{"id":1198,"date":"2013-06-11T15:02:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T22:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2013-06-11T15:03:36","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T22:03:36","slug":"2014-austin-mega-do-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2013\/06\/2014-austin-mega-do-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Austin Mega Do Announced!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The dates (Feb 20-23, 2014) and the tentative schedule has been announced for the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ausmegado.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\"> 2014 Austin Mega Do 3.0<\/a>.\u00a0 Registration is not yet open but the schedule looks good because there is going to be good ol&#8217; Texas BBQ! In particular, there will be a private dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/franklinbarbecue.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Franklin&#8217;s BBQ <\/a>which is very delicious! There will also be tours of breweries, a pub crawl, and possibly a live concert?! Schedule may change as registration for the event opens. Its no secret how much I like Austin since I visit there quite frequently and had lived there for 5 years.<\/p>\n<p>Discussion and updates can found on <a href=\"http:\/\/milepoint.com\/forums\/threads\/austin-mega-do-3-0-do-harder-february-20-23-2014.63196\/\" target=\"_blank\">this Milepoint Thread<\/a> and this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyertalk.com\/forum\/communitybuzz\/1469259-austin-mega-do-3-0-do-harder-february-20-23-2014-a.html\" target=\"_blank\">Flyer Talk Thread<\/a>. Mommy points also shares her experience from the 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/mommypoints\/2012\/04\/22\/doing-the-austin-bbq-mega-do\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mega Do here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This time of year is my accounting &#8220;busy season&#8221; so won&#8217;t be able to make it until Friday night but hope to see ya&#8217;ll there! Save it on your calendars!<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in visiting Austin, check out these posts for activities and food ideas:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/austin-eats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Eats<\/a> by Giddy for Points<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.doitforthepoints.com\/2013\/06\/da-bats-da-austin-bats.html\" target=\"_blank\">Da Bats, Da Austin Bats<\/a> by Do it for the Points<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/viewfromthewing\/2012\/09\/05\/my-labor-day-barbecue-pilgrimage-to-lockhart-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Labor Day BBQ Pilgrimage <\/a>by View from the Wing<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/2012\/03\/destination-of-the-week-austin-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Destination of the Week: Austin, TX<\/a> by The Points Guy<\/p>\n<p>And remember their moto: Keep Austin Weird!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dates (Feb 20-23, 2014) and the tentative schedule has been announced for the 2014 Austin Mega Do 3.0.\u00a0 Registration is not yet open but&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[237,193,192],"tags":[356,355],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2014 Austin Mega Do Announced! 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