This week I am in Mountain View, CA through Wednesday. When I got to the hotel, I quickly realized that when I booked my room months ago, I only booked through Tuesday, so I needed to add another night to my stay. This was easy enough, as the HIlton Garden had availability for Tuesday night, so I booked a room for the night. Along the way, I was presented with the following … [Read more...] about Hilton Honors Offers Insulting Points Upgrade Option
Jeffsetter Blog (featuring Island Miler)
Bluebird, Vanilla Reloads and a Contrarian Perspective
It all started with Frequent Miler posting about one card to rule them all. Then it was everywhere. If you have read any blogs from prominent Frequent Flyers in the past few weeks, you have heard about the new king in town for achieving mileage earning bliss: The American Express Bluebird card (this is not an affiliate link, because no affiliate companies actually write me back … [Read more...] about Bluebird, Vanilla Reloads and a Contrarian Perspective
A Roller Coaster to Good Fortune Mixed With Some Praise for Delta
Delta Delay Waives Change Fees Today Jeffsetter is flying to San Jose for a conference at Google. At the time I booked the flight, I was under the impression that I would not have enough MQM's to qualify for Platinum status again this year, so I booked an indirect flight through Seattle (even though direct was available). Sure enough, I hit Platinum status with Delta last … [Read more...] about A Roller Coaster to Good Fortune Mixed With Some Praise for Delta
Thanksgiving in Turkey for Less than $1,000
Thanksgiving in Istanbul Turkey? I guess I have always wanted to go to Turkey, but never really thought much about when it would happen. Sure, it looks beautiful and I have heard many great things about the area, but it hasn't been in my top 10 destinations at any point recently. Then somehow I started seeing cheap flights to Turkey everywhere. It started when I was … [Read more...] about Thanksgiving in Turkey for Less than $1,000
A Mistake So Good I’m Afraid to Post About It
Having followed travel bloggers for a few years now, I know that they are generally the first people to post when something bad happens to them (i.e. they try to redeem a deal and it doesn't work, bad service, etc.), yet they will profusely give compliments when they receive great service. They will usually "call out" an airline when a great deal or mistake fare is canceled, … [Read more...] about A Mistake So Good I’m Afraid to Post About It
More Vacation Rental Services Receiving Venture Capital Funding
My exposure to vacation rental services and websites is by no means exhaustive. I have used VRBO.com to secure stays in vacation houses in the past, scoured Craigslist for short term home rentals, and even found a timeshare sublet on redweek.com one time. Generally speaking, I have had a very positive experience with vacation rentals, but I don't use them often because of my … [Read more...] about More Vacation Rental Services Receiving Venture Capital Funding