My 2011 “Year of The B” Travel Theme And Delta In-Flight Certificate Giveaway

by The Weekly Flyer

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Our 2011 travels allowed us to visit some exciting places. Professional and personal travel took us to international locations and places a little closer to home. We developed a personal travel schedule that we called our “Year of the B”. For this plan, we identified locations starting with a B and then went for it.

Delta In Flight Certificate Giveaway
Leave a comment on this post with your best guess why we chose to title our personal travel theme the “Year of the B”. I’ll select 3 comments at random the end of the day on 11/14 and send each winner 5 Delta in-flight certificates each (good until 12/31/12). Hint: I’ve included a few hints in my last few posts this week.

With plenty to celebrate and a plethora of points and miles, we set off for one of our best travel years ever. Below are most of the trip reports I have on the plan to develop. These reports are either in development or are already posted. Feel free to drop me a note and let me know which one’s you’d like to see first.

Trip Report Summary

  1. Bora Bora – Celebrated a big milestone in our lives and planned for a new one. Air France Business Class, Andaz West Hollywood, Hilton Moorea, Intercontinental Bora Bora, Le Meridien Tahiti, and Ritz Carlton LA are the places we visited.
  2. Bahamas – Redeemed two tickets to the Bahamas on DL miles when tickets were in the $600 range.
    • Bahamas Trip Report – in process
  3. Bahia Beach Puerto Rico – Redeemed Delta miles, SPG Free nights and Marriott Points for a long weekend getaway.
  4. Buenos Aires Argentina – We redeemed British Airways miles for two tickets down to Argentina in American First Class and Hyatt points for a stay at the Park Hyatt.
  5. Montreal – A trip up to YUL on Delta in a regional jet.
  6. Savannah – Award ticket down to Sav on DL
  7. Lake Lure, North Carolina – Weekend getaway with my wife.
  8. Dallas, Texas – Business
    • Le Meridian Dallas – in process
  9. Louisville, Kentucky – Business
    • Sheraton Louisville Riverside Hotel – in process
  10. Tampa, Florida – Weekend visit.
  11. New York – Business
  12. St John, USVI – Week get away with wife.
  13. Lake Tahoe, NV – Long weekend by the lake with the wife.
Bottom Line
This year was a great year for travel for both personal and leisure. We had so much to celebrate and are excited for what lies ahead next year. I’m behind where I’d like to be in posting my trip reports. Will post an update soon starting with the French Polynesia reports.
If you leave a comment on this post with your best guess why we chose to title our personal travel theme the “Year of the B”. I’ll select 3 comments at random the end of the day on 11/14 and send each winner 5 Delta in-flight certificates each. Hint: I’ve included a few hints in my last few posts this week.
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Comments

  2. I was going to go with Baby too…

    But how about “B” for either Boyfriend or Bride (getting married! YAY!)

  9. OR, instead of just “baby”, it intended to be a positive “jinx” in trying for one. Now that it seems to have been successful, I’m waiting for the announcement of name choice in the style of celebrities naming the baby after the place of conception. Lure? Savannah? Parker?

  14. Best places to visit for redeeming reward Business class seats that starts with a b? BTW, congratulations for new baby!!

  23. “The year of the B”onus points? You will be traveling non stop thanks to all the bonus points earned so far.

    Until the new baby comes, of course 🙂

  24. Hard to post and not sound like I am following the flow. My guess is Baby or Beaches, or Baby on the Beach or maybe you had such a good trip that Baby plans were started on the Beach :-), Either way, congrats or just thanks for offering this nice contest

  37. There certainly were many bonuses and business class seats in 2011, not the reason behind the title though. But the rules didn’t say it had to be correct…

    Thanks for all the well wishes.

    I’ll run a random number generator on Monday at 7 pm and will announce three winners. So far only 35 entries means there is a good percentage to win.

  40. YMy first guess would be Year of the Baby Making. That would be my guess! It’s the year where you want to just go to so many places before you take the leap of the new responsibilty that comes with having a baby and having to really adjust your vacations and travels to be more fit for a baby to join you.

    Second guess Year of starting a blog 🙂

  42. My guess:
    You found out that you were having a Bouncing Baby Boy while you were in Bora Bora, potentially while you were Baking Brownies.

  43. It has to be the Year of the Baby! Love your blogspot! The tips and stories are great. I find lots of travel hints and resources on this site!

  44. Year of the:
    1)Beautiful Beaches (Bora Bora, Bahamas, Bahia Beach)
    2)Big Bonuses (BA, Amex, Chase, etc)

  46. Add Bhutan to your list… one of the places I would love to visit someday! (And temporarily on hold due to our own Baby Boys, congrats!)

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