{"id":38,"date":"2012-10-18T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/getting-to-ftulax-on-a-budget\/"},"modified":"2013-03-20T07:58:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T14:58:58","slug":"getting-to-ftulax-on-a-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2012\/10\/getting-to-ftulax-on-a-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to #FTULAX on a Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-9inn8Yr-xoQ\/UH-GHANmvrI\/AAAAAAAAAaA\/jqWPA_3on1s\/s1600\/ftu.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-9inn8Yr-xoQ\/UH-GHANmvrI\/AAAAAAAAAaA\/jqWPA_3on1s\/s320\/ftu.png\" width=\"320\" height=\"50\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>As my first time going to any kind of frequent flyer event I am obviously very giddy but also want to do it by using and earning points of course \ud83d\ude42 Buying the ticket for $99 for a two and a half day event while meeting all the travel &amp; points\/miles gurus and junkies is totally worth it and a no brainer for me!<\/p>\n<p>For an AA economy flight I got mine using only 20,000 Avios from IAH to LAX saving me $330.\u00a0 Doing some searching I also found other places with flights from Fri-Sun!<br \/>\n25k Avios + $5 RT from IAD or DCA<br \/>\n20k Avios + $5 RT from ORD or DFW,<br \/>\n9k +$5 from STL<\/p>\n<p>For a step by step way to book flights on AA using Avios check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/2012\/08\/using-british-airways-avios-to-save-on-domestic-first-class-flights\/\">Points Guy&#8217;s post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheraton Gateway hotel that was set up for the event is already booked for the group rate so other options include:<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/radissonlax.com\/\">Radisson<\/a> near the airport within walking distance to the Sheraton is an option and you can take advantage of the BOGO promotion going on. You must<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radisson.com\/secure\/offers\/5654648?campaignUrl=1for1&amp;hotelBrandCode=RAD\"> register <\/a>and book by Oct 31. There is also a cash and points option of 10k + $87 per night.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourpointslax.com\/\">Four Points by Sheraton<\/a> is also within walking distance and it is going for 3k spg points per night. If you don&#8217;t want to use your points, you can book the hotel with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starwoodhotels.com\/fourpoints\/offers\/landing.html?selectedOffer=ZBT&amp;groupId=FPGROUP1&amp;displayAllProperties=true#resultsTop\">40% off second nights <\/a>which gets you 2 nights for $159 + tax.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to follow me on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/giddyforpoints\">twitter <\/a>or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Giddy-for-Points\/389855011087956\">facebook<\/a>. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As my first time going to any kind of frequent flyer event I am obviously very giddy but also want to do it by using&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[237,193,192],"tags":[155,143],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Getting to #FTULAX on a Budget - Giddy For Points<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2012\/10\/getting-to-ftulax-on-a-budget\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Getting to #FTULAX on a Budget - 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