Some contests you should enter from around the web: Win a Briggs & Riley Work Bag Briefcase A Napa Giveaway to Tour Wineries and Go to America’s Cup A Trip to Boston from Expedia Win a Digital Luggage Scale And don’t forget that Livingsocial is offering $10 off a $25 …
Read More »Pac Man Escapes, Almost Eats Airplane
From Space.com and the files of “you have to see it to believe it,” –the sun appears to be eating an airplane. This incredible image was taken by photographer Phillip Calais, snapping a picture of a solar eclipse. “Getting the aircraft in was purely a chance shot, nothing more,” Calais …
Read More »Sign Up For Our Newsletter and Enter to Win a $100 Gift Card to Amazon!
Enter your Email: Preview | Powered by FeedBlitz On September 1st, 2013, we will randomly draw one current member of the newsletter list to receive a $100 Gift Card to Amazon.com. All current subscribers will be considered on that date, so you do not need to sign up again …
Read More »The Ways Being Frequent Flier Miles Collectors Can Tear Friends Apart…
Congrats to Tiff on her instant approval for her Chase Ink Bold! But now this is going to cause some tension the next time we go out. Whose card do we use? Tiff will need to hit minimum spend, but I get 2 points per dollar on restaurant spend. Laughing …
Read More »GPS Track Your Dog’s Poop, Win 2 Tickets to Norway, Free Virgin Airlines Silver Status & More!
Just some points of interest from the blogs I read: Points & Travel is giving away two tickets to Norway from North America. Â Free Silver Status with Virgin Airlines (That was a tricky headline to write….) Mommy Point’s review of one of my favorite Vegas hotels The future is here: …
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Read More »Win 1,000,000 miles, You think I’M crazy?, Rats in Airport Lounges and My New Elite Status in Vegas!
Some items from the blogs I read: Aadvantage Geek finds a promo where you can win 1,000,000 American Airlines Miles. Whew. The Wandering Aramean is crazy. (15,000 flown miles in 60 hours) Will Run for Miles has convinced me to steer clear of the rats in the NYC airport lounges. …
Read More »The “Happiest Route”, Win Awesome Luggage, and When To Board When You Have Junk in Your Trunk
Some great posts from the blogs I follow: Forget the most direct route or the cheapest route, HackMyTrip explores looking at the happiest route, and whether its worth it. Aadvantage Geek and I guessed that American (and US Airways) were going to change their boarding process. I wondered where I’d …
Read More »News from Other Travel Blogs
I’m in the process of converting my Google Reader into Feedly (more on that later), but I decided to share some of the articles I’m peaking at while doing that. Frequent Miler talks about the “Dark Side” of spending money to get miles–it’s not always as easy as it looks! …
Read More »Happy Birthday Guest Blogger Tiff!
Of all days to do it, my significant other scooped away Tiff’s husband ON HER BIRTHDAY. Sorry, Tiff! But in honor of your birthday (and with apologies for the kidnapping), here’s a little ditty:  Happy Birthday, Tiff!
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