Image courtesy: BriYYZ Reader Pamela recently sent us a trip request, hoping we could help her find the best way to use her British Airways Avios to travel from New York to Paris. She wants to bring her 5 year-old, who has fallen in love with Paris from some of her favorite movies. Talk about […]
Image courtesy: Southwest Our focus has been clearly biased toward international trips lately, but there’s no doubt many of the most meaningful trips people would like to take can simply involve visiting family on the other side of the country or seeing a part of our own backyard for the first time. When it comes […]
Image courtesy: LAN This post is part of Project Pacific Circle, a journey of more than 25,000 miles from Orlando to Los Angeles, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan. Along the way, I flew on some of the world’s best airlines and shared my thoughts on the ground and in the air. The […]
Image courtesy: aprigliano Trip Information Aimee wants to travel from Jacksonville to Jamaica with her fiancé. They’ve never been before and would love to experience a nice vacation in a place like Montego Bay. Aimee would like to travel this September, and is new to miles and points, with no balances to speak of on […]
Image courtesy: American Airlines A few weeks ago, we took a look at the great values that can be booked on US Air using British Airways Avios through the lens of a reader trip. We’ll do the same today for American Airlines! Trip Information Reader Deb wants to travel from Jacksonville to Dallas in late […]
Image courtesy: Michael Righi In my last post, I shared some details on our recent trip to Washington, DC. Today, I’m picking up where I left off, with our train ride to Philadelphia and our time there! Off To Philadelphia The next morning, our train to Philadelphia was scheduled to leave at 11AM. After a […]
A couple weeks ago, I shared my plan to visit Washington, DC and Philadelphia for a grand total of $15. I’m just back from the trip, so I figured I’d let you know how it went! US Airways – JAX to DCA I wrote about using Avios to book award flights on US Airways a […]
Image courtesy: Hyatt Hotels My girlfriend recently graduated and is now looking at potential grad schools, including one in Philadelphia. The school recently announced an open house for the grad program she’s looking at and she thought it would be a good idea to check it out. Little did she know I already was working […]
Image courtesy: Chris Waits Trip Information Jonathan wants to take his girlfriend away to France for a big birthday bash. She’s never been to Europe before and seeing Paris is at the very top of her bucket list. While there, Jonathan’s hoping to steal away to Cannes for a few nights as well. Right now, […]
Image courtesy: Steve Jurvetson A lot of trips we talk about here at PointsAway are pretty fanciful. Honeymoons to Bora Bora and other trips to places far away seem out of reach to many, but what about a last minute trip to somewhere close by? Living in Jacksonville, Miami is one such destination. Whether you […]
