I know a DINK couple who is quite similar in a lot of ways, but from the chats that we've had, I know where they are coming from.
The person I know better is a professional who has quite a busy work schedule. In the past, he would easily be attending different conferences all over the world 2 - 3 times a month. As he has mentioned to me before, sometimes he wouldn't even have time to file all the business trip expenses. And he views his gourmet treats, fine dining experiences, and concerts as breaks and recreation time away from work, cuz if he wasn't forcing himself to make time to do those things, he would probably end up spending that time on work again.
His partner is a senior executive that has to spend at least a week each moth visiting satellite sites.
They are modest, low key, and good people, and I guess they have bigger fishes to catch than to score those 95 Airmiles from filling up at Shell a certain number of times each month, or to buy that $10 bento box from the local Chinese takeout.
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Originally Posted by carsncars
Then we went on a weekend trip with them and it clicked. They paid $40 for 6 butter tarts at a "cute" bakery on the tourist strip. For the hotel, they just called up the Marriott and took whatever rate offered on the phone. Rental car: they paid for the upgrade to an SUV without taking advantages of discounts or free upgrades for joining the loyalty program. Didn't think twice about parking for the day in the most convenient lot for $48 instead of parking 1-2 blocks away. While we were there, they talked about buying tickets to a concert that were resales via StubHub for $$$ markup.
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