Since I live on the east coast, Alaska Airlines is not on my radar. We want to fly from San Diego to Maui. When searching for flights, I found a great flight on Alaska getting us in to OGG the Kahului Airport in Maui before 11 am. The one way… read more →
Many people want to go to one destination and stay in one place for their entire vacation. Friends that enjoy cruising tell me regularly that they only want to unpack one time. The opposite is true for me. I enjoy going to a hotel for 1-4 nights and then I… read more →
In about two weeks I will be going to my first MegaDo. What is a MegaDo? A large group of frequent flyers go on charter flights with an airline alliance to travel to events that include access to airline facilities and executives. The domestic portion of this MegaDo begins in… read more →
Earn 36 British Airways Avios points per dollar spent at Nordstrom.com for Valentine’s Day. Avios Points Southwest Rapid Reward Members get 1,000 points for using Turbo Tax Online to do their taxes. Southwest Points Starting on March 1, Starwood has many new benefits for its gold and platinum members. New… read more →
In 2011 my husband and I earned more than 1,000,000 airline miles and points. Here is the breakdown of the miles we earned this year: American 199,000 British 125,000 Continental 102,000 Delta 79,000 US Airways 286,000 Hawaiian 21,000 Southwest 89,000 (Three of the old Rapid Rewards round trip awards plus… read more →
2011 was the year I did the most travel ever. Every month except for February away I went. Some months included more than one vacation. In 2011 I flew on 33 separate flights and used frequent flyer miles for free or almost free tickets for 29 of those 33 flights.… read more →
Chase is going to be changing their British Airways Visa credit card to have both readers, the magnetic strip used in the US and a chip for use in many other countries. There is no time frame for the availability of this new card yet, but it will be a… read more →
British Airways and American Airlines are partners. Miles in your British Airways Executive Club account may be used to fly on American Airlines. The availability of seats using BA miles I have found to be more limited than using AAdvantage miles to fly on American. The number of miles needed… read more →
Today is my birthday. My husband and I are celebrating the week with a trip to Maui. Yesterday we flew from Philadelphia to Dallas on American Airlines and today we fly direct to Maui. I used 35,000 British Airways miles plus $10 each for our American Airlines round trip flights.… read more →
June has been a great month for enjoying long weekends at the New Jersey shore. We stay at the Atlantic City Sheraton with our family and wonderful friends. Since I book most of our reservations at this hotel more than a year ahead, we enjoy low rates. Some weekend nights… read more →
Another great Chase credit card offer, the Chase Sapphire Preferred, with a 50,000 point sign up bonus for first time card members and no annual fee for the first year. To get the points you must spend $3,000 on the card in the first 3 months. Here is the link… read more →
From May 1 through July 31, 2011, Starwood Preferred Guest members will earn one free night at over 200 Starwood resorts for every three stays at all of Starwood’s hotels and resorts. This new promotion is called SPG Getaway Free. The free resort nights earned may be used from May… read more →
