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I hear more and more about digital nomads (mainly from the US and Canada) flying cheap (almost for free) by taking advantage of bonuses given by banks / credit card companies. Iโm not exactly sure how the system works.
Is it also possible to do for Europeans ? If so, how ?
If not, do know any other hacks to fly cheaper ?
Many thanks for your help.
Check BA !
I usually donโt focus on miles. I just buy the cheapest flight that suits me regardless of the airline or miles. I never had enough miles to do anything with them.
But with Brittish Airways it was different.
A one-way cross Atlantic flight got me enough miles that I could use to pay for a flight from London to Spain (I had to pay some fees still but it was much cheaper than any other flight) and I still had a few miles left which saved me another ยฃ20 on a later flight to Hamburg.
That was a few years ago, but I think itโs still the same.
In recent years air miles do not accrue nor buy as much as they used to. The sign-up bonuses were never that great. The reason being is increased competition, thin margins and volatile oil prices. The advice given today (for Europeans) is use air miles to upgrade your flight rather than buying a ticket. Multi-stop tickets can offer savings, flying from cities with less airport tax can help. When using Skyscanner go incognito so your previous searches arenโt known. Try from different geo-locations & currencies using a proxy. If youโre using an Apple device, some websites will show you higher ticket prices because of your propensity to spend more on IT hardware. You can spoof your User Agent with plugins. Good luck!
I believe youโre better of spending your time working than โcollecting couponsโ. Value your time and remember there is no free lunch.
/a fellow european
Thereโs been a lot of discussion on this recently.
Nomads usually stay in hostels, hotels and short-term apartments. But itโs all not very optimal.
Iโve heard people suggest getting funding and building a network of houses you can stay at for a subscription price (e.g. Bruno Haid is working on that).
I donโt want do physical stuff, so Iโm thinking of building a platform around making housing better for nomads.
What are the housing problems nomads face? And how can we solve them with products/services?
Hi, Iโve seen that Nomad List offers different options that could work for connecting with other nomads that are in the same place as me (forum, Slack, user maps, matches and maybe even more options I havenโt seen), but Iโm not sure what is the best/recommended way to use all these options.
Should I use all of them? Start with a message in the forum and/or Slack?
Sending private messages to a lot of people feels a little bit โaggressiveโ. And matches are not based on current location if I understood it correctly.
By the way, I just arrived at Budapest 
I am trying to figure out three things. An average of how much data everyone uses per month, a low end of how little data is used, and a high end of how much data can be used? I am not interested in your methods of acquiring data. I am just interested in how much you use as a whole. This includes both work data usage and your personal data usage.
Hi there, Iโm currently looking at Allianz Global and IM Global as a health insurance for long-term travel in Asia. Any experiences with those two or are there better options for European residents?
I heard from an American friend that he has several cards similar to the APEC Business Travel Card (link to Wikipedia ) that allow him to get priority treatment at immigration line in certain countries.
I was very intrigued and quickly checked up on the card, but it seems to be only available to citizens of APEC-member nations.
I was wondering if anyone here uses such cards, what your experiences with them are (specifically, Iโm interested in cards available for Europeans/Germans).
Hi nomads! Iโm trying to figure out all props and cons of using Charles Schwab vs N26 banks. Is anyone using those banks? If yea - what you like/dont like about it. And if income is mostly in US which one is better to open?
Thanks
it seems like Visa have gotten more tight recently and itโs touch and go whether each transaction will go through. Sometimes it does but often now I am getting declined. The bank knows my locations but in the background Visa seem to be blocking a lot regardless and they are harder to notify. I am using paypal where possible because it doesnโt get blocked, but thatโs only good for a limited number of places.
Anyone else getting worn out by the payment approval games?
Iโm considering traveling with a 3G amplifier.
Has anyone been testing such device while traveling?
I know it sounds ridiculous to travel with such thing, but it would allow one to still be able to work while in rather unusual places, far away from coworking spacesโฆ
Cheers,
Adrien
Ok, I was just writing a PM here on banks and the question popped in my head. I am not a digital nomad, but I am very close to that way of living, in the sense that I donโt want to commit to any specific physical location, long term investment (maybe only private pension), long term in general actually.
