Wow, that sounds like an incredible opportunity! I haven’t been on a trip specifically to visit chimpanzees, but I did have an unforgettable wildlife experience once. Last summer, I visited a primate sanctuary in Africa. The connection you feel with these intelligent beings is simply astonishing. The Blue Ridge Mountains must add a whole different charm to the experience. If you’re into wildlife and nature, this could be a once-in-a-lifetime adventure!

Too bad they don’t have costco.

No CB on eBay GC purchases, but save 10% on the GC:

https://www.ebay.com/i/302704242155

did the same offer back in December and have yet to see the miles

Dead now?

Thanks @Tuskers

90% off* round-trip flights has been extended thru today, Nov 26!

Our Black Friday 90% Off Sale IS STILL GOING ON!

90% off* round-trip flight-only bookings or the round-trip flight portion of vacation packages
Travel: 12/05/2017 - 02/13/2018 (Tue / Wed)
Blackout Dates: 12/19/2017 - 01/03/2018
Enter 90PCT (all caps, no spaces) in the Promotion Code box on the home page
Book by 11:59PM on November 26, 2017

@bamboopuppy said in 5-Star Hotels on Las Vegas Strip on sale for $50 @ Hotwire:

You can also identify the name of pretty much any Vegas hotel on Hotwire by using roomrevealer.com

I haven’t used Hotwire in a very long time. When did they start hiding the hotel name like Priceline?

@frugalfreak Thanks.
I just forgot it and add now.

I’ve been watching this board and I think I’m ready to go for it and agree to a weeks rental.

I’ve combed through the owner’s posts and she seems pretty legit. The TUG tips are pretty involved…

Any tips for a newbie on practical ways to make sure everything is on the up and up and protect myself?

Connect to Gogo wifi and launch a browser. When you navigate to a web site it should redirect you to the login page. If not, try to navigate to airborne.gogoinflight.com since some of the browser security features don’t allow the redirects (such as my iPhones). That should kick-start the login page.

There will be a list of available plans, one of which will be Free Messaging for all passengers (phones only – not tablets). If you select that one, it should enable a limited number of services to work, such as iMessage, Wi-Fi texting from your carrier, etc.

The T-Mobile plan is for T-Mobile customers, and offers 1 hour of Wi-Fi, along with unlimited messaging for the rest of the flight. This plan offers more services, such as email, and is also only offered on phones (no tablets, computers, etc.).

The WRINKLE with this plan is that after an hour, it blocks everything until you try to do something on the web and when redirects you to an up-sell page offering you the option to buy more Wi-Fi or to continue texting for free. So I often miss some incoming message notifications that get delayed between the end of the free hour and when I was redirected and accepted the continued messaging for free.

The UPSIDE to this plan is that after the hour, once you accept continued messaging, you still have full web access at throttled speeds (for those that often use Gogo, I know saying Gogo and throttled is redundant, but it’s even slower…) So everything still works, but even slower than typical Gogo…