The article was first posted on the Hack The System Website no later than early February of 2010 (based on comments that began on February 3, 2010). In the "about me" section of his blog, Maneesh indicates he has been traveling since 2010.
http://hackthesystem.com/about/. He also published the first of six books in 2008, the year which he referrred to himself as "studying at university...(and) there was no way that I, on a student’s salary (read: nothing), could afford to pay for my own dish, let alone both the birthday girl’s and mine." He has clearly done well as an entrepeneuer since then (six books published), but I find some of his statements (especially the headline) in the blog post to be "unusual" to say the least.
http://hackthesystem.com/blog/how-to-quadruple-your-wealth-in-a-six-hour-plane-flight/
When I first read the header "How to Quadruple Your Wealth In A Six Hour Flight" and the line "Have you ever wanted to get rich overnight? It’s easy: just hop on a plane" I though Don Lapre had come back from the dead, but Don never made such outrageous wealth building or get rich quick statements.
http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/lapre.html
Of course "saving" money by spending less is not the same thing as "saving" money in a bank account. Spending money on airline tickets and meals in restaurants has nothing to do with creating or increasing wealth. Even if the prices were accurate two years ago the cost of getting to BA alone would seriously offset any "savings" from paying less for dining in the most "posh" and expensive restaurants in Buenos Aires compared to similar restauants in San Francisco (where Maneesh says he lives).
It certianly would have been better to use the expression "quadruple your puchasing power" and to have been specific about the departure city for a six hour flight to Buenos Aires. Pehaps the author flew in from Colombia. As for geting rich overnight just by hopping on a plane...I can't think of any way to accomplish this that is legal.
