A couple of weeks ago I posted about Creflo Dollar, the mega-church preacher who wanted his congregation to fund a $65 million Gulfstream G650 for him. Because if each of his 200,000 members donated "just" $300-and-some-odd-dollars, he'd already be there -- it's that easy!
Here's the fundraising video he made explaining why he needs a new G650 (I'm not kidding, that's actually the fundraising video, and not a parody).
Now, while I'm no stranger to trying to crowd source air travel, I don't do it in the name of the "prosperity gospel." ;)
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If you don’t pay off your credit card balances each month, the mileage card game is not for you. You should care a whole lot more about your borrowing costs than miles. Take your high interest rate balances and move them to a card with a promotional 0% rate on balance transfers. There are plenty […]
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Earlier today I posted about how Emirates announced they would be adding a second daily flight between Dubai and Seattle, as of July 7, 2015. The flight will be operated by a Boeing 777-200LR.
Emirates' first flight to Seattle was added only a few years ago, and it will soon be Emirates' only US route with twice daily flights (though JFK gets 4x daily flights). Some have suggested that the route was basically being added to shuttle Boeing parts between Seattle and Dubai, which wouldn't surprise me.
Well, apparently that wasn't Emirates' only US route announcement today. Emirates also announced their newest US destination. Now, if you asked me a few hours ago what Emirates' next US destination would be, I would have guessed Miami, Newark, or Atlanta, with near certainty.
Well, Emirates' latest US destination will be Orlando, Florida. That's right, Orlando.
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This post details my first class award redemption using American AAdvantage miles to fly Etihad, Los Angeles – Abu Dhabi … the third longest flight in the world. Previous installments: Introduction, overview, and costs Star Alliance first class and business class lounges, LAX After visiting the Star Alliance first class lounge, popping over to their […]
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For a few years now, Delta and Virgin Australia have had a partnership, allowing members of both airlines' frequent flyer programs reciprocal mileage earning and redemption.
Australia is one of the toughest destinations in the world to get to on miles, and Virgin Australia releases more saver level business class award availability between the US and Australia than any other airline. So this is a huge partnership for SkyMiles members, and one which greatly increases the value of SkyMiles, in my opinion.
However, something screwy has been going on lately.
Despite Delta having recently advertised that they've added a bunch of new partners to the SkyMiles online search page (and Delta displaying Virgin Australia award space online since 2012, actually), Virgin Australia award space no longer shows on delta.com.
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Virgin America Eliminates Fuel Surcharges on Virgin Australia Award Redemption Virgin America is a revenue-based frequent flyer program when using points for their own flights (points costs are based on the price of the ticket you’re buying) but there’s an award chart when redeeming for travel on partners. US – Australia business class awards on […]
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I know many of us are soon headed to Beijing thanks to American's awesome ~$450 business class mistake fare, which they're honoring.
If you're anything like me, that means you have a few sets of hotels to book. ;)
I've been to Beijing a few times before, so originally I was going to write a post about where to stay in Beijing.
And then I realized that Beijing has over 5,000 hotels on TripAdvisor.
To put that into perspective, New York has about 500 hotels, Tokyo about 800 hotels, and London about 1,000 hotels. So ain't nobody got time to read (or for that matter, write) a comprehensive post about Beijing hotel options.
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As I originally posted about a couple of weeks ago, Alaska is offering up to a 40% bonus on purchased miles through April 3, 2015.
The bonuses are tiered, meaning the more miles you buy, the bigger the bonus you get, as follows:
-- Buy 5,000 – 9,000 miles: get a 10% Bonus
-- Buy 10,000 – 19,000 miles: get a 20% Bonus
-- Buy 20,000 – 39,000 miles: get a 30% Bonus
-- Buy 40,000 miles: get a 40% bonus
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News and notes from around the interweb: Oneworld airline Qatar Airways is offering up to 100,000 bonus miles for flights to different groups of destinations, in various classes of service, and at different times of the year. Earning 100,000 bonus miles also earns an elite status tier upgrade as well. A woman gave birth in […]
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I can attest that it’s far too easy to fall off the exercise wagon while traveling. It seems silly to think about hitting the treadmill or maintaining your curling routine when the Colosseum is right outside your hotel window. Thankfully, a variety of low- and high-tech solutions are available to the modern vagabond. Here are […]
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As of April 2014, Hilton HHonors has shifted how they make award category changes. Rather than having massive hotel category adjustments every so often, they’re doing quarterly adjustments. That’s to say that they’re not changing the number of points required for each category every quarter, but rather are shifting which hotels belong in which categories.
Ultimately I favor anything which isn’t an award chart massacre like what we saw with HHonors in early 2013, so I guess that's a good thing overall.
Rather than emailing members when there’s a big award chart change, they now have a website where Hilton lists the category changes. That sounds great in theory, except I’m not sure how a vast majority of members are expected to know when these changes happen.
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New Orleans. NOLA. The Big Easy. A city by many names, all conjuring the jovial “Laissez les bons temps rouler!” (“Let the good times roll!”) attitude towards life the city is famous for. New Orleans is filled with scrumptious French-inspired Creole and Cajun food, live jazz music, street performers, and an appreciation for all the temptations of life. Life is lived well here in the Big Easy. I first visited in 2006 on a road trip across the country. It […]
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United is trumpeting that mystery changes will be coming to their premium cabin experience. In addition to new food, rollout of inflight internet a generation behind everyone else, and themed amenity kits, there will apparently be ‘a new partnership’ and ‘design and comfort enhancements’ About 7 years ago United launched a partnership with Westin hotels […]
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Emirates’ growth strategy at times can be a bit puzzling, especially given how many A380s they have. While airlines like Etihad, Korean Air, and Qantas have to put thought into which routes they operate the A380 with (given how few they operate), Emirates seems to be willing to fly them just about anywhere. In general…
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We're two 40-somethings on a multi-year career break traveling the planet. Along with adventuring through the wild landscapes of the world to see the sights and cultures of the planet, we’re trying to give back to communities as we travel.From kayaking the length of the Baja peninsula, trail running around Europe, backpacking through Southeast Asia (and getting married there!), to being the first expedition to traverse the high route of the Great Himalaya Trail (87 days, unsupported), to now exploring and volunteering in Africa, it has been a crazy and incredible two years.
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Zoos and wildlife parks are not just for travelers with kids – everyone can get plenty out of some animal travels.
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You often read articles that say 'Millennials are lazy' and want stuff for nothing, but that they are also a golden opportunity.
