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  • 2023 Travel Review

    Courtesy of Openverse My last (maybe) catch-up summary, following my 2019 template. 2023 statuses were: After losing statuses in 2022, this list is the beginning of a come-back. 🙂 LATAM was handy for our South American trip and continues to be handy for my occasional Delta work flight. Personal trips in 2023 included:

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 2021 Travel Review

    I’m going to follow my 2019 summary template, both for consistency and because it’s a quick-and-dirty way to catch up my blogging. Starting with 2021 travel statuses earned: Honestly, earning status in 2021 was a no-brainer. Everyone basically rolled-over again. As for personal trips in 2021:

  • 2020 Travel Review (no, seriously!)

    Ah, 2020. The year started off promisingly: We had so many epic trips planned for 2020: Even when the pandemic became a reality, we were slow to adjust and we tried to go to Puerto Rico in March. Reality finally crashed hard there, as lock down in San Juan hit our second day on the…

  • 2019 in Review

    NOTE: This was written in December 2019 and never posted. Instead of improving/updating, I’m publishing this little time capsule.  Have I blogged this year? So many travels, so little time… But to sum up this year, I’ll start with elite statuses earned this year: American Airlines, Executive Platinum United, Silver (via Marriott) Marriott, Titanium Hyatt,…

  • Berlin in January

    Chris had a work trip to Europe and I had time in my schedule to join him for a long weekend in Berlin, where his work trip ended. Since we have some friends there, our primary goal for this trip was to catch up with them; sight-seeing was a secondary objective. Flight details: Hotel details:…