Remember Nancy’s post The case of missing 200k Hilton points?  A short recap: Amex has created two new Hilton accounts for her husband, and it took a mild heart attack, multiple phone calls and several weeks for her to straighten everything out. Based on readers’ comments on that post, this sort of thing is not […]

Few weeks ago I wrote about my plans to visit Washington DC in spring of 2019. Nancy (my blogging partner) made an interesting comment on the post: Hmm, I wasn’t really considering this option until she mentioned it. I have a love/hate relationship with overnight trains. I vividly remember going on a long-distance train trip […]

Many of us at one time or another have found ourselves in a situation where we were few thousand miles/points short. Often, the only way to remedy the problem is to buy that  currency right then  and there. After all, if we wait, our award seat may disappear. Few of us would pay 3 cents […]

Idiots Abroad (the Sequel) Barcelona: Russians, Strikes, Lingerie Billboards and Man Buns Welcome to Mallorca! OK, Time to Leave My quick taste of Andorra and France Belarus: the More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same Our Magical Overnight Stay in Nesvizh Castle in Belarus, plus Visit to Mir Last installment, y’all! So, after […]