Backscatters removed from US airports
There are two types of Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) used by TSA. One is the Backscatter which is the machine with 2 big blue boxes and the other is the Millimeter Wave…
How I spend my weekends and personal travel
I’m not going to lie that I peruse the USA Today and CNN for material. Sounds like Sarah Sekula at CNN read my mind and posted an article I’ve been meaning to…
Contest Plug for Heels First Travel and HackMyTrip
Keri and Jeanne from Heels First have teamed with Scott at HackMyTrip for a United/Hyatt promo. One grand prize will be awarded. The grand prize consists of two Global Premier Upgrades (GPUs)…
Stacking offers to save money – my experience
Sometimes your objective may be to get a certain award and other times your objective is just to save as much as possible everyday spending. I’m in the middle of a home…
Happy Memorial Day
Welcome to the beginning of the busy season. Although weather is often better than the winter, overall there are more people traveling so a mechanical or weather day is not as easily…
Time is running out to Foodstagram your meal
A few weeks ago US Airways sent out this email: You could win the $1,000 grand prize just for Instagramming your meal! Simply follow these steps: 1 Register through this email. 2…
Weekly Recap: week of May 13
I know I listed this as a recap of the week of May 13, but it actually started before then since I spent a weekend at my destination. Note, I don’t do…
Dinner at Encounter
Last night I had a coworker with some time to kill before a redeye at LAX. Since I haven’t found it to be the best place for landside options and since neither…
Don’t pull up on the wrong side again when refueling a rental
(Repost from March 23, 2010) How to figure out where the stupid fuel door is. I started my business travel career as I’m sure many of you did: shadowing someone already in…