Via Pearls of Travel Wisdom, eligible veterans can receive up to 100,000 HHonors points per year for stays while job-searching, for training, or for relocation. Here in PA, eligibility opened up on November 3rd (article here). This unfortunately is not offered in all states, but it would be worthwhile to check and see if your…
Something that has become a tradition in the three years we have written this blog is to advertise the Veterans’ Day deals that you can get every year. Here is this year’s list. Some discounts or freebies are only on Veterans’ Day and some are for the whole weekend. Hope you have a chance to…
For the international leg of the first part of our trip from JFK – SFO – HKG, I used US Airways miles to book business class (known as BusinessFirst) on United 747 flight # 869, which leaves at 1:25pm and arrives in HKG at 6:40pm, a 12 hour flight. There was a tight connection, even…
This flight was the first part of our epic US Airway’s award redemption, 180k for two people roundtrip to SE Asia (well, North Asia according to the US Airways phone agent). Again, we flew JFK – SFO – HKG (destination) – SIN (stopover) – TPE – JFK, all in business class for 90k US Air…
-The Bluesmart carry-on luggage is now taking preorders on Indiegogo. It is a carryon bag that is reimaging the traditional bag, where you can lock and unlock it with your phone, weigh it digitally using it’s own wheels, recharge devices with a built-in charger, provide tracking with a built-in GPS, and other cool stuff. …
I received two pretty exciting emails from Uber this evening. First, UberX is arriving to Philadelphia this weekend, and you can get 3 free rides (up to $20 each) on UberX starting now through Sunday! Also, Uber is launching in Nevada, in both Las Vegas and Reno! We have family in Vegas, so giving the…
My wife and I just got back from an amazing trip to Hong Kong, Phuket, and Singapore, and I’m going to review it. Ok ok, my title is somewhat in jest, because I’m not going to review the WHOLE trip, but I flew some amazing airline products and stayed in some awesome hotels, so I…
If you don’t subscribe to The Flight Deal, but you like hearing about really cheap flights, you need to start! They’ve always got pretty good deals, but lately they’ve been having some incredible ones. Two recent examples: Philadelphia – Bali on Delta: $541 roundtrip including taxes. I live in Philly, and wish I could…
I know today is supposed to be a Holiday (albeit one I don’t personally believe should be a holiday; I prefer to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day), but today is not a good day for many of us manufactured spenders. What is manufactured spending (MS)? Some of us, like GEN Glenn, fly a lot for business…
Good morning everyone, sorry about the paucity of posts over the past 3 weeks. A lot was going on, most importantly, my co-blogger, and founder of this blog, Glenn, got promoted to Brigadier General – Bravo Zulu Sir! We finally got to meet at BACon (BoardingArea Convention) in Vegas, and we had a great time….
