To be fair, Emily said instant rice. The item they use in the article is uncooked rice as this sentence indicates: “Of the seven household desiccants they tested, uncooked rice was the least absorbent, behind cat litter, couscous, oatmeal, and instant rice.” 

It’s all here, brother

Rice doesn’t work well. Try saving some silica packets for emergencies.

The housing calculation becomes even more significant when weighing renting vs owning. If you can rent the one bedroom apartment despite being able to afford buying the 2-3 bedroom house the savings represent a massive opportunity to get ahead financially.

It’s unrealistic in a lot of the US, but I’m relying entirely on public transit, walking and Lyft right now and it’s crazy cheaper on average. I do consider whether I’d have to buy a car again when I think about moving, because it’s been so nice not having car payments, gas, maintenance, insurance, parking, etc. Also…

Dont fly frontier, just don’t do it.

If you’re okay with flying a regional carrier like Frontier and didn’t believe all the BS and hype in the anti-Allegiant article (remember, the pilots have a vested interest in living too), you should consider the free companion fare option of the Allegiant MC. It’s less restrictive than the Frontier deal. I use it…

And while you can pay extra for an assigned seat on the less terrible of these airlines, you can’t pay extra to make sure you don’t get sat next to somebody who didn’t pay extra’s unsupervised child.

The last dozen or so times I’ve bought tickets for personal travel, JetBlue has been within $100 of Spirit/Frontier/Southwest etc. after all the fees and bullshit are taken into account unless you want to be one of those people who tries to stretch the rules on your luggage, or have the luxury of flying independent of…

In all fairness, Frontier’s seats are about the right size for small kids. 

Jam them in a suitcase?

(including no Saturday or Sunday or Monday/Thursday/Friday flights in all of February, March, or April)

Free tickets for kids _without_ free guaranteed seat assignment together is gonna make for some wild flights.

Claimant must also own and present upon request a license to sell hair tonic to bald eagles in Omaha, Nebraska.

Totally “free!”... Except for having to pay for and sign up for a $60 annual subscription. So, in other words, not free.

FREE*

Making your kids fly Frontier sounds like a great punishment.

They basically count on the free marketing (see: Lifehacker article) being worth more than whatever they actually lose from that one parent taking advantage of this with their kid on that midweek flight in April.

Exactly. They wouldn’t offer it if they didn’t think they would end up making money off it.

I’ve literally stopped paying attention to the “OMFG, discounted flights*” due to all of the restrictions and limitations.  I don’t care if a flight is only $59 if it’s from Boise, Idaho to Moosejaw, Saskatchewan on Wed, May 22nd at 11pm, and returning Tues, June 18th.  Paying $60/year, being able to only fly on 1/3rd…