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.…
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Seychelles Day Trip To La Digue, Anse Source D’argent and Grand Anse
La Digue is a very small island in the Seychelles archipelago of 115 islands. The La Digue name originates from a vessel sent by the French in 1768 to explore the granitic islands. La Digue is only 5 km long and 3 km wide with a population of about 2,500 residents. There are a few…
Seychelles Day Trip To Anse Major
Anse Major is a beach bordering the preserved Morne Seychellois National Park on the norther coast of Mahe, Seychelles in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa. To get to the beach you must either hike the nature trail along steep granite slopes or hire a boat from the near by Beau-Vallon Bay. We took the…
French Polynesia Trip Report Part 2 – Los Angeles To French Polynesia In Air France Business Class
In this post I’ll detail the flight from LAX to PPT in Air France  Affairs (business class) and the beginning of our journey within French Polynesia with the Aremiti ferry ride from Papeete to Moorea. French Polynesia Trip Report: ATL > LAX in DL Business Class and an over night at the Andaz West Hollywood…
French Polynesia Trip Report Part 1 – ATL To LAX In DL Business Class And Andaz West Hollywood
In this series of posts I’ll detail a two week trip to French Polynesia. Â For this trip we used 150k Delta miles each to fly on Delta and Air France in business class. Â For hotels we used points and cash to stay at the Andaz West Hollywood, Hilton Moorea, InterContinental Bora Bora, Le Meridien Tahiti,…
Bohemian Hotel Savannah Trip Report
In this post I’ll detail a trip report to the Bohemian Hotel Savannah Riverfront. Â A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to spend three nights in the Bohemian Hotel Savannah river front while visiting the city for a friends engagement party. Â The hotel was about a 20 minute drive from the SAV airport. Â This…
Brief French Polynesia Trip Update
This is a brief update on our trip to French Polynesia. A few weeks ago I posted a demonstration on how to redeem Delta miles for business class tickets to Tahiti with Delta and Air France. We are currently in the South Pacific and are leaving Moorea for the next stop so I thought I’d post a…
Tampa InterContinenal Trip Report
In this post I’ll detail a trip report to the InterContinental Tampa. We recently returned from a short trip to Tampa where we stay there for 1 night. Check In / Lobby The hotel was fairly busy the weekend we stayed at the hotel, apparently there was a “Buy American Real Estate” convention. The lobby…
Airline Etiquette: When Is It Ok To Have A Dog In Your Seat
In our recent flight from ATL to LAX on our way to French Polynesia, the young lady in seat 3A kept her dog in the seat with her the entire flight. The little dog had a ‘Medical Alert’ jacket on so it appeared she needed the dog with her. The dog seemed to be her…
Hotel Arts Barcelona – Ritz Carlton Hotel Trip Report
In this post I”ll detail my stay at the Hotel Arts Barcelona, a Ritz Carlton partner hotel. This is the last stay of a two week trip to Madrid, Mallorca, Rioja and Barcelona using points from 3 hotel programs and miles from US Airways to stay completely free and fly first class on Lufthansa. Trip Report…
Demonstration On How To Use Delta Miles To Bora Bora
In this post I’ll illustrate an option to redeem Sky Miles for a trip to French Polynesia (to take a separate Air Tahiti flight to Bora Bora and Moorea) on Air France in Business class. Hub Captive Delta Flyers Struggle To Find Value In Sky Miles Its a common problem most all Delta flyers face. …
Upcoming Delta And British Airways Award Trips
In the coming weeks I’ll detail award trips I have coming up in the next few months. I’ll detail trip reports and ways to book tickets to the following places: (1) Bora Bora – How I redeemed DL miles for business class for a trip on Delta and Air France. Trip report on the Hilton…
Marques de Riscal Trip Review
This post will cover our 2 night stay at the Marques de Riscal hotel during our visit to the Rioja region of Spain on our two week trip to Madrid, Mallorca, Rioja and Barcelona. The hotel is part of the Starwood Luxury collection and was a category 6 at the time we visited the hotel. …
Lodge at Lake Lure Trip Report
We recently had a great weekend stay at the Lodge on Lake Lure, a near by Bed and Breakfast. Using a current promotion they are running, we received 20% off our entire weekend stay (The promotion is good through end of March), there is also a $25 Gift Card Promotion I detailed in this post.…
Castillo Hotel Son Vida Trip Report
This is the fourth part of a trip report of a two week trip to Madrid, Mallorca, Rioja and Barcelona. Trip Report Flight From Orlando to Madrid on Lufthansa (LH)Â in First Class Westin, Madrid Hilton Sa Torre, Mallorca Castillo Hotel Son Vida, Mallorca Marques de Riscal, Elciego Hotel Arts (Ritz Carlton), Barcelona Hotel and Check…
Points Miles and Martinis is Back
So its been a long time since I’ve posted. I’ve received a ton of emails asking if I had “retired” from the points game, I have not. I’ve been as busy as ever racking up Hyatt, Priority Club points, and airline miles over the last few months. Which is partly the blame for my lack…
Hilton Sa Torre Mallorca Hotel Trip Report
This is the third part of a trip report of a two week trip to Madrid, Mallorca, Rioja and Barcelona. Trip Report Flight From Orlando to Madrid on Lufthansa (LH)Â in First Class Westin, Madrid Hilton Sa Torre, Mallorca Castillo Hotel Son Vida, Mallorca Marques de Riscal, Elciego Hotel Arts (Ritz Carlton), Barcelona Hotel and Check…
Westin Madrid Trip Report
This is the second part of a trip report of a two week trip to Madrid, Mallorca, Rioja and Barcelona. Trip Report Flight From Orlando to Madrid on Lufthansa (LH)Â in First Class Westin, Madrid Hilton Sa Torre, Mallorca Castillo Hotel Son Vida, Mallorca Marques de Riscal, Elciego Hotel Arts (Ritz Carlton), Barcelona Westin Madrid Check…
Back from Spain. Here is my trip report of a two week trip to Madrid, Mallorca, Rioja and Barcelona
Here is my trip report of a two week trip to Madrid, Mallorca, Rioja and Barcelona using points from 3 hotel programs and miles from US Airways to stay completely free and fly first class on Lufthansa. We returned in July from a 2 week trip to several parts of Spain. With my new position I haven’t been…
DL First Class From ATL To MCO
For our trip to Spain on Lufthansa we had to take an extra flight down to Orlando. We ended up taking a DL 757 flight and were upgraded to first class on our outbound. First Class Seats 1C & 1D Inflight Entertainment (Live TV to watch the World Cup) The guy who ended up sitting…