Ok, so the title isn’t the best, but I couldn’t figure out a better title.IntroductionI am finding more and more, that I’m encountering folks–good folks–that hear of our great hobby and want to find to learn more. Personally, I’d love to point them right here, but lets be honest, I’m not really writing for the…
We took our first trip to India because I needed 25k American Airlines’ Elite Qualifying Points (EQP) for my status match from United 1k to American Airlines Executive Platinum. We found a good upgradable round trip fare on BA from Washington DC to New Delhi. Originally we had thought to fly to Chennai (I’d hit the…
Generally speaking, when we use the term “sustainable,” we refer to manufactured spending and points hacking, in order to make sure we don’t kill the best deals. Trevor writes extensively about being a good steward of the community, and “treading lightly” through our hobby. However, the sustainability I wish to write about today is our…
IntroductionYesterday, I posted about using Singapore’s KrisFlyer miles from Singapore, and how many great options there are. Reader @Sanaial posed a great question: @tmount the most confusing part is the variability of out-pocket costs with a lot of foreign programs— Saianel (@saianel) August 6, 2014A few examplesSo I thought I’d put together some examples. The…
IntroductionYesterday, I looked at some hotel choices that looked pretty nice in Southeast Asia, now I just have to identify options for getting around. Since I’ll be flying into and out of Singapore, the logical choice is using Singapore’s KrisFlyer program.Award ChartThe Krisflyer program determines the cost of the award by zones (15 of them). As you…
IntroductionI shared last week, that I have a trip to Asia at the end of the month, but couldn’t decide where. In that post I narrowed things down to Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, and China. Well, based on a variety of comments and a bit of searching based on this post I revised the list slightly to include…
As funny as this may sound, there are times that I will choose my destination based on the hotel. As you can see from some of our Saturday Specials, here, here, and here, we try to stay in hotels that we have status at.To that end, I’m planning a trip for later this month, and my wife…
We’ve been to Bali, Indonesia twice, and stayed at this hotel for both of those visits (most recently in May, 2013). Because of those first two experiences, its very likely that our next trip will mean a return to this hotel.Reason for ChoosingThe Grand Hyatt Bali is roughly a half hour from the airport.We decided…
Since March, the travel community has been watching the proceedings around H.R. 4156, better known as The Transparent Airfares Act of 2014. In what some are calling a sneaky move, the bill was placed on the suspension calendar earlier in July. And on Monday, July 28, the House of Representatives passed the Transparent Airfares Act by…
Last month I shared my process for preparing for an overseas trip. This month, after having spent all of July off a plane, I’m finding that my plans for next month are up in the air; I suppose, figuratively and literally.What’s currently bookedThis trip essentially began being formed nearly a year ago when my wife…