All things travel.
This weekend I took a peek behind the curtain of the world of manufactured spending – and what I discovered surprised me just a little bit! In the world of manufactured spending (MS for short), relative anonymity is critical. And as such, many veteran accumulators who practice MS do not welcome publicity to what some…
Jay Z sings about “big pimping, spending G’s” and I’m pretty sure he’s talking about something different than credit card links. Still, its hard not to read the roll of travel blogs out there some days and feel like everyone is pimping something and that everyone is spend spend spendy spend spending in a grand…
Ladies, if you hate your friend – and yourself – get her a stripper. If you love your friend, get her a ManServant. So ends one of the best viral marketing videos I’ve seen. Although lets face it – a video that begins with talk of penis cakes and an uncomfortable video of a gyrating…
This gem has been popping up on my social media feeds this afternoon and is too funny not to share. It seems that a couple of Sydney-bound passengers decided to go the wearable carry-on route to avoid paying excess baggage fees. Read the rest here. What do you think? The craziest thing I’ve done domestically…
This is the last part of a four-part series on reciprocal upgrades between American Airlines and US Airways. In Part I, we discussed how American’s elite status members can upgrade on US Airways metal. In Part II, we reviewed how US Airways’ elite status members can upgrade on American metal. In Part III, we reviewed…
It’s admittedly been a long time since I’ve used the words “United” and “brilliant together. (Unless comments like “they’ve made a brilliant mess of that awards chart” count!) But I have to give it to them – the new United safety video totally hits the mark. I’ve had friends who have commented that after the…
This is Part III in a four-part series on reciprocal upgrades between American Airlines and US Airways. On Tuesday we discussed how American’s elite status members can now upgrade on US Airways metal. Yesterday we discussed how US Airways’ elite status members can now upgrade on American metal. In this post, I’ll cover what happens…
Nothing tends to make me shake my head faster than a mainstream article that gives misleading travel advice to the masses. My “favorites” include the regularly circulating tips I see about how to regularly score upgrades on airlines that generally run along the lines of “show up dressed nicely and let the gate agent know…
This week, we continue our series on tackling the new reciprocal upgrade policy between American and US Airways. Today we’ll tackle the topic of US Airways elites upgrading on American Airlines operated flights. The policy of allowing reciprocal upgrades is still only a couple of months old but it eases some of the pain of adjusting to merger…
Many of us who regularly fly on American or US Airways are experiencing the aftereffects of route consolidation so that flights we are accustomed to on US Airways may now be operated solely by American. Or likewise, we may find ourselves on US Airways flights because they are still underpricing American on many routes (at…
I travel way too much to be a responsible pet owner. But I have many friends that do have pets. And some of those pets travel as much as their owners, in under the seat carriers. On long travel days with delays and connections, finding appropriate airport pet relief areas can be critical when Fido…
I thought it might be fun to start a semi-recurring topic of strange but true stories from the road. It seems like my life is a series of these (whether I’m traveling or not) and they form a web of cautionary tales and been there done that life lessons that help me travel smarter! I’ve…