A little girl wasn’t allowed up during a lengthy tarmac delay on JetBlue flight leaving New York.  After trying to hold it, the little girl had an accident. At this point, I could see both sides of the issue.  The flight attendant wants to follow the rules and it’s sometimes …

When you travel a lot, you get used to running from attraction to attraction, hopping on a plane and doing it all over again. This makes it really hard to slow down when things go wrong.  Especially when you book a trip to do a specific thing. When Keri and I …

Out of all the World Cup Teams, the US will be flying the most miles to and from their games. <Warning, automatic playing video with audio in link below> When I checked out Yahoo Sport’s Infograph on it, it didn’t look so bad to me.  This is how I know …

I’m in a workshop right now that is highlighting KLM’s “Meet & Seat”. SeatGuru isn’t the only way to make sure you have a good seat.  Learn who you’d be sitting next to using KLM’s Meet & Seat. Next, the seat map will show you: Other participating passengers’ profile details …

An e-mail went out to status holders on US Airways in regards to upgrades on American Airlines.  But the very bottom of the email addressed a question lingering in the backs of our minds: Will the elite qualifying miles from US Airways and American Airlines be combined for status in 2015? …

Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s Food and Wine Festival The second annual Food & Wine Festival is currently taking place at Busch Gardens Williamsburg and I had a chance to check it out. The Food & Wine Festival is happening until June 29th on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.  Samples start at $3 and …

One frustrating thing about US Airways’ website is the flight status page.  Very often, it uses gate push back as the “time of departure” and estimates the landing time based on that. My husband was supposed to leave for DCA at 5pm.  His flight pushed back, but then there was …

Last year, I was lucky enough to be asked to be a judge for Launchpoint.  Among the contestants was Robert Karp–a sophomore in High School who had already started his own miles and points company. I can’t even start my own lawn mower. BloombergTV interviewed him today on TV about …

Last year, I was determined to make sure I hit at least 85,000 miles.  The reason for this is because US Airways has a Special Dividends program that gives you different benefits in between status levels.  The 85,000 one includes being able to enter the upgrade queue, even on award …

When you are an Emerald Member with National, it’s really nice–you can just go to the lot and pick your car on a standard rental. But this isn’t true when you rent through a third-party discount site like Hotwire or Priceline.  You can’t just walk out on the lot and get …