How To Use FlyingBlue “Promo Awards”
First, FlyingBlue is a transfer partner of Citi ThankYou and Amex. Second, every month FlyingBlue puts out a list of discount tickets to/from Europe (or within Europe). Right now..
See Bosnia & Herzegovina (via 10 Google sphere photos)
Android has a great way of taking not just 360 photos, but sphere photos. Well, recently I discovered that you can publish them so people can view via Google street view.
These
Review: Hilton Stockholm Slussen
If the best views of Manhattan are from Jersey … are the best views of Stockholm from Slussen?Let’s find out at the Hilton Stockholm, located just across the city center
Review: Quality Hotel Globe Stockholm
Don’t wait to book your hotel if you’re staying the night before a major event. Or, if you’re like me, you can dilly-daddle until the very last-minute to hurl expletives at
The travel hacking index card
I popped by the library this week to pick up “The Index Card,” the famously slender volume of personal finance advice by personal finance columnist Helaine Olen (author of “Pound
Family Travel Hacking Guide 07: Finding cheap airfare with The Flight Deal
Last post I talked about how to use airfarewatchdog to find cheap airplane tickets. The reality is, though, for some people, www.airfarewatchdog.com might be too much informatio..
About Hyatt suite upgrade awards
Hyatt Diamond enthusiasts know that there are three kinds of room reservations at Hyatt properties: paid reservations, Free Nights, and Points + Cash reservations.Points + Cash r..
Family Travel Hacking Guide 06: How to easily find cheap airfare with airfarewatchdog
To do: Set up a city alert on www.airfarewatchdog.com for your home city and a route alertIn our last post, I outlined five great resources for saving money on cash
What did I miss: JetBlue edition
I got back last night from New York, the final leg of a ridiculously circuitous trip through Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Bavaria, and Berlin.It was fun!After managing to go all l..
Episode 33 – Talking TSA
Episode Description
We chat TSA – why the long lines, can anything be done about them, and how Trevor and Joe Cortez would fix it!
On the value of not chasing deals
There is a really good deal going on right now. As always in the blogosphere I have no idea who reported it first, but I first saw it on Angelina
Family Travel Hacking Guide: Saving Money on Cash Flights
To do: Answer the following questions – 1) Is there a destination you want to travel to next year when your dates are fixed? 2) In the next year, do
Review: Hilton London Paddington
London weather. Dreary. Foggy. Depressing.When I looked outside the window of my mega-Airbus minutes after touching down in Heathrow, I could see where this city got its reputat..
Surviving a night in a hotel with two kids under 4
Since our daughter was born, it’s been our goal to continue traveling regularly with our kids. Maybe not as often or as far, but still enough to make it “regular”.One
Five days at Atlantis- Nassau for families
We have been to Nassau numerous times in our past life, but this time was different, in a completely surprising way. When I worked on cruise ships, we used to visit
Family Travel Hacking Guide: Who to Follow on Social Media
To do: Pick a few of these accounts to follow on your preferred social media networkAs we continue getting you and your family set up to hack your next family
TBT: The OTHER road to Machu Picchu
(Throwback Thursdays are a new feature here at asthejoeflies. They are stories from my travel experiences with zero regard to miles and points. Hopefully they inspire you, eithe..
Do this now: register for Q3 2016 cash back bonuses
Registration is now open for cards offering rotating cash back bonus categories in the third quarter of 2016. Here’s the rundown:Chase Freedom. Earn 5 Ultimate Rewards points per..
Family Travel Hacking Guide: Using and Tracking Frequent Flyer Programs
To do: Sign up for three to four frequent flyer programs and enter them into Award Wallet or an equivalent trackerFrequent flyer programs were originally created by the airlines..
Quick hits: Turkish Airlines, IST, Budapest
Hello from the Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel in Bratislava!It’s been a hectic few days, so I’m taking it slow today and thought I’d check in with some thoughts on the
Family Travel Hacking Guide: Set a Travel Goal
To do: Choose 2-3 destinations with your family that you might be interested in traveling to within the next yearSo you’re interested in saving money on travel with your family.
Family Travel Hacking Guide: Introduction
So I haven’t seen any family travel hacking beginner’s guides out there, so I thought I might try my hand at one. As my family has grown from two to
Quick Tip On Using Alaska Miles For Delta Flights
This is a really short post about something that annoys me with Alaska miles.
Since 1) I’ve been getting large amounts of Alaska Miles (check out the Alaska 25k credit card)