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Housekeeping

• Kung Fewer & Kleed SO kleed tier! Welcome April & roacher13!
• Thanks Chris from All the Hacks for card images
• Kevin monzo referral

Onto travel!

• Clear

• Elitism
• Not in terminal C
• Pre check still fast

• Priority Pass Visits (tracker)
  • Stephanie’s
    • According to waiter it’s going away in June/July to bring more business to Chases lounge
    • Lost 70% of business in last year 
  • Chase Sapphire Lounge
    • Boogie-er than VX lounge @ Dulles, comfortable food, larger, better bathrooms
    • Host said most people are using priority pass 
    • No wait
    • Potently perfumed bathroom
• Airports
  • LHR
    • Seemed fine, didn’t do much just arrived and left
    • Huge
  • LTN
    • Horrible, avoid at all costs 
    • Far from London
    • Slow, long, annoying security
    • Crowded
    • Good restaurant Priority Pass
    • Small, wait list, lounge with decent food
    • Have to put liquids in clear plastic bag
  • PRG
    • Super easy security 
    • Clean, not crowded, quick
    • Restaurant Priority Pass only full restaurants
    • Not great food at lounge
    • Have to put liquids in clear plastic bag
  • AMS
    • Arrived in Terminal 3 Gates M, seemed busy
    • Arrived 2.5 hour early in case it was crowded
    • Departure from Terminal 3 Gates M for PLAY (OG)
    • All other security had huge lines, we had none
    • No remove laptops, liquids etc
    • PP lounge only in Terminal 1 & 2
    • Noonr knew where PLAY was in the airport
• Flights
  • BOS -> LHR JetBlue
    • Middle seat
  • LTN -> PRG EasyJet
    • Window seat
  • PRG -> AMS EasyJet
    • Windows seat, neighbor empty
  • AMS -> KEF PLAY
    • Aisle seat
  • KEF -> BOS PLAY
• Cities
  • London
    • Expensive (Pound 25% stronger than USD)
    • NYC feel, big city
    • Bad food, only beer
    • Not great Airbnb
    • Great tour, shout out Theo (link), free but give a tip
  • Prague
    • Unbelievably cheap beer ($2-$3 USD for a pint)
    • City is very touristy
    • Locals and wait staff very much dislike tourists (from Airbnb hate)
    • ATM scams & restaurant scams (charge for bread we didn’t ask for, told no CC after eating)
    • Beautiful old city, great tour, shout out Stepan (link)
    • Great food & staff at Bistro Monk
  • Amsterdam
    • Beautiful city
    • Great transit
    • Walkable/bikeable
      • Bikes have right of way everywhere
    • Volkshotel
    • Incredible tulip tour (link)
    • Not great canal tour (nothing special but unlimited booze, link)
    • Great food
• Cards Used
  • Amex Platinum
    • Limited acceptance but more than expected
    • 10x restaurants (referral)
  • Curve
    • Useless, denied more than majority
    • Seemed like tap to pay would fail but chip would be fine
  • Redstone FCU
    • Flawless
    • 5% restaurants 
  • BofA PRE
    • My “will always work” card
  • Capital One Venture X
    • Friend got charge declined, had to wait 10+ minutes to approve it
  • Cardless Boston Celtics
    • Used for 7x ride share but forgot I have a negative rewards balance
  • One restaurant charged a 1 euro fee for “non dutch cards”
  • Fidelity CMA Debit
    • All fees refunded
    • ATMs in Prague charge crazy fees
      • I think I avoided them
        • Never click Cash & Balance, always Other -> Cash
        • When offered the conversion, hit DECLINE
• No YouTube Music
  • Worked sometimes, others said not supported in this location (with and without US VPN)
• Amex Send in Venmo
  • Able to pay venmo requests via CC balance
    • No rewards but no fees for 30 days, shows as charge
  • Must set limit in Amex for it to work
  • Cannot have a Venmo balance to use
    • Would always have to transfer out balance to use it
• Cloaked purchase
  • WiFi in London required phone numbers and email addresses – ~$30/y for emails and phone numbers worth it
• La Degustation Bohême Bourgeoise
  • Michelin Star
  • $120 meal, $80 wine pairing, 5 course, before and after “free” course
    • ~30% of whole restaurant cost!
  • Glad I tried it, would not go again
  • Unbelievable service
• Total spend
  • Flights: $941.38
    • BOS -> LHR JetBlue $347.30
    • LTN -> PRG EasyJet $68.95
    • PRG -> AMS EasyJet $89.99
    • AMS -> BOS $435.14
  • Housing: $3699.70 / 3 = $1233.23
    • London: $1,123.38 / 3 = $374.46
    • Prague: $760.94 / 3 = $253.65
    • Amsterdam: $1,815.38 / 3 = $605.13
  • Entertainment/Tours: $1370.44 / 3 = $456.81
  • While abroad:
    • By card:
      • Amex: $1397.89
        • Restaurants: $1,137.28
        • Other: $260.61
      • Redstone FCU: $750.06
        • Restaurants: $742.58
        • Transit: $7.48
      • BofA PRE: $452.98
        • Restaurants: $56.38
        • Transit: $143.54
        • Other: $252.08
      • Curve: $372.00
        • Restaurants: $129.71
        • Transit: $94.41
        • Entertainment: $63.90
        • Other: $83.98
      • Cardless Boston Celtics
        • Transit: $37.15
    • Venmos Paid: $322.85
    • ATM Withdraws: $180.78 / 3 = $60.36
  • Totals
    • Flights: $941.38
    • Housing: $3699.70 / 3 = $1233.23
    • Entertainment/Tours: $1370.44 / 3 = $456.81
    • Restaurants:  $2,065.95 / 3 = 688.65
    • Transit:  $282.58 / 3 = $94.19
    • Entertainment:  $63.90 / 3 = $21.30
    • Other:  $596.67 /3 = $198.89
    • Venmos Paid: $322.85 * 3 = $968.55
    • ATM Withdraws: $180.78 / 3 = $60.36
    • Total Per Person: $4,138.08
    • Total Spend: $8,539.17 (not including other’s flights)
  • Last Trip:
    • Total Spent: $ 7,224.62 – 16.2% increase
    • Total Per Person: $ 2,408.21 – 71.83% increase