One of my readers received an e-mail from Delta offering: (1) a free WiFi pass just for registering for the promotion, and/or (2) a $25 Amazon Gift card by registering for the promotion and flying on a Delta flight by July 13, 2014. Here is the link for the promotion – check and see … Read More
3 Free iTunes Apps – Globo, Dr. Panda’s Airport and Runr
These 3 apps are now free on iTunes. Runr is only free this weekend. I am not sure if the price reduction for Globo and Dr. Panda’s Airport is temporary or permanent. GLOBO Globo is a world clock. When I travel, I get lost in time (Heck, I get lost in time even when I … Read More
I Earned DL Miles on a BA/AA Award Ticket!
On Sunday, I ran the Rock N Roll Raleigh Marathon. Later that afternoon, while crowded in a car with 5 friends all heading to Raleigh Durham Airport for our respective flights home, I heard my phone ring. I feared it was about my flight to LGA, but was too squished to answer it As feared, … Read More
I Have a Date With Avios on Monday
US Airways is a member of Star Alliance through March 30, 2014. On March 31, 2014 they will no longer be part of Star Alliance, but will be joining OneWorld. This, of course, is common knowledge to frequent flyers. Many travelers are lamenting the departure of US Airways from Star Alliance and are scurrying to … Read More
Delta Announces Another Reduction of Elite Benefits
Delta Airlines has announced another reduction of benefits for its elite medallion members – this one in connection with Alaska Airlines flights. Specifically, effective May 1, 2014, Delta Gold, Platinum and Diamond members will no longer be entitled to priority security and baggage fee waivers when traveling on Alaska Airlines flights. I’m developing a persecution … Read More
FRAUD: MY UNITED ACCOUNT WAS HACKED!
Last night, when I got home from work, there was a voicemail on my home machine. The woman identified herself as Janet from the Corporate Security Department at United Airlines. She noted suspicious activity on my MileagePlus account and asked if I had authorized the purchase of Amazon Gift Cards from the account. She left … Read More
Japan 2014 Trip- Travel: JFK-TPE-KIX
I confess: I am a frequent flyer. I travel a lot and often my trips are short. My trip to Japan, however, was to be 10 nights, not counting the first 2 nights lost in the time warp of flight. I meticulously planned the flights and the hotels for 4 nights in Kyoto and 6 … Read More
Justine’s Flight From Hell (Part II) – Delta 416 to Dakar
This is Part II of Justine’s account of Delta flight 416 (see Part I here). As a frequent flyer, I know that many people are reading this thinking they have worse tales of woe. (I remember an overnight at Athens Airport because Delta had to fly in a widget from Atlanta – they couldn’t … Read More
Justine’s Flight from Hell: Delta 416 to Dakar – Debacle Par Excellence (Part I)
Justine is a world traveler. She enjoys traveling solo to places others don’t travel to and immersing herself in local culture. She does not have frequent flyer status because each region has different airlines. This is her account of Flight 416 from JFK to Dakar, Senegal which she refers to as the Flight from Hell. … Read More
Would you Induce a Niacin Flush Just to Get a Free Stopover?
Well, I’m sure you know of crazier stories, but this one certainly makes me blush! During my recent travels, I met a man, lets call him John. He knew that I was a travel blogger, so he was eager to tell me his story of how he gets airlines to give him overnight layovers when … Read More
A New York frequent flyer who elegantly combines her passions for worldwide travel, running a gazillion marathons all over the globe and staying fit ... without sacrificing her fancy for good wine and food.