Hello, I'm looking to return to Vietnam from Australia next week to relax before I return to university in July and explore some new areas that I haven't visited. All of our flights, night buses, accomodation, and pre-booked tours/activities expenses are paid and am figuring out what my daily spend will be so I can cash out appropriately.
Initially the trip would have run across 7 days but now extended to 17 days when my two little cousins heard I was coming back to Vietnam and now want to tag along. Aside from the tours, we will be chilling out in less touristy locations since they know some spots that they've visited and been to. I am covering all of their expenses aside from meals, shopping and activities that aren't pre-booked.
Currently I have allocated roughly $500-$700 AUD pp for the duration of the trip however I am unsure how long that will last us. We are content drinking beers instead of cocktails if it means we can save a bit more to spend in more fun areas.
Lastly, I'm looking to spend about $100-$150 of my own allocation towards gifting my cousins something that'd appreciate to show my gratitude (perfume, nails or whatever they want) for their help with filling out the trip itinerary along with a small parting gift for the family in Soc Trang (possibly liquor).
My trip is as follows:

• June 7, 16, 20: Saigon
  • Staying with family, 3 bar hopping locations and eating locally
• June 8-9 & 16: Hanoi
  • Light shoe shopping, rock climbing, go-karting, pottery
  • 3 bar hopping locations, and eating locally
• June 10-12: Ninh Binh
  • 1 tour day of Hoa Lu, Trang An & Mua Cave hike
  • 1 day for Greenpine Resort
  • 1 day of renting a bike and exploring
• June 13-15: Phong Nha
  • 1 tour day of trekking in Phong Nha with kayaking
  • 1 tour day of exploring Dark Cave & Paradise Cave
• June 17-18: Can Tho
  • 1 day in Con Son
  • 1 day of floating market and 4 bar hopping locations
• June 18-19: Soc Trang (staying with family, likely spend $0 here)
  • get drunk and lots of karaoke with the family in their hometown
• June 21-23: Da Lat (unfortunately not Buon Ma Thuot due to costs and time to get there)
  • a bunch of random activities like Mongo Land, Puppy Farm, KDL Rừng Thông Núi Voi, and light bar hopping, no tours listed

So my husband and I booked a 10 night Mediterranean cruise on the Norwegian Viva that set sail on May 25. We were stupid and included airfare as part of the package, because they were having a special deal. We also had them set the flight days to 1 day before the cruise and 3 days after the end, so we could have time in Athens and Rome outside of the sailing dates. The flight to Athens was a complete mess; here’s what happened:

• We woke up on Wednesday to find that our original flight time had been pushed from 1:20pm to 5:00pm, due to a flight delay on the airline's part (no other explanation given to us). Our next flight was in Chicago at 6pm, and if we left at 5pm EST, we would get there at 5pm CST - tight but doable.
• We get to the airport in the afternoon and find our flight is now delayed to 5:25pm; now we're getting worried about catching that 6pm Chicago flight.
• Continue to sit there and it’s delayed further to 5:45pm; we'd never catch that Chicago flight. We call NCL and they say to talk to the airline (United).
• So we call United, and the best they can tell us is to ask our flight attendant to contact the Chicago flight and hold it for us.
• At this point, it’s all moot, as our first flight is now delayed to 6:25pm, and we would arrive after our Chicago flight.
• It’s roughly 5pm now, and I begin frantically calling NCL and United to try to figure out what we're supposed to do - do we take this first flight and hope for some solution in Chicago? United tells us they have no other flights today that would get us where we need to go (everything is booked) from either our home airport or Chicago and that we would have to stay overnight in Chicago if we go there. Okay, but if we do that, what happens then? United tells us we have to talk to our "travel agent" (e.g. NCL) and have them coordinate our plane tickets.
• So I talk to NCL's "airfare specialists" who were absolutely useless. They could not/would not help us, and just told us to talk to United. They would then forward me to United which ended up going to a voicemail box that told me that my situation would be resolved within 30 days. Awesome.
• I finally found someone at United who thought she could get us from our home airport to Newark, then Amsterdam, then Athens. But she couldn’t finalize the whole thing, because Lufthansa (who were the carriers for our last two legs of flight) would have to sign off on it (I don’t know why, that’s just what I was told).
• I then spoke to a nice gentleman at Lufthansa who said the United lady had fried everything up, but he would fix things - eventually he had us set up for a new set of tickets leaving the next morning that would get us to Athens eventually. I could see the new flights in my United app, and received an email confirmation of them. So we went home, expecting to be able to leave the next day.
• Later that night, I try to check us in. No record of these new tickets. United says they have no idea what I’m talking about. I try to call Lufthansa and their US support line is giving a busy signal (no joke). After multiple attempts, I finally try calling the Canadian support office, who confirmed that they were getting a busy signal too when they tried calling the line; also confirmed that he could see no new tickets in his system and that there was nothing he could do to help us, and that we need to speak to our travel agent.
• I then called NCL's "airfare specialists" again, and they’re shut down for the night. Awesome. So I call the personal cruise consultant line, and get told there’s nothing they can do, I have to wait till the airfare office is open in the morning.
• At this point, it seemed like a risk to try to rely on them to resolve this and get us to Athens in time, as they had been zero help so far, so I just said eff it, and shelled out $3600 for Delta tickets for an airport 2 hours away; we managed to get to Athens in time for the cruise, thankfully.

As for what happened to the new tickets that strangely disappeared - my best guess is that because they were tied to that original confirmation number, when we didn’t show up in Chicago, somehow the whole thing got cancelled, including our new tickets. I don’t know what we could have done differently in this situation to resolve it better.
Another lesson learned - make sure you check what is surrounding your cabin, not just on the sides, but above and below. Our cabin is apparently above a dishwashing station and there is non-stop clattering and a thumping noise from the washing machine. It goes all day from about 5am to midnight. So far our complaints have started an "investigation" - at this point, I would take a downgrade room-wise, so long as it’s quiet. I’m so tired that I’m having trouble getting through our excursions; too exhausted to enjoy them, and we've still got 5 more days to go.
I’m feeling pretty disheartened about this whole trip - we've spent a *lot* of money on this trip, and it’s not the experience I was hoping it would be.

Background info:
Currently I live in San Diego county in a single-family home built in 1959 with 4 other roommates. 2 of the roommates, A and B, are on the official lease (A = 1st roommate on lease, B = 2nd roommate). The other 3 roommates, C, D and E, are subleasing (C = roommate in question, D = other roommate, E = myself). The current lease started June 10, 2023 and terminates June 31, 2024. There was never a written subleasing agreement between C, D, and E and the other tenants/landlord. Roommate C has been living here since June 11, 2023; myself since February this year; roommate D since March this year. The landlord is aware that the subleasers have taken over the rooms from the other 3 people originally on the lease, but again there’s been no official agreement. We all pay rent by sending a zelle/venmo to roommate B, and he sends zelle to the landlord.
So here’s the situation:
Roommates A, D, and E, and two other people not currently living in the house renewed a new lease that starts as soon as the current one ends. The lease has already been signed by all required parties as of May 18th, 2024. When working on renewing the lease Roommate B said he wished to move out, and Roommate C made it known that he did not have plans to stay either after the current lease ended. That is until recently when he found out we renewed the lease without him. Now he claims that he wanted to stay and was going to have his gf move in to his room as well. He is saying that he does not have to leave when the current lease ends because we didn’t give him the option to get on the lease (even though he stated multiple times that he wasn’t planning on it). Also, he’s ALREADY had his girlfriend over almost every single day that he is home since I moved in. She gets packages delivered, does laundry here, and essentially lives here already. The current lease states that no guests can stay for longer than 10 days at a time (which she has), but we never signed it so not sure if it applies.
My question is:
Does he have the right to stay here after the lease ends even though our verbal sublease agreement with the previous tenants was for until the end of the current lease? Is there anything myself or the other roommates can do to ensure he is out by the end of the current lease period so all the new tenants can move in? Like, can myself or any other roommate give him a notice to leave by then?

35M and my 30F STBXW, no kids. She decided to leave on this day exactly two months ago. Completely checked out and moved out in the next 5 days. No cheating, physical, financial, or substance abuse.
My timeline so far: The first 5 days. We were still living together. I was completely numb and felt no appetite. We spent all those days walking around the city together. I tried "fixing things", pleading, begging, making promises, etc.. It didn't help. I ate one time a day, not because of hunger, but because I understood that starving is wrong, didn't feel sleep deprivation, and woke up multiple times at night. Seeing your soulmate doing a 180 and becoming completely cold was beyond painful and horrifying. It's less painful to remember that now.
The first 3 weeks. Hell. I woke up in dread most days and thought about her 99% of the day. Mentally crippled with waves of anxiety that made me feel like crawling up a wall. Doing the dishes or getting a shower felt like an achievement for the day. We had some contact through FB at this stage.
After 1.5 months. There was a week when I had a dream about her 6 days straight. I started to function more or less properly. So many people here on Reddit mentioned therapy. My recently divorced friends mentioned it too. And so I went there for the first time in my life. It helps. The best investment you can make in yourself as far as I'm concerned. I also started doing some studies that I couldn't force myself to do. For some reason "it's been 1.5 months" felt like a very long time. I cried daily, sometimes more often per day than in the last 5 or 10 years. Thoughts of suicide and feelings of regret were a constant. Minor glimpses of happiness started occurring after accomplishing something. The contact completely dried down to her watching my FB stories. Somewhere around this mark, I made a private FB post for her, talking about my first visit to a therapist and how useful it was. She commented that I "trampled, destroyed, and shit on top of our relationship", putting the blame 100% on me. She did mention a few times before that "I am the victim here". I replied that she was the one who abandoned a person who would never leave her (it's true), and she replied "you left me a long time ago........".
2 months later. Got sick with a fever for 3 days. And while sick, I didn't think about the divorce or her much. Funnily enough, being sick helps. Didn't cry for 3 days (achievement unlocked). I cooked my first real meal yesterday, as dumb as it sounds it felt like an achievement too. I started actively applying for better jobs and working on my skills. It still feels pointless, but what else is there to do? I've noticed that some things that I thought I could ever only enjoy with her, I enjoy doing by myself too. Yesterday I was sitting at a park and noticed some ladies checking me out multiple times, it felt nice, because currently on a scale from 1 to 10, my feeling of self-worth is somewhere around 0. There is no desire to be with someone else yet. I still cry a lot and have suicidal thoughts every other day. But these days the tears are less filled with hopelessness and despair and more with love and a deep and sincere longing. Often I catch myself calmly thinking "This is my new life now". It's just the inevitable truth. Not the life that I wanted or expected. Any feelings of pride or self-worth are gone. Feeling a lot of shame and guilt. Just want to isolate myself in a forest somewhere.
I know it will not happen, but given the chance, I would reconcile. But after all this pain and abandonment the dynamic would be completely different this time.
I'm curious to hear from people in the 2-12 months post separation phase. How are you feeling? What are your current thoughts? Please share your timeline, or, if you want, you can reach out.

