I’m of the belief that if there’s a good fare, I’m going to take it. Â And sometimes when the airfare deals are *really* good, I get creative. There were a bunch of great fares to the Caribbean. Â They weren’t mistake deals, but definitely in the $100-$200 range. I decided, instead …
Read More »My 3 Hour Jamaican Vacation
My mileage run to Jamaica was a pretty relaxing 3-hour vacation. But next time I do a 3-hour vacation to Jamaica, I won’t do it after a Bahamas trip the day before. I arrived home from my Bahamas trip around 8pm and went straight to bed. I had to be …
Read More »A Mild Travel Obsession, or US Airways Platinum
To catch you up to where I am now, I hit US Airways Silver, then Gold Status using their Trial Preferred. A few days after arriving back from Orlando, I sent a cheeky email to Keri. Â “Considering going for Platinum.” I was at 16,276 miles and I would hit …
Read More »Flying with Silver Trial Preferred Status
My first flight with status was a busy route–DCA to BOS.  I was shocked when I was upgraded to first class two days out from the flight.  I was pretty excited that I could get an upgrade on this route in particular. DCA-BOS is a really busy business route.   …
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