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. 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. We are on the final 12 hours! And over the weekend, I had a quick contest for the best travel tips. 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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