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Delta SkyMiles is notoriously one of the worst frequent flyer programs to use for award travel. The seat availability for award travel is slim, their website is buggy/broken and it’s difficult to book seats on SkyTeam partner airlines with Delta SkyMiles. These things said, it’s not at all impossible to book award travel on Delta–it just takes longer and requires you to have more flexibility. This series will help you understand how to squeeze the most amount of value out of your Delta SkyMiles.
Searching for award availabilityThe list goes in order of Delta hub size and therefore, number of flights offered. I recommend starting with the hubs first because [...]
The Priority Club PointBreaks list has been updated through October 31, 2013! Below is a list of all of the hotels that IGH/PriorityClub Rewards is offering for just 5,000 pts a night. Don’t forget that you can buy 5,000 points for just $35, which basically allows you to book any of the rooms below for just $35/night:
Check our tutorial on how to book rooms for $35 / night
When you’re ready to book (note, booking starts Monday August 26): Click here to go to the PointsBreaks site (the new IHG site)
Good values that I’m seeing:
Overall the list is sort of weak, 69 of the 113 properties (61%) are in the US. The InterContinental Kiev [...]Well, it’s August again, so that means back to the Family Circle Stadium in Charleston for Hootie & The Blowfish’s 11th Annual Homegrown Concert. Despite the threat of rain and 110% humidity the band took the stage around 8:45pm and put on a great show that never disappoints. They hit all of the classics, a few from Darius’ solo gig, tried-and-trusted REM & Zeppelin covers and a few new covers as well (Violent Femmes anyone?). [...]
Delta announced some pretty bad news last week–they’ve upped their Business Elite/First Class awards to Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle East by as much as 25%. The new prices go into effect June 1, 2014. Here are the changes:
OldNewIncrease% Inc US/Canada45,00045,00000.0% To Hawaii75,00075,00000.0% To Caribbean60,00060,00000.0% To Mexico60,00060,00000.0% To Central America60,00060,00000.0% To Northern South America90,00090,00000.0% To Southern South America100,000125,00025,00025% To Europe100,000125,00025,00025% To Africa¹120,000140,00020,00016.7% To Middle East120,000140,00020,00016.7% To South Asian [...]Check out McCown’s interview on WCIV-TV ABC Charleston earlier today–watch out Connie Chung, Soledad O’Brien, ok insert name of relevant female news anchor here:
Another (older video) of me stealing precious seconds from McCown’s 15 mins of fame…Stay tuned until 0:24 for my big TV debut (blue rain jacket in the background)
Fresh after landing at Paris-CDG, we had hoped to have a chance to check out the Air France Arrivals Lounge at Charles de Gaulle but were worried about making our train connection. So we just sucked it up and scurried out to baggage claims, but not before passing a very casual form of “Customs and Immigration” which consisted of an area with a few French police/military decked out in fatigues and submachine guns. They stopped me, seemed confused that I spoke French and then insinuated that I’d just come off the flight from either Casablanca or Cairo, when I corrected them and said that I came from New York JFK they seemed even more confused, checked the arrivals board and then waved [...]
Don’t miss out on Flying Blue’s Fall promo where Air France/KLM awards are 50% off in September & October 2013:
The DealAward bookings on Air France/KLM routes have been reduced by 25-50% for travel between Sep 1 – Oct 31.
For those of us sitting in ‘Merica, we’ll be most interested in:
REGION USA CITY Chicago CABIN Economy 1-way 12,500 Round-trip 25,000 USA Dallas Economy 12,500 25,000 USA Dallas Business 31,250 62,500 USA Houston Economy 18,750 37,500 USA Washington DC Business 31,250 62,500All destinations below. Note: Everything is to/from Europe.
RegionEurope [...]Terminal F 5:30am to 9:30pm
If you’re looking for a great lounge to pass some time at the Nation’s Busiest Airport: Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport (no big deal, only about 260k people pass through everyday! About 20% more than runner-up Beijinng-PEK), might I suggest The Club at ATL.
As I’ve said before in this post (JFK Terminal 4 Lounges/The Oasis Lounge), which lounge I go to is often a function of which one will let me in. The Club at ATL is by far the least exclusive of all ATL lounges–to get in you’ll need to show some credentials, your choices include:
$35 cash for a day pass Priority Pass member card (free for AMEX [...]Don’t miss out on Marriott Reward’s great (but predictable) Fall promo “Marriott Rewards MegaBonus Bonus 2013”:
The Deal
For every two stays, you’ll get one free night in a Category 1 – 5 hotel (improvement over normal Category 4 maximum). You can earn a max of 2 free nights, so just 4 hotel stays will get you there. This is now the 3rd or 4th time in a row Marriott has run the same bonus.
How to Get It
Register here: Marriott Rewards Promo Center by November 15, 2013 Book at least 2 stays at Marriotts between September 2, 2013 and January 15, 2014 A free night certificate (Cat 1 – 5) will post to your [...]
