Sheraton Sand Key Summary
Part 1 of my Sheraton Sand Key review. Part 2 of my Sheraton Sand Key review. This is where the travel game can get the best of you. Our family has been spoiled. Because we keep a big pile of points we can afford…
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Someone Broke The New Rules on my UA Flight This Morning
For the first time in the last 20 flights or so, there were actually blankets in the seat back pockets of F for our TPA-IAD flight. Don’t tell Smisek, I’m sure that’s at least 5 demerits.
Sheraton Sand Key Review-Activities
The property is located on the beach, so there are a number of options for outdoor activities. The pictures of the property are a bit deceiving in a couple of areas. First, the pool area is much smaller than it shows on the website….
Airlines Continue To Find Ways To Make Up Lost Revenue
The cost of fuel continues to eat into the profitability of the airline industry. The industry doesn’t need excuses to institute new fees to customers, and to find ways to cut costs where applicable. Two recent examples: Frontier Airlines to Stop Serving Warm Cookies: …
Sheraton Sand Key Review-Physical Plant
We arrived at the Sheraton Sand Key on Sunday and got checked in quickly. We had two connecting rooms on an SPG floor. We had requested both a crib and a refrigerator prior to arrival. Neither was in the room but both arrived shortly…
Clearwater Beach Spring Break-Sheraton Sand Key Review
Since we’re still on vacation I’ll be breaking this up into multiple posts. Getting There: Spring Break this year was planned to be a bit more sedate than some previous trips. My cousin had just given birth to a brand new baby girl, and…
More Confirmation Southwest is Thinking Hawaii
Sure seems like I’m fixated on Southwest lately. 🙂 Buried in a telephone message from Gary Kelly to his staff about furloughs was a nugget about Hawaii: “Fuel prices are the biggest challenge typically that we face, and I’ve already mentioned to you all…
A Normal Day on AA
After a month of trips mostly on UA during their transition, I had two flights on AA yesterday. I admit to being a bit biased, but what a contrast between the two. Both of my flights today had Gogo internet. In-flight internet really is…
American Eagle Ending Service in Puerto Rico??
Ugh. One of the great things about AA over the years has been their frequent schedule to pretty much everything Caribbean. I was a bit disappointed when AA cut IAD-SJU about 18 month ago. But, I still had a ton of options to get to…
New Dunkin Donuts at IAD
I grew up in the Northeast and have always been a Dunkin Donuts fan. Their slow march to expand throughout the rest of the country has been met with many happy smiles from transplanted New Yorkers. When the first Las Vegas location opened, there…