Month: August 2013

Labor Day Weekend in Rio:  Introduction
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Labor Day Weekend in Rio: Introduction

Introduction Ten Things I Did in Rio Getting There, Getting Around, and General Impressions Review:  JW Marriott Rio de Janeiro As I landed in Istanbul last Valentine’s Day, I received an e-mail alerting me to an inordinately low fare to Rio de Janeiro on United for pretty much all year.  I just happened to be…

A Weekend Trip to Alaska
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A Weekend Trip to Alaska

Two weekends ago, I booked an impulsive, last-minute weekend trip to Anchorage, Alaska on a Wednesday night — my flight was scheduled for first thing on Friday morning.  After a late Thursday night out in DC, I found myself at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport for an early-ish 7:45am flight to Chicago.  Before I booked…

Getting Started With Miles — Flying
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Getting Started With Miles — Flying

I hear it from people all the time:  “I can’t earn enough miles to do anything!” Well, what these people generally don’t know is that there are a myriad of ways to earn miles.  And odds are, they don’t know how to effectively redeem miles in a way that offers the maximum value for those…