Last October, I ditched my apartment in Waikiki for a renewed stint of vagabonding. Most people just don't get it.

"OK, but where do you live?" It's equally true that I live wherever I am at that moment or nowhere.
"Where's your home base?" Nowhere.

I've learned that I like to stay in a place for at least several weeks to figure out its rhythms and my favorite restaurants, sports activities places to go out, and new friends before I move on.

Last October, I ditched my apartment in Waikiki for a renewed stint of vagabonding. Most people just don't get it.

"OK, but where do you live?" It's equally true that I live wherever I am at that moment or nowhere.
"Where's your home base?" Nowhere.

I've learned that I like to stay in a place for at least several weeks to figure out its rhythms and my favorite restaurants, sports activities places to go out, and new friends before I move on.

This is the ninth installment of a round-the-world trip report that started here.

Update June 1 at 9:12 AM ET: Club Carlson has tweeted that the benefit will still be bookable until 11 PM CT tonight, so book, book, book. I burned all my points yesterday on speculative two night stays in Lithuania and Chennai. I can cancel them and get the points back if my plans change.

Update: New Codes at 1:44 PM ET

Enjoy one of these 50 free upgrade codes to six months of Award Wallet Plus. Award Wallet is the free way I track my 33 miles and points balances and store my login information for those programs.

Read more about Award Wallet.
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Here are the extra features of Award Wallet Plus:

These Award Wallet code giveaways sometimes get complaints. Unfortunately I don’t think there is any way to improve them. The simple reality is that I have a lot more than 50 readers.

Frontier’s Summer sale ends today. Fares start at $29 one way!

The sale is valid for bookings made by 11:59 PM ET on May 29 for domestic, nonstop travel mostly on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays between June 2 and August 12.

Here is the sale page and restrictions.

I tweeted this deal first from @MileValueAlerts. Follow @MileValueAlerts on Twitter and follow these directions to get a text message every time I tweet from that account.

The AT&T Access More Card from Citi comes with a $650 credit toward the purchase of a new smartphone after $2,000 in purchases in the first three months and 3x points on online purchases at retail and travel sites.

The $650 credit is enough to get a brand new iPhone 6 for free, and the 3x points on online purchases can turn into 4.8% back toward the purchase of American Airlines flights.
Quick Facts

Sign Up Bonus: A free phone (up to $650) after spending $2,000 in the first three months
Category Bonuses: 3x ThankYou Points on