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  • 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…

  • 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.…