There’s a great deal going on Amazon right now where you can get a free $10 gift card with almost no effort. If you sign-up for a 3-month free trial to Audible, you’ll get a $10 gift card added to your account. Â After that, you have 90 days to actually …
Read More »Alcohol & Travel: Fact vs. Fiction–What are we really allowed to do?
Do you know whether or not it is legal to bring alcohol through airport security?  Do you know whether you are allowed to drink your own alcohol on the plane? I did a survey of travelers and came up with this infographic explaining what they thought vs. reality. Edit: Keep scrolling …
Read More »The Consequences of Drinking Too Much in Flight: Grandma Jailed After Drunk Tirade
Another day, another drunk tirade on an airplane. Â But this time, it was grandma! Well, not my grandma. A woman on a Flybe flight went into a drunken tirade, where she accused a fellow seatmate of being a member of ISIS. From the Mirror: Elaine Ryan, aged 60, loudly claimed …
Read More »Upgrade Your Beer Pong Game with a Roomba
Ever wonder how to make beer pong even better?  Well, stop wondering and get a Roomba. We already brought you the champagne-bong, the wine rack, and the flamingo beer bong.  Why stop there? This is proof that human genuinity can accomplish anything. So you may play beer pong, but the rules never change. …
Read More »Virgin America Flash Sale with Fares Starting at $39 (Must Book Soon!)
Virgin America has a flash sale going on for flights Aug 23, 2016 through Feb 8, 2017, and it includes routes such as LAS-LAX for $39.  Cross country flights are also coming in at $159 each way. From their website: Biggest Deal Of The Year. Because of flyers like you, we’re …
Read More »How a $100 Budget Per Week Can Change the Way You Think About Money
I had some readers over my house the other day, and one of them commented that she found my recommendation of You Need a Budget to be useful. Â She asked if I could write a little more on budgets and finance both in the context of miles and points and …
Read More »Pilot Takes Really Cool Photo of Thunderstorm Storm During Lightning Strike
A pilot was en route to South America when he began approaching a thunderstorm.  He seized the opportunity to take a photo, and got one just as a lightning strike happened. The results were pretty awesome. From the Washington Post: The photo was taken over the Pacific Ocean from the cockpit …
Read More »Woman Causes 7 Hour Flight Delay After Deciding She Needs a Divorce RIGHT NOW
I guess divorce is like love.  When you know, you know. A woman decided she knew when she was already aboard an aircraft.  She was flying from Moscow to Vladivostok and decided during takeoff that she needed to get off the plane and divorce her husband. There’s no insight into what …
Read More »A Magic Geyser / Mountain Hotel (that you really can stay in)
So this is some Lord of Rings… er, shoot. There’s a mountain that has a freaking geyser in it that you can stay in overnight. And it’s an actual hotel. This hotel, located in Chile (not to be confused with a similarly named one in Costa Rica), has a rustic …
Read More »Hyatt Changes, Best Trip Report Ever, and a Monkey in the Lounge Shower
Another day, another dollar, another award chart change. This time, it’s Hyatt. Pizza in Motion has the scoop on all the changes. I’m sad to see the Dallas properties go up in points values because that’s where I travel most frequently. But the hotels by me have gone down, so …
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