Expiring (Miles). 11/21/25

Recently I got an email saying my Marriot Bonvoy points and 1 free room night were about to expire. Horrors. At the same time my Delta Miles were going to disappear. No problem, I took my son to Chicago (round trip fare $0.00) and stayed at The Westin overlooking Lake Michigan (3 night total, $0.00 except for that stupid “destination charge”) and tickets to the NY Giants vs Chicago Bears (don’t even ask). There are now so many credit cards with so many competing offers that it’s hard to know which card earns you what. This card comes with a free $5,000.00, 0% loan for the first six months. This card offers great benefits but costs $500.00 per year. That card offers even greater benefits, but you have to pay $750 yearly. Who can keep track? Thank goodness for the internet reminding me about all these expiration dates. As long as they’re not telling me about my expiration date. Don’t laugh, I bet someday AI will be able to figure that out for you as well. And one further observation about this topic: read the fine print. It’s not so easy on a laptop unless you know how to increase the font size. If I hadn’t worked in advertising I wouldn’t have even known what “font size” was. Chewing over the point about the fine print is what led John to suggest, “only on months beginning with the letter “m”.

Our other comic has nothing to do with expiring. It’s not exactly a topic we want to think about as we reach older age. I took a train back home from NYC last night and the guy sitting by the window had to get up to get off the train. He stood, and I saw him and began to stand, when he said, “Thank you for letting me slip by, sir.” Sir??? DO I LOOK LIKE A SIR TO YOU (I thought), but what I said was, “Of course.” But I digress. It’s about old names. How everything old is new again. My mom’s name was Ina. You don’t hear that one much anymore. Esther, Lenore, Joan, Murray, Saul…not nearly as common as they once were. But, as the song goes, everything old is new again. Welcome to a new generation of Maxs and Charlottes and MIles’, Hazels and Eleanors, Arthurs and Theodores. One thing we can brag about, names like John and Andy are evergreen. They never go out of style. Until they do. See you next week and have a great…ooops I’ve got some miles about to expire…

Andy and John