interested in the history of death penalty in the Philippines. According to readers’ comments, there weren’t too many.

Adam D
Adam D (@guest_350022)
February 7, 2017 23:33

His blog makes us cash. cash is king. readers are going nowhere because of that. calm down it wasnt a main post. Im currently in manila, this is semi-related to travel and churning since PI is a common redemption.

Max
Max (@guest_350280)
February 8, 2017 13:11

It’s Will’s blog, his rules, his opinions. I’m so sick of “oh don’t say anything you might offend people.” Do you need a safe space?

He can post whatever he likes. If you don’t like it, there’s the door.

NinjaX
NinjaX (@guest_349600)
February 7, 2017 08:04

well i consider this a personal finance blog… so i guess that can be included in your exceptions.