Leana, Author at Miles For Family

AAdvantage one way add-on for an average Jane

October 27, 2013 By Leana 3 Comments

Update: recent changes in AAdvantage chart make this post obsolete, as stopovers are no longer allowed to exceed 24 hours. OK, this time I actually do mean average intelligence. Not to imply, that you are! A reader mentioned how complicated the whole idea of a one way add-on is, so I decided to create a […]

Rush Limbaugh vs. Saverocity

October 21, 2013 By Leana 12 Comments

This post was originally going to have a boring title, like “Buy travel insurance!” But then to my complete delight, Matt from Saverocity blog wrote a piece about things going wrong on his vacation. Not to say, I was delighted by his problems. LINK In it he mentioned, how he never buys travel insurance and basically […]

Miles and points roundup, Click My Tweet, Poland

October 18, 2013 By Leana Leave a Comment

The rant. I was thinking, how humor does not translate very well on the internet. Especially, if you are part Russian, like me. We have a very dark sense of humor. Can you think of any happy classic books, that came from our area ? Umm, no. “War and peace”, “Crime and punishment”, “Anna Karenina”. […]

If you don’t cruise, you lose! But you can still win with IHG promo.

October 18, 2013 By Leana 1 Comment

An update: IHG deal is over. Before I get to my second part of my “cruise for families” pitch, I wanted to let you know about a promotion. IHG will be having a flash sale on some hotels Monday at 10 am, with award prices being deeply discounted. LINK In my last post I mentioned some huge advantages […]

I am challenging…

October 17, 2013 By Leana 5 Comments

…you to take your family on a cruise! Since we are a family with 2 small kids, that is what I tried to focus on in this installment. The second part will apply to anyone, since there will be credit cards advice and booking related stuff. Some of our funniest and weirdest memories are from […]

Miles and points roundup, The Wizard of Odd, Norway

October 15, 2013 By Leana 2 Comments

It seems this mid-week post is morphing into 3 parter: short (for me) rant+old irrelevant trip report+ current news.The other day I was watching “Phineas and Ferb” show with my kids. There was an episode, called “The wizard of odd”. That would be me! But it could be worse. I could be “The wizard […]