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December, 2012

  • 3 December

    Travel During the Holidays

    This coming holiday season has me bouncing back and forth between visiting family and work travel.  I have a weird problem of trying to decide what city I want to be in for New Years Eve, since it is the one buffer day between two travel trips.  Do I stay …

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  • 2 December

    Amazing Customer Service from Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown for a Non-Elite

    I have absolutely no status with Starwood.  I’m accidentally close to Gold with them, but hotels don’t recognize “close enough” as a status.  Keri has Platinum status, so I leech off her when we stay in a Starwood property. 🙂 So I was pleasantly surprised with the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown …

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  • 2 December

    Free Christmas Music for Your iPods, iPads, and iDontknowwhatelse

    If you like listening to music when you travel, Amazon.com is giving away five different Christmas songs every five days. Check out this week’s selection here.  As a shameless lover of Christmas music, I’m a fan of getting Cyndi Lauper’s Blue Christmas!  

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November, 2012

  • 28 November

    Is Chris Elliott Secretly Sexist?

    Or at least holding women back from jumping into the world of frequent travel? In an article last week, he uses scare tactics to warn people away from travel–calling frequent flier programs an unsustainable pyramid scam that benefits: The elite-level cardmembers perched in their first-class seats, sipping their mimosas, while …

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  • 25 November

    Did I Get More Than I Bargained For With Birchbox?

    In my email box today… Hmm…  

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  • 22 November

    Thanksgiving Clothing Sales for Deals, Miles, and Points Fans

    Early this morning, I crept down to the living room–past sleeping family–to check out what shopping deals were posted for today.  I tried to fix myself some coffee quietly so I wouldn’t wake anyone up.  A quick sidebar–whoever posted online that Starbucks Via “easily dissolves into cold water…” I assume …

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  • 21 November

    The List’s Coverage of the Dreamliner

    Conor Knighton of the TV show The List came along on the flight of United’s brand new 787 Dreamliner. He does a good job of explaining the plane, at some point, describing it as a tube of plastic :P  (It actually makes sense!) If you look closely, you can catch …

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  • 21 November

    I’m NUTS About Airline Snack Mix

    Many of the snack mixes you enjoy on airlines like American, United and US Airways are produced by King Nut.  I got a little too excited when I saw they have a Black Friday Sale this week and then immediately disappointed when I found out it did not apply to …

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  • 20 November

    Checking out the Brand New 787 Dreamliner!

    I know I gave you a preview of the Dreamliner in an earlier post—I was too excited to wait!  But I figured I would go more in-depth about my experience in United’s newest addition to their fleet. We arrived at the San Francisco airport (SFO) with a huge crowd of people also …

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  • 19 November

    Oops, HERE is the Footage of Jeff Smisek

    I apologize–I’ve been trying out this new offline editor that posts when I connect to the internet, and I realized its major flaw.  I can’t double check my links before things go live!  And I made a huge error. HERE is the link for the live footage of Jeff Smisek.  …

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