Amazing Opportunity! Convert Alaska Mileage Plan travel funds to miles at .01 each!

I’ve been sitting on over $1300 worth of travel funds in my Alaska Mileage Plan account for a couple years. Back when I used to work in Costa Rica, I tried to use Alaska Airlines whenever possible because their miles are so valuable, and as a result of changing plans and canceling flights a few […]

Easy 250 Mile Alaska Mileage Plan Shopping Bonus

If you haven’t installed the Google Chrome extension for the Alaska Shopping portal yet, for the next week you can get a 250 mile bonus when you spend $50 in the portal. 250 miles won’t get you very far, but deals like this are useful to extend the expiration date of your miles. Alaska Mileage […]

Flight Review: Intra-Europe Business Class, British Airways A320 (London-Munich)

Date: 6/30/19 Airline: British Airways Aircraft: Airbus A320 Flight Number: 948 Origin: London, England (LHR) Destination: Munich, Germany (MUC) Flight Time: 1 hour, 46 minutes Cabin: Business Class Seat: 6F Introduction: After spending a great week in London, I was off to meet my sister and nephews in Germany. I had used Alaska Mileage Plan […]

Talking Travel Inspiration with my Uber Driver

Back at the end of June I started my trip around the world by hopping in an Uber in front of my house en route to Tampa International Airport. I was actually going to drive over and park in the Economy Lot, but 19 days x $10 per day…(you get the idea), so on a […]

Continuing my move away from American Airlines…Credit Card Canceled!

For the last few years, while I was based for a time in Dallas, I flew American Airlines almost exclusively for work and pleasure. I had opened a Barclays U.S. Airways Mastercard in its final days back in January 2015, which soon after became the AAdvantage Aviator Red Mastercard. Later that year I converted it […]