Alex Schreyer's Blog, Projects, Books, and More
My news and announcements, random photo postings and whatever else just doesn’t fit into other categories.
Do you think anyone would pay $200 for an umbrella? Apparently it is possible. As an Aeroplan customer (Air Canada’s air miles program), I get my monthly statements featuring my number of collected miles (not as high as I would like them to be) and a few options on how to redeem those. Beyond flights, […] Read more..
I am introducing a new category on this site! In “The Consumer’s Life” I’ll write about my experiences being a consumer. It is basically my way of rewarding good service and publicizing bad service. So be nice to me – you are getting my good money! And if you are not: Watch out… P.S. Discontinued […] Read more..
These are some impressions from the graduate commencement 2007 at UMass. I am just showing a very small portion of the ceremonies (which were extensive, well organized and beautifully ceremonious) – look for more pictures of the festivities to appear soon on the UMass site.
Howdy! Welcome back. Be forewarned: From now on alexschreyer.de forwards all incoming requests to this site (no more page-by-page HTTP forwarding). As a result, you will have to update your bookmarks. Just browse the menu on the left to find what you were looking for. Enjoy browsing, Alex
Here’s one to watch: Iberia just announced their spring fares to Europe. Why is that so newsworthy? Well, it’s the way they did it. And that will change. It always frustrated me that airlines here in the US post their fares as “one-way based on round-trip purchase”. What a deceptive practice this is! They might […] Read more..