{"id":42458,"date":"2024-07-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=42458"},"modified":"2024-07-22T14:38:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T21:38:43","slug":"most-flight-legroom-longer-thailand-stays-global-entry-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/most-flight-legroom-longer-thailand-stays-global-entry-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Flight Legroom\/Longer Thailand Stays\/Global Entry Delays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/cbjyU?utm_campaign=Nomadico&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Better Life for Half the Price<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The World\u2019s Cheapest Destinations<\/em>. See\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nomadico.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">past editions here,<\/a>\u00a0where your like-minded friends can subscribe and join you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>The Most Legroom on Long Flights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a long-haul international flight coming up and you&#8217;ll be in the back of the plane, this guide to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/story\/best-economy-seats-on-international-flights\">the roomiest seats in regular economy<\/a>&nbsp;could be useful. Noting seat pitch, width, recline ability, and roominess of the cabin, it&#8217;s a list of which flights will be the most comfortable. I&#8217;ve been on two of them and will vouch that flying on Emirates in an Airbus 380 felt like going back in time to the 1980s, as in a&nbsp;<em>far<\/em>&nbsp;superior experience than what we&#8217;re stuck with now most of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Hidden Costs of Home Ownership<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If your parents are asking you when you\u2019re going to settle down and buy a house, you might want to send them&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bankrate.com\/mortgages\/hidden-costs-of-homeownership-study\/\">this Bankrate article<\/a>&nbsp;on how much it&nbsp;<em>really<\/em>&nbsp;costs to own a home. When you add in insurance, taxes, maintenance, and repairs, the average U.S. homeowner with an average house is paying an extra $18,118 every year on top of their hefty mortgage. (It\u2019s much higher in states like California.) You could probably pay for a year\u2019s worth of Airbnb monthly rentals in much of the world on that amount alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>More People Can Stay in Thailand for 60 Days<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand\u2019s visa rules change more often than I buy new shoes, but the latest tweak is a positive one all around. First of all, citizens of more countries can enter without getting a visa in advance, from 57 nations to 93. In a great change for nomads passing through, visa-free visitors can now stay in Thailand for up to 60 days, compared to the earlier limit of 30 days.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/skift.com\/2024\/05\/30\/thailand-expands-visa-free-entry-93-nations-now-qualify\/\">Get the full story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Global Entry Renewal Delays<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My wife applied to renew her Global Entry status back in December, paying and then getting reimbursed from a travel credit card. As of July 17, she\u2019s still waiting for a response. Apparently that has become so normal that the agency is giving a two-year grace period: you can keep using the program (and TSA PreCheck) as long as you applied in time to renew. According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/yourmileagemayvary.com\/2024\/05\/24\/the-real-reason-why-global-entry-waits-are-still-so-long\/\">this article<\/a>&nbsp;that has a response from the agency, 77% of applications are handled automatically and are swift, but the 23% that are randomly reviewed manually are getting stuck in a huge backlog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nomadico issue #114<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2385],"tags":[2386],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42459,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42458\/revisions\/42459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}