When airlines go into bankruptcy, the value of your miles is in doubt. While no previous airline bankruptcies have led to loss of miles, and the miles of their FFM programs were accepted by other airlines, there is no guarantee that this will happen in the future, and no insurance programs to guarantee that you will be able to use them. Something to think about. As low as the dollar does go, at least it’ll be worth something.
The new currency?
Scott points to an article on the Guardian website that talks about the value of frequent flier miles in these days of the weak dollar. I’ve been reading a lot on this topic and trying to bump up my miles in United’s program. FrequentFlier.com is a pretty good site for information on maximizing your miles. A few months ago I found another site that I cannot relocate at this point. It allowed you to explore the many conversion options to move miles from one program to another. I had about 11,000 miles in Continental’s program that would have expired in…
I’m doing my own variation on Scoble’s tsunami donation scheme.
He’s donating $5 for every time he uses the word ‘blog’ on his blog. I’m teaching a Polynesian Music class at UH-Hilo this semester. I mentioned to the class that I have this thing about Hawai’i island being referred to as ‘The Big Island.’ As my friend and colleague Kekuhi Kanahele has said, ‘Please don’t call it the Big Island; it has a name.’ Following up on that, I told the students that I’d donate $5 for every time I used ‘Big Island’ in class. I couldn’t even get through that class period without using it. $5 more owed. My…
I can’t help but wonder how much of my monthly wireless bill goes to paying for advertising costs.
It seems as though every fourth or fifth television add I see is for a wireless company. My initial two year contract is nearly up, and I’m seriously considering either cancelling it, or perhaps changing to a plan that allows me to buy blocks of minutes and pay as I go. I simply don’t use the phone enough to justify the $50 a month plan that I have.
One of the Idiot-Cowards has been arrested.
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Night Thoughts of a Field Linguist.
Kevin Roddy is a friend and former colleague at UH-Hilo who is pursuing a Ph.d. in Linguistics, and is doing field research on the Satawalese language. It’s very interesting to follow his work on the web.
I have many things to be grateful for this year, but one stands out above all others.
That after 9 months in Baghdad, my son is still alive and well. I’m praying that I’ll be able to say that again next year.
Get out and vote!
I did my civic duty this morning, please do yours.
Keola Joins A Union.
Something I didn’t think I’d ever say again, but the times they do change. I just joined UHPA (University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly), the union that represents faculty in the University of Hawai’i system. I was only a union member once before. During my brief career as a member of the Maui Police Department, I was a member of SHOPO (State of Hawai‘i Organization of Police Officers). I don’t have anything against unions in principal, it’s just that both my wife’s and my own families were victims of Hawai’i union thuggery in the 60s and 70s. I’ve watched UHPA during…
Cornish clings to life.
An interesting article from Reuters on the decline of the Cornish language, and how the American TV cartoon “The Simpsons” spurred interest in the language.