Hyatt’s new webisite, TSA Screener Training, JetBlue Once in a Lifetime Opportunity
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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
My First DYKWIA- and It’s a Doozy
True Deal Mommy Confession: I tag-teamed a DYKWIA on a ten year old.I’m not proud of this story and I probably should explain. On a week long cruise, especially on a
Get Ebates Cashback In-Store
I’m a huge fan of shopping portals, because they enhance profitability for resellers, and help save a bunch of money for consumers. Ebates continues to innovate by adding Ebates ..
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
Saverocity Observation Deck – Talking TSA
Late last week, the Joes and I recorded an episode of the Saverocity Observation Deck Podcast, Talking TSA.
Its a fun episode. We covered TSA, some of its history,
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..
10 To-Do’s – International Travel Checklist
I have shared before how I prepare for international travel, but it has been a while, and there are tons of things that change over time, so I thought it’d
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
Review: Grand Hyatt Rio de Janeiro
We arrived early into Rio de Janeiro, roughly 6am, and made it to the Grand Hyatt Rio de Janeiro around 8am. We were greeted at the front door and escorted to
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..
The JetBlue Points Match Is Worth It And You Should Do It
Joe who writes asthejoeflies gave us his thoughts on not chasing a deal and highlights why he will not be doing the JetBlue deal. I may be biased because I am
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
British Airways Gate 365 Shopping Portal
There isn’t much chatter about the British Airways Gate 365 Shopping Portal, but there should be. Long time readers know that I’m a huge fan of shopping portals, because they allow
Big Picture, Little Picture #Brexit
So the ‘Brexit’ vote happened. The markets weren’t expecting it, and they are about to show their disappointment. Big picture, the actual leaving of the EU might be a good
Brexit, Mileage Plus X App, USG Studies FFP’s, All about Costco, AirBNB
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Antarctic Medical Evacuation Update
I wrote earlier this week about this rare Antarctic medical evacuation. You see there were two patients in Antarctica, that were in dire need for medical care that could not be
Beware of Amazon’s Automated Repricer
Oren wrote a brief post about Amazon’s Automated Repricer last week that is certainly worth a look, however upon further research, and some insight from others. It looks like thi..
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