When I was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Labor Day weekend, I had a fantastic three night stay at the JW Marriott Hotel Rio de Janeiro, right in the middle of Copacabana Beach. The rooftop stole the show at this great property.
The cheapest way from the USA to Europe is by using British Airways Avios for a flight on Aer Lingus from Boston to either Dublin or Shannon. At 12,500 Avios for economy or 25,000 Avios for business, this redemption is one of the best mileage values out there!
United announced that they are moving to a revenue based earning structure for its MileagePlus program in 2015, and it’s not all bad — unless you’re the one paying for the ticket! I analyzed the new program’s earning structure and compared the earning rates in 2014 and 2015.
In early 2012, I started to really understand how to seriously accrue a ton of airline miles, and I began to travel on a regular basis using many of the things I learned. That year, I flew over 96,000 miles on a variety of trips. This year, I’ve already eclipsed 2012, by traveling over 100,000…
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…
Introduction Planning TAM Economy Class New York JFK – Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Santiago LAN Economy Class Santiago – Sao Paulo TAM Economy Class Sao Paulo – New York JFK United BusinessFirst Denver to Tokyo Seattle (Emergency Landing) United BusinessFirst on the 787 Seattle to Tokyo Cathay Pacific Regional Business Class Tokyo Narita…
As the mid-way point of 2013 has come and gone, I’ve been meaning to assess how much I have actually traveled so far this year. It feels like the entire month of June I was out of the country, and I know I’ve spent plenty of weekends on the left coast, or in another country all…