cloud commuting
Yesterday, we had the Grammies. My fiance and I plopped down in front of the TV and watched a bunch of people Adele win cool golden record player awards. We couldn't help but reminisce back to the time when we accidentally stumbled upon the grammy maker's shop almost exactly a year ago and got a private tour!
We were on a skip trip to Aspen and Telluride, and we had a day dedicated to driving from Aspen to Telluride. Even though it would only be ...
Just a reminder... once you've linked your Foursquare account with United Mileage Plus, make sure to keep checking into airports! I blogged about the promotion initially here.
Once your Foursquare account is all set up, just check into the airport when you're there. Or, if you're like me, you can check into SFO every day when you pass it as part of your commute! United never really said when the promotion would expire, and I thought they would yank it after a month or so. But here we are, two months later, and the promotion is still live. The miles take 6 - 8 weeks to post, but they are finally coming in.
50 miles isn't much, but when you've checked in over 40+ times, that adds up :-). And I'm still going...
Ouch! I haven't had this many consecutive upgrade-less flights since before I was a 1K with United four or five years ago.
Tuesday, Jan 31 - UA 252 SFO-DEN, A320
No Upgrade
Thursday, Feb 2 - UA 1663 (CO Operated) DEN-IAH, 737-800
No Upgrade
Thursday, Feb 2 - UA 1171 (CO Operated) IAH-DCA, 737-700
No Upgrade
Friday, Feb 3 - UA 915 IAD-SFO, ...
First, let's define gate lice, according to Urban Dictionary…
Passenger, often inexperienced flyers in Kettle Class, who crowd around or line up at a gate at an airport completely blocking the boarding area and preventing First and Business Class passengers from being able to get on the plane when they're allowed to. They can also cause delays and confusion if a passenger in a wheelchair needs to board as the chair has to plow through the mass of gate lice hovering around the ...
I'm so sick of hotel internet. Why does it have to consistently suck? Sure…. there are exceptions. The W in Seattle had pretty fast internet last week, and i can think of a couple other properties that have had decent internet speeds, but by and large, hotel internet is awfully slow. To think that some people actually have to PAY for those speeds is absolutely ridiculous. Internet was so slow a couple nights ago at the Courtyard Boulder Louisville that I decided to run a head to ...
Starwood rolled a bunch of great updates for Platinum Members this week. I won't re-hash them all. You can read about the changes here and here. And if you want to read Gary's thoughts, go here. My thoughts will come in a future blog post.
Today, Hilton responded. Previously, Elite members would have to choose between a list of benefits. As of today, Diamond Members get them all. Check here to see the list of benefits on Hilton's ...
