Category Archives for Travel Gear.
Have you ever wanted to screen your friends and loved ones “for a wide range of potential threats including liquids, contraband, ceramics, explosives, narcotics, concealed currency and weapons” by bouncing “very low dose of x-rays off of a person to generate an image. This image is then analyzed by an operator to identify concealed potential…
Just about every airline and every hotel is having a sale today for Cyber Monday, and one of my favorite on-line travel gear vendors, eBags.com is having a Cyber Monday sale featuring 20 percent off your entire purchase. The bad news is that brand exclusions apply, and those brand exclusions include: Atlantic, baggallini, Briggs &…
According to Fox News, “Thanksgiving travel can add 130-259% increase in airline volume!” Well, it’s finally here, the dreaded Wednesday before Thanksgiving travel day! It’s one of the most hectic travel days of the year! Are you already on the road? Perhaps you are lucky and got a few extra days off work and have…
I hate to lose stuff when I travel, and it’s always difficult for me to keep up with all of my tech accessories – cords, cables, and adapters. All of this changed for me this fall when I found a better system to keep everything together and organized. It’s called the GRID IT organizer, made by…
All I can say is Wow! I don’t know what took me so long to move away from a PC to a Mac. This past weekend I was hanging out with some friends and realized my clunky old PC had seen better days. Plus the new Windows operating system is nothing short of a user…
Earlier this summer Delta rolled out their new Billboard earbuds. As of July 1st, 2014 they were made available “on all IFE equipped flights” worldwide. While a minor thing like an improved earbud isn’t noticeable to a majority of passengers, the new earbuds are a huge and noticeable improvement over the old earbuds. Delta’s Inflight…
Dialing home to the U.S. Or Canada from an international trip can be expensive. But if you have an iPhone and a wifi connection this post will show you how to make free phone calls back home to the U.S. Or Canada for free with no strings attached. magicJack The magicJack iPhone application is free…
Air France and KLM have worked with FastTrack Company to develop and bring to market a solution that has the potential for you to never lose track of your bag. The eTrack system lets airlines and passengers track their bags wherever the bag is around the world. The eTag is an electronic baggage tag that goes…
Here’s a good deal for you travel photographers. Right now you can head on over to BestBuy where they are offering up a SanDisk – 4GB Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) Class 4 Memory Card for only $0.99 (Reg. $5.99) + FREE shipping to home. The Deal Go through your Chase portal to get only…
I’ve had an old Hartmann leather bag for years. It held up well for a few years, was torn, repaired with the old warranty and generally worked well. But Samsonite purchased Hartmann back in 2012 and didn’t carry over the warranty. So anyone with a Hartmann bag is out of luck. So much for the…
Earlier this week we ran a giveaway to award one lucky Points, Miles & Martinis reader with a Briggs & Riley @Work bag. The winner will be allowed to select one bag from the @Work™ collection which features: SpeedThru™ pocket allows for a hassle-free trip through TSA checkpoints. Avoid grey bins and store your personal belongings in…
Points, Miles & Martinis has teamed up with Briggs & Riley to give our readers another chance to win a bag from Briggs & Riley’s @Work collection. A few weeks ago we gave our readers the chance to win a Briggs & Riley TORQ collection bag. There were many entries and one winner was announced.…
Delta’s iPhone application is one of the best airline apps currently available. My favorite feature has always been the ability to monitor the upgrade list (otherwise known as the gate lottery) in real time. But there are many other cool features and they’ve just added a few more with their latest update to the Delta…
We’ve previously shared our love of Briggs & Riley bags in the past here at Points, Miles & Martinis. And earlier this week we were excited to bring you a chance to win a bag from the new Briggs & Riley TORQ™ hard cover collection. The results are in and a winner has been randomly selected. Read on…
We are giving away a Briggs & Riley TORQ collection travel bag on Thursday afternoon this week. There is still time to enter. Simply head on over to the official entry page here, and enter by answering the entry question in that post’s comments.
A few weeks ago I picked up the Air-O-Swiss portable humidifier through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal. I purchased the Air-O-Swiss humidifier to use when traveling. As a bonus, I earned 3x points per $1 spent at Sears through the portal. I’ve heard good things about the humidifier so was very interested to try it…
Last month we ran a Briggs & Riley Carry-On giveaway where one lucky winner took home a brand new Briggs & Riley Carry-On with a great life-time warranty. Once we announced the winner, we asked JP for an update once the carry-on was selected and delivered. His carry-on has arrived and he’s shared a brief…
And the winner of the Points, Miles and Martinis Briggs and Riley Giveaway is….. A big thank you to all the participants in this giveaway and especially to Briggs and Riley for generously participating in this giveaway. We greatly appreciate your readership. Congratulations To The Winner Commenter #140 JP says his favorite part about the…
I am headed to Vegas in a couple weeks and because of how dry it is out there, I decided to do some research on travel humidifiers. I read a lot of reviews and found that Air-O-Swiss is considered to be a top choice. It is compact and uses bottled water which seems convenient. The…
My favorite business travel bag is the 21 inch one-touch carry-on by Briggs & Riley. It is small enough to fit in tight spaces, but It is also expandable to carry extra items during long periods of travel. So when Briggs & Riley asked if I wanted to give away one free carry-on to Points,…