Best free sites for finding Covid entry rules (and more!)
On a recent edition of our Frequent Miler on the Air podcast, Nick and I groused about the difficulty in finding up to date...
Best card for free access to Delta Sky Club® clubs
If you fly Delta often, then you're probably interested in Delta Sky Club® access. Sky Clubs provide free food and drink, free internet, and...
Workationing the Pacific Coast Highway
My wife and I spent most of February on the California coast. This wasn't vacation. We took vacation in January when we visited Loews...
How to get to Alila Ventana Big Sur, and how long to stay… |...
Greg is out galavanting in beautiful places again, so episode 42 of our "Ask Us Anything, Live" brought a plethora of questions about Alila...
Tips for booking “just in case” flights
When booking travel, there are times when it makes sense to have backup plans. Maybe, for example, you absolutely have to make it to...
Here’s How Easy & Quick It Is To Set Up CLEAR
CLEAR membership isn't something I'd been too worried about getting in the past, but with Amex handing it out for free to all Platinum...
What’s the Best Hotel Card for Newbies? | Ask Us Anything | EP 32
What's the best hotel credit card for newbies (15:01), and should a newbie bother going for Hyatt Globalist status (53:34)? This week Greg and Nick think...
Hawaii opening to tourism October 15th!
Hawaii's governor David Ige announced that Hawaii will open to tourism on October 15th, 2020. I know we've heard it before, but this time,...
Miles, credits, and certs orphaned by COVID-19 (on my mind)
Yesterday I cancelled the last of my pre-pandemic travel bookings. I had used Cathay Pacific miles to book a January 2021 flight: Japan Airlines...
My experience traveling during COVID-19 (Delta, SkyClub, rental car, hotels)
My wife and I just returned from our second vacation since COVID-19 seemingly made travel a thing of the past. On our first vacation,...
By Deal or Destination? How do you travel?
When planning a vacation, do you decide your destination and then look for travel deals? Or, does the travel deal determine your destination? This...
West Palm Beach quietly becomes cool
For my sister-in-law's birthday, I booked four of us with the West Palm Beach Food Tour. Despite positive reviews, I wasn't expecting much. My...
What’s in Greg’s #40KFarAway Backpack? Version 2 (Guest starring a dog and a cat)
A couple of weeks ago I posted about my 40K to Far Away practice run. I was going to Denali National Park with Rapid...
Centurion Lounge 3 hour policy doesn’t apply to layovers
In March 2019, Amex added new restrictions for Platinum cardholders accessing Centurion Lounges:
You can no longer access the lounge upon arrival at the...
