Image courtesy: Bruce Fingerhood I wasn’t happy about the prospect of flying right home. I was planning to fly up to Chicago from Jacksonville with my girlfriend to accompany her for a grad school interview and had booked our flights on Southwest. For the flight up, I used Southwest gift cards purchased using our American […]
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: Southwest Airlines On Monday, we discussed how affordable flights from Orlando to Montego Bay are with Southwest at the moment. Since Southwest’s Rapid Rewards loyalty program is revenue-based, the number of points needed for a free flight is directly determined by the cash price of a ticket. That means a sale for cash […]
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: 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 […]
Image courtesy: Neil Thompson Trip Information Reader Kristina would like to travel from Jacksonville to Brussels this Summer in early July. She’s looking to indulge a bad case of wanderlust while visiting some old friends along the way. Kristina is new to miles and points programs, so we don’t have anything to work with here […]
Image courtesy: Michael Righi Trip Information Reader Terrell wants to travel from Jacksonville to Philadelphia sometime this August. His best friend attends medical school there and Terrell would like to surprise him for his birthday. Terrell’s new to miles and points travel, with neither any balances in frequent flyer or hotel loyalty programs or any […]
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: Tomash Devenishek Trip Information Reader Elena found a 30% off deal for a Christmas vacation in Jamaica at an all-inclusive resort. To take advantage of this, she needs to find flights for four total passengers from Minneapolis. She’s looking to travel from December 20th until the 28th. She has one or two days […]
I’m just back from a week of travel, first to Portland for Pioneer Nation and then to Las Vegas for a few days before heading back to Jacksonville. I thought I’d take a post to talk about some of the fun stuff from my trip, and hopefully share a few tips worth remembering! JAX-DEN-PDX & […]
