Family Travel with Points and Miles
In the previous post I mentioned how I had found the relatively cheap nonstop flights from our local airport to Miami using Google Flights. These flights were on JetBlue and were actually into Fort Lauderdale, but that was not an issue for us. Booking Outbound Flights Before we moved, JetBlue was a very convenient carrier… Continue reading Miami 2022: Flight Planning
Normally I book the flights first and the hotel second. While I checked flight times and prices before booking the flights, I didn't actually book the flights until later than usual as there was still some uncertainty in what we would actually do. Flights to Miami We found that the flight times into Miami itself… Continue reading Miami 2021 – Flights
We wanted to fly into Fort Myers and return from Orlando since we were going to rent a car and drive between the two mid-trip. Flights: Take One We have a high preference for nonstop flights, especially in the COVID era. We don't want to be stuck in an airport any longer than necessary. Since… Continue reading Florida 2020 – Flight Planning
NOTE -> This trip occurred pre-COVID-19 and feels like 100 years ago As stated in the previous post, the flight dicated the destination. I had used Google Flights and had happened upon a great price for flights going into Barcelona and returning from Madrid for less than $300 per person. At that price we'd find… Continue reading Spain 2020: Flight Planning
My wife's brother had agreed to let us buy him a ticket to visit us in San Diego for Christmas. He lives in New York City and had only been briefly to San Diego once before. He was excited to spend the holiday with us and the boys were super excited to have him with… Continue reading Christmas 2019: Planning – Tio’s Flights
We have some friends that are new to the points and miles game and we often chat about trips they've made as well as our trips. They had recently come back from a trip to San Francisco which they had used points earned from their JetBlue card. Looking to JetBlueWhile the JetBlue card isn't the… Continue reading Christmas 2019: Planning – Flights
My wife's sister lives in Toronto and her father was visiting from Venezuela so we decided to make the trek to Toronto over Labor Day, which is also a holiday in Canada. Flight PlanningThere are several flights from Boston to Canada. Most fly into Toronto's Pearson airport which is the larger of the two airports.… Continue reading Quick Trip: Toronto September 2019 – Planning
While we had planned to fly to Hawaii in August of 2018, we were unable to go on that trip and had canceled the flights we had bought on miles. We paid the fee when we canceled so we wouldn't lose the 180,000 points we had transferred to buy those tickets originally so we had… Continue reading July 2019: Hawaii – Flight Planning
We had a destination but didn't have the exact dates we could fly. We were still waiting for the final spring socccer schedule to make sure we didn't miss any important games which we believed would be on one of the Sundays but we didn't know which one. As it got to be about a… Continue reading April 2019: Los Cabos Planning – Flights
Since we were flying Norwegian, we would definitely have to pay for our luggage. When I purchased the tickets I pre-paid for 2 checked bags in each direction. Since we could also each bring a carry on we could plan for that if we needed extra room. Positioning Flight LuggageLike me, my dad can pack… Continue reading April 2018: London – Packing
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