I was disappointed to see how many people through the comments, twitter, and on message boards had the same issue I had with Priority Pass Select. I’ve been using Fancy Hands aka Babs Callahan to take care of problems like this. Â The few dollars a task costs me is worth …
Read More »Does Everyone in the Travel Industry Lie?
Chris Elliott wrote a rather inflammatory article today stating that everyone in the travel industry “lies a little”. From the phone representatives: It would also be inaccurate to say the American Airline representative who Conley’s friend talked to told her the whole truth. See, under the Transportation Department’s 24-hour rule, she could have canceled …
Read More »Still Time to Enter for Free In-Flight Internet plus Yesterday’s Travel Tips Winners
There’s still time to enter to win the free passes from Gogo Inflight Internet. Â We are on the final 12 hours! And over the weekend, I had a quick contest for the best travel tips. Â The prize were my Gogo passes that expire on New Year’s Eve. Here are the …
Read More »The Top Posts on Heels First
Jeffsetter suggested we do a post highlighting the top posts on Heels First so far. Which got me thinking, there are a few different ways to measure top posts. There’s obviously the most read, but then there’s also the ones that have been shared the most socially. And Google recommends …
Read More »The Travel Advice We Get Asked for the Most: How Do We Fly So Cheap?
One of the questions Keri and I get the most is “How do we fly so cheap?” ….Followed by, “I want to take a flight on August 12th from Seattle to New York with no connections and for less than $200, how do I do this?” All I can do …
Read More »In-Flight Tips and Tricks
While taking the long-trip to Hawaii from DC, I was showing my new husband some of my tips-and-tricks in flight. He suggested I post on them, so here goes! Use your entree to warm your butter. The bread usually comes out warm, but the better is usually ice cold. Instead …
Read More »GoGear Travel Tubes: Has My Quest for Travel Bottles Come to an End?!
When we last left my travel bottles adventures, I was stuck between a set of really expensive bottles and a set that couldn’t even make it out of the store without opening. I am really drawn to the silicon bottles because they seem really easy to use. Recently, I was …
Read More »Making the Most of US Airways Trial Preferred
How do you make the most out of US Airways Trial Preferred Status? A few months ago, I posted about my own adventures with a US Airways Preferred Trial. However, the decisions I made were the result of me going for platinum last second after a lot of work-related flying. …
Read More »Use Care in Selecting Travel Bottles!
I’ve been in love with the idea of GoToobs ever since I saw them in a Container Store, but not in love with the price. GoToobs are completely flexible travel bottles that are leak-proof and have a dial you can set to label what is inside each tube. They seem …
Read More »No Upgrades for You!
Keri and I have been getting ready for our turn around mileage run to HNL (Honolulu, Hawaii). That’s over twenty hours in a plane with just a mai tai in the middle! I’ve been watching the tickets like crazy, waiting for upgrades to be available. The leg to HNL is …
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