Year: 2012

Why am I Sitting on a Beach in Belize?

When I could be sitting on a beach in Hawaii where I live? The easy answer is that if I was in Hawaii, I would be adding 2 miles to my car instead of 20,000 miles to my United account! All this for $390 each for my wife and I to travel to an exotic…

Enter Contest to Fly Internationally

I’ve been contacted by an international call service called Nymgo to tell everyone about their promotional contest that will award five free trips to various countries around the globe. While the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan tend to get lots of support for calling home, it is a major expense to those military families stationed…

New Law to Streamline Military through Airport Security

President Obama signed legislation making it easier for military on duty to speed through those long lines at security and more importantly (to me) not to take off your boots. As reported Thursday by the AP “Members of the military on official travel, and their families, would move through airport security quicker next year under…

Filing Your Flight Plan for 2012

All of you who are expereinced at this little game called frequent flyer miles know that over the weekend all those counters of miles and points reset to zero for the new year. That is always the challenge, no matter how well you did during the last year, you have to start all over again…