There are a lot of places we wanted to see on our first visit to Italy. A first trip to Italy just wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Rome. After 3 nights in Florence and 3 nights on Sardinia we embarked on our last leg of the trip with a stay in Rome. Leaving…
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2011 Trip Report Update + Win Delta In Flight Certificates
In 2011 we had plenty to celebrate and a plethora of points and miles, so we set off for one of our best travel years ever. Below are most of our 2011 trip reports. I’m giving away Delta in flight certificates if you leave a comment with what report you’d like to see completed next…
SPG’s Hotel Pitrizza Costa Smeralda Review
After 3 nights in Florence we were ready for a change in scenery. Our journey from Tuscany to Sardinia and the Hotel Pitrizza was less than direct. We took a quick train ride down to Rome and hopped on an old Meridiana MD (88?) plane from FCO to OLB. Two of my friends have recently…
St John Beaches And Virgin Gorda Baths
This year we took a trip to St John, USVI as part of our “Year of the B” travel theme. In this post I’ll share our favorite beaches and activities from our time on St John. We rented a car from St Thomas to drive around St John and visit our favorite beaches. On another…
Trip Report And Review Page For Points, Miles And Martinis
We are working to make Points, Miles & Martinis more reader friendly. To do this we are adding a “Trip Report / Review” page that will soon be displayed at the top of the home page. For now, you can read the most up to date trip report and review page through this link. While I…
Trip Report From St Thomas To Westin St John
This year we took a trip to St John, USVI as part of our “Year of the B” travel theme. In this post I’ll share our trip from St Thomas over to the Westin on St John. We flew down to STT on Delta in First class using a Delta SkyMiles low level award. For…
InterContinental Thalasso Bora Bora – French Polynesia Trip Report
In this post I”ll provide a review and pictures from our 7 night stay at the InterContinental Bora Bora in French Polynesia. This post is part of a larger trip report from our two week “Year of the B” trip to French Polynesia. For this trip we used 150k Delta miles each to fly on…
InterContinental Montreal Hotel Review
During my business trips to Montreal I was fortunate enough to stay at the InterContinental Montreal. The hotel is conveniently located to the city and Old Montreal. When I stayed at the InterContinental Montreal I was a newly minted Intercontinental Platinum Ambassador and they take great care of their Ambassadors. Montreal Trip Report: 1) Trip…
Montreal Trip Report And InterContinental And W Hotel Review
I had the opportunity to spend a few months in Montreal and really experience all the city has to offer. I was able to try out the W Montreal Hotel as a SPG Platinum member and the InterContinental Montreal as a Intercontinental Platinum Ambassador. In the mornings, we’d go on runs along the St Lawrence…
Not All Champagne Wishes For This Delta Diamond
Not all flights are champagne wishes and caviar dreams, even as a Delta Diamond medallion member. Our trip from JAX back to ATL was uneventful. There were no lie flat seats, no personal in-flight entertainment, we barely even got to sit next to one another, but we did get great service, arrived home safe and…
Delta 777-200 LR Flight In Business Elite To LAX BlogWorld
Last weekend I had the pleasure to join other Boarding Area bloggers at the annual BlogWorld Expo in Los Angeles. In this post, I’ll demonstrate how I selected a flight from Atlanta to LAX to greatly increase my chance of a domestic upgrade from coach. I choose Delta’s 777-200 LR from Atlanta to Los Angeles…
My 2011 “Year of The B” Travel Theme And Delta In-Flight Certificate Giveaway
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.…
Upcoming Trip To Buenos Aires
After a long summer of traveling to warm weather places including Bora Bora Intercontinental (working on getting pictures up), St Regis & Ritz Carlton Puerto Rico (Also working on getting these pictures up) and a quick hop over to Nassau before Hurricane Irene, we decided to try a place with mild weather this time of…
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…
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…
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…