I’ve been a Briggs & Riley fan for quite some time. If you’ve followed along with my blog, you’ve seen me give away two Briggs & Riley Torq suitcases in the past year. I’ve been happy with my principal Briggs suitcase for 6 or…
I really appreciated Jeanne from Heels First Travel helping me out with the domestic upgrade showdown. She made a valiant argument here, and even tried to leverage politics and claim I wasn’t democratic, but when the final votes were counted…. Yup, it was…
Sports Illustrated dedicates a part of each issue to what they call “Breakout Perfomers”, athletes and sports personalities that were “Hot” or “Not” in the preceding week. This week, they cited an NBA point guard named Jeremy Lin and his impending move to the…
As reported by View From The Wing, Chase is removing the 7% annual dividend from the Chase Sapphire card effective immediately for new applications. At the same time, they’re changing/adding other benefits: They’re increasing the trip insurance coverage from $5,000 to $10,000. Rental car…
This hobby of collecting miles and points can make you a bit mad at times. I don’t mean mad in the sense of being angry, though there are plenty of disappointments with service issues and delays. I mean mad as in having an irrational…
I don’t usually find myself on Virgin America very often but I was booking a ticket for someone in my company and came across a glitch that definitely worked in my favor. For those not familiar with Virgin America’s different seating choices, Virgin America…
You’ve likely heard about Malaysia Airlines flight 17 crashing in Ukraine on the way to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam. I’ve been reading social media and occasionally commenting over the last few hours, but it’s hard for me to summarize the implications. The only thing…
I got a bit more info on how the Hyatt #MakeVegasYours promotions will work. There will be weekly contests on the site. Everyone is eligible to enter by posting your responses on your Facebook page or Twitter feed using the #MVYEntry. There are also…
It’s really the other way around. I got an e-mail from Suzanne Rubin, President of the AAdvantage program today, with some information about a job they’re hiring for that’s likely a dream job for some folks who follow along here: I wanted to pass…
Plenty of my hotel reviews have been from aspirational properties around the world that we’ve been able to enjoy as part of our family vacations. But, in order to earn enough points to stay at those properties, there were a lot of nights in…