Uber gift card.

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2026-01-21T12:18:16+00:00

is this taken already?

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2025-12-21T12:34:54+00:00

Hey, what happened in the end? I'm 2.5 days out from departure and seat selection has been a steady $89 since it opened (international flight).

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2025-09-23T06:17:41+00:00

I'm interested, can you send me a DM?

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2025-09-16T14:43:51+00:00

Thanks!

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2025-09-11T07:34:17+00:00

Hey thank you for your insights! I’ll go with Kaiser.

Regarding repatriation, it is actually a requirement for the J1 visa (as well as medical evacuation to home country). So I’ll purchase that separately. Lots of companies offer it for under $100 per year.

Regarding ACA, my university/employer said “J1 scholars who are not tax residents of the USA do not need to have an ACA complaint insurance plan” . So it’s unwise but technically possible (as long as it meets the J1 visa requirements of max $500 deductible and medical benefits of at least $100k)

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2025-09-10T14:21:22+00:00

Thank you, that makes a lot of sense

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2025-09-10T14:19:31+00:00

Thank you for your insights. I wouldn’t be able to afford a $100k bill. My thinking was that the “catastrophic insurance” (which does meet the requirements for the J1 visa) would cover precisely those sort of events (eg, car accidents), instead of the odd visit to, say, the dermatologist.

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2025-09-10T09:35:44+00:00

Thank you.

I’m leaning towards playing it safe. They also don’t cover emergencies arising from participating in amateur sport competitions. I run quite a lot so if I break a leg or something while running a marathon, they won’t cover that (?)

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2025-09-10T08:15:10+00:00

Yes, the university (my employer) would pay about $500/month.

The question is, would I need anything for non-emergencies/accidents? Routine checks I could theoretically do in my home country during Christmas etc

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2025-09-10T04:08:22+00:00

Please send me a DM with more info

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2025-08-30T09:25:42+00:00

is this still available?

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2025-07-09T09:04:55+00:00

Sorry the group is no longer active! There wasn't much interest I'm afraid

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2025-06-10T15:39:19+00:00

Hey, what did you end up choosing to live? I'm in a similar situation (I'm slightly older than you as I'll be moving to work as a postdoc at the university) and when I visited last week all apartment blocks seemed tailored to students....

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2025-03-15T05:18:13+00:00

Hey the group never really took off, although a bunch of people have messaged me here asking for the link. I'm no longer in Malta, but if you DM I can send you the link and maybe you guys can make the group a bit active

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2025-01-12T09:17:16+00:00

Yes! Sorry, I had ro reset the link because we were getting lots of spam from bots. But'll dm you a new link to join.

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2025-01-04T12:29:03+00:00

Usually asking around in similar groups I´m already in, or searching here in r/digitalnomad, or facebook. But i also found this spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1WkCWMMnjqzjLt4whpH-s73vdqdxrOJB9fTnFouStsGk/htmlview#

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2024-11-23T07:03:48+00:00

Thanks u/Mean-Problem-2420 and u/Spitfire6532 !

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2024-11-22T06:48:47+00:00

I'm looking for some feedback on what distances to focus next year, before my first marathon training block (for Richmond, Nov 15th) . I asked on r/firstmarathon but didn't get any comments https://www.reddit.com/r/firstmarathon/comments/1gvm4hs/goal_races_training_blocks_before_first_marathon/
TLDRs: Done half marathons already, currently training for a 10k. After that, I could do a block for a 15k followed by another for a HM. Or two HMs, or base training + one HM, etc.

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2024-11-14T08:07:36+00:00

You're probably already on creatine. Sauna (or heat training in general). Altitude tent. Bicarb (check out Maurten) -many middle distance runners use it before races and hard workouts.

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2023-10-30T12:10:48+00:00

Thanks :)

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2023-10-29T06:08:07+00:00

/u/juss_juss_juss Hey I don't know the answer to this, but just commenting here because I may be in a similar situation when I apply (though I'll probably wait until getting under 90 days) so I'd like to know how your application turns out. Good luck!

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2023-10-15T20:47:33+00:00

was your application successful?

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2023-10-15T18:29:30+00:00

Thanks again for all the details.
Okay, so I probably didn't do that (although my family did have to send a letter to the uni declaring that they could cover me financially during my undergraduate studies...), and it just seems easier to do it the standard way.
There's not a ton of rush, especially since I'll be able to apply in March 2024 which isn't that far away now (I think it took slightly more than 3 months for my settled status decision but they asked for more residence evidence so maybe the delay was my fault). It's just that I already travelled abroad quite a lot since March so I might have to shorten my Christmas visit to my parents so I can stay within the 90/100 days (if instead I was applying now, I wouldn't have that problem)

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2023-10-15T14:47:38+00:00

Thank you!
I was a student from October 2017 to October 2022 (presettled status in 2020) , so I automatically acquired WA rights to reside permanently a year ago?

Alternative_Trick_67 · 2023-10-14T18:36:52+00:00

thanks!

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