A Travel Blog
I have flown on Etihad before, but only in coach and business class. I have always wanted to fly their first class product, as its one of, if not the best going, at least that is what I have read in many places. I have not flown every airlines’ first class, […]
Most of the major airlines and some of the hotel programs offer a dining program. What this means is you can earn miles or points by simply eating or dining at participating restaurants as your normally might. It sounds too good to be true, but like I wrote about in previous […]
Right now, Delta is offering cheap flights to Spain from all over the USA, including my home airports of OKC and Tulsa. I just booked one for $400 in March 2017 to Barcelona from OKC, which is very cheap. There seems to be availability from many US cities, with […]
As I have mentioned in previous post’s, hotel programs offer promotions from time to time. Hilton is usually pretty good about offering great promotions, and right now there are a few great ones going on. Hilton is one of my favorite programs for several different reasons. They have a large […]
One of the first steps you need to take before you can travel internationally is get your passport. People tell me all the time they want to travel with me, but they usually don’t even have a passport. I don’t take them seriously usually when they say that, but in […]
This time of year , we do a lot of online shopping and it just so happens, online shopping portals are offering a lot of promotions. The portals do this in order to get you to use their portal over the others. I spoke about online shopping portals in some […]
Anyone that knows me, or follows me , knows that I am a die-hard SPG Fan. SPG stands for Starwood Preferred Guest. SPG is the loyalty program for Starwood Hotels. Starwood was recently purchased in a merger by Marriott International, but for the next year will probably remain separate, and for […]
Getting the Best Price on Travel In my previous posts I said that even though I am very big on points / miles, most of my travel, be it flights or hotels, is paid travel. With that said, I always get the best deal unless it’s just an emergency or […]
Earning Points and Miles, Starting out. As I mentioned in my last post, there are many ways to earn airline miles and hotel points. The most obvious is by flying or staying in hotels. Then to me the next is getting certain credit card (s) for the particular airline or hotel, […]
I travel a lot more than most people in my rural area of Oklahoma, and even my other home of Acapulco, Mexico, so I get asked alot by some of my friends and acquaintances how I travel so much. For a while I found it an invasive and a somewhat tacky question […]