One of my favorite benefits of M life has been early check-in  and late check-out.  Mostly the late check-out, as I rarely get in early enough to take advantage of early check-in. My upcoming trip will be my third trip to Vegas in the last few months.  And I’m getting in …
Read More »Don’t Forget–Win Free Travel Assistance!
Just a reminder that the deadline to enter to win a free task from Babs Callahan is tomorrow at noon. Check out the contest here! And while I have you: Apparently, we’re aging some booze up in space.
Read More »Flight Diverted Due to Kidnapping
A United flight to Beijing was diverted after they found out there was a parent on board traveling out of the country with her child with possibly no intention on returning back to this country: The United Airlines flight departed Virginia’s Dulles International Airport at 12:39 p.m. When it reached Canadian …
Read More »Spirit Starts Advertising Benefit: Non-Reclining Seats
After two planes had to be diverted due to fights over reclining seats, Spirit, ever classy, is trying to capitalize on the situation. How? Many of Spirit’s seats don’t recline, Why not turn a negative into a positive? On Spirit, you won’t have to worry about someone reclining because everyone equally …
Read More »When to Use Miles and When to Buy a Ticket
I was talking to Might Travels, after linking to them yesterday, and they mentioned a tool they have that I was unaware of. It is basically a tool that will let you know how many miles a trip will take, and when to use the miles rather than purchase the …
Read More »Get Free Help with a Travel Woe
I was disappointed to see how many people through the comments, twitter, and on message boards had the same issue I had with Priority Pass Select. I’ve been using Fancy Hands aka Babs Callahan to take care of problems like this. Â The few dollars a task costs me is worth …
Read More »Cheap Airfare Deals
Torsten at Might Travels passed these deals onto me today: - Singapore Airlines now posting 17,077 miles for $9.95 (Deal expired) - Earn thousands of miles with the 15x at shop.ca (Deal still live) - Vietnam Airlines sales with fares for just 50 cents (Deal still live) - Incredible Round …
Read More »Would Robot Bartenders Take Away from the Travel Mystique?
Because of my bartending history, I’ve been getting sent articles about a cruise ship adopting a robot bartender pretty often. It’s pretty adorable looking (sort of something that would be in Wall-E) and is a cool, novel concept. From Royal Caribbean: Here’s the USA Today article on it. The …
Read More »ANOTHER Flight Diverted Due to Fight Over Reclining Seats
Just last week, Keri wrote on a flight being diverted due to a fight over the use of a Seat Defender–a tool that prevents the seat in front of you from reclining. Now, the Washington Post reports on yet another fight:  This time, a Delta Air Lines flight from New York’s …
Read More »When Is It Okay to Switch Into PJs on a Flight?
On a day flight from Europe to the US, my mother and I marveled at the number of people who switched into (other airline) pajamas for the trip.  Since this was a day flight, it’s the type of flight you don’t want to fall asleep on in order to adjust back …
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