Here are two pictures from a recent trip to the Ocean Club on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Have you ever been? We’ll share our dinner at Grey Cliff’s wine cellar in the near future. Sign up for Email || Twitter || Facebook || Tips & Tricks Hotel Offers || Airline Offers || Bank Offers…
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First Trip To Paris – It’s The Company That Counts
For our first international award trip we chose Paris. Followed by a long week in Italy. Our plan was to spend 5 nights in Paris at the Luxury Collection Prince de Galles, then head to Italy for 9 nights. Tuscany for 3 nights in the Westin, followed by 3 nights at the Luxury Collection Hotel…
5 Tips For A Moorea & Bora Bora Trip
A trip to Bora Bora or Moorea is relaxing. But just because it is relaxing doesn’t mean it has to be Boring Boring. Some friends booked an award ticket on Air Tahiti using Delta miles and are heading there in a few weeks. So when I received an email mid-day, I quickly sent back the…
The Ritz Carlton, St. Louis Hotel
I had a nice visit to the Ritz-Carlton St Louis on a recent business trip. This tier 1 property in the Ritz Carlton program only requires 30,000 points for a 1 night stay. But the rate was even better for this mid-week stay at just around $200 a night. At check-in my Platinum status was…
Almost Don’t Want To Tell You About This Place But I Will –One of Hyatt’s Best Kept Secrets Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa
Pretty much all you would have to tell me about this place is that it has a private island in a preserve and I can redeem only 20,000 Hyatt points per night in a regular room, 27,000 in a Hyatt Regency room or 32,000 Hyatt points per night in a Bay Suite in prime winter season. The…
Wyndham’s 31 Riverwood Chalet–Breckenrige, Colorado
I just got back from a trip to Breckenridge with a group of current and former road warriors looking to cash in some miles and a long weekend for some fun on the Rockies. While the coming and going through Winter Storm Advisory conditions made me regret a two-wheel-drive rental, those same conditions made for…
Hyatt Bonita Springs–Most Underrated Hyatt Beach
If I told you that you could access a private island in a preserve all on Hyatt points, in Florida, would you believe me? Most people think of great beaches, especially Hyatt ones, as out of the country, like the Hyatt Regency Aruba or the Park Hyatt Maldives. But you can access one of Hyatt…
Ready For Royal Birkdale Golf Round – Happy Hour At Vincent Hotel
We had just arrived in Southport England from a long flight in American Airlines First Class from Miami to London and a British Airways connecting flight from London to Manchester. The plan was to relax for the evening, grab a drink while waiting for a college friend to drive up from London and meet us.…
Jewel Of The Crown–Last Night In Edinburgh Scotland And Last Happy Hour Of The Trip
The highlight of my 2013 travels has to be the week long trip to the Jewel of the Crown, otherwise known as Scotland. A week long right of passage golfing trip to where the game of golf began can not be topped in my book. We played some of the most challenging courses in the…
Ritz Carlton Kapalua–Maui, Hawaii
The Ritz Carlton Kapalua is located on 54 acres and maintains the Honokahua Preservation Site adjacent to the property. This was our first trip to Maui and we couldn’t have picked a better location as a home base for our time on the island. The resort gave us a great place to relax by the pool…
Review Of The Spa At Old Edwards Inn–Highlands, North Carolina
The Old Edwards Inn & Spa is located on main street in charming Highlands, North Carolina. The climate in the plateau of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains offers cool nights in the spring summer and fall. So it is no surprise people flock here to get away for a nice relaxing weekend or host a…
Flight Review: Delta JFK-LAX in BusinessElite
Last week I found myself flying from New York (JFK)- Los Angeles again for the holidays. This time, I was on the 6:15pm departure. I had flown this route about a month ago, which I wrote about here, so this time I had something to compare it to. I was pleased to see that the…
Lunch In The Russian River Valley AT Francis Ford Coppola Winery
The Francis Ford Coppola Winery sits in Geyserville, California in the Russian River Valley. The winery is open for tastings daily from 11 am through 6 pm. But it also makes a great place to stop in for a bite to eat after a long day of tasting in the Russian River valley. We stopped…
A Walk Around Fribourg, Switzerland
This trip was a first on many levels. First time to Switzerland to get a sense of what a well maintained old city looks like – check. First stay in a hotel without air conditioning or heating – check. First transatlantic flight…in the middle bulkhead seat – check. And the list goes on. Here’s a…
Warm Weekend Getaway – Scotland Cay, Bahamas
Scotland Cay is a small island in the coast of the Bahamas near Marsh Harbour on Great Abaco island. We took a flight with Bahamas air from Palm Beach to Marsh Harbour. It was an older plane and we had the first two rows of seats on the right side of the plane. It was…
Guess Where This Picture Was Taken–Small Island Getaway
Some of the most memorable trips we’ve taken have been to small islands. Getting a chance to unplug is rare, so when we get the opportunity, we take it. In this picture, we had just taken off in our small single engine boat from the marina on our private residential island. Within 20-25 minutes our…
Delta Transcontinental BusinessElite JFK-LAX Flight Review
This past week I found myself having to fly between New York (JFK) and Los Angeles, so decided to give Delta a try in hopes of getting upgraded to BusinessElite since I am a Platinum Medallion. Luckily, I did get upgraded at the gate, and was quite impressed with the seat and the food onboard…
Anguilla Beaches Revealed–Lots Of Pictures And The One At Top Of Points, Miles & Martinis
Some of you may have wondered, where was that picture from the top of Points, Miles & Martinis taken. Simple, on a small island in the Caribbean that has some of the best beaches in the world. We’ve been to plenty of places with a nice beach, but this island has so many great beaches…
Drink with The Devil
I departed yesterday for Vegas and the annual AAPEX show. The trip was going perfectly until the Chicken Marsala, that I ordered, arrived to my tray table. It was accompanied by some sort of cold, mushy “Greek Style” salad. Now I have had Greek Salad hundreds of times in my life, none of which left…
It’s A Good Morning When…You Have A Diamond Breakfast With A View Like This
It’s always a great morning when you wake up to complimentary Park Hyatt Diamond Breakfast and a view like this. The typical Park Hyatt breakfast isn’t anything to shake a stick at, but when you throw in the Sydney Opera House, you know you’re in for a good day. All thanks to Hyatt Diamond status…