I was set on going to La Mariana Tiki Bar Honolulu from the moment we booked our tickets for a mileage run to Honolulu (HNL). I didn’t find it on any travel guide, or even Yelp. I came across it by Google-Mapping the HNL airport to uh, pretend “fly” into …
Read More »Great Way to Move Over to US Airways
If you were considering making the switch to US Airways from another carrier, there’s a great deal on a US Airways Club Membership. Right now, when you purchase a US Airways Club Membership, you get a silver preferred trial for free. That is a savings of $200. (promotion code CLBTR). …
Read More »The Terms and Conditions of the US Airways Double EQM Promo
Some people have been (understandably) worried about the US Airways Double EQM Promo because its terms were a little vague. But US Airways has clarified them, and the post we made yesterday on hitting status easily accurately reflects the Terms and Conditions of the offer. Just some points on that: …
Read More »Hitting Status on US Airways by the End of the Year
We are about 3/4 of the way through the year which means now is a good time to look at where you stand for airline status next year! I’m currently in between Platinum and Chairman, so it feels like a waste NOT to go for full-fledged chairman status. But I …
Read More »30 Days for DC on US Airways
Today kicks off the first day of US Airways’ promotion, 30 Days for DC. In their words, “30 days for DC is a month of surprises, community events and giveaways to celebrate our commitment to the Capital City. But it doesn’t stop there!” This appears to be a celebration for …
Read More »Making the Most of US Airways Trial Preferred
How do you make the most out of US Airways Trial Preferred Status? A few months ago, I posted about my own adventures with a US Airways Preferred Trial. However, the decisions I made were the result of me going for platinum last second after a lot of work-related flying. …
Read More »No Upgrades for You!
Keri and I have been getting ready for our turn around mileage run to HNL (Honolulu, Hawaii). That’s over twenty hours in a plane with just a mai tai in the middle! I’ve been watching the tickets like crazy, waiting for upgrades to be available. The leg to HNL is …
Read More »My 3 Hour Jamaican Vacation
My mileage run to Jamaica was a pretty relaxing 3-hour vacation. But next time I do a 3-hour vacation to Jamaica, I won’t do it after a Bahamas trip the day before. I arrived home from my Bahamas trip around 8pm and went straight to bed. I had to be …
Read More »A Mileage Run to the Bahamas
The first day of my 48-hour quest for Platinum was my DCA-PHL-NAS-CLT-DCA trip with a 2 and a half hour layover in Nassau. Let me just say straight out that I do not recommend doing a mileage run to Nassau until construction there is completed. Especially when you have another …
Read More »A Mild Travel Obsession, or US Airways Platinum
To catch you up to where I am now, I hit US Airways Silver, then Gold Status using their Trial Preferred. A few days after arriving back from Orlando, I sent a cheeky email to Keri. Â “Considering going for Platinum.” I was at 16,276 miles and I would hit …
Read More »