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Best iPhone Apps for Frequent Fliers
Here is a list of some of my favorite mobile apps to help you stay connected, informed, and entertained while flying through the friendly skies: TripIt- Travel Organizer. A great way to keep track of...
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How to Earn Miles and Points for Holiday Shopping
It’s that time of year again! Black Friday is this week, officially kicking off the holiday shopping season. Back in September I wrote about How to Make The Most of Your Labor Day Shopping, and...
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Free Miles and Points: e-Rewards
Next up in my series about Free Miles and Points is e-Rewards. I first wrote about e-Rewards back in August during an enter-to-win 250,000 MileagePlus miles contest. Sadly that promotion is over, but...
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Free Miles and Points: E-miles
The Free Miles and Points series continues! So far we’ve covered MyPoints and e-Rewards. Now we’re moving on to e-Miles, a program that has some in common with the other two, but is a far simpler way...
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Flashback Friday: Cabo San Lucas 2011
Before Babymoon 2011, there was the other babymoon we took in 2011 to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. After spending most of my first trimester at home, literally bored-to-tears at times, I was in desperate...
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A Little Good News From e-Miles
With all the bad news “enhancements” circulating the miles and points world lately (no more HawaiianMiles for amazon.com, widespread hotel points devaluations, and a major carrier going revenue-based,...
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The End of the Rainbow
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! While I’m busy still unpacking and writing up trip reports for Singapore, Bali, India, and Hong Kong, I wanted to leave you guys with a little something special for the...
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I Got Punk’d By Jeff Smisek
This latest Jeff Smisek video really had me excited and looking forward to my meal on the flight home from Hong Kong in United’s BusinessFirst. Let me first say that I like airplane food, most of the...
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Miles, Points, and Mother’s Day
Mark your calendars- Mother’s Day is coming up on May 12th. That’s less that 2 weeks away! But first, a few tips and tricks to help you get the most out of the upcoming miles-and-points earning...
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The Death of Mileage Running?
mileageplusupdates.com In case you missed it (or just woke up), the internet is abuzz this morning over the latest news from United. It was only a matter of time, and I think we all knew what was...
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3 Perfect Days in Alaska
I know I haven’t always said the nicest things about United Airlines, but after a couple of very last minute Saver Awards made our most recent trip to Alaska a reality, I figured I’d dedicate this post...
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United recently unveiled its “new” ad campaign “Flyer Friendly”, but there is something vaguely familiar about it. The Friendly Skies are back! …with a slightly new twist. Check it out: You might even...
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National Aviation History Month: Exploring Hawaii’s Aviation Heritage
November is National Aviation History Month so in honor of that I wanted to share one of my all-time favorite websites. The State of Hawaii runs an incredible archive of photos and facts covering the...
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Best of 2013
New Year, New Airline. After 29 years of doing business with United, my family and I start Flying Alaska to Hawaii. We also fly Alaska to Alaska. Skiing at Alyeska, AK Baby CJ turns 1 and makes his...
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