I 17F, have a sort of “bipolar” relationship with my mother (48F) For context, my sister and I were adopted young, she was 13 months and I was a few weeks from being 6. While I love my adopted parents dearly, there have been many struggles throughout childhood. I didn’t behave correctly as a child. I stole and lied, but it wasn’t purely out of spite but rather I didn’t know right from wrong. My biological mother, we’ll call her sarah, was and still is a drug addict. My father, who we’ll call Jim was her drug dealer (no longer is using, but now clean) and poof popped out me. So for the first years of my life I had to learn to fend for myself and my baby sister, as my mother was off doing god knows what. so, when I got adopted I was as doing things I was taught beforehand, not knowing they were wrong. Fast forward to when I was 9-10 years old. This was when my parents and I would get into major arguments over little things. This is when it was discovered I had MDD ( major depressive disorder) and was put on my first round of medications. Everything went down hill. I was put in an outpatient behavioral/ mental health facility for my attitude. When I was 12, I was out into my first short term facility because I began to self harm. after I was released, the morning after I tried to commit suicide, failed, and then went back to the short term, which soon became a long term. That lasted about it 2 months until it got shut down and I was transferred to another facility. I was there for about a year and a half before I was discharged. Over the few months I was gone, I got into many arguments with my parents, my mother specifically. I ran away a total of 2 times. The first time was when I was shipped off to my aunts (because my adopted mom couldn’t deal with me) to help her clean her house (she’s a hoarder) while I was there I was talking about my feelings and said just wanted to hurt myself, and then she said “maybe your should” so I ran away. The next time my mom and I were arguing over something dumb and she and my nana (her mom) cornered me while my nana was saying “do something, so something, I dare you” I didn’t because I knew the consequences weren’t gonna be good. I ran down the stairs and out the front door. The cops later found me (my mom called them” and they took me home, but put me in cuffs for a 12hr hold. I was later told it was because I hit my mom and left marks ( I had no recollection of this) my mom told me she had pictures, which she refused to show me. after a few more incidents, I was taken to a few local short term inpatients facility’s, then later taken to the same long term inpatient facility. I was there for about 8 months. I was 14 when I got out. over the next 3 years, I’ve learned a lot. My sister and I have grown close. When o was in the facility I learned that my mom told me I pushed my sister down the stairs ( had no recollection about it, actually remember being at the bottom of the stairs and carried her to my mom) my sister later confirmed my side of the story. My mom also told me while o was in the facility, that my sister was scared of me. My sister later denied that. While I was in the long term facility the first time, it was up to the parents to call weekly, and if they didn’t, you got not call. My parents didn’t call once. I was there a year and a half. I didn’t have visitation, until my parents were forced to come down in order for me to be discharged . Anyways, my mom always nags me about my appearance, actions, and everything I do. Says I’m too big, ned to put makeup on to look “decent” and when she asks n to do something and I do it. But not to her expertise, she refuses to believe i even did it. whenever i am visibly frustrated, and my mom asks me why I'm "cranky" and i say nothing, she threatens to ground me if u dint tell her, but when i do tell her whats wrong, which is mostly something she did, she denies it all, and says thats not what happened. last week my mom said she would wake me up for church the next morning, but the next morning tolls around and i wake up when everyone is walking li the door. i later confront my mom and ask her why she didn't wake me up. she says nana did, multiple times, but i wouldnt wake up. i tried to tell her i was pretty sure she didnt even try, but she told me she didbt have time ti argue. so i believed it. the next day my nana shows me something in her phone and she accidentally shows me a text from my mom "dont wake her( me) up" dated from hours before she told me she was going to wake me up.
theres more to everything, but its pretty late and im tired lol.

Morning itz Riker here.
The hoomans have been mumbling about me spending too much time on my own. I like my me time and recently I've adopted the bath as my spot. I've been spending all my time in it, only getting out to eat and do my business. I've had to defend my spot several times when they wanted to use the shower.
Last night I decided I'd join them in the bedroom to sleep. Apparently I interrupted them by demanded strokes when I could have had them all day if I'd come downstairs in the day. After the appropriate amount of strokes I lay down only to get moaned at for being in the wrong spot and where was mama supposed to put her legs? Not my problem.
I settled for awhile but then thought I'd go exploring the room so I jumped around, knocked a few things over and caused a noise which stopped mama falling asleep. Personally I think it was dad's snoring keeping her and the whole road awake!
Once I'd finished exploring I found a nice space on the bed between the hoomans where I could stretch out only for mama to moan again that I was taking up the whole bed. She's obviously not very good at maths because there was three of us in the bed, it's not possible for me to take up the whole bed.
At 2.30 mama had still gotten no sleep and dad had the cheek to disturb me by getting up to use the hooman litter tray. Well that was rood especially as I'd let him sleep all this time! Mama took that time to finally stop moaning and go to sleep.
Itz 9.15 now, and due to my lack of sleep because of mama I'm now going to have a nap on the bed all by myself.

2 weeks ago I was driving and saw a puppy sitting on the corner of a street hiding behind an electrical box. I pulled over and offered her water and put it in between us but she kind of half barked at me and would back up when I got close. After about 10 mins of sitting with her a nice lady pulled over and gave me a huuuge plate of different meats, it was almost more than I could eat 😂. The puppy carefully ate the food and I slowly scooted to her and eventually was able to grab her and get her in my car. She smelled like urine and was incredibly dirty but seemed healthy. she was so wore out and scared she just layed down on my seat and fought going to sleep the whole car ride home. I could see where she used to have a collar so I knew she was someone’s .I took her to see if she had a micro chip , nothing, I posted her many many places online, nothing.
She has been with me two weeks now and has been the most amazing, smart, sweet and funny puppy I have ever had in my life. She pooped and peed inside the first night I brought her home so I ran her outside instantly and she hasn’t done it since.. well some mornings she pees right in front of the door as I’m putting her leash on because she’s so happy and I’m slow as hell 😂 but that doesn’t count. Ive taught her to sit, stay , lay down, spin around, kennel(we don’t close door unless necessary) . Before today I would just walk her every couple hours so she could do her business and get some exercise, but I hung the leash on the wall somewhat near the door for the first time not even thinking about it and she came up to me pulled on the bottom of my pants leg, walked to the leash, pushed it with her nose , looked at me, then walked to the door , looked at me and sat down.. WHAT. I’m amazed. And she was far from trained the day I brought her home. Would jump on me and bite my fingers (lightly) She sleeps with me and would puppy attack the first 3 or so nights we would lay down. But that’s all I can think of that she’s done. But she’s a puppy and imo the biting is inevitable . Every time she would bite I’d give her something else. She got the point in like 5 days(for the most part 😂) but She’s never broken skin or really even got close to it. When I leave the house she’ll sometimes give 3 or 4 barks. And oh yeah she DOES NOT ever let me leave her sight.
I just don’t understand why someone let this girl go. But I’m glad they did because This dog has saved my life. I haven’t been this happy in a long time.
anyways… to the most likely useless human who never took the time to train her, I’ll have you know it only took me 3 treats to teach her sit and stay. But thanks for the dog of my dreams and my new best friend. And for your sake don’t let me find out who you are. It’s not that hard to take a dog to a safe shelter. Or post for free online somewhere. She definitely has border collie in her and I guarantee a rancher somewhere would’ve loved her. I hope I’m wrong and maybe you don’t have access to the internet or something but I highly doubt that. Again Do Not let me find out who you are. I want to stay out of prison.
I didn’t want to name her until a week has passed so I didn’t get attached if someone claimed her so I was just naturally calling her Baby and she caught on quick (before I did probably 😂)and responded to it so I figured eh that works. Don’t get a dog if you don’t have time or knowledge to train them.
This morning I found my 10 year old bulldog dead on the living room floor and I don’t know what I would’ve done without her comfort . It’s like he was waiting to make sure I’d be ok and baby let him know she has it and he could go.
I Love you Baby and I’m gonna do my absolute best to give you the best life a dog could have.

Preface We're a casual boardgame meetup group that has been running in various venues over London for over 5 years, we meet up every Wednesday and have games to suit every kind of player, from large casual party games to competitive 4 player strategy games.
Venue
10 minute walk from Russell Square (Piccadilly)
10 minute walk from Chancery Lane (Central)
10 minute walk from Kings Cross (Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Piccadilly, Victoria, Great Northern, Thameslink, LNER, Grand Central, Hull, Edinburgh)
but then, you're all using Citymapper anyway, who cares
The tables are booked from 6:00pm, most people tend to show up between 6:30 & 7:30, we average about 25-40 people. We'll be upstairs - if not, just hunt around for people playing boardgames - we're a friendly bunch, feel free to pester anyone or text Adam if you're shy and we'll sort you out!
Summary Where: 252 Grays Inn Rd, London WC1X 8JR
When: Wednesday May 29th from 6:00pm
What: Play board games, have a chat and drink in a pub.
Contacts Adam: Oh7Eight9Five DoubleZero7DoubleZero1
Text if you get lost. No RSVP is required, you can just show up on the day if you want, there's a WhatsApp group if you'd like to be invited (please text, it's easier to invite that way)
FAQ Do I need to know any games? No, we'll be more than happy to teach some.
Should I bring any game with me? Not mandatory, but if you have some games you want to play then bring them! We will supply some.
What games do you have? We have 7 Wonders Duel, Anomia, Arkham Horror Articulate, Azul, Bang!, Brass Birmingham, Bus, Carcassonne, Castles of Burgundy, Catan, Caylus 1303, Chameleon, Champions of Midgard, Cockroach Poker, Codenames + variants, Coup, Decrypto, Dixit!, Dog Park, Exploding Kittens, Food Chain Magnate, Great Game of Britain, Great Western Trail, High Society, John Company, Just One, Keyflower, Kingsport Festival, Lords of Waterdeep + Skullport/Undermountain, Love Letter, Maloney's Inheritance, Modern Art, Mystic Vale, One Night a Werewolf, Pandemic, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Res Arcana, Root + Expansions + Fan-addons, Ryu, Saboteurs, Salem, Scrabble, Scythe, Sidereal Confluence + Bifurcation, Skull King, Skull, Spirit Island, Splendor, Sushi Go, Taluva, Tammany Hall, Teotihuacan, Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition, Terraforming Mars + expansions, Therapy, Ticket to Ride Europe/Germany/London/US, Unstable Unicorns, Village Green, Viticulture and many more, if you're interested in anything; post or message.
Will there be drinking involved? Completely optional, there's no pressure to drink.

