Amazon’s Deal of the Day features a large selection of strategic board games today–five pages of them! I was surprised (and excited) to see a lot of highly rated games I haven’t played before. Â I’m also currently on a yearly trip I take to play board games with my friends, …
Read More »Family Thanks Pilot for Protecting Daughter During Attack
An airplane is a very enclosed place. So when a passenger is being unruly, there’s only so much you can do. You can’t kick him out and you can’t leave. A flight attendant was trying to calm an unruly passenger down when he went on the offensive. From Fox News: …
Read More »Fly to Tokyo for $400
Apologies for the short poorly formatted post but I’m at intermission at a play and this deal just popped up on my feed. From slick deals, $400 to Tokyo from LA. http://slickdeals.net/f/8991127-singapore-airlines-roundtrip-flight-los-angeles-to-tokyo-japan-from-398?utm_source=rss&utm_content=fp&utm_medium=RSS2 It’s on Singapore Airlines. If I weren’t here, I might be booking!
Read More »How Miles Make Things Possible in Horrible Situations
In February, my family faced a terrible situation. Â A close (young) family member only had days to live–at most. Â And we needed to get out there as fast as possible. A quick flight search showed prices in the thousands for a last second flight. Â But when we searched using miles, …
Read More »Uber Upgrades Driver App, Making Navigation Better
Whenever I take an Uber, I try to chat with the driver about Uber, how they like their job, and anything new they like about it. Lately, I’ve been hearing about Uber’s native navigation. Uber’s native navigation has been notorious for being difficult to use. It gets people from point …
Read More »Get a Free Air Filter for Your Home ($20 value)
While doing my “spend only $100 a week” challenge, I became acutely aware of how much every single item I buy costs. Â At one point, I needed to replace the air filter in my house, and was floored by the prices on Amazon.com. I ended up driving to Home Depot …
Read More »Trip from US To London AND Iceland for Only ~$350
This airfare is incredible and includes two checked bags. You can travel directly to London or travel to London after taking a trip to Reykjavik, Iceland. Either option would cost around $350. Which is amazing. The Flight Deal, as always, has the details. From their page: Valid for travel from late October …
Read More »These Alaska Airlines Passengers Got to See Planes Refuel in Midair
Talk about awesome plane spotting.  Passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight from Anchorage to Seattle looked out the window and saw the US Navy Blue Angels refueling in midair. From King 5 (a Washington NBC affiliate): Some passengers and crew on an Alaska Airlines flight had a front row seat as the …
Read More »Want To Meet Other Travel Enthusiasts in the DC Area?
Just a few weeks until the next Geeky Pizza meet up in the DC area! This time, we’ll be in Crystal City, where literally everything in the city is made out of crystal*. We’ll be there from 6-9 and hope to see you there as well! *This is not …
Read More »Fly to Australia from the US for ~$770
The Flight Deal has a great fare tonight where you can fly to Australia for less than $1,000. These fares leave from San Francisco or Dallas and arrive in Melbourne or Sydney. From their post: Fare Availability: Sydney: Valid for travel on the outbound until mid September or February, 2017 …
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