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What "frugal" tricks have you found to just not be worth it, either in time or money? (lemmy.world)

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I've noticed sometimes that there's some half-baked videos or blogs or whatever that purport this or that frugal trick, but if you look at the time or math, it's not actually frugal for you.

What are some examples of that you've come across? The things that "aren't worth it"?

For me it's couponing. (Although I haven't heard people talk about it recently--has it fallen out of "style", or have businesses caught up to the loopholes folks used to exploit?)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just flew for the first time in quite a while and honestly its not bad. Just make sure you follow directions and don't cut it too close on leaving on time and it'll probably be fine. Get to the airport 1-2 hours before your flight and by that point anything that happens you just ask the nearest employee nicely what to do

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except when your connection departs in 1h and there are 100+ in line for customs + other 50 in line for TSA checks. I still think they are worth it most of the time, but when flying internationally, I get why people tend to avoid connections as they can be super stressful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oooh yeah I can see where international flights can make that much harder. I've yet to fly international and was purely talking domestic