This life ive built myself is slowly crashing down around me. Im so unhappy i dont even know what to bitch about anymore.
Im the sole breadwinner in a household of three grown men, 4 dogs, and 2 little girls (half the week.). I support every party. I pay every bill. i pay every debt. I pay for every habit, every vice. Every new fucking toy and ooh this is so pretty/so cool. I drive to every event, i take people to work, I do the road trips, god forbid i ask anyone to pitch for gas.
Theres never anything left for me to spend on myself. Ya know whens it gonna be my turn? . In the past 10 years of my marriage ive sacrificed EVERYTHING, credit card payments, car maintenance, i quit talking to my mom, stopped talking to my brother, 2 aunts, my grandmother and one born again tweaker uncle (whom i ENJOYED), all to make my husband happy.
Ive gone through 7 cars, including my precious honda, all drove into smoking rubble. I took out loans. I got fat. I GOT FAT!
He held a job (one job) for two months before we got married. He still never paid one bill. Our roommate has been "looking" for a job since we let him move in, hes my husbands uncle so i guess I just let that shit slide too?
All we ever do is argue, we dont even have sex anymore, but that could be more due to my unhappiness, he still tries. Husbands drunk 3-4 nights a week with his friends, alternating houses, i dread the day they come to ours.
The bills are slowly getting to be too much to handle and i almost dont care anymore. I begged and borrowed and mooched my way out of family and friends so thats no good.
I started smoking weed and stress eating. More than halfway considering cashing out my 401k and just leaving.
He even ruined my good driving record... Fuck. My. Whole. Life.

So, I don’t really know how to start this article, but I’m trying to put myself in the shoes of a young person who has just found out about trading through an Instagram Story of a 21-year-old racing a Lamborghini Urus through the outskirts of Dubai.
Welcome to the jungle, dear friend.
Below the fast-paced 20-second reel with motivational background music and a Morgan Freeman-like voice telling you that you’re a complete failure if you don’t take cold showers and trade JPY/USD, there is a link to a mysterious Telegram group that promises all the riches in the world to those who are brave enough.
‘’Brave enough to trade.’’
This article, however, is less an analysis of the success rates of Instagram traders, let alone their following that is blindly copying the signals that are being put in front of their faces; it’s sort of a reveal of what this industry looks like behind the scenes.
After landing in a telegram group with botted engagement and 100x leveraged stock picks, let's start with the next step.
You need to choose a platform on which you choose to pursue those wild fantasies.
In this case, your best Instagram friend refers you to sign up to a broker.
You land on a landing page, take 30 minutes to KYC yourself, and you can now place real trades in the real market. Exciting, right? Real trading, oh fellow mate, how good that feels. Your trades move the mighty markets in the world's financial capitals, in London, New York, you name it. While your trusted broker gives you access to a scent of freedom by allowing you to partake in this ecosystem of liberty.
Ok, stop right here.
Let’s look at how brokers make money.

The Broker Business Model

Brokers make money in two ways:
They charge you commission and spreads. The higher those are, the more money they make, and the less you make.
That’s why we’ve seen many brokers claim to charge record-low commissions and spreads but actually charge a bit more if you read the fine print.
So the more you trade, the better for them.
How beginner traders imagine this process to be like:
You deposit money.
You place a trade.
Your broker hands on that trade to its market makeliquidity provider.
If you make money, great, you cash out the profits.
If not, then the other party will keep the money.
So, let’s talk about two things that will be quite important throughout the length of this article.

1) A-book

A-book basically means that your traders enter the real market, and are transferred from the broker to the other market participant.
If you trade with an A-book broker, the broker only makes money when you trade; otherwise, he receives a spread and commission on your trades.
Not too shabby.
But wait…
Since brokers know the likelihood of Instagram traders being profitable, they can choose not to pass on your order but to keep it in their internal ecosystem.
We call that:

2) B-book

You can imagine a B-book like a demo account. It feels real, but it’s not. There’s no real market, no liquidity, just a price and nothing else.
If the broker, B-books you, he’s basically saying, “ok well, I think that trade is wrong, and I take the risk of you being wrong.”
In this case, the broker doesn’t pass on the trade, it stays in his environment.
Which is good if you are wrong.
But a bit bad if you are right, since then, the broker is really losing money.
But back again to the Instagram traders.
These brokers can detect if you know what you’re doing or not.
If not, then you’re B-booked. Your trades stay in the fake environment, and they wake up every morning rooting for you to lose.
The more you lose, the more they make. That’s amazing, right… for the broker.
And the real crazy thing…
Nobody is ever even sure who’s really executing the order, the broker might pass it on another broker, that passes it on to another broker, and this goes on until infinity.
Until someone B-books the trade and takes the risk.
Nobody knows who’s really A-booking or not.
And basically, everybody’s hoping you’ll be unprofitable so they can b-book you and take the win. Bingo.
Even the most regulated and legalized brokers are not with your best interest in mind. They know that based on your Instagram source, you have a 97% likelihood of not being profitable. That’s why they pay your Instagram Friend a 150% CPA because they are really very sure that you will lose money.
That sucks.
So there’s another new very promising thing that has been created in the last years.
I call it the “Ponzi prop firm”:

The Challenge or ‘’Ponzi’’ Prop Firm

Basically, there’s a platform that says, " Hey, I’ve got a lot of funded accounts back here, and you can get them if you prove to me that you’re a profitable trader.”
This is quite cool because in the past, you could only access those funds if you were traded for a bank on Wall Street and had a degree from Harvard.
So, you’re a skilled trader, but you don’t have enough money to really make money. Our old friend who trades on brokers is making 10% on $5.000, which doesn’t allow him to pay his rent.
On the other hand, those magical prop firms promise you that you can get accounts of up to $200.000 if you pass the challenge. Whoooah, that’s quite crazy.
10% on $200.000 - hallelujah.
Here’s how it works: you need to reach a minimum profit of around 8%-10% and adhere to some other, sometimes really strange rules:

• Minimum trades per day
• Maximum holding time
• Minimum trading time

It doesn’t take an Ivy League math graduate to figure out that all of this is basically to reduce your likelihood of being profitable.
Of course not, considering that trading 10% profit is nearly and basically impossible for most people, like 99% of traders.
So let’s look at the business model of one of those funky prop firms.
Basically, what you do:
All of your accounts are on b-book. Which is really great, since now you’re not regulated as a broker, and you can do whatever the f*** you want. And next, you use the challenge income to pay out profitable users.
Hold on a second.
What?
You’re selling challenges ($97 - $997)
You onboard those users.
97% of them don’t pass a challenge
Maybe 0.5% of them ever request a payout.
You use the income from those challenges to pay profitable users.
A wet B-book dream.
The big problem here (again, it doesn’t take a math genius to figure it out)
If people are too profitable, you go bust (example)
If people stop buying challenges, you can’t pay out people who are still profitable
So, the firm's owner is hoping for things to go down south for traders. Some of them are proven even to build technology to make trading conditions worse for traders.
Every day, a new firm is popping up, running a similar model.
They sell challenges. Nobody passes them. The owner can drive supercars. All traders fail.
Until it all goes bust.
So the big “aha” for our Instagram trader should be here.
‘’It’s all B-book basically.’’
And that you’re operating in an industry that is somewhat rooting for you to fail.
For brokers, the more you trade, the more commissions they make. And if you don’t trade profitably, then they just never pass on your losses and capitalize on your losses.
Prop firms build schemes that you sign up for, pay a fee for, and then hope that nobody ever passes them. If you pass, then, god forbid, hope that they’re selling enough challenges to pay you out.
That’s enough nihilism for today.
Sayonara.

