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Staying in Bangkok for Songkran, Thai New Year. 13-15 Apr. was actually really easy.  Although I am sure lower end hotels were at a premium, staying at a five-star property turned out to be very easy.  I used Hilton points and got a great dea…

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I received an email from Mileage Plan Shopping yesterday with a great, no-brainer offer.  Earn 700 Alaska miles which are usually valued at 2.0 cents each if you subscribe to 2 months of the Wall Street Journal for only $1. I personally think very highly of the WSJ, so the 700 miles seem like icing […]
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I had three free night certificates burning a hole in my pocket.  They came from getting the sign-up bonus from the Chase Ritz-Carlton credit card and would expire in mid Sept.  Ritz-Carlton nights are not to be spent unwisely, unlike the free nights from Marriott or Hyatt where the category level was limited.  I plotted […]
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Received a very enticing email today for American: 10,000 miles per night?  Yes, please!  However, when checking out the details it was not quite so lucrative.  I checked for a trip to Honolulu that we are planning for January.  The Booking.com site lists the number of miles earned depending on the hotel.  Here is an […]
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I was unaware, but MGM Resorts has a Veterans Employee Network Group.  They have developed a special program associated with the M Life Program called the Military & Veterans Program or MVP.  It is open to active military, veterans and their spouses.  All you need is a military ID to sign up at any MGM […]
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Just got a sweet offer in my inbox for my AMEX Business Platinum card.  I just completed the initial spend quals to earn 100,000 MR points by the end of April.  Spend went to other things in the meantime, but they are enticing me back with this deal:     Not too confident to go […]
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While it would be great to stay in the fictional Grand Budapest Hotel, I had to settle for a close second with a stay at the Boscolo Hotel in downtown Budapest.  This hotel is part of the Autograph Collection from Marriott.  The motto of the autograph Collection is that every property is unique (just like […]
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Courtesy of reader Audrey, Delta has increased the allowed weight per bag to a whopping 100 pounds per bag. Effective for travel on or after June 21, 2017, Delta is updating its baggage policy for active U.S. military members traveling on military orders on or after June 21, 2017, regardless of their ticketing date. Key […]
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Life is very strange and sometimes you just happen on the oddest things.  I walked up to my EWR-MUC United flight on Sunday and looked out the window to see this: What are the odds that I would look out just as the pilot decides to remove that bug splatter from the last landing?  I […]
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I received a survey from Alaska Airlines this week.  It was pretty in-depth in asking a lot of questions.  Most of the questions were directed at determining whether price, mileage earning, or upgrade chances had which priority.  Hopefully, this is not to gage whether people would go for the Basic Economy fares that the majors […]
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Staying in Rotterdam might not be at the top of everyone’s list, but it worked for me when I had some business to do in The Hague.  Rotterdam is only 20 minutes from The Hague and about an hour from Amsterdam.  Of course, nothing in the Netherlands is very far away.  I don’t think you […]
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