Combine this post with the last few hotel reviews, and it looks like I’m slumming it! I’ve flown Southwest in the past. But, it’s only out of necessity. I don’t view Southwest like Spirit Airlines. My sister loves Spirit. I would never fly them. …
We’ve stayed at this hotel roughly 10 times over the past few years. Because we’re only a short drive to Hershey, we visit a few times a year. We usually book multiple rooms so various parts of the family from NY can meet us…
For those that don’t follow Hyatt closely, Hyatt announced an acquisition about 9 months ago that included 17 limited-service/extended stay properties that were previously labeled Hotel Sierra. I’m not a big fan of limited-service properties, which you can’t tell since my last two posts…
The Freddie Awards are back! I was involved with the Frequent Traveler Awards last year, which took over for the Freddie Awards when Randy Petersen decided to retire them after 20 years. This year, the Freddie Awards are back, aiming for over a million…
Back in the early 90s, I was a Mac guy while in high school and college. I graduated college thinking that Apple products would be everywhere. At my first job in the workforce, I realized that was not the case. Nobody was developing business…
I applied for the Citi Executive Card a few months after it came out. Not all of the benefits applied to me, but there was enough there to warrant me applying. Shortly thereafter, Citi announced it would no longer be continuing the AA debit…
As reported by 744 on Milepoint, United is doing away with the annual purchase option for Economy Plus seats. 744 is also the author of Lufthansa Flyer, an informative travel blog. I wrote recently how I felt about United’s changes to it’s elite program….
A few years ago, it sure looked like the Yankees farm system was going to cement our starting rotation for the next 8 or 10 years. We introduced 3 young fireball pitchers, all with a ton of moxie: Ian Kennedy Joba Chamberlain Phil Hughes…
I wouldn’t label myself a full-on airplane geek, but I do love flying. For me, it’s about ending up in cool places that I couldn’t otherwise afford to go to if it wasn’t for my insane habit of collecting miles and points. But, airplanes…
One of the other blogs I follow is MommyPoints. She’s a good friend who writes about miles and points like a lot of others, except she writes about it from the perspective of someone who is the “Mommy” of a middle-class family. Travel with…