It truly is just so chilly lately and I love it. I enjoy summery days too, I just prefer them few and far between and I like feeling cosy and rugged up as opposed to wanting to shed my skin for some relief.
It’s my honeys birthday :) I’m going to make a concerted effort to not be too much. I can’t be too much anyway from here but still. I wanted to send him an ubereats voucher for his dinner tonight but it turns out I can’t send it internationally :( It has to be the same currency. I also don’t have his bank account so I can’t just chuck some money in there either. I just want to make him feel special and loved and I thought that was a tiny yet cute gesture. Oh well. It’s his birthdaaaaay! I’m so happy he was born and became who he is and the fact he’s all mine
I’m struggling with my mood a bit recently. Or depression. Whatever you want to call it. I don’t like either word. But flat or empty doesn’t always cover it, just because I feel depressed doesn’t automatically equate to flat/grey/empty/numb/etc. They’re a specific feeling, I can be and feel depressed and not feel any of them - I can just feel detached from life, I guess. Idk. It’s hard to put into words, I’m sure I could find some writer who articulates it perfectly but even then, that’s their feeling, not mine. But I really like reading and hearing relatable feelings, I can feel alone a lot and hearing others feeling the same as me makes me feel less so. Truly Captain Obvious over here. But anyway. I’m struggling more again lately. The last few days. It’s not PMS related, it’s deeper than that. There’s a difference.
Truly anyone can have a podcast, can’t they? I’m listening to one now about book theories and they’re just talking over one another and being quite rude and dismissive and then I realise this is just content I disagree with but their theories have so many holes in them. SO MANY. It’s basically one hole with a flimsy fabric of theory around the outside. So now I’m hate listening because it’s making me grind my teeth and my eye twitch, but no one else has any podcasts about this and I wanna listen to some. It just sounds like they don’t even like each other? I felt so awkward for a lot of it. Also they’re so unprepared, like if you’re going to spout theories then a) know what you’re talking about b) back it up c) look for holes in it and point them out because that’s half the fun and d) you can’t base a theory off of something you don’t even know. Eg. One of them was talking about how X was Y’s dad but neither knew if X was even alive. Like… ? Also none of them are original theories which tbh I don’t care about, it’s just nice to have them condensed into an episode to listen to, but they were so rude and dismissive of the original poster or whatever several times, it made me feel quite uncomfy? So bizarre. I want to not like these books anymore. It’s not fun anymore, everyone’s so hateful and I was reading how people are literally sending death threats to one another because they disagree with their ship or whatever it’s called. Like here’s a thought, THEYRE FICTIONAL AND WHO CARES, GET OFF THE INTERNET AND CALM DOWN. Says me, all in caps, on the internet. I love irony. But so it’s just not an enjoyable fandom anymore which is a shame because I think it’s my first ever I’ve been a part of? And now it’s just… ruined. I also don’t like how divisive it all is, like if you love one character then you hate the other and things. Like here’s a thought everyone, each character is nuanced and is not perfect - stop expecting them to be. And stop bitching and moaning like jfc. So anyway it’s not very enjoyable anymore which is a shame but I’ll just enjoy the books themselves in private and wait til the next is released in presumably the next 8-10 business years. I also don’t have high expectations after the last book in her other series, it was terrible. So rushed and so… it was terrible. Enjoyable enough but I will never reread it, I’ll never reread that series full stop. We’ll never say never but I would be incredibly surprised if I did considering I didn’t like it at all and just read it because I’m a sucker fan girl and they all eventually link together so I kind of have to.
I hate computers and technology and all of it. And by that I mean it’s all excellent and amazing but I am cursed with it. I tried to switch my monitors and things around this morning to be better but now everything is just… wrong. Laggy.
Am I a bad person for considering applying for other roles purely for leverage with my own? Yes. I already know the answer to that. I’m open to working elsewhere, but I’m also not. I’m frustrated right now with what I get lumped with workwise but ultimately we have excellent benefits, I can wfh x3 days a week and my manager is super understanding of my… issues. I kind of want a new job elsewhere because I think it would force me out of my comfort zone, but also… Is that the best thing? I would normally say yes but some days I find everything so so difficult and taking on new processes, a new team, a new environment… it’s a lot. And I know I get very easily overwhelmed. And the fact I have more or less unlimited paid sick leave which tbh I don’t really utilise at all and easily use less than what I’m legislatively entitled to but it’s there. So I feel kind of stuck. And I also feel unsure. One part of me wants to be leading large nationwide change processes or being entirely responsible for project work, but the other part of me knows I’m probably not currently best equipped for that… issues wise. I’m sure I could, but I just struggle so much some days and what if that day I had 5+ redundancy meetings? Having a god awful day and then telling multiple people their role has been disestablished…? Being a part of that process is one thing and I’ve done that and it’s fine, it’s tough at times but fine, but to be actively responsible for the whole process? I just don’t really think I can handle that. Which holds me back. And also the delegation of work SUCKS. And I get stuck training and basically managing the junior team members because my manager can’t seem to do it. Which tbh is fair as she has a tonne on her plate but still, she had that all on her plate before becoming all of our manager so I mean… yknow. Sometimes I wonder if I could go people leadership route, a small part of me thinks I would be good at it, I can definitely listen and I definitely show compassion and patience with our junior members and I can delegate work out easily enough buuuut do I have the confidence to advocate for them? When it comes to pay/promotions? I’m not sure. I’d have every confidence in them but not in myself and if I have no confidence in myself it makes brig bold and pushing for something impossible, like impossible. So. I wouldn’t want to risk someone else’s progression because I’m a damn baby. So idk. So what doI do? I mean I don’t even want to specialise in ER, it’s too much. I want to get involved and build my experience and knowledge more and more, but it can be really tough. Even the other day I was talking to a young woman, younger than me, with cancer. Or rather she was telling me she’s now in remission and pregnant and I honestly couldn’t stop smiling it was such lovely news, but things like that, or an employee displaying shifts in behaviour and it being a result of domestic violence and then having to handle that or just the process of disestablishing roles aka making someone redundant, I guess there’s redeployment which would feel good but still. It’s an emotionally taxing side of HR that I’m unsure I could handle long term. I’m only thinking about this again this morning because I saw a job which does less than I do now getting around $10k more than I earn. Anyway I’ll just keep at it where I am a while longer. It’s probably better for me, right now anyway.
He showed me his recent favourite music last night, it’s one of my favourite favourite things. I tend to like/love majority of it, some I don’t but that’s fine like everyone has different tastes - I think it would be weird to like all of it. It baffles me how controlled his Spotify is, it makes mine look utterly manic… which tbh it is. I just get so.. something, and start making new playlists or adding new things or whatever it might be. Anyway I’m listening to some of the ones he sent me last night today.
He took basically half an hour to call me last night and I know he said he had been talking to his mum but it just felt… weird. And then he didn’t pick up his phone at midnight when I called to say happy birthday, he admittedly called back really quickly but idk. It made me feel uneasy. Like what’s he doing at midnight that he can’t pick up his phone? When I know he’s awake. I know I’m feeling weird about nothing, so it’s fine. It just felt… I don’t know. His sleeping patterns are slipping so quickly lately, it feels like it’s every two weeks not every month like it used to be, and it makes me wonder why. It makes me think things like he doesn’t have a weird sleeping pattern ever and he just uses it as a reason to avoid me because he’s with someone else and how would I know. I don’t think these thoughts are true, I don’t think he’s lying about it all, but it’s just a recurring thought lately. Ever since it became more frequent with less time in between. It’s fine. I know it’s fine. I know there’s nothing wrong, it’s just sometimes idk. I think it’s more fear and worry than anything relating to genuine belief and mistrust.
I love him a lot. A whole lot. The entire lot. I hope he’s having the best sleep with the sweetest dreams. Baby.
I really don’t feel well this afternoon. I feel vaguely crampy and tired but my mood has dropped significantly. I’m trying to perk back up so I don’t wreck his birthday though. It’s not just general it’s entirely work related. I feel like I need to cry and punch a wall and just throw my computer at the window but in a sad not angry way. I am fed up. And so many stupid questions. Like twice today I’ve had PEOPLE IN MY TEAM be like “what’s the link for this” like here’s an idea why don’t you go find it and use some fucking initiative. It’s just pure laziness. So I said you can find it on X and then didn’t help further because what the actual fuck. And it’s literally a link to the system login - how the fuck do they not know this. Which leads me to believe it’s pure laziness. Because they have f all cases either. Anyway I’m just lashing out because I’m frustrated and in a sad mood. Everything’s fine.
I love Jeff Buckley so much. Not all of his stuff, I could take or leave much of it tbh but some of his music… all time favourites. I wonder what my top five would be? I think: - lover you should’ve come over - Last goodbye - Forget her - Lilac wine - Nightmares by the sea I didn’t include hallelujah because that goes without saying, I much prefer it to Leonard Cohen’s one however I would really like to try give Leonard more of a go because mum loves him, I think she saw him live last time he was here, I was going to buy her tickets as a random present before she beat me to it - unless I’m confusing it with someone else? I don’t think so. Maybe. Or was it Nick Cave? Idk. I already like Nick Cave a whole lot, I had a big massive A2 poster of him on my wall as a teenager. Anyway. I also left out so real and grace and I know it’s over and mojo pin to some extent. And dream brother. Okay so the entire grace album + some extras. His only proper album :( anyway I love him and he soothes melancholic little heart and has for a long time. Since I was… 17. 16? Something.
I don’t click easily with people. I was thinking about that today because I felt more lonely than normal. I find it easy to be personable and friendly and all of that, but it’s rare that I feel at ease with someone and like I can somewhat be myself/not overthink into oblivion. And I don’t know why some people are different? It’s not a time thing either, because the people I find myself more at ease with I felt it more or less instantly, whereas I’ve been around the same people for YEARS and… nothing. Like M, I felt at ease with her from day one. K too a bit. Andy definitely. But other women at work? I’ve known them for years, spoken to them daily, I still feel uncomfortable and anxious and paralysed with them. Paralysed in the sense I can’t think of things to say, I can and do but it can be such stilted conversation. Even my own family members, my brother and his wife? Just like that. I don’t feel at all comfortable or anything. I know I naturally find it easier with talkative people, M and Andy for example - both could talk to a brick wall and either not notice or get it to talk back. I don’t mean the not notice in a negative way, I just mean… idk what I mean. It’s a good thing though. I just don’t find it easy. I know a lot of it is due to my social anxiety and the worry and all of that. I think it’s also that I don’t like surface level relationships, but I don’t tend to allow people in enough to get anything further than surface level. I can easily have those conversations, I just don’t really enjoy them. But it can be impossible to go further because I’m so closed off and I’m so riddled with anxiety over saying the wrong thing, unintentionally offending someone or showing how stupid I am that nothing happens. I also don’t like to talk that much, I do but in bursts, and I think that doesn’t help me either. I know I’m the problem. Another thing to add to my list of difficulties.
I wish I could just escape myself sometimes.
I’m due to start reading HP3 now, why don’t I feel psyched about it? I want to. Maybe when I get fully into it I will? I’ve been apprehensive about books in the past and went on to become obsessed and it become a part of my identity, if even for a short while. And if I know anything in life, it’s that HP fans tend to turn it into a personality trait. Maybe that’ll be me.
I don’t really want to journal anymore. I feel sad and it doesn’t tend to help me perk up and I need to force myself into being chirpy and perky and all those sorts of adjectives so I don’t ruin his day. My baby.
I ordered dinner - tofu stirfry with roti yummm - so I’ll have that, maybe start HP3 and then have a shower and then spend time with my honeybunny. Night night

