Virgin America Mileage Run This past weekend I did a mileage run on Virgin America that took across the country twice. Leaving Friday evening and returning Sunday evening, I flew 11,222 miles. The total flight time of the 6 flights was 26 hours and 43 minutes over the course of … Read more
British Airways World Traveller Plus 747 SEA-LHR Back in February I booked a flight from Seattle to Amsterdam for under $300. When I arrived at Seatac Airport for my flight, I decided to ask about potential upgrades. The agent offered me an upgrade to World Traveller Plus for $349 or … Read more
AA 777 Business Class LAX-MIA For the second time in about a month, I am flying American Airlines’ 777 Business Class transcontinental service from Los Angeles to Miami. Both flights were mileage runs (the first to Haiti, the second to Cancun) and I specifically routed my trip through LAX to … Read more
Flying with Prescription Medication A recent post by Free Travel Guys got me thinking about flying with prescription medication. I almost always travel with medication and have never thought twice about it. The gist of his post is that he was stopped by TSA Customs and Border Protection and harassed about … Read more
JetBlue Mint I received a ton of JetBlue points through their points match promotion last summer (in addition to signing up for one of their credit cards). I wanted to try out the JetBlue Mint product (their premium class product). With an upcoming stay in Puerto Rico, I decided to get … Read more
At the time of this post, there are some great fares from the US to Europe. Some of these dates are even over the high summer months of travel. The best part (for me) is that some of the fares are valid departing Seattle. Seattle (and elsewhere in the Pacific … Read more
Virgin America Mileage Run Up until recently, Virgin America allowed for VERY creative routing for travel between Portland, OR (PDX) and Los Angeles (LAX). Depending on the dates, you could fly from PDX-LAX with stops in San Francisco, Florida, New York, Boston, and/or DC for under $100. Virgin America has … Read more
Singapore Airlines A380 Suite Class SYD-SIN I booked my Singapore Airlines A380 Suite Class SYD-SIN back in April by first transferring Membership Rewards (Amex) points to Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program. The 7 hour and 20 minute flight from Sydney to Singapore (with an additional Suite Class flight SIN-HKG) cost 63,750 points … Read more
2016 Year In Miles I traveled more in 2016 than any other year year by far. And it will likely be a long time before I travel as much in one calendar year again. I started grad school this past summer — time and money will be in short supply … Read more
Qantas 747-400 Business Class YVR-SYD Qantas doesn’t fly out of Seattle, so my options to fly to Sydney from the west coast were out of San Francisco, Los Angles, or Vancouver. I was unable to find premium award seats with Alaska miles out of LAX or SFO, but there was … Read more
American Airlines 787 Main Cabin Extra LAX-AKL After my terrible experience last weekend in American Airlines Business class, I wasn’t looking forward to my American Airlines 787 Main Cabin Extra LAX-AKL flight. At 12+ hours each way, AA 82 and 83 are long flights to be in Economy (even if it is “Main … Read more
American Airlines A330-200 Business Class DUB-ORD Let me start out this post by saying there are much bigger problems in this world than terrible flights. Famine, war, the US Presidential election. And even on flights there are much bigger issues than I experienced. Crash landings, overflowing toilets, outbreaks of norovirus … Read more
Service animals are a vital part of many Americans’ lives. Whether it be a guide dog for the blind, seizure alert dog for those with epilepsy, or emotional support animal; I absolutely support those with disabilities that benefit from a service animal. And I support passengers flying with a service animal. … Read more
JetBlue mileage run Earlier this month JetBlue was running the promotion of the year that promised to match (and then some) your Virgin America points after one roundtrip flight. I signed up for the promotion and then status matched from Alaska MVP Gold to JetBlue Mosaic, their one level elite status. … Read more
British Airways A380 Business Class LAX-LHR Back in October I was able to hop on a good deal with British Airways from Los Angeles to Amsterdam in Club World (their version of Business Class). BA had a two day flash sale where tickets from various US cities to various European cities … Read more