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Grumpy Flight Attendants & No Blankets: My Redeye from LAS to EWR Last Night

I was originally scheduled to be on a 2PM United P.S. flight from LAX to JFK last night. My upgrade was confirmed, and I was looking forward to peace & quiet, wifi, and a good meal. Instead, my plans changed. I had an awesome day of golf with my dad and brothers, but I had to take a redeye to New York.

If I need to work after a redeye, I refuse to fly into JFK. There isn't a shower there, and I don't feel like going to my meetings stinky with sleepy eyes. Alternatively, if I take ...

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Booking My Ultimate Honeymoon with Points: Lodging in Mauritius

Introduction

Flights from San Francisco to Mauritius

Lodging in Mauritius

Flights from Mauritius to Luxor

Egypt Lodging

Flights from Cairo to the Maldives

Maldives Lodging

Flights from the Maldives back to San Francisco

So we've made it to Mauritius. Now… where to stay? The goal of this honeymoon is to be as extravagant as possible, while also trying to get pretty much everything for "free" :-). That limits our lodging ...

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Business Trip to Buenos Aires and São Paulo ~ South America, Here I Come!

Despite having traveled pretty extensively for the past ten years of my life, I have never yet been south of the equator! Taking a look at the map, it looks like the closest I've gotten is Krabi, Thailand and Chennai, India. That will all change in July. I'm off to South America for a business trip that will take me to Buenos Aires, Argentina and São Paulo, Brazil.

I'm really excited to visit both places. I have heard that Argentina is ...

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A Rebuttal to Matthew: Why I'm Staying with United

Matthew wrote a great post a couple days ago about how he'll be making the jump to American Airlines for the rest of the year.

His primary reason for switching includes the following:

Frustration with United's IT System Integration More (8 on AA v. 2 on UA) Systemwide Upgrades with the Ability to be Used on Any Fare (United requires at least a W fare) Better Likelihood of Clearing with Domestic Upgrades Being Overall Slighty Disgrgruntled ...
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Booking My Ultimate Honeymoon with Points: San Francisco to Mauritius

Introduction

Flights from San Francisco to Mauritius

Lodging in Mauritius

Flights from Mauritius to Luxor

Egypt Lodging

Flights from Cairo to the Maldives

Maldives Lodging

Flights from the Maldives back to San Francisco

Getting to Mauritius on Star Alliance is not as easy as I initially thought. First of all, there is only one Star Alliance carrier that flies to Mauritius, and that's South African Airlines, and they only fly ...

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I've Earned 4000+ Miles on United Airlines via the Foursquare Promotion - And I'm Still Going!

I mentioned a couple months ago that United was still running their promotion with Foursquare where you get 50 miles per airport check-in, limited to one per day.

Well, here we are a couple months later, and they're still running it! If you haven't signed up, please do. You can be over a mile away from the airport and the check-in still works. Also, while it's supposed to only work once per day, I have gotten it give me 100 miles for a day, when I ...

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