It’s always a great day when you are having lunch outside. But when your lunch view looks like this, you know it’s a great day. A lunch view from a quiet spot in Queenstown all thanks to redeeming Delta SkyMiles in Business Elite to Australia and New Zealand. Related Posts 5X at Chipolte! Sign up…
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Port au Prince open for business with International Hotel Chains
This is part three of a guest series about a trip to Haiti. You can read part one here and part two here. A friend, “Captain”, who travels frequently to the Caribbean for work took a trip to Haiti with Delta and the Haiti Department of tourism to explore the country, people, culture and get…
Possessed at a Voodoo Show in Haiti
This is part one of a guest series about a trip to Haiti. A friend, “Captain”, who travels frequently to the Caribbean for work took a trip to Haiti with Delta and the Haiti Department of tourism to explore the country, people, culture and get a sense of how this country is recovering from a…
East Lake PGA Tour Championship–Hanging With Mr. Points, Phil And John Daly
The PGA Tour Championship at East Lake sponsored by Coca Cola brings together the top 30 golfers from around the world each year to battle it out for the FedEx Cup. These players are the best of the best and we headed out to see if we could follow some of our favorite golfers. I…
Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay Casita Suite – Newly Renovated
The Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay recently completed a renovation of the 442 guestrooms, including their 45 casitas. This is great news for those attending the Frequent Traveler University event in Tampa the weekend of September 27 – 29th. The hotel is very central to the airport, downtown and only a short drive over to the…
How a honeymoon saved Kyoto from the atomic bomb
As a travel enthusiast, I am often asked why I like to travel so much. I have quite a few short answers to that question but if I sense someone actually wants to hear my long answer I will occasionally include a tragic yet illustrative story about how travel can change the way we think.…
Delta DC9-50 First Class Happy Hour & Upgrade Lottery
A few weeks ago I shared what was likely to be my last DC9 flight and gave readers the chance to select the seat but I ended up in coach after a flight change. It turns out that wasn’t my last DC9 flight. I had another chance to fly the DC9-50 and this time was…
Sober Reminder – Avoid These When Traveling
This was a sober moment early enough in the trip that reminded me I never want to find one of these in my pocket when I’m traveling, or ever for that matter. Traveling gives you the opportunity to see and experience things you may not orherwise be able to. So I try not to have…
Cool Feature Of World’s Busiest Airport – Atlanta
Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport is the busiest airport in the world. That causes headaches for some people, but others may see it as a bonus. It can be overwhelming to navigate the busy airport concourses. I’ve shared my simple strategy to navigate the airport in the past, and usually stick to it each week to…
Feast At Lele Lua On Maui In Lahaina
It’s hard to say a first trip to Hawaii is complete without a visit to a Luau. Since this was Mrs. Weekly Flyer’s first trip to the Hawaiian islands, I wanted her to say her trip was complete. So I booked us a table reservation for the Feast at Lele in Lahaina. After our visit…
Maui Day Trip to Lanai’s Shipwreck Beach – Many Pictures
After exploring the Garden of the Gods and almost getting blown off the island, we watched the Hula Girl dance all the way back to the crossroad where we took a left towards Shipwreck beach. We couldn’t’ just sit at the Ritz Carlton on Maui for five nights, so we went for a few day…
Delta’s Irresistible Breakfast…that ruined my day
Ok, I’ll admit it, I’m a sucker for breakfast on the road. I first fell for Delta’s First Class Omelette and it was good. I find it so hard to resist eating a tasty breakfast when it is right in front of you. In the past I’ve been known to partake in Delta’s 777 breakfast…
Cuzco Historical District Happy Hour With A Pisco Sour
Guest post from the folks at Free in Freedom. Lady Tocqueville who is on a Trip of a Million Lifetimes around the world with Mr. Tocqueville shares her happy hour in Cuzco with a Pisco Sour! As Tocqueville documented, there are a few drinks we’d like to try during our Trip of a Million Lifetimes. The…
Delta’s “Other Transcon” Service – 777 Business Elite From Los Angeles
After check-in at the Delta counter at LAX, I decided to head over to the Alaska Airlines Boardroom in LAX. This would put me closer to the gate where Delta parks their 777 at LAX. It also gave me a chance to relax in the lounge before this early morning flight in Delta’s internationally configured Business…
The European capital you should visit sooner rather than later
Every few years, there seems to be a shift in what I call Europe’s ‘IT city’. The ‘IT city’ is the hottest new (not in age of course) European city that has recently improved infrastructure and/or safety to attract droves of first time tourists where previously there may have been some apprehension. Travel coverage in…
Strange Travel Encounter – Care For Au Pair?
Our self guided tour of the Champagne region was on its last leg, one last enjoyable train ride to the Gare De L’est train station. Fresh off our 4th tasting of the day, a college aged Parisian girl walks up to me and hands me a piece of paper. I’m sure Mrs. Weekly Flyer’s mind…
Blue Palace Resort & Spa, Elounda, Crete
We’ve always wanted to go to Greece but we’ve never found the time to make the trip. So when the topic came up while at dinner with friends we were all ears. Here’s a guest post from a Consultant’s Wife on their long weekend trip to Crete and their stay at the Blue Palace Resort…
Maui Day Trip to Lanai’s Garden of Gods – Many Pictures
There was no way I could kick back at the Ritz Carlton pool for more than a day, especially when we had access to all of Maui and neighboring islands. After biking down the side of 10,000 foot tall Mount Haleakala we could have used a relaxing day, but this day would be a little more adventurous. In a…
Which Trip Report Would You Like To See Next From Points, Miles & Martinis?
Sometimes we travel more than we are able to share on Points, Miles & Martinis. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, until we look at our trip report to-do list that is getting to be a mile long. We’d like your help to tackle these in order of our reader preference. Please let us know…
Maui Day Trip – Biking Mount Haleakala
There is so much to do on Maui it can make your headspin. So before we arrived on Maui to celebrate our second anniversary, I reserved a few day trip activities to keep us busy when not drinking by the pool at the Ritz Carlton Kapalua. I booked a rental car to explore the Garden…