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2023 was (hopefully) the worst year of my life. I had multiple family members suddenly pass, some of my closest friends and I had failings out and some of us still don’t speak even today. I had multiple medical emergencies that resulted in near death situations. My dog back at my parents place (I’m a college student) died unexpectedly and suddenly due to my parents being negligent. This all came to a head late last year, when I attempted suicide.
Attempted feels like a strange word to use, because I technically did die, I was found with no pulse and not breathing. Luckily it must not of been very long at all, because the majority of my brain function is normal. I spent a full week in a coma, 2 weeks in the hospital after ward, and another 10 days or so in a second visit to deal with some complications. I have a large scar on my face and lost a toe, both due to complications/negligence while I was in the coma.
It’s been a long recovery physically, I just recently became able to go on long walks like I used to, and the first 2 months I couldn’t walk at all. But my brain just doesn’t work like it used to. I can’t remember things, even things like what day of the week it is, or what i just said in a conversation. I can’t remember things that are really important to me, like memories past friendships and relationships. I can’t recognize people faces any more, some times I don’t recognize people at until they tell me who they are or I have context clues. I have no sense of time. I can’t tell apart the memories I do have of a year or two or more ago, from the ones of even an hour or two ago. Everything feels equally ancient and lost.
The worst part of this memory loss for me comes from someone I was in a situationship over the past two years. It wasn’t healthy, it was an on again off again thing where things would feel great, then the next day they would go awol and ghost me or be rude to me for weeks or months. Then either apologize or act like nothing happened later. I still loved them deeply, and despite everything I’m stilll happy they were in my life. A couple months before my attempt the rudeness and ghosting happened again, and again it supposedly had nothing to do with me. But this time I snapped and said I thought we should not talk at all anymore. That was the last time we spoke, aside from a couple emails.
I noticed many months ago that I couldn’t remember their face or voice. Someone who was probably the most important person to me and I spent countless hours with not even a full year ago, and I couldn’t remover them. Then I noticed that I couldn’t remember much about the time we spent together. Then a couple months ago I happened to see them at school for the first time in a month or so. And I didn’t recognize them. I was around them for a full 20 minutes before some one said their name and I realized who it was. It’s gotten to the point where if I look at an old photo of us or watch a video she sent me talk to me from a year ago, I don’t recognize them even then. It’s like I’m watching a stranger. For a while I could at least remember the feeling of a hug or their hands, but even that is gone. But I can still feel that I loved them. I feel horrible pain over losing someone, but I don’t remember the person at aside from a name and few tidbits of random info like music taste.
I think I cry about this a lot, but most of the time I cry can’t even remember what I was crying about by the time I’m done. I’m not sure how move past this when I don’t remember what I’m supposed to move past.

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I walked by a group of police arresting (or attempting to arrest?) a group of youngish people the other day. Teenagers, or thereabouts. In the time I could hear them talking I overheard one of the police tell one of the people in cuffs "we've been watching you on the cctv, and we could hear you talking about all the people you're planning on stabbing".
In the moment, this struck me as ridiculous, because I've seen video from cctv, audio can't be that clear when video isn't even remotely clear, I thought. When I looked it up online, it also seemed audio was illegal except in a few controlled spots (for fixed cctv anyway).
But it got me wondering, does London CCTV have audio recording, or is this just a case of police outright lying to a suspect (presumably hoping they'll confess to something)?

I became interested in the “Jack the Ripper” cases years ago. I had went with my Dad on a business trip to the UK when I was a child where I had first heard about the murders. Since that time I have checked out every library book that my city library has to offer on the matter, I have subscribed to several different genealogy sites along with various others from that region. I am an active member on various different forums and sites, I have read thousands of theories, and been involved in thousands of debates regarding everything from the identity of the killer, to the victims personal lives. Today, just like the many that came before me, I too am no closer to saying with any confidence that I have gained any ground in identifying the killer. I have came across some suspects that interest me, and of course some which I consider preposterous and others unlikely but still plausible. Somewhat recently I have started an investigation into a man who inserted himself into one of the murdered victims. To be more specific, the last man to see the last victim Mary Jane Kelly alive. I find him to be a very interesting suspect for several reasons which I will elaborate on in this thread. This person of course is the man who came forward on the evening of November 12th 1888 and gave inspector Abberline a very, very interesting account of what he claimed to have witnessed. This man of course is the man who identified himself as George Hutchinson.
George Hutchinson History:
We know very little of Hutchinson before he came forward on November 12th 1888. We do know that the census has him as an unemployed groom living at the Victorian home for working men. He was described being a SHORT and STOUT man having a military appearance.
Hutchinson inserted himself into the case, just as FBI profiler claims that the killer may do, when he gave a very detailed and almost too good to be true statement to inspector Frederick Abberline in regards to what he had observed on the early morning hours just before the last canonical victim Mary Jane Kelly was murdered.
Hutchinson’s statement to Abberline:
Hutchinson claimed that he had seen Mary Kelly, the victim, on the night of her death, 9th November 1888. He said that he was actually friends with the victim, having known her for three years, and bumped into her on Commercial Street at around 2am after finding that he no longer had a bed available at his home. She requested a sixpence from him, which he claimed he didn’t have, to which she bid him good morning and continued on her way.
Hutchinson told Abberline that after parting ways, he turned to see her get stopped by a man coming in the opposite direction. Supposedly, the man said something to Kelly which Hutchinson couldn’t hear and then they laughed. Afterwards, Kelly said “Alright,” and the man responded with “you will be alright for what I have told you,” before they turned around to walk back down the street, back towards Hutchinson.
Hutchinson claimed that he was intrigued by the man as he appeared wealthy and so stood against a lamp in front of the Queen’s House pub and waited for them to pass. As they passed, Hutchinson’s statement says that the man pulled his hat down to try and cover his face but Hutchinson stooped to ensure he could see him clearly.
Hutchinson claimed that the man was between 34 and 35 years of age, 5 feet and 6 inches tall with a small moustache which curled upwards at the edges and dark hair. He also specified that the man’s eyelashes and eyes were dark in colour, though he had a pale complexion. Beyond this, he wore a long, collared coat which was dark in colour but featured astrakhan cuffs; it was this trait which defined the man’s title of ‘The Astrakhan Man’ in Ripperology circles. Additionally, in this single glance, Hutchinson also noticed that the man was wearing boots and gaiters with white buttons, alongside a thick gold chain around his neck and a black tie with a horseshoe pin attached to it. He also identified that the man was holding a small parcel in his left hand with a strap around it.
All in all, a very highly detailed description given by George Hutchinson.
At around 2:15 AM the pair walked past him, Hutchinson claimed that he tried to follow them, heading towards the Miller’s Court, where Kelly lived and was found brutally murdered hours later. George elaborated, claiming he saw them stand and talk at the entrance to the courtyard, during which time he heard specifics of their conversation, saw them kiss and described how Kelly claimed she had lost her handkerchief, to which the man handed her a red handkerchief of his own.
Afterwards, Hutchinson waited in Miller’s Court to see if they would leave Kelly’s home. He waited for 45 minutes before departing, which is the only part of the statement corroborated by another eyewitness, Sarah Lewis, who claimed to see a man standing opposite Miller’s Court at this time. This concluded his statement.
Just before Hutchinson we have another eye witness who observed Kelly that evening. This is her statement. MARY ANN COX: “She last saw deceased alive about a quarter to 12 on Thursday night. Deceased was very much intoxicated at that time and was with a SHORT, STOUT man, shabbily dressed, with a round billycock hat on. He had a can of beer in his hand. He had a blotchy face and a heavy carroty moustache. Witness followed them into the court and said, "good night", to the deceased, who replied, "Good night; I am going to sing."
The door was shut and witness heard the deceased singing, "Only a violet I plucked from mother's grave."
Witness went to her room and remained there about a quarter of an hour, and then went out. Deceased was still singing at that time.
It was raining, and witness returned home at 3:10 a.m., and the light in the deceased's room was then out and there was no noise
Another eye witness was Sarah Lewis (as seen in the latter part of George Hutchinson’s statement) this is her statement.
SARAH LEWIS : “Sarah Lewis, Great Pearl Street, stated:- I visited a friend at Miller's Court on Friday morning at half-past two o'clock. I saw a man standing on the pavement. He was SHORT and STOUT but she could not see his face”
Are you noticing a pattern?
-Hutchinson admittedly puts himself in the exact spot at the exact time that Sarah Lewis sees a man she describes as SHORT and STOUT. This meaning that this man was Hutchinson. However, Hutchinson tells Abberline that he did not see Kelly until around 2AM when she asked him for sixpence. Hutchinson claims that that he spent all his money going down to Romford.
But, Mary Ann cox sees Kelly in the company of a SHORT and STOUT man at 11:45 PM.
How many SHORT and STOUT men “by description” came into Mary Kelly’s life within the course of a few hours?
Somebody using the description of “STOUT” is a unique physical description. For instance would anybody describe the current United States president as “Stout”? No, absolutely not. That is not a physical trait that he holds. What about a man who is 5’5 and weighs 185lbs? This may be considered as stout. Likewise, what is a man is 5’5 and has a square face with broad shoulders? Could we call him “Stout”. Yes, I would think so.
Nowhere in the eyewitness, police, or any other reports in these cases is ANYBODY else described as being stout. But this unique physical characteristic plagues this case, and is even more reported than that of the foreign or Jewish man. At least 6 different eyewitness from different cases of the canonical victims describe the SHORT and STOUT man with reddish hair and mustache.
QUESTIONING HUTCHINSONS STATEMENT:
1) Why did Mary Kelly who was broke and behind on her rent only ask Hutchinson for sixpence? Why not more? Why this specific amount? Oddly, this would be the same amount that Kelly would have charged.
2) A man with a big gold chain and dressed to the nines looking like he just walked off the monopoly board is walking around Commercial and Thrawl street (one of the roughest areas in Whitechapel) at 2AM and he is not worried about getting robbed, or worse? I don’t buy it.
3) Why did Hutchinson wait 3 days to come in? Is it because he knew that he had been spotted by Lewis and perhaps others and wanted to take the spotlight off the short stout man?
4) Dr Bond puts Kelly’s death between 3AM - 4AM. Ironically this is the same time that Hutchinson “claimed” to have left the court.
5) Hutchinson claimed that he had spent all his money going down to Romford. So we are to believe that Hutchinson walked roughly 16 miles back to Whitechapel in the cold and rain only to get back and have no lodging? Sixpence could also be the amount agreed for somebody to stay the night with no sexual favors.
6) Mary Ann cox says that when Kelly took the short stout man into her room that Kelly did not seem to engage in any sexual activities with him, but rather sand to him for over an hour and then more than likely shared a meal of fish and potatoes with him.
7) Where did Hutchinson go after he “claimed” to have left the court? He had no lodging, and he just witnessed what he described to Abberline as a very mysterious man walk into a room with his friend who he claimed to have known for the better part of three years.
8) If Hutchinson only wanted to get his five minutes of fame he certainly would have came forward a lot sooner than three days later.
9) Hutchinson lived on Commercial street, this is located in the heart of Jack the rippers kill zone.
10) The majority of Hutchinson’s witnesses statement seems made up and seems to piggy back off of bits and pieces of reports from the newspapers. The final blow was describing a foreign or Jewish man to Abberline, which by this time probably had Abberline drooling. Many researchers today consider Hutchinson’s statement to be overly embellished.
11) Kelly was the last canonical victim, and the last victim to have been so severely mutilated in this fashion around that area. Researchers have often speculated on why the killer stopped so suddenly after Kelly. Was it because he was sent to prison on an unrelated charge? If so, he would have started again after getting out. Could it be because he moved away? If so we would have seen more victims from another region but same MO. Could it be that he died? It’s possible. Or, it could be that he got so close to getting caught with Kelly that he stopped killing. After all, there was nothing that could top what he did to that poor girl.
I could keep going, but it is my opinion that when Hutchinson came forward on the evening of November 12th that Abberline only questioned him as a witness and did not interview him as a suspect.
It is my opinion that Hutchinson made an arrangement with Kelly to sleep at her place, possibly around the same time Cox observed he and Kelly drinking together, in exchange for sixpence. Kelly takes another client and tells Hutchinson to wait outside. Hutchison comes back into Kelly’s room after the client leaves around 3AM and murders her shortly after.
I am not saying that George Hutchinson is Jack the Ripper. Only that the man who identified himself as George Hutchinson was the man who killed Mary Jane Kelly.
Thank you for your time.

