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Puerto Rico Trip Report – Arrival To SJU & Drive To St Regis Bahia Beach

For us, it’s hard to resist jetting down to the Caribbean for a long weekend. So when we saw Delta offer a low priced L class coach ticket from ATL to SJU, we were off to Puerto Rico in a heart beat. We chose the new St Regis Bahia Beach and the Ritz Carlton San…

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Passenger Punches Delta Flight Attendant & Gets Arrested By FBI

A 65 year old Japanese man allegedly punched a Delta flight attendant and slapped her with an open hand. The incident happened on a flight from Tokyo to Honolulu on January 9, 2012. The FBI said the incident happened on flight 608 around 7:30 am. Reason For Incident From Japantoday. According to a criminal complaint…

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Keeping Up With Celebrity News On Delta Flights For Free

It is easy to keep up with celebrity news on Delta flights for free. If you read this post, you’ll never have to worry about missing news like Alec Baldwin getting kicked off a plane for playing words with friends or dissing Gray Hound bus transportation. Delta has partnered with Gogo wifi to bring you…

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Delta 2,700 Mile Bonus With Hertz & Hertz 300 Point Birthday Bonus

It’s raining birthday bonuses for me this month. I just received birthday bonus and another special Hertz bonus for Delta flyers. Everyone from Delta, Alaska Airlines, Alamo and now Hertz has offered me a birthday bonus. Hertz is offering a 300 point birthday bonus for my first rental through February 29, 2012. In addition Delta…

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Improvements At MSP For Delta Flyers – TSA Pre, Food Delivered To Gate & $25 Million Renovation

There are a few improvements coming to the Minneapolis airport this year. The improvements are actually pretty cool. Order Food Directly To Your Gate The first improvement that caught my eye is that flyers will soon be able to place an order through their iPad and have food delivered directly to a gate. There will…

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Next Trip Report – Puerto Rico, Bahia Beach St Regis, And Ritz San Juan

I’ve made significant progress on my trip report page by adding reports from French Polynesia to Italy to Buenos Aires. In my next trip report I will cover our trip to Bahia beach and Isla Verde Puerto Rico as part of our ‘Year of the B’ travel theme. This past summer we took a trip…

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Delta Status Hard Landing, Roll Over MQMs, And Platinum Status After 3 Flights

My dreams of a soft landing from Delta Diamond status have been shattered. Along with roll over MQM’s Delta has posted future membership levels that will change at the end of February and things don’t look good for me. In 2010, I went out of my way to fly over 125,000 miles on Delta metal…

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Flying With An Infant – Common Questions And Answers

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Happy New Year. I wish all of you success where ever 2012 takes you. This year I’ll venture into fatherhood as a frequent traveler. I’m prepared to learn everything I need to know to be super Dad on the road and at home. One of the important things (I’ve got a lot to learn about traveling…

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My 2011 Earning And Burning Review

Just like the US government, Mr. and Mrs. WeeklyFlyer ran a deficit this year. We burned more than we earned to the tune of 877k points and miles. Wouldn’t it be great if we could just print points and miles? We burned through a little over 1.734 million points and miles. We took in a…

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Considering My Next Credit Card Apps – 60k Continental And 55k Delta Gold

I’ve recently received two credit card offers in the mail that I find interesting. One is for 60k Continental miles with the Continental OnePass Plus card and the other is for 55k with the Delta Gold Business card. I’m looking for earning opportunities since I burned a ton of miles in 2011 and only took…

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Next Trip Report + Winner Of Delta Inflight Certificates

We’ve made great progress with our 2011 trip reports and have a few more to complete. In this post I’ll share the winner of the Delta inflight certificate contest along with the destination for the next trip report. The other day I ran a small contest to giveaway 2 free Delta inflight certificates. To win,…

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Delta’s 12 Days Of Holiday Promotion – Visit NY With 3 Friends And A $1,000 American Express Card

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If you were looking to travel to NY this winter, you may be in luck. Delta airlines is running the 12 Days of Holiday hints promotion on their Facebook page. The winner of the grand prize will receive 4 coach class tickets to NY, 3 nights in a NY hotel, and $1,000 American Express gift…

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Award Flights To French Polynesia With Chase Ultimate Rewards, Korean Air And Other Airline Options

Since I just posted my entire trip report on French Polynesia, I received many comments and emails expressing their interest and asking me the best way to redeem points for a trip. I guess those pictures looked pretty enticing! In this post I’ll demonstrate how you can book an award ticket to French Polynesia by…

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How Delta Is Handling Award Reservations Booked On Air Seychelles Code Share Flight

As I reported here, Air Seychelles announced they will terminate their 767 flight from Paris to Mahe in March of 2012. This is unfortunate news to many people who have booked the Air Seychelles code share flight with Air France through Delta SkyMiles. My good friend has an award ticket on the Air Seychelles Paris…

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Free Gogo Wifi And Delta 100% Transfer Bonus

Delta Airlines is offering a 100% bonus on transferred miles through December 16th, 2011.   100% Delta SkyMiles Transfer Bonus Promotion Details Transfer miles to a friend or family member with a SkyMiles account Your friend or family member will earn a 100% bonus Offer ends December 16th, 2011 Accounts must have been established for…

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Air Seychelles Will Terminate Flights To Europe But There Are Other SkyTeam Options

Air Seychelles has recently announced it will terminate their flights to and from Europe. This is a result of their restructuring of its international route network. This is surprising because the flight from Paris is their second highest volume in terms of passenger traffic. This means you will no longer be able to redeem SkyMiles…

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