Now, I use Deutsche Bank. Nothing against them, but:
So, I was wondering if any of you is happy with any of the digital banks out there? Criteria for a good online bank:
Anything like this?
Going by the website, this shared work space sounds good:
Does anyone here have actual experience with it?
Long story short, my friends and I flew with Vueling and they lost our luggage. Theyโve done nothing so far except ignoring the problem. Theyโve failed to give us any kind of status on the luggage or offer any kind of compensation. Some of us even had our work laptops in our bags. Itโs been five days with no response. Several times when weโve contacted them, theyโve hung up the phone on us. Itโs been a terrible experience, and since we canโt get them to do anything reasonable through their normal customer support channels, Iโd like to escalate it by filing a formal complaint with some sort of government or legal entity that helps hold businesses accountable. The only problem is that I donโt know who to report it to in Barcelona/Spain. I speak good enough Spanish to file a claim, but since I donโt know what that sort of entity is called in Spanish, Iโve been having trouble finding where to do so.
TL;DR Where can I file consumer complaints against a company with the government or a legal entity in Barcelona or Spain?
When using a VPN you will almost always share your IP with others (several members connect to the VPN server and all members on that server now share the serverโs IP address).
If someone using the same IP address gets flagged, it could pass on to you as well.
A lot of companies have incorporated IP address filters. For example your PayPal account could get limited because you share an IP address with a scammer.
Has using a shared IP resulted in problems for you?
Hi,
Surprised that this thread does not exist.
If you lose and block your only credit card, what are your other options than going home?
Do you have a specific bank that can send you a new card? Aside from that do you have some tips?
Hello 
I am going to buy a new laptop, a lightweight one. And I am considering removing the battery as a option to remove extra weight (~350g / ~0,77lbs, I guess).
Because I used to work on my laptop at library, I am not able to image situations where there is no plug.
So, when are you using your laptop on battery ?
Looking on Airbnb but it is really expensive. Anyone have any other options or sites that Dutch people use? Need a place from May to July.
The deal is, with a virtual assistant, you get what you pay for. On the other hand, you can be a power user of the card concierge service, and only pay an aggregated fee, including for those folks with the same card, but hardly use the service at all.
What can a credit card concierge do for you? I donโt want to quote Tim Ferriss (a controversial figure); here are some other, good uses.
EUR/USD100 concierge credit cards exist out there; the concierge option is not exclusive to cards in the 500 range. Iโm not a bank, I donโt offer this service; I genuinely asking your opinions.
Recently heard of https://uphold.com/en and wondering if it might be a good option to facilitate accessing money from Canada while I am in Europe?
Does anyone have any experience in this? Would you recommend it?
My fiancรฉe(who is British) is on her second 30 days visa exemption in Thailand. Weโre considering getting the visa exemption extension for 30 days and staying longer.
Our only worry is: Does this mean we would hit 90 days in total? We need to return in March to fly home from Bangkok. We are worried weโd be refused entry in March as they might count the visa exemption extension against us.
Any advice is appreciated!
Cheers
Is there any kind of gadget out there that people use for storing SIM cards when you move around different countries? They seem like something that would be so easy to lose or damage. Plus also having to keep track of them. I can imagine after a bit of travel, rummaging through my bag trying to find the right card for the country Iโm in!
Is it even worth holding onto them or do you just get a new one if you return to the same country?
Iโve been living a nomadic lifestyle for four years, when I started it was pretty easy to find something on craigslist of someone whose apartment would be empty and they were just happy to recoup costs.
While airbnb has made it more convenient it has also driven prices up considerably. Itโs hard to find much on craiglist anymore and everyone is looking to profit as much as possible on airbnb. If you are doing a long term rental you will probably pay twice as much on airbnb as you normally would if you were just doing the same apartment on CL. Iโve had lots of difficulty finding places lately, nowadays I scour Craigstlist and canโt even find anyone to contact.
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