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Country Inn & Suites currently has a deal where you can earn a bonus 25,000 points when you stay two nights at a property. It’s our 25th anniversary and we’re giving away 25,000 bonus Gold Points® to Club Carlson members who register and stay two or more consecutive nights now through …

Chris Elliott highlighted some cases of TSA gone bad last week and gave tips on things you should never say.  I do not agree with the process of transportation security, always opt out of scanners, and really dread the enhanced pat downs.  But I have come across some really polite …

For those who love trip reports, I just wanted to point out the adorable set of trip reports coming out of Million Mile Secret’s Honeymoon in Paris.  This link will take you to the first post in a series and will link you through all the posts. The trip reports …

Starwood property Four Points has had an on-going promotion when you get every other night at 40% off.  This is for stays all the way through the end of the year. So this means nights 2, 4, 6, 8, etc. will be 40% off each stay. If you don’t want …

I had just pulled out of the rental car area of Minneapolis – St. Paul International Airport when I saw a giant sign that read: Still Collecting Airline Miles?  Still Using a Pager? It was an ad for FlexPerks and apologies for the lack of a picture of the ad.  …

Back in May, I wrote about how US Airways is processing upgrades more times a day. This was great because it was making it more difficult for lower-elites to jump the queue. But US Airways may have fixed that issue completely. For how queue-jumping is done, check out my post …

Keri and I are the types of people who may put too much thought into seat selection.  When we booked a flight on a CRJ together recently, we debated whether row 2 was better (get off the plane as fast as humanly possible) or the exit row (your knees will …

TripAlertz is a travel booking website that has a  “Current Deals” section that offers Groupon-like deals on travel.  They just released a promotional code for 8% off any Current Deal purchase for the month of August.  The promo code is:  8OFFAUG While you are at the whim of whatever they …

Today’s 30 days for DC special from US Airways is a free trip to Bermuda! I’m not 100% sure how it will work, but they’ve been giving these away as trivia contests in the past.  If everything goes according to the pattern, the trip will be given away at 11:30am …

Yesterday, I checked out the Seagram’s cocktails at the US Airways Club for 30 days for DC.  US Airways Clubs usually only offer complimentary (low end) wine and beer, but through August 5th, they are offering free cocktails made with the new flavored sparkling seltzer waters in Blackberry Raspberry, Orange …