Hi y’all and HAPPY SATURDAY to you and yours! Here’s a quick recap of our posts this week:
Joe wrote about:
- The Ticketmaster settlement that could score you free or discounted shows.
- The changes to the Citi Prestige credit card and if they’re good or bad.
- A man who accidentally shot himself at Orlando International Airport.
- Seven travel apps that will make your travel smoother and easier.
Sharon wrote about:
- The funniest complaint letter to an airline, ever.
- How to see the country (or the world!) a few days at a time.
- The “Tale As Old As Time” tea for the beauty or the beast in all of us.
- Her & Joe’s second day at Tokyo Disneyland in April, 2005, in a #TBT post.
- The spooky, possibly haunted Clown Motel (next to a cemetery, no less) that’s for sale.
- All the fees Spirit Airlines charges and how you might be able to avoid them.
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