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Get a knock on the door in the middle of laying down with my 1 year-old for a nap.
I had less than a moments notice to have 2 over 75ft Sugar Maples removed from our front yard.
My mom called me while they were setting up equipment. She initially tried to convince me to loan her 3500 by just paying it from our account before the bank closed. It was 3pm. She lives on the West Coast and claimed the Tree service needed cash payment in person.
I said we didn't have the money to front that. I knew we wouldn't see a penny of it back if we agreed to that. So, she says she will Zelle me money but to have them get started. I told her the tree service was OK with returning for cash payment the next morning at 10 am (tomorrow). I have to go to the bank to pull out the 3500.
Now it is about 4 am. She hasn't sent a Zelle payment. She sent me a text saying she told the guy to cancel the tree trimming at about 8pm. After they already did the work all day...and she confirmed payment plan with both of us.
I feel manipulated into potentially paying for this. It caused a rift with my husband, because he woke up to chainsaws and couldn't sleep for 6 hours. He stayed home for a sick day and my son had a 103 fever for a few days previous to that. So it has been rough time...in addition to finding out we have lead in our water and getting a flat tire.
I told her we would need to move on Monday. And her response was to have the tree removal and a demolition appraiser come on Tuesday. 0 Notice.
I just told her off...but I am going to feel like an AH to the tree removal company. And I feel like my mom scammed both of us.

My deck has been established and fully blinged out for a while and the sheer amount of must play colorless cards in MH3 is exciting and sort of dreadful. I could seriously swap out 30+ cards to accommodate the new cards and new synergies with existing cards. I'll be reviewing all the new colorless cards in MH3 and the commander cards. For context, I'm tossing in reviews of the Commander Masters cards, which had some fun options for colorless, but comparatively irrelevant compared to the impact of MH3.
Note on playstyle: The reality of bringing Kozilek, Butcher of Truth to a table is it can become a game of archenemy. While too weak for cEDH, less competitive tables dread annihilator. Often it's a solitaire-style ramp, ramp, ramp until you win strategy, with minimal interaction. To build this deck for maximum efficiency, you often have to ask this question of each card. "Is this better than a mana rock?" You often cut titans and other big flashy spells to get in a 2 mana rock or an ur-golem's eye, just to make sure your ramp to Kozilek strategy keeps on track. So pre MH3, I ran Eldritch Moon Emrakul as the only other Eldrazi above 6 mana in my deck. (Probably taking that Emrakul out to try out new cards)
Pre-MH3 Decklist: (and Pre Outlaws, need to add Fomori Vault, Cactus Preserve, etc)
https://www.archidekt.com/decks/6404251/unlimited_budget_kozilek_butcher_of_truth
Tiers:
God - So incredibly powerful, it's difficult to imagine a day this isn't in my Kozilek decklist
Auto - Clearly makes the cut, but perhaps with steady power creep, will fall out of favor someday
Solid - Worth trying out, perhaps makes it long term, but it's easy to imagine swapping out.
Maybe - Might be fun to try, but doubtful to last long term unless some synergy makes it passable.
Doubtful - Starting to get really suspect to consider including this; probably messing with your deck's consistency/power.
Unplayable - Can't imagine justifying this card, unless some new synergy package makes it functional.
*Table below includes reviews of leaked MH3 commander cards; it's possible other colorless commander cards are still to be leaked/spoiled.\*

