Would you ‘Gift’ your spouse/significant other solo travel? This was a question I posed recently on Twitter, as I was thinking about our summer travel plans. The results of the poll are below, and a bit of a mixed bag, and the topic is an interesting one. What do you think about 'gifting' your spouse […]
How To: Book your first trip to Lithuania (or anywhere)
I came across a tweet earlier this week from an academic in the planning world over at Kansas State University. He has a buddy who is trying to get to Lithuania to present his work on a recent paper. They decided to set up a Go Fund me to help support the trip, the link is […]
Project Fi – the best plan for international travel?
I’ve been with AT&T since day 1, and have a love hate relationship with them. They work pretty well, have as a good a range of devices as anyone, but they charge too much. When it comes to international travel, I personally value access to data above voice. That said, I still recall two conversations […]
A crazy day
Have 140K MR (hers) 60K MR (his) 38K UR (hers) 26k (his) 52K AA (hers) 90K (his) Delta 9K Hyatt 2.5K SPG 52K BA 90K (some other stuff) Want Business Class seats for 3, RT that fits around an epic cruise. This latest award booking was a nightmare to book, but I think we got […]
Big Picture Thoughts
We’re coming to the end of our trip to Cancun, and i’ve been giving some thought to the couple of decisions we made on this trip. The big one was on our outbound flight, from New York to Cancun. We had booked 2 seats (aisle and window) on American Airlines (10K avios per seat) hoping […]
The Haul revisited.. then, and now.
Nick, over at PFDigest recently wrote the seminal piece “are we all doomed?” In which, he quoted the overly positive post by Marathon Man and posited on the state of the game. Is the Golden Era behind us? My first reaction to this was that the game is always changing, and you need to evolve […]
[Fail] Attempts to automate BRG opportunities
I think there are some pretty useful things from my failed attempt here, so I hope I don’t offend the ‘clickbait crowd’ by titling it a fail. I received a tweet asking about BRGs (Best Rate Guarantees) and how I find them. Truth is, I don’t.BRGs are excellent, and I know a lot of people […]
Confession: I copied a post by Gary Leff
I still remember it. It was back when there was an American Airlines devaluation. Leff broke the news (well I think he broke it, but regardless I learned of it from his post). He made an award chart showing some differences in the old and the new.I read it, and I recreated it.My take might have […]
The Power of Travel
I recently returned from our first family international trip – we travelled through Spain, starting at Madrid, and moving South to stop at Toledo, Granada and Cordoba. It was a fabulous trip, and I highly recommend all of these towns. We booked this as I typically do – with a one way to somewhere, (MAD […]
Using your iPhone and Apple Maps oversees without a data plan
I just returned from a great trip to Spain, and stumbled upon something pretty useful when playing around with my iPhone. You can access street level maps overseas, along with the ‘where am I now?’ blue dot, and the compass feature – without using data (cellular or wifi) I found this useful for navigating the […]