First in this series was Charlotte, North Carolina-CLT, then Philadelphia-PHL and now we’ll look at Washington, D.C. It turns out that the Washington-Reagan hub has the fewest international destinations–most of the flights end up being commuter flights to/from the Eastern half of the U.S.

I have compiled this map to help assist in visualizing and then planning just how far a British Airways Avios will take you on US Airways:

Some great values are Washington-DCA to:

As with all of these Avios redemptions, just about any Zone 1 city in green is probably a great value at just 9k Avios roundtrip.
Bermuda-BDA or Nassau-NAS can be booked for only 15k miles round trip in economy.
Southern Florida destinations are another pretty good deal for 15k miles round trip: Ft. Lauderdale-FLL, Miami-MIA and Key West-EYW

When you’re ready to book, follow this guide: How-to: Book US Airways Flights With British Airways Avios. And, don’t forget that you can transfer American Express Membership Rewards Points to British Airways to book flights with Avios.

BOTTOM LINE: The U.S. Air hub in Washington, D.C. has the least interesting routes of all of their other hubs, but there’s plenty of value to be found booking Avios awards in the U.S. Even if you’re not able to take an exotic vacation from DCA as easily, it makes great sense for booking otherwise expensive flights to the eastern half of the US.

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While the snow has stopped, it sounds like the damage has been done and the frigid temperatures are here to stay. Our suggestion for the weekend? A weekend trip to hit the ski slopes now that they’ve all been coated with feet and feet of fresh powder! Here are the ski slopes that were best affected by the winter weather:

West Virginia fared exceptionally well in this lineup (that’s the first–and last– time I’ll ever say that WV fared well at something). Take a look at the map, at least 3 resorts are less than a 3 hr drive from the Baltimore/DC area. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and even New York are also within 2-3 hours drive of a resort.

Timberline Four Seasons – West Virginia – 7″+ past 3 days
Snowshoe Mountain Resort – West Virginia – 18″+ past 3 days
Canaan Valley Resort – West Virginia – 12″+ past 3 days
Wisp Resort – Maryland – 10″+ past 3 days
Kissing Bridge – New York – 9″+ past 3 days
Sugar Mountain – North Carolina – 8″+ past 3 days
Beech Mountain – North Carolina – 7″+ past 3 days
Bryce Resort – Virginia – 8″+ past 3 days
Whitetail Resort – Pennsylvania – 7″+ past 3 days
Roundtop Mountain Resort – Pennsylvania – 8″+ past 3 days
Get latest data and conditions of other resorts here: http://www.onthesnow.com/skireport.html

BOTTOM LINE: Get out this weekend and hit the slopes! I just wouldn’t suggest drinking the water if you find yourself in WV:

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See below for videos, the audio quality on the camera was pretty bad so most videos are using audio from Todd’s source available for download here: http://www.panicstream.com/vault/widespread-panic-11122013-baltimore-md/. Thanks for the audio, Todd!

Widespread Panic – “Goin’ Out West”

Widespread Panic – “Tortured Artist”

Widespread Panic – “All Time Low”

Widespread Panic – “Impossible”

Widespread Panic – “Use Me” w/ Ron Holloway on sax

Widespread Panic – “Are You Ready for the Country” w/ Ron Holloway on sax

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