Card	Set	Tier	Function
Zhulodok, Void Gorger	Commander Masters	Maybe	Cascade, cascade is tempting value, but seems very win more. This has to stick around until you actually cast another big spell before this card has any impact on the game. Mana rocks seem better for our game plan
Rise of the Eldrazi	Commander Masters	Solid	It's hard to argue with the pure power of this spell and that you're a deck that could reasonably expect to cast it. Even then, you might wonder if you're better served playing a ramp card instead and increasing consistency casting Kozilek quickly. But it's certainly very tempting.
Darksteel Monolith	Commander Masters	Maybe	Can't be used to cast Kozilek, which is usually the payoff your ramp is leading up to. Still, it could be a very potent mana rock in a sense. Gets more powerful combined with Skittering Cicada/Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter for casting value on every turn.
Flayer of Loyalties	Commander Masters	Doubtful	If you're trying to lock an opponent out with annihilator, just run a haste enabler and cast your commander instead. If you're trying to outright kill with damage, it certainly has some potential for that, but colorless tends not to be a decks that trades blows back and forth and plays a fair game of magic. It's usually more ramp, ramp, ramp, you're dead.
Skittering Cicada	Commander Masters	Solid	Flash is really changes how the deck can play and this is one beefy creature all for 3 mana. But is it better than a mana rock and getting Kozilek out fastemore consistently? Possibly.
Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate	Commander Masters	Unplayable	Weird and not what Kozilek decks are trying to do.
Desecrate Reality	Commander Masters	Solid	Colorless can use some interaction, hitting each opponent is nice, and potential to revive is cool, though I've noticed there's not a lot of cards I'm excited/expect to consistently be able to revive with this. (Dreamstone Hedron, Hedron Archive, etc. are artifacts you could plan to send to your graveyard, but they don't have odd CMC.)
Calamity of the Titans	Commander Masters	Doubtful	I generally dislike cards that do nothing if you don't have the right cards in hand. And fairly likely to do nothing when my deck leans more into Kozilek for being the finisher
Abstruse Archaic	Commander Masters	Doubtful	Decent body, decent ability. I might be underestimating, but seems kinda awkward. Would I rather have Sisay's Ring/Ur-Golem's?
Ugin's Mastery	Commander Masters	Unplayable	Again with manifest, not what Kozilek decks are trying to do.
Emrakul, the World Anew	Modern Horizons 3	Solid	Kozilek tends to not have much of a creature board state, so you risk less than other decks in casting this. And casting this for 6 mana is actually doable with this deck. Absolutely absurd. Though discard outlets are more restricted in colorless, Fomori Vault is a great new one, and Geier Reach Sanitarium is another decent land to accomplish this. Collector's Vault could be passable. Still runs into "is a mana rock better?" issue, but this is so much bang for your buck, seems worth it.
Kozilek, the Broken Reality	Modern Horizons 3	Solid	Seems wonky, but 9 mana seems like a nice surprise when opponents think you're one mana short to cast your titan and forcing your opponents to manifest and drawing 4 cards is nice. Draws you into more ramp. Still, is it better than a mana rock?
Ulamog, the Defiler	Modern Horizons 3	Solid	Exile half the library is certainly demoralizing and could shut down an opponent relying on tutoring up combo pieces. And if you can give him haste, the annihilator is much more brutal than even Kozilek. Seems unlikely to get the sequence, but if you can follow up with casting an Oblivion Sower, it's certainly cute. Is Ulamog better than a mana rock? Possibly.
Ugin's Labyrinth	Modern Horizons 3	God	I'm not over the moon about this card in this deck, because having a 7+ drop in hand is not a given, but the potential upside of immediately tapping for 2 is so powerful compared to the opportunity cost of running some other land.
Echoes of Eternity	Modern Horizons 3	God	It's so easy to ramp this out fast in colorless and double mana rocks, cast draw triggers, annihilator triggers… Annoyingly pushed card that's a no brainer.
Kozilek's Command	Modern Horizons 3	God	Colorless desperately needs interaction and this is an absolutely perfect card for colorless because it also easily passes the "would a mana rock be better?" test because it can also ramp if you need it to. It's a kindred instant, so benefits from Eldrazi Temple/Eye of Ugin. it can creates eldrazi spawn, it can replace itself with a card draw (and if you scry 10 or whatever, perhaps you're drawing a game winning combo piece), it can exile a creature token or something with higher CMC, it can mess with your opponents grave. Couldn't ask for more.
Glaring Fleshraker	Modern Horizons 3	God	In isolation, it's solid. it's sort of like reducing the cost of spells by 1/creating a treasure token per cast. That would be a fine card, but this goes insane with the right synergies. Goes infinite, burning opponents to death when combined with Mystic Forge/Sensei's Diving Top, cards that are great in isolation. If you cast Echoes of Eternity first, you get two copies of this, 4 spawn and 16 damage per subsequent spell cast. Not infinite, but game ending all the same.
Devourer of Destiny	Modern Horizons 3	Solid	Having this in opening hand should smooth out the cost of this being potential dead weight in your hand. (Not a mana rock) Something you can pitch to Ugin's Labyrinth. Not terrible, but not excellent as a top deck later in game.
Eldrazi Ravager	Modern Horizons 3	Solid	Cycling when needed, a super early annihilator threat. Some recursion possibility with eldrazi token generation… Could partially function as a sac outlet to sac Kozilek and recast for another draw 4.
Breaker of Creation	Modern Horizons 3	Maybe	Big life gain potential since it counts lands, hexproof, annihilator… Let's say you have lightning greaves out. I like the idea of an early threat to surprise an opponent who thinks you don't have enough to cast your annihilator commander only to get hit with this one. Still, might rather have a mana rock. Bane of Bala Ged is different, but might be better at that role anyway.
Null Elemental Blast	Modern Horizons 3	Auto	Only reason I didn't put this in God tier is because of the "Is it better than a mana rock" test. In some cases, you'd have been better advancing your plan (cast Kozilek) than messing with your opponents. But this is so incredibly efficient and can keep an opponent off his plan to buy you enough time to achieve your goals
It That Heralds The End	Modern Horizons 3	Maybe	As a cost reducer, it will probably only reduce the cost of at most one spell you cast each turn, unlike other reducers that will help you chain multiple spells each turn, like Ugin, the Ineffable, Cloud Key, Jhoira's Familiar… So it'll effectively produce up to 1 mana each turn. A 2 mana rock that taps for 1 might be better. The +1/+1 to the team is cool, but the deck usually doesn't go wide. Maybe alongside newest Kozilek, Glaring Fleshraker, Forsaken Monument?
Disruptor Flute	Modern Horizons 3	Maybe	Not the type of a card I like to include, but you could use it to keep an opponent off casting their commander.
Winter Moon	Modern Horizons 3	Doubtful	Always run Winter Orb above this, if you're going that route. (Since you're likely running all or mostly nonbasics, though you have the advantage of more mana rocks than opponents.) If your opponents play mostly non-basics, you could consider this too. So awkwardly, the more casual your play environment, the worse this card is.
Vexing Bauble	Modern Horizons 3	Maybe	Can disrupt certain strategies and be cycled away when needed, can be tutored with Urza's Saga… but you might just want to play another card? Seems meta dependent.
Idol of False Gods	Modern Horizons 3	Maybe	Benefits from Eldrazi Temple/Eye of Ugin, being a kindred artifact. Seems a little slow, if you're aiming for the second ability. But mana ramp, chump blockers… Not bad.
Urza's Cave	Modern Horizons 3	God	Tutoring lands is incredibly powerful in colorless. As a cave, can be tutored by Scampering Surveyor. Echoing Deeps can become a copy of this, which is notable.
Snow-Covered Wastes	Modern Horizons 3	Solid	Not really any snow payoffs in colorless to speak of yet. Scrying Sheets? There's basic land ramp that's decent, though I'm playing around with running no basics. Tough call. Wastes and Snow-Covered Wastes are two different land names for Monument to Perfection, for what that's worth.
Solar Transformer	Modern Horizons 3	Maybe	As a 2 mana rock that taps for 1, might be fine. Though since this enters tapped, you'd have to have an energy payoff for this to actually be worth it over running other 2 mana rocks.
Conversion Apparatus	MH3 Commander	Maybe	A 3 mana rock that taps for 1, that can store up energy to tap for 3 later? Seems a little clunky, comparing to Kyren Toy or Skyclave Relic. But if you had other energy synergy, maybe.
Stone Idol Generator	MH3 Commander	Unplayable	Not what this deck is trying to do, you're generally not going wide.
Horizon of Progress	MH3 Commander	God	Unbelievably good, I've contemplated running cards like Zoetic Cavern just for the possibility of land ramp, but this is repeatable. And can even cycle itself away. Can produce colorless. Urborg or Yavimaya can allow it to tap for mana without costing life.
Lazotep Quarry	MH3 Commander	Auto	Better than High Market, a card I already love? When needed, can sacrifice Kozilek to dodge problematic removal or sacrifice just to draw 4 more cards. Has desert synergy. Can even do graveyard recursion, perhaps bringing back a combo piece like Glaring Fleshraker.
Inversion Behemoth	MH3 Commander	Doubtful	Kills walls and illusions, I guess? Really fun design/stat line, but doesn't seem to advance the game plan the deck is aiming for.
Talon Gates of Madara	MH3 Commander	God	You can instant speed play this land (ramp) AND save a creature from removal/get rid of a blockeget rid of an attacker. That's insane. It's also a gate you can tutor with Maze's End/Navigation Orb. (also at instant speed for the bonus phase out effect)
Trenchpost	MH3 Commander	Maybe	Between Cloudpost, Glimmerpost, Planar Nexus, Vesuva, Thespian's Stage, Monument to Perfection and Expedition Map, does this get there? Seems a bit dubious, but not a huge opportunity cost for the potential for lands to produce more than one mana.
Planar Nexus	MH3 Commander	God	Tutorable with Maze's End, Navigation Orb, Scampering Surveyor, Monument to Perfection… Turns on urza tron, feeds Urza's workshop, cloudpost, Baldur's Gate (longshot), counts as a gate for heap gate, desert for a variety of effects…This card is the cornerstone of a new colorless land package, if you want to build around it.
Eldrazi Confluence	MH3 Commander	Auto	Surprise! I flash in enough mana to cast Kozilek. Or surprise! You didn't block Kozilek? My 21/3 kills you in one shot. It's flexible mana ramp/chump blockers/removal/other niche utility. Absolutely the kind of interaction this deck craves.
Selective Obliteration	MH3 Commander	Solid	Interesting, you'll never lose anything and at minimum destroys every multicolor card, so probably commanders. Though likely a lot of things will survive for each player. Seems solid, though awkward. Not a board wipe like all is dust, nor targeted removal.
Eldritch Immunity	MH3 Commander	Maybe	Great effect, though not exactly needed for this deck; Kozilek dying is usually fine and making my creatures unblockable is usually unnecessary to achieve a win. Still, could win you the game, especially if going wide.
Spawnbed Protector	MH3 Commander	Solid	7 CMC for Ugin's Labyrinth. The eldrazi to hand seems powerful, though getting Eldrazi in grave is not always possible. (Eldrazi Ravager with cycling works nicely) 2 Eldrazi Scion each end step is nice, so it is a mana rock of sorts. With Echoes of Eternity, you'd get two of these and 8 scions each end step.
Twins of Discord	MH3 Commander	Solid	7 CMC for Ugin's Labyrinth. If void winnower taught us anything, it's that shutting off blockers is better than you expect. And this lets you choose odd or even each combat phase, so you can adjust to whatever is on board. Though the eternal question; would I rather have a mana rock?
Ulamog's Dreadsire	MH3 Commander	Doubtful	Cute, but at 10 mana, I'd sooner go for a titan with immediate impact.

“Golden rules” about buying cheap flights, like booking domestic flights 57 days before the departure date, are no longer valid, as there has been a huge shift in the travel industry in what days were thought the cheapest to booking flights. If a study has not been conducted recently, or only one year ago, do not put too much faith in it; there’s no reason to worry about booking a flight far in advance. The stellar tips below are current.

Check airlines which don’t appear on 3rd party websites

One of the major weaknesses of Internet search engines is that they frequently will not display the flights of all airlines such as Southwest, Frontier, and Allegiant. To solve this problem, use a free resource like Wikipedia to learn which of these airlines operates a certain airport. Visit Wikipedia, go to their airport page, and search for a section called “Airlines and destinations.” You are advised to locate a list of each airline that flies to that airport as well as all the nonstop destinations that airport operates. So, once you become aware of any carriers which did not show up in your first searches, you could now look for flights straight on the airlines’ sites.

Search one-way & round-trip flights

Once upon a time the majority of round-trip flights were cheaper than booking two one-way airfare flights. That’s no longer the situation today. For instance, Southwest and Jetblue set their prices for their flights on a one-way basis; and a round-trip flight is only the sum of the 2 one-way rates. So, you’ll want to check one-way flight rates to ensure you buy the best round-trip deal by pairing two one-way flight tickets, probably on two different carriers.

Look for one seat at a time

There exists a virtually unknown quirk in how carriers price seats which could result in greater prices if searching for many passengers as opposed to a single ticket. Airlines put their inventory in fare classes, or called buckets, which are not always obviously visible to customers. For instance, there may be just three seats left in a fare bucket for $300 each, and the next higher bucket may be $400 for each ticket. But, if you happen to look for four seats, each one would end up falling into the $400 fare bucket.

Search alternate airports

At times the cost of a certain flight is extremely high that it could be a good idea to use your second or even third choice of airports. For instance, you perhaps are aware of the New York area’s 3 biggest airports: New York-JFK, Newark (EWR), and New York-LaGuardia. But did you know that Stewart (SWF), Westchester (HPN), and Long Island McArthur (ISP) are also in the region? Several airlines permit you to look for all airports in a region by just specifying the destination as the city itself rather than a certain airport. The ITA Matrix tool is also a great way to look for close by if you do not know the area too well, and Google Flights offers a “Nearby airports” option to assist in this search, too.

Don’t always travel direct

Being flexible with your route you’ll be flying is another way to find a cheap flight. For instance, at times it’s cheaper to travel to London and use a budget airline to Amsterdam instead of flying directly to Amsterdam from the actual departure city.
To utilize this approach, learn how much it costs to fly directly to the target destination. Next, open Google Flights, type in the destination’s details like country name to see the rates to nearby airports. If the difference happens to exceed $150 dollars, find out how much it actually is to fly from the 2nd airport to the main destination.

Leverage elite status

Although having elite status will not allow you to book flights at a discount, you still could use it to save money another way. But with elite status with the majority of airlines let you to standby for earlier flights or perform same-day verified flight modifications. This can permit you to buy a discounted airline flight at an awful time, only to modify it to the flight you really want but at no extra charge. Even without elite status, the charge to standby or make a same-day verified flight modification might be less than the airfare difference between the flight you truly want and the lowest option that day.

Use the correct credit card

The right credit card may very well provide you major savings on flight tickets in a number of various ways. For instance, The Platinum Card from American Express now offers 5x points on all airline bookings made directly with the carrier or with Amex travel, worth 10 cents each dollar spent, based on TPG’s recent valuations. That card in addition offers the International Airfare Program, providing cardholders discounts for premium class flights on certain airlines.

Search for free hotels and stopover tours

Whenever an airline imposes a lengthy layover because of its very tight schedule, the airline will usually offer a free STPC, or stopover paid by carrier, which can include a free tour or hotel room as well.

Don’t mind the myths

The initial and main fact to know whenever locating a cheap flight is there exists no magic trick for achieving this objective. There are however a ton of myths floating online about certain ways to seek cheap flights. Without doubt, you must have run into a lot of them while searching for the best flight deals.
Airline companies use advanced technology like computers and pricing algorithms for determining flight prices and offer deals based on various factors like time of the year, weather, time of day, passenger demand, fuel prices, competitor prices, and others. These myths and similar ones will lead you astray.

Be flexible in respect to your travel times & dates

Airline flight rates vary a lot depending on upcoming holidays, day of the week, and time of the year. August is a major month for flying to Europe, and plenty of people are planning to travel somewhere hot during winter or fly while the kids are taking a break from school.
In summation, if you’re traveling when everyone is also flying, then logically your flight price will be higher.

Flexibility is everything for cheap plane tickets & cheap flight deals

The more flexible you are, you’ll get better cheap flight deals you can book. Here’s a new way of doing things: Instead of deciding where to go next, choosing dates, and then searching for the cheap plane tickets to certain destinations on those particular dates, consider first selecting your destination and dates based on the best going deals available. By exercising greater flexibility where you travel and the specific dates you fly, you will have a far better opportunity to find cheaper airfare.

Book first, think later for cheap flight finder cancellation

Take complete advantage of the free 24-hour cancellation window while purchasing flights. Because of the Department of Transportation’s strict regulations, any cheap flight booked to or from the United States could be canceled without worry of incurring a penalty, for 24 hours after the flight’s reservation; it must be booked no less than one week before the flight’s departure. Yes, it’s a very good idea to use a cheap flight finder these days. What this means is that if you buy a flight and the ticket price drops within 24 hour window, you could cancel the original flight and purchase the new, less expensive one.
Warning: the 24-hour rule can only work for flights directly bought with the airline or with booking engines such as Priceline.

Set a price alert for all cheap flight tickets

You can choose emails or push notices to your cell phone which will tell you exactly when the flight you are interested in has increased or decreased in price. This may be a great way for getting the best possible price on all cheap flight tickets in the near future. You can do this on the majority of search travel sites and OTAs. Why miss out on potential easy savings? You can then always locate flight tickets cheap when you need them.

Buy in foreign currency to get cheap flight ticket

Because regular fliers travel abroad now and then, you could switch the currency on the airline’s website to determine if the price would be listed in other monies.
You can save big this way. For example, if an airline increased the flight price in US dollars but not in Indian rupee, you could book flights at half the price! But this may require altering either the location or language on the airline’s website; or you may change to the home country’s URL, where ticket prices are generally cheapest by searching in its local currency. This is how you can in fact find cheap flight ticket to wherever you like to travel.

Sign up for an airline’s travel rewards credit card for cheap flight booking

One of the smartest ways to take full advantage from travel credit cards is to use the hefty sign-up bonuses. For example, if you sign up for a new travel card when the airline is offering unusually high quantity of bonus miles, you could score yourself literally thousands of dollars worth of reward points by just opening the card.
Although several of these travel cards could have higher annual fees, a big sign-up bonus may amount for months or even years worth of cheap flight booking for you and your whole family.

The cheapest day to book flights

Even though you might see great deals flashing on your computer screen for international airfare three to six months out, if you are flying during peak times, or perhaps your plans are not very flexible, it’s smart to begin searching sooner. The cheapest day to book flights actually evades many flyers.
This does not automatically mean you ought to purchase tickets when hitting the 6-month window; hold on till you book cheap flights online. And, just ignore the old advice that travel experts often repeat regarding booking the cheapest flights at 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday; that used to be true but now airfare prices are updated often and great deals could pop up any given moment when least expected. So, now you can secure a flight cheap most of the time.

Utilize momondo to book cheap flight air tickets

Upon finding what you imagine to be the cheapest flight wherever, try searching on Momondo; it will search dozens of OTAs; bear in mind that it may not display the cheapest fares seen on large OTAs and Google Flights. But you got a greater chance to find cheap air tickets sooner this way. Otherwise, only one cheap air ticket may be attained, if tried another manner. Now you too can enjoy when you book cheap flight tickets when you need them.

Fly cheap during the low season

Have you ever scanned flight prices from the USA to Europe’s insanely popular cities in August? Surpassing quite easily $1000.00, they can frighten seasoned and expert travelers alike.
But are those the same ticket prices in February? So, fly cheap from major hubs in USA to Europe, you could often locate roundtrip flights throughout the winter months for less than $400 or even $300!

Fly basic economy for cheap air flights

A basic economy flight ticket could save you money, if you do not require checked luggage or advance seat selection. Pay only for what you need. In theory, you’ll achieve cheap air flights via this option.

Enroll in the airline’s loyalty program for cheap airfare

If you fly one particular airline often, join its loyalty program in order to earn points each time you go anywhere. Then, you can redeem such points for upgrades or cheap airfare in the future. If you accumulate enough miles and achieve a considerable status with the airline, you might receive free upgrades. Now, you can take fuller advantage of cheap air fare whenever you require it.

Skiplag to discover hidden-city cheap airfares & last minute flights

Hidden-city ticketing happens by booking a flight to a place beyond your final destination, and then end your flight on the layover city. This could help you in getting cheap airfares as well as best last minute flights to most destinations. Think about it: can you imagine a better, more creative way to book cheap air fares while searching the Internet?

Prolong your layovers for cheapest flight tickets

Sometimes only by extending a layover a few days in another city in-between, you can score cheapest flight tickets to your original destination. In conclusion, more often than not, you’ll usually find the cheapest flight ticket by following this method consistently. Why not? A lot of people are discovering that they are by accident getting the cheapest flight via the extended layovers.

Don’t overlook sales for cheapest flight booking

Airlines are frequently offering amazing deals which you may jump on fast enough and save yourself hundreds of dollars on your next flight. Sign up for your favorite airline’s newsletter to be on top of their latest flight deals. This is yet another way to know about the cheapest flight booking that becomes available whenever.

Focus on going across the ocean for cheap fly tickets

If you are thinking to visit a distant location, it could be less expensive to book one ticket to the main hub, and then a second ticket from there to your final destination. For example, if you wish to fly to Alhambra, Spain, it’s probably cheaper to book one roundtrip flight from your home to Madrid and a second roundtrip ticket from Madrid to Alhambra than it would be to buy a ticket to Alhambra on one itinerary. In essence, you’ll end up with cheap fly tickets by following the above example.

Don’t overlook destinations with low cost carriers to get cheapest flights

Carriers such as Frontier, AirTran, and Southwest all drive down airfares along their routes. So, it may be quite wise to travel a bit longer to a larger airport with low-cost carriers, because even major carriers flights will most likely be cheaper. Using this method regularly, you are more likely to find the cheapest flights to most if not all your destinations. Why not take advantage of low cost flights whenever possible?

Avoid Friday, Sunday flights, & traditional air travel days

This may mean going away before and returning later than usual, or even flying exactly on the holiday. Pelletier, the air travel specialist, says you can save up to 50% by simply flying Christmas Eve or Day. She said: “We saved $300 per ticket around Thanksgiving for our family of four by flying out the Saturday before Thanksgiving and coming back the Saturday after. Not everyone can swing that with their work schedules, so my advice is to leave Thanksgiving day and return on Saturday for cheaper fares.”

Begin with a reputable flight search engine to find cheapest international flights

While searching for a flight, the initial thing you will wish to do is determine which airlines run a certain route and get an estimated price on the biggest carriers. Opposed to individually visiting all of these airlines’ sites, begin by looking for a website which will provide results from many airlines and different combinations of carriers. You may end up with the cheapest international flights this way. So, you could start with Expedia or another such as Orbitz, Hotwire, Travelocity, and Cheap Tickets. Do not ignore Google Flights, which, though a very powerful search engine, know that it’s not a booking platform and can’t buy a flight ticket there. This is how you could find cheapest flights to many popular locations.

Be flexible where you go to book discount flights

If for some reason or another you cannot be flexible with the time factor of your flight, then try to be flexible with your destinations. It’s ideal to be both. However, you still can save a lot of money and book discount flights by being flexible with either factor.
You don’t have to conduct manual searches, going city by city and day by day. Websites such as Google Flights, Skyscanner, and Momondo provide explore tools and permit you to add your nearest airport and see a world map with all the possible flights on it. This helps you to quickly compare many destinations with no need to brainstorm each potential option.

Fly budget airlines/carriers

Many years ago, you were generally stuck flying with traditional costly airlines. That’s not true anymore. Budget airlines today service both short and medium-haul routes all over the world.
For example, AirAsia provides incredible cheap flight deals around Australia and Asia for less than $150 dollars! Indian and Middle Eastern air carriers sell cheap flight tickets throughout Africa and the subcontinent.

Book early: how to find the cheapest flights

You can discover how to find the cheapest flights by booking early. Although flight rates continue climbing the nearer you get to departure, there exists a great spot along the way when airline companies start to reduce or increase flight prices based on demand. Do not wait till the last moment but do not book too far in advance. The ideal time to buy your flight ticket is about 2 to 3 months prior to your departure, or even about 5 months prior if you’re flying there in their peak season.

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