JetBlue Status Improvements, Vegas Sphere Trolling Rich Golfers & Buying A $7,500 House In Japan

October 14, 2023
Mark Ostermann

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October 14, 2023
Mark Ostermann

Travel on Point(s) is an independent, advertising-supported website. This site is part of an affiliate sales network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites like Creditcards.com and Bankrate.com. This compensation does not impact how or where products appear on this site. Travel on Point(s) has not reviewed all available credit card offers on this site. Reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone and have not been reviewed, endorsed, or approved by any partner entities.

ToP Roundup

In this series I will share articles I found interesting from all over the web. These will be articles about miles, points, travel, finance and everything in-between. Hopefully this ToP Roundup series will give you some interesting tidbits and new information you may have missed during the week. If you see anything out there that you think others may find of interest please feel free to share it with me at Mark@travel-on-points.com.

The Las Vegas Sphere is now trolling golfers at one of America’s most expensive courses – Golf Digest

This is pretty amazing. I am really looking forward to seeing the spectacle that is the Sphere on my trip in a few months.

An American couple left their rent-free life in Mexico and moved to a $7,500 abandoned home in Japan: ‘We feel overwhelmingly welcome' – Yahoo Finance

I love these stories of expats or nomads taking a chance on a rural area and having it work out. Especially with super affordable housing or cost of living etc.

JetBlue Introducing New Elite Benefits Including Confirmed Business Class Upgrades At Booking – View from the Wing

Some good adjustments. I wish JetBlue had better routes out of Detroit, why I was on board with the Spirit merger, especially with my newly minted status!