Figuring out United Waitlist Ranking
Jeanne and I have an upcoming CLT-EWR-HNL-PHX-IAD-CLT mileage run. For the 10 hour segment on United we secured bulkhead seats in…
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Mileage Offers for Mother’s Day Flowers
Here’s a summary of the best offers I found. If you come across more lucrative offers, please let me know!…
Get more out of Groupon and Google Offers
Did you know you can earn cashback or points on many of the deal-of-the-day sites? Ebates is currently doubling the cashback…
Miles and Points Strategy for Mendoza
In a few weeks I’ll be taking my first trip to South America and I’m super excited. The destination and…
Star Gold Trick for US Air Seats
I wind up flying US Airways for most of my short haul flights and crediting the miles to United to…
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Best Bubbly in the Skies
One of my favorite things about flying first class, and this will come as no surprise to those who read…
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Helpful Travel Links
Here are some of the websites that were most useful (and still are) as I was getting into travel. So…
Real Rainbow Tulips?
A random picture to get your Tuesday started. I pride myself on being familiar with most floral varieties that can be purchased…
Ask for the Orange Tag
A few weeks ago I was checking in at a (First Class) kiosk for my US Airways flight. As the attendant was putting the baggage…
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TWG: The Best Amenity at the Conrad Centennial Singapore
In my last post I mentioned that after my 2 hour spa treatment I overnapped and missed afternoon tea in the…
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29 Hours at the Conrad Centennial Singapore
It was only about a half hour ride from the airport to the Conrad Centennial Singapore. I’d booked the room…
Birthday Mileage Run to Singapore: Outbound
So last fall I found myself in an interesting position. Opportunistically booking a last minute $400 weekend Alaska flight in addition…
