Its been an interesting weekend when it comes to Bourbon, Whiskey, and Scotch. Its not often that I delve afield of my normal Miles, Points, Travel, and Reselling topics, but, this one just felt right. Perhaps its all the Glenlivet, Knobs Creek, and Woodford Reserve I and so many of you have enjoyed at 40,000…
I hate to get into politics, but there is an aviation-linked story that is just too amazing to skip: the Delta NRA spat. You see, Delta Airlines posted last week that it would no longer honor NRA discounts. Gary Leff reported that Delta was starting to “walk back” it’s anti-NRA stance. Georgia’s Lieutenant Governor made a…
While most people watch the “big game” for football, others watched for one reason: Super Bowl LII commercials. I found a selection of Super Bowl LII commercials, for this case, with an #avgeek or travel tint.The first commercial to run was from Turkish Airways.You may recall last year’s commercial with Morgan Freeman: And, oh yeah, they…
This time of year its nice to do a little navel gazing and take a look back at 2017. A Look Back at 2017 TravelFor me, 2017 was a drastically different year of travel than any of the previous 5 years. Just take a look at my travel map (courtesy of gcmap.com):By the numbers: 110,953…
This isn’t aviation geek, miles and points, or even airline travel related. I’m a merchant mariner, holder of a 100 ton Captain’s license for inland and near coastal waters, bestowed on me from the United States Coast Guard (USCG), and so I felt the need to weigh in on this talk of the Jones Act.…
I remember the moment you accepted my status challenge. I had been a long time United 1K, but the Premier Qualifying Dollar (PQD) introduction was too much for me, coupled with fewer upgrades, so I bailed. All of my friends said you would be so much better, even if your aircraft cabins weren’t at the…
A trend that I and I think many others noticed about the reporting of Hurricane Irma, was a borderline myopic focus on the Continental United States. The news and weather reporting channels didn’t really spend much time reporting on the dire impacts of Irma before or after the storm hit, when compared with the virtual…
Josh Waitzkin, interviewed in Tom Ferriss’ the Tools of Titans highlights one of the most important concepts in life. Succinctly put, he calls this the Go Around principle. What is the Go Around Principle? Josh describes the foundation of the principle as when his young son attempted to enter a door to their Martha’s Vinyard cottage…
I don’t want to be a pessimist, but it seems to me that with a lot of the news going around over the past month or so, Travel is Changing and it is not for the better. I think most of this centers around the changing Passenger Experience (PaxEx). Travel is Changing by the Government’s…
I’m heading up to the Freddie Awards later today, with a slight deviation to last year, a couple of early Freddie Awards winners were announced ahead of the actual event. Some facts about the Freddie AwardsThe Freddie, as I noted in my post urging folks to vote, is the opportunity for frequent travelers to vote…