Yesterday I tried to clarify American Airlines’ policy regarding their Rewards for Premium Cabin tickets. To say that it was pulling teeth might be an understatement. Luckily, @WandrMe and @TravelCodex saw what I was trying to do and helped to rephrase. Here was my original question: @AmericanAir Clarification on rewarding Premium Flyers. I read it…
In November, my wife and I flew Emirates First Class to the Seychelles. We had used Alaska miles for the flights, which ended up being quite the trip. We ultimately flew from New York-JFK, to Milan, Italy-MXP, to Dubai, UAE-DXB, and finally to the Mahe, the Seychelles (SEZ). The itinerary was less than stellar, and…
Sometimes I lose perspective of things. I’ll often joke that my Optempo of travel gets in the way of my manufactured spend. This morning I had a bit of a wakeup call. My wife needed to get up to Hartford, CT for the weekend. Short notice, holiday weekend, you’d think – wow, that’s going to…
A couple of days ago, Chasing The Points wrote about an experience of his, and included a reference to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.Abraham Maslow, in his 1943 paper, A Theory of Human Motivation, proposed a 5 “level” hierarchy of needs for human beings. These ranged from physiological—basic breathing,food, water, sleep—to self actualization—morality, creativity, spontaneity.So why…