With one week left in 2014, its time to wind down and enjoy some much earned time at home. As the year ends, I find myself conducting a 2014 travel review and formulating a plan for 2015. What a year it has been – my travels covered fourteen countries/territories and yet I only took three round-trip…
Its t-minus two days until Christmas. Already we’ve hit the “too late to ship” (without taking out a second mortgage) point. But maybe you’ve procrastinated (like me) or perhaps you have been busy with your own travels (either wrapping up time for business travel or hitting the road for your own leisure). Meanwhile the gift…
I cannot believe it is three days until Christmas. Or rather, I refuse to believe it… mainly because I’m not done with my Christmas shopping (or decorating… or baking… or wrapping). I need to watch Love Actually at least 17 times in the next 72 hours and drink massive quantities of eggnog. And caroling… there…
I don’t know about you, but my last couple of weeks leading into the holiday have been crazy busy. Between an extra business trip squeezed in before year end (where my flights were seriously delayed), trying to capitalize on the Uber holiday rush (yesterday was airport runs mingled with costumed revelers for a Santa pub…
Uber surges seem to be a regular hot topic on the news – whether it’s crowdfunding a high fare, the 4x fare that was charged in Sydney after the hostage situation began last week, or ways to circumvent the surge – the variability in pricing tends to rile passengers. But it’s possible that the surge you…
Tis the season for infrequent flyers. The airports are bursting at the seams with holiday travelers, many of them folks who only fly once a year (or even less often). Lots of things can bring on airport stress, not the least if which can be the worst passenger ever sitting next to you! But what…
Last year National Car Rental quietly rolled out the test of a program called “Virtual Aisle” for it’s Emerald Club rental loyalty program. I read about it on View From The Wing at that time, but never had the opportunity to visit one of the test locations and assumed that it had gone away since…
I’m the kind of girl who likes climbing around temples. I like it enough that I actually dedicate space in my Tinder profile to mention that I like climbing around temples in Asia – and that’s valuable real estate, so it must be true! So when the Indonesia adventure was being planned, it was MUST…
I’m currently hoisting my celebratory hot chocolate in the Buffalo Admirals Club (US Airways Club) after just finishing my 100th qualifying segment of the year to meet the requirements for Executive Platinum status again. Our takeoff from Chicago was punctuated by the delighted squeals of an adorable toddler girl behind me who gleefully shouted “Up up and away! Wheeeeeeeee!!!” as the…
I read about a new Uber workaround app today called SurgeProtector on the Will Run for Miles blog. The idea behind the app is to help users deceive the Uber app during surge pricing by dropping the location pin (that requests a car) in a wrong location conveniently located outside the surge zone. Presumably riders would…
It didn’t take long for the relaxing glow of vacation to wear off – I dove right back in headfirst a week ago. I luckily had a recovery plan in place but the pace has been as busy as ever (probably not helped by a voluntary segment run this past weekend)! But now I’m in that mode…
Ah… it was WONDERFUL to be closer to home this week after the end of my three week vacation. My travel is winding down for the year but I still have a lot of catching up to do on reviews and reports, a little bit of plotting left for my end of year status qualifications, planning…