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  • 2019 Weekends

    As I’ve mentioned before, one of the joys of the points/miles hobby is extending our travel budget to include lots of little trips. In 2019, we managed to: A friend once said “You know, you don’t actually save money with points and miles.” I replied “No, but I do more and I do it more…

  • When mileage running was still a thing…

    November 2019: I was close, but I didn’t have enough flights to get to Executive Platinum status that year. The fastest way to rack up oodles of miles was a PE route on Cathay Pacific, so that’s what I did: First leg I was upgraded from PE to business. Quite nice! Then I refreshed at…

  • 2024 Weekend Jaunts

    Among our longer trips, we also enjoyed a few weekend jaunts in 2024.

  • An Argentine Xmas and Chilean New Year

    When you find friends who are also amazing travel companions, you find lots of reasons to explore the world together. I wish I could remember how and why we decided to go to Argentina and Chile with our friends Jordan and Edward, but I’m so glad we did. This was not a normal trip for…

  • The French/German border: wine, history, EU… and making sure points don’t go to waste!

    Chris’ notes: https://recordofm.org/2025/05/14/alsace-and-munich-2023-a-journey-through-french-and-german-delights/ Pre-pandemic, I either bought or transferred bank points to Lifemiles, Avianca’s frequent flyer program, in Chris’ account. The thing about Lifemiles is that it’s an amazing program: both amazing in terms of possible (outsized) value and in terms of frustration. The pros and cons of this program have been recorded elsewhere, but…

  • Still Catching Up…

    Okay, I’m pretty bad at this. But in my defense, it’s only because I’m also really bad at taking notes on my travels. If I also tried to include my work travel, I’d be so far behind that it would be almost too painful to try to catch up. Still, Chris has been converting his…

  • Around the World again: 2026 edition

    Well, at least that’s the hope and the dream… We had so much fun at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2024 that we’ve decided to try to attend another comedy festival in 2026: Melbourne. Taskmaster NZ has introduced us to comedians from Oceania (mostly from NZ), so there’ll definitely be some familiar acts for us there.…

  • Going to Europe by way of Asia… the second time (September 2023)

    We had such a lovely time going to Europe by way of Asia in 2019 that I decided we should do it again in September 2023. I had points parked at ANA that were going to expire if I didn’t so something with them and ANA had a fabulous deal if you can piece together…

  • Going to Europe by way of Asia… the first time!

    Chris doesn’t like absurd schedules. He does like traveling comfortably and he doesn’t mind when I go off on adventures without him to gain points and/or miles and/or status. So when he agreed to go to Scotland in 2019, stopping off in Seoul to see my dad, I was quite happily surprised! Here’s Chris’ entries…

  • Catching up…

    Looks like my blogging style is akin to releasing a show on a streamer: lots of entries at once, followed by long periods of silence. (I’m looking at you, Severence!) As I noted last year, I’m trying to cover our travels going backwards: from our more recent trips to when I stopped blogging in 2018.…