While I’ve taken a short break from the blog, I’ve not taken a short break from traveling and planning trips (for the record, I DO plan on posting about my round-the-world trip). I’ve returned to the blog to share an upcoming trip as well as get some tips on what to do, should you happen to have already been where I’m going. What I learned planning…
A few months ago, I wrote a post described how I am flying around the world with the caveat, “for now!” Because I have Executive Platinum status with American Airlines, I can make free award ticket changes on award tickets. As a result, I have been regularly constantly checking for different airlines and routings for my trip. I even reached out to y’all for your help! With my trip right…
Last month I described how I am flying around the world with the caveat, “for now!” I tell you, having Executive Platinum status with American Airlines is a curse…free award ticket changes have me constantly checking for different award tickets for my trip. A new option for the third portion of the trip, from Budapest to Austin, has recently become available. Currently, I’m booked to fly from…
I previously wrote about how I’m returning to SouthEast Asia in 2015. While the primary purpose of this trip is to serve as a guest instructor in an annual field course that is held on a remote Indonesian island, I figured since I was half-way around the world I would do some exploring. With this in mind, I had two goals: Visit places I have not been to. Fly around…
I recently did a quick weekend trip to San Francisco (like straight to the airport on Friday after work and back Sunday evening). I booked my outbound ticket on jetBlue using True Blue points to go from Austin to San Francisco via Long Beach. Because I am currently a TrueBlue Mosaic member (thanks to a recent status match), I am able to cancel award tickets free…
I’m not a big international traveler. I would love to go abroad more, but time and money just doesn’t let it happen. Friends of ours invited us to join them on a western Mediterranean cruise in mid-November, which sounded like a lot of fun and the price was right. Problem (good problem) is that other friends are also getting married in mid-November. So obviously we couldn’t…
