Over half my life ago today, I was on vacation in Williamsburg, Virginia when I was admitted to the hospital for a burst appendix. Â I was traveling when it actually ruptured so I was not feeling too great by the time I made it to the hospital. Â (That may be …
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 »Captain Pulled Out of Plane After Windscreen Separates and Survives the 22 Minute Landing
I was joking around and trolling myself on Twitter–mostly because I’ve been home sick all day and the cabin fever is really setting in. So I posted this in response to a (maybe not the best) title of mine. Inside. #savedyouaclick https://t.co/i9zbY9p1BO — Jeanne (@Jeanne23) June 21, 2016 Where Is the …
Read More »How Emergency Situations Can Lead to People Getting Stranded
My husband is running a conference this weekend and people were traveling from all over the country to go to it. Some from the Northeast. And the Amtrak crash led to the Northeast Corridor trains getting cancelled. Ticket prices quickly jumped up to four-figures. Delta added more flights in between …
Read More »Hotel Fire—Well… THAT Happened
The official hotel for a conference I’m attending for work caught fire early this morning. Well, caught makes it sound passive. From all accounts I’ve been hearing, arson is suspected. This particular conference is cursed. Last year, it was hit by a hurricane and cancelled last minute. With this conference, …
Read More »Surviving a Power Outage at Your Hotel
While wandering around my room at the Grand Hyatt Tampa this weekend, I was really pleased to see this in the closet: I’ve experienced not one—but two massive weather related power outages while at hotels. (And both at Hilton Garden Inns!) While power outages are a huge cost and …
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