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  • 2022 Travel Review

    Courtesy of Openverse I’ll keep following my 2019 summary template! 2022 travel statuses: Not only did I drop down a level with Marriott and Hyatt, I lost United Silver, Hilton Diamond (because I canceled the Aspire card), and Choice Hotels Gold (because they canceled my no-fee card due to lack of use). Business travel was…

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  • Points and Miles: Ghosts of Promos Past

    The reason I spend time learning the travel points and miles game is because I want to upgrade our travels in two ways: frequency and quality. I like lots of trips. I really like fancy-class! Every now and then, there’s an amazing deal. Sometimes it’s a fare mistake, although those are getting rarer. Sometimes it’s…

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  • Venice and Rome 2021

    Pandemic travel! Chris’ post. Flight details: KLM award tickets going, LifeMiles on Turkish coming back (connecting flights — what was I thinking!) Hotel details: no hotels were planned this time around — privacy and safety were key. Detour in Amsterdam meant adding a Hyatt to the trip for 5000 points. To make this trip work…

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  • Singapore and New Zealand

    If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again! I’ve been trying to get us to both Singapore and NZ for years. In fact, I had locked down Singapore for our 20th anniversary… which was in March 2020. As the pandemic continued on, I kept rebooking our flights to Singapore with the hope of…

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  • Argentina 2017-2018

    Note: these notes were written in 2018; I’m publishing now for my own memory and because, frankly, I’m unlikely to ever update it!   12/26: the flights IAH-PTY UA PTY-SCL Copa 111 SCL Holiday Inn 12/27 SCL-MDZ LA Sixt car pick-up Lunch: Club Tapiz Auberge du Vin 12/28-12/30 Wineries (and the value 12/28 Andeluna at…

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