2021 Year of Travel in Photos 2021 was quite a year. I did more travel than in 2020, but still not as much as previous years. Below are some of my favorite pictures from my travel in 2021. In January I spent a flew to Fort Lauderdale on a cheap … Read more
SingleFlyer Top Posts of 2021 This year was the start of a return to normal for travel. I was hoping we would be back to normal by now; but the impact of Covid is still being felt with travel. Some countries remain closed to international tourism. After getting my vaccination, … Read more
Kimpton Hotel Palomar Phoenix Review I had some expiring IHG free night certificates from Chase cards and decided to make an end of the year visit to Phoenix to get away from the snow in Seattle. After one night at the Crowne Plaza by the airport, I booked two nights … Read more
2021 Year in Miles 2021 was the year when travel began to transition back to normalcy after the Covid pandemic. I attended a conference in Las Vegas in July where no one was wearing masks. Later in the summer things reverted back with the Delta variant, but it was nice … Read more
Crowne Plaza Phoenix Airport Review I decided to take a last minute trip down to Phoenix to avoid a second round of a winter storm in Seattle. I had three expiring IHG free night certificates. I was able to book two nights at the Kimpton Hotel Palomar but it wasn’t … Read more
Hyatt Regency Lake Washington at Seattle’s Southport Review The Hyatt Regency Lake Washington at Seattle’s Southport is a twelve floor, 347 room property on the shore of Lake Washington. It is a relatively new property having opened in 2017. I had some expiring Category 1-4 free night certificates so decided … Read more
Park Hyatt New York Review The Park Hyatt New York is Hyatt’s flagship property. It is a new building (One57) in the heart of Manhattan in Hyatt’s top brand. It is also a Category 7 which means it costs 30,000 World of Hyatt points per night (which I value around … Read more
Getting “Walked” from a Hyatt Property in NYC Hotels are like airlines; they sometimes overbook reservations knowing that some people won’t show up. With airlines, sometimes everyone does show up and there aren’t enough seats on the plane. Typically they will ask for volunteers to take a later flight in … Read more
Hotel 50 Bowery NYC Review The Hotel 50 Bowery is a JdV branded Hyatt property in New York City’s Chinatown. It is a new build with 229 rooms. A category 5, the hotel costs 20,000 points per night. I had booked my night at the Gild Hall – a Thompson … Read more
Hyatt Regency Portland Review The Hyatt Regency Portland at the Oregon Convention Center is a new 600 room hotel across the river from downtown. I stayed one night and was upgraded to a Corner Suite as a World of Hyatt Globalist. On a previous visit to Portland I stayed at … Read more
Caesars Rewards Millionaire Maker 2021 Each year Caesars Rewards holds a Millionaire Maker slot tournament. The event is capped at 750 people and the first place winner goes home with $1 million. Most of those that are invited to the event have either won a qualifying slot tournament at another … Read more
Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City Bayview Tower Review Atlantic City is a strange town. Most of the action is along the Boardwalk where you will find six of the nine casino resorts (Ocean, Resorts, Hard Rock, Ballys, Caesars and Tropicana) and the Steel Pier amusement area. The outlet mall is just … Read more
Atlantic City Status Match from Caesars Rewards Diamond Caesars Rewards Diamond status is fairly easy to achieve through status match. Caesars Rewards has three casinos in Atlantic City: Harrah’s, Tropicana, and Caesars (plus Wild West). If you have Diamond status or above with Caesars, you are able to gain some … Read more
Credit Cards I’m Keeping The credit card world has changed a lot since I started accumulating sign up bonuses about six years ago. Banks have cut down on the ability to churn (open a card, get the bonus, close it, then reopen it for another sign up bonus). The pandemic … Read more
Fire on Alaska Airlines Flight 751 Reports are coming in tonight that there was a fire in the cargo hold passenger cabin of an Alaska Airlines plane at Seatac, confirmed to be flight 751. The flight was scheduled from New Orleans to Seattle, landing at Seatac at 8:42pm where it was … Read more