Travel Tip of the Week: The open middle seat trick
This won’t work on many US Airways flights since they are always full. I knew I was taking a risk with a long haul United flight as well, but decided there is…
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Delta’s Together We Fly promotion
I was reading fellow Boarding Area blogger View from the Wing and noticed a new Delta promotion Together We Fly. This requires Delta flyers to form team of 4 to earn bonus…
Name Change part 2: SSA
So the first thing I need to do before I can get a new driver’s license and thus change all my rental programs is to get a social security card issued in…
Kid directs air traffic
Link to WSJ article I love listening to Channel 9 as much as many travel aficionados, but I’ll admit I’m not the best multitasker and therefore I would not do well as…
Travel Tip of the Week: Mind your Gs and Ss
Most airports have a gate naming convention of LetterNumber and most seats have a naming convention of NumberLetter. Concourses start at the beginning of the alphabet and so do seats so often…
Name change volume 1
I figured I would chronicle my process to change my name since I didn’t really take any time off for this process so this will all be done while still traveling 80%. …
Hilton Second Quarter Promo
Just announced on Flyertalk today: IFast Ways to Free Stays Earn double points for each stay or one free night certificate after 10 nights within the promotion dates of April 6 –…
They can’t control the weather!
As a business traveler weather delays are annoying especially if they lead to lost revenue, but that is no reason to take frustration out on gate agents. If my flight is delayed…
The weather continues
I got a voicemail saying my flight tomorrow was already canceled so I just booked a new flight with a better connection.
How much is a connection?
My company requires us to purchase the “cheapest logical fare” for trips. Out of CLT at the 7 day mark (because I often book 2 clients in a week and change fees…