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I remember when I wrote about my 4 point something Uber rating and was slammed for it not being that high. Apparently, I’m not the perfect model passenger. Today, I was able to find out how many times Uber drivers have slammed me. I’ve received 13 1-St…
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Terminal 4 Priority Pass Madrid: Here to Hydrate
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The tally of Priority Pass Lounges visits continues to grow. The latest is the Plaza Mayor Lounge in Madrid.
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Guns & Butter: Ribera Del Duero, Madrid Travel Guide (Vino Edition)
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Though it is only two hours away from Madrid, Ribera del Duero deserves its own post and enough time to see and drink it all.
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How to Earn TPOL Black & Blue Status
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Call me an instigator but I can’t help myself when I see something ridiculous (Blog Roast OMAAT: Starting Posts with Ouch, Wow, Uh Oh, Wild, Major, Whoa). Like a vigilant subway rider, I have to say something. Today’s ire is directed at fellow BA blogg…
TPOL Is Literally Under Construction
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You know what grinds my gears? People who do not know how to use the word ‘literally’. Here’s an example of how to use it correctly: TPOL is literally under construction. Today the first case was removed and the second one was placed. I will be unable …
Iberia Business ORD-MAD: Mask Jokes Literally Don’t Fly
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“Where’s the champagne?” Thanks to Covid there was no pre-flight celebration. My first time flying a long-haul flight since my return from Shanghai in 2019 was off to an unremarkable start.
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Admirals Club Chicago O’Hare: Masked Lounge Experience
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Admirals Club Chicago O’Hare Review is part of the Punxsutawney TPOL Trip Report, where TPOL leaves the basement and outflanks COVID, at least for now. Remember lounge fun in Chicago (see Delta Sky Club Chicago: Hot Dog! A Great Bloody Mary)? It’s gone…
Simply The Best: January 2022
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It’s January. The birds are chirping. Covid is no longer in the air. Life is back to normal. That may not be the consensus from the world, but that’s how I see it, even with a ruptured Achilles (see TPOL Is Down). Here are the best posts from January: …
Butler Hospitality Sent Me an Amazon Gift Card!
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Have You Ever Not Complained? is a post that still gets hits. And the answer is no. When a hotel/airline offers a service and doesn’t follow through, I follow up until the situation is rectified (see Complaints: How Long Till You Let It Go?). When I st…
TPOL’s Tip: Pack a Spillover Bag
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I pack more for short trips than I do for round-the-world excursions (see What to Pack: “Take 1/2 the Clothes, Twice the Money”). As part of my NYE trip to NYC, I did the same. While it was convenient to only have one bag, I learned a valuable lesson t…
Delta Sky Club JFK: Veuve for 6k
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Delta Sky Club JFK seems to have something interesting going on each time I go. Last time it was hot dogs (see Delta Sky Club Chicago: Hot Dog! A Great Bloody Mary). This time it was January 1st which can only mean one thing – champagne. Mask mandates …
Happy New Year! TPOL’s NYC NYE Party Guide
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I avoided celebrating New Years in NYC because it is 1) cold and it is 2) for amateurs. Because of the limited travel options due to the pandemic and because I did not want to be stuck in the police state of Puerto Rico for the third year (see Covid Te…
Park South Hotel: A Boutique Hyatt in NYC
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I wanted to stay in a hotel close to Gaonurri, the Korean restaurant, where I would be spending NYE. I found the Park South Hotel, a boutique hotel, bookable with Hyatt points.
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Chase Honors My Sapphire Referral Bonus
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I referred Ms. TPOL for a Chase Sapphire. I waited months and never received the 20k referral bonus. I sent a message through the Secure Message Center and instead of receiving the usual, “Please call our 800 number,” I received this reply: Thank you f…
Bills Lose, But Who Can Afford Super Bowl Tickets?
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In 1991, I said, “There’s always next year.” In 2022, I am saying the same. After the Bills lost in one of the best games I have seen, I was dejected but relieved. Dejected because the OT rules are silly. Each team should be afforded the opportunity to…
TPOL Is Down
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I apologize for breaking my word and not posting an out-of-the-office message (see TPOL Opens M-F at 10:07AM EST), though I have been using those too frequently lately. This time I wasn’t traveling. Instead, I was hopping all over Puerto Rico from hosp…
TPOL in Super Bowl LVI? First Things First
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Last year I was worried that the Bills would go to the Super Bowl forcing me to leave the basement (see Bills Mafia: TPOL’s NFL Playoff Predictions & About Those Buffalo Bills…). That did not happen. This year, I see no reason why the Bills won’t a…
Moulin Rouge: TPOL On Broadway
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Due to the never-ending drama of Covid (see Covid Test to Enter Puerto Rico: Another Asinine Policy) and the need to rehabilitate my NYE party list (see Where to Party? New Year’s Eve), I chose NYC for NYE (see Happy New Year! TPOL’s NYC NYE Party Guid…
Felix Roasting: Best Java in NYC
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As Latte Larry found out, it’s the beans that make a coffee shop a coffee shop. Tired of Starbucks, unimpressed with Stumptown (see What A Wait), and unable to find Gregory’s, I stopped into the nicest coffee shop in New York, if not the world. The dec…
Etiquette of Things: Comedy Cellar NY
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The following is an excerpt from my upcoming book, The Etiquette of Things: Things You Didn’t Know Were Things. It is based on my annoyance with society as a whole and my Angry Professor persona (catch up on all Angry Professor posts here). Here are ot…