V. Taras

light, I bit outdated, fun and interesting nonetheless

Revisado: 02-02-25

it's a good example of flight, fun, and somewhere insideful writing. Don't expect too much, but I did thoroughly enjoy the audiobook and listened it in two days working around the house. highly recommend

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some parts are exceptionally good, but only some

Revisado: 02-21-23

some parts are exceptionally good, but only some

great idea, great, very educational parts, but so e are a bit underdeveloped.

still highly recommend

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Outstanding book, not counting a few minor issues

Revisado: 01-13-23

Excellent, extremely informative book.

Gives a great big-picture overview, but also lots of great behind-the-scenes stores,

The Author, apparently, went to a great length to collect his information, such as applying for a job at a grocery store, driving with a truck driver for a week, etc. -- all to see the industry from the inside.

A rare case when the author reading the audiobook (as opposed to a professional voice actor) kind of worked. The performance was not great, but acceptably good. Often, when authors try to read their own books, the results are very poor. Not this time - a solid A-.

Highly recommend.

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Should have been one sheet with links

Revisado: 10-06-22

Does the book contain something useful? Yes, it does.
But the useful information provided in the book should have been put on a page and distributed as a blogpost or email, not as an 8-hour audiobook.

The first 1/3 of the book is basically yada-yada about the importance of taking breaks, traveling, seeing the world, how little we travel, how we think travel is expensive and this is why we don't travel, and how this book will teach you how to buy cheap tickets.

Then the book talks about how airfare pricing works, or rather says that whatever you knew before is not true. There is no best day to book, there is no best time of the day to book. Things change, so forget whatever you've heard before. The only lesson is that prices change, change unpredictably. And really good deals pop up once in a while. Randomly. That's it.

The whole book boils down to this one truly practical "advice":
Don't try to get an air ticked to a specific destination at a specific travel date. You won't find great deals like it.
Instead, use Google Airfares and similar services that will alert you about super deals to somewhere sometime when those deals pop-up. Never thought about going to Ireland in November? Well, neither did I, but one day a super deal popped up to Ireland in the second week in November, like 1/3 of a normal price, so I took it and it was a great vacation.

That's basically the secret. Be open about the destination and the date, and super deals will pop up from time to time, and when they do, buy them. By law, you'll have 24 hours to return your ticket, so buy and decide a bit later.

That's the book. There is really nothing else of truly practical value beyond this one advice.

So, if you're going to a wedding or a conference and you need a ticket to a specific place at a specific date, the book won't tell you how to get it cheaper. It'll recommend to try to buy separately ticked for the different legs of your trip, and check prices via Expedia etc vs. airlines direct, but the author warns you, you probably won't save much this way anyway, unless you're lucky.

So, that's it. This is the secret revealed in the book. The rest is just empty words to turn this one-pager into a book. Occasionally, the author mentions some mailing lists and websites where you can find these great deals, like his own mailing list, but since it's an audiobook, it's hard to memorize long URLs. But becuase Google Flights kind of does the same anyway, I am not sure if there is much value in these additional services. And you can get those links from the author's webpage.

Other than this, the book is sort of entertaining, and the author is very lickable. Just don't expect some insider secrets or tips "that the airlines don't want you to know". Nothing really beyond "be open about the destination and date, and a super deal will pop-up once in a while"

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Rather primitive, shallow

Revisado: 10-02-22

A primitive attempt to use foul language and present it as deep insight.
Too many detailed descriptions of irrelevant conversations, complete with all the f-words,
too many detailed descriptions of vomiting after partying,
too little actual deep insight and useful information.

If you want to learn how the LB traders talked and partied, I guess it's a good book. Although, you'll get a sense in the first 30 minutes, no need to stick around for the whole 12 hours.

But if you want some insightful analysis, I did not find much of it in the book.

Reads more like a cheap new-age novel than a insightful non-fiction book.

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OK, interesting, not grand

Revisado: 08-11-22

not bad. not particularly insightful, but certainly worth reading. I recommend the book, but don't expect too much.

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Meh. Please to the Black Swan

Revisado: 04-07-21

educational, important, insightful, but quite boring.
I highly recommend the book which provides much more in-depth view described in simpler way in Taleb's Black Swan. Good, but unnecessary long and boring, as a good book should be

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A must for any entrepreneur

Revisado: 12-20-20

An extremely useful book for any intrapreneur.
Highly recommend.
I thought I knew contracts, how wrong I was!

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not bad, but not great

Revisado: 08-30-20

not bad, a decent read. however, I found this book to be somewhat superficial and perhaps not as interesting as other works on the topic.
this review was dictated, sorry for any spelling errors.

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Great (while you read it. Forget instantly).

Revisado: 03-21-20

I truly enjoyed listening to the book. Even made a bunch of bookmarks and took some notes.
Very inspiring and convincing.

BUT it's been a few weeks since I read and I can't recall anything from the book.
Vaguely remember the good-old advice about creating To-Do lists, and blocking Facebook, and focusing on goals, and some other useful and important stuff... :)

What I mean is that yes, great advice, but don't expect to get much more productive just by reading the book.
And yes, while I can't recall much specific advice weeks after reading the book, I remember that when I was reading the book, I was thinking to myself that this book was more practical than most. Atomic Habits was also very good.

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