Family Travel with Points and Miles
From the Boston area there are loads of options for getting to London. Not only does London have multiple airports that Boston serves directly (Heathrow and Gatwick), but there are several smaller airports in the Boston area that fly to places in Europe with one short connection to one of the London airports including Providence,… Continue reading April 2018: London – Flight Planning
As seems to be the norm for us, leading up to the vacation things were busy at work. I guess things are always busy for us at work but as we approach vacation all the little things start to pop up at the last minute and the additional trip preparation seems to add to the… Continue reading February 2019: Dubai Diary – Day 0
Dubai would be the farthest away from home we had traveled to date. I had been to India (from San Francisco, even) for work many years ago, which is a longer trip, but as a family our previous longest single flight was nearly 8 hours from Zurich to Boston. This trip was sure to eclipse… Continue reading February 2019: Dubai Planning – Flights
Given that we were almost a year out from our actual trip, there was decent flight availability at fairly reasonable prices. Using Google Flights I found several options, but noticed that not all airlines that flew out of Boston were showing routes. This was likely because I was searching so far ahead of time and… Continue reading February 2018: Rome – Flight Planning
The plan was set. The hotels, golf, and rental car was booked. Everything was ready to go and then I got an email notifying me that our flight itinerary was being updated. The dates were still the same, but instead of arriving in San Francisco (SFO) around noon, we were now arriving in the early… Continue reading Throwback Trip: Pebble Beach 2014 – Itinerary Update
I have had the American Airlines AAdvantage MasterCard since the early 2000's when I was traveling frequently for work. At the time of this trip I had about 80,000 miles sitting in my account to use towards getting everyone out to the west coast. It was only enough for 3 saver level tickets (25K miles… Continue reading Throwback Trip: Pebble Beach 2014 – Flight Planning
Nearly every hotel, airline, car rental company, and restaurant today has some sort of loyalty program. Those programs are used by companies to reward customers for giving them their business by providing some sort of extra perk. Whether it be free seat selection, waived fees, complementary upgraded room or seat or any number of other… Continue reading The Joys of Status
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