One of my biggest travel pet peeves is dealing with my wallet and travel document. I'm not exactly an organized person when it comes to my belongings, so I lose stuff all the time. Combine that with a forgetful mind and the result is plenty of occasions that I thought I have lost my document, only to found it later in some random pockets in my backpack. Recently, I lost my wallet in Chile and my friend, who practically does all of my clothing shopping (she told me I dress like a 40 year old ...

Most of the time, I ignore the surveys that are sent to me because they take forever to complete, and I get nothing back for my time spent. However, I made an exception to complete one from AA since I want to know what they are planning for the "new" AAdvantage program, and I'm delight to learn quite a bit from it. Here are some topics that I found interesting:

1. Systemwide upgrades

What would you prefer, 4 one-way SWUs ...

I've given up on trying to understand airfare pricing and ticketing systems. It's like filing my tax return, the more I read, the more confusing it gets. Check out this MR I found today:

ZFV-SFO via EWR and EWR

The fare is valid until EOS, with plenty of availability from September:

The confusing thing is the only ...

Whenever a travel waiver is issued, it is usually not a good thing. However, you can take advantage of the travel waiver to get on a better flight that you want, and even secure first class upgrade without worrying about the upgrade battlefield. Here's how:

Ingredients

1. Elite status

You have to be a premier member for this to work. No free upgrades for you if you're not DYKWIA ;) but you ...

Amtrak has just announced a 3 day sale for travel between New York and Philadelphia/Wilmington between April 9- May 2. The fares are $26 and $30, respectively.

I did a quick check and availability is wide open, but it's drying up quickly. Compare to flights and buses, Amtrak is the quickest and most reliable way to travel in the tri-state area. Amtrak fares go up steadily closer to departure and the typical advanced purchase fare for NYC-PHL is around $36 so I don't ...