Last week, I published a post with my thoughts  on Carnival Magic ship, as in the good, the bad and the ugly. There weren’t any nasty surprises, and on the whole, the experience was mostly good. Today I wanted to focus on the itinerary. Since we live in Florida, my family has taken quite a […]

Every year, I’ve always looked forward to the next year’s school calendar reveal. When will summer break end? When is spring break? What long weekends do we have to work with for shorter trips? I would seriously get giddy when the calendar is released each year so that I could begin trip planning. But, things […]

Last week, I wrote about my experience flying to Hong Kong in business class on China Airlines. For our trip back to the USA, I booked award flights on Asiana Airlines from Hong Kