When you add up all my miles and points right now, I’m right about at a million. Â I’m on the saving side right now, and I’ll probably purge a lot for a massive trip coming up soon. But with so many miles sitting in my account, what if one of …
Read More »The Best Way to Find Cheap (Good) Drinks
When I’m traveling around, I always love a good cocktail.  But when looking at the stretch of restaurants and bars before me, how do I know what option is the best? I use Happy Hour Anywhere. Available on both Droid and Apple This App uses your GPS location to identify exactly where you …
Read More »Hello Kitty Flights to Start to Paris
After the shocking news that Hello Kitty is not a cat, EVA has announced that the Hello Kitty tricked out flights will begin flying routes to Paris, with even more Hello-Kitty-ization. From the Huffington Post: The new Paris flights will add in new Hello Kitty silverware, new Hello Kitty placemats and a new …
Read More »A Quest to Create a Gluten-Free Guide to the World
Do you or anyone you know deal with food restrictions? Whether it’s you or your friends, family, or coworkers, get ready for your next trip to be a little easier. Anna Sonnenberg of Gluten-Free Jet Set has just launched a worldwide gluten-free travel guide. Over the next year, she’ll travel extensively to research …
Read More »Pay $300 to Fly Pretend Pan Am First Class
In the world of things I never knew I wanted to do so badly up until this moment, you can fly a pretend Pan Am 747 First Class flight for $300 in Hollywood, California. As the name of the article I found this vintage photo in states, Traveling in a Boeing …
Read More »Airbus Looking at Virtual-Reality Isolation Helmets for In-Flight
Ever wish you could just tune the rest of the plane out? Airbus just filed a patent for a product that could do just that. According to Yahoo News: Airbus says it’s designed to give air passengers of the future a sensory-deprivation environment where they can fully immerse themselves in …
Read More »Ever Have Loyalty Program Related Nightmares?
I had a nightmare so intense about loyalty programs, that it woke me up. But the crazy part is this stuff doesn’t really mean this much to me in real life. Here’s what happened. Tiff and I went out for the night in Dallas.  We decided that rather than drive back …
Read More »“Despite being stabbed in the head twice, Khan continued to tackle the man…”
Forbes has a great article out on different acts of bravery from flight attendants. I think sometimes we get so used to complaining about in-flight service that we forget that sometimes they go well above-above-and-beyond. For example: Shortly into Qantas flight 1737, a passenger tried to enter the plane’s cockpit, with …
Read More »How an Engagement Ring Can Pay for the Honeymoon
Inside Flyer just highlighted my husband’s frequent flyer savvy when buying my engagement ring--he made sure it also secured our honeymoon! In addition to this, the story also goes into detail about how we walked away from the wedding with 300,000 points. We’re in the process of planning a …
Read More »Can You Sue Over the Use of a Knee Defender?
Fortune Magazine explores that question here. It’s an interesting article, but it looks like someone might have more of a cause of action against the person reclining if they do it recklessly/negligently. But even so, as long as you were using the seat recline as intended, I don’t think you …
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