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    Two Breaking a Million Miles on the Same Flight? – The Incredibly Cool Thing My Wife and I are Doing

    Byglenn February 13, 2024February 13, 2024

    I won’t lie this required a bit of luck and a lot of math on my end. My wife and I will both be breaking a million miles on Alaska Airlines on a flight to Bahamas Feb. 28th. Why Bahamas? Well, it was one of Alaska’s newest destinations and a place we had never been…

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    Stuck in the Middle of the Alaska Door Debacle and What We Received for Compensation

    Byglenn January 22, 2024January 22, 2024

    Kind of late in posting this, I know, but thought you might want to hear of my wife and I’s experience flying the day after this happened.photo courtesy of Fox News. We were flying from our home in Alaska back to DC on Saturday, Jan. 6th. Although we had heard about the plug door incident,…

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    Veterans’ Day Discounts and Free Meals

    Byglenn November 10, 2022

    Here again with our annual roundup of the many, many deals, discounts and free meals you can get on Friday, November 11th. I usually hunt for a variety of sources to draw this from each year but received a VA email and they have done a great job of capturing every deal I could imagine….

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    I’m One of the First Alaska 100Ks – So What Does That Mean?

    Byglenn January 26, 2022January 1, 2024

    I fell in love with Alaska and Alaska Airlines after moving to Anchorage in 2002. AS traditionally does very well with customer service and that is no better demonstrated by their long-time policy of upgrading any elite to fill the First Class cabin. I keep nerdy track of my upgrade percentage every year 2018-74%, 2019-37%,…

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    ALL HANDS:  2021 Travel Planning

    Byglenn March 1, 2021February 28, 2021

    Greetings, Fellow Travelers! BLUF:  With 2021 traveling still shaky, I’ve placed some U.S. domestic and international cancelable and/or movable trips on my travel calendar. Today’s ALL HANDS focuses on my 2021 travel planning. When will travel get back to normal?  That is the key question, and absolutely no one knows the answer.  Still, with vaccinations…

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    Alaska Announces New Expanded Elite Program (Incl. a New Level!)

    Byglenn January 11, 2021

    Alaska Airlines is my favorite FF Program and for many good reasons. I have been a MVP Gold or 75K for 18 years straight (they kept my status both times I deployed) and today’s announcement gives me even more reason to continue that streak. I just received an email from their CCO, Andrew Harrison, with…

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    ALL HANDS: 2020 Travel in Review

    Byglenn January 6, 2021January 5, 2021

    Greetings, Fellow Travelers! BLUF: 2020 has been quite a year! This year, I flew 54,664 miles which includes one international trip and quite a few US-domestic flights, almost all for work. This is fewest miles I’ve traveled in about a decade. Today’s ALL HANDS focuses on my 2020 travel. What a year! That’s definitely the…

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    Get 15% Off on Alaska Flights with Veterans Advantage (Temporary Deal)

    Byglenn September 15, 2020January 1, 2024

    I have written extensively in the past about the membership program Veterans Advantage and how it saves me a lot of money. My tally for the last 12 months is savings of $495 on airfare. Much more than the $59 annual fee. They have a lot of other discounts as well, such as CVS, rental…

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    My Epic Trip to Antarctica – The Return and Final Thoughts

    Byglenn June 3, 2020January 1, 2024

    Hope you have enjoyed my trip to McMurdo. It is wonderful to get paid to do something adventurous like that. Here are some final pictures and thoughts on this special trip. If you missed any, here is a link to the beginning. Located in the central hallways between dorms and the mess hall is a…

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    My Epic to Antarctica – The Cool Stuff

    Byglenn June 1, 2020January 1, 2024

    “Cool stuff”, see what I did there? Still writing on this trip of a lifetime. You can catch up by reading the first, second, third and fourth posts. Saved all the best stuff for the end. Today I’ll be giving you a tour of CAPT Scott’s original expedition hut, some penguins, and a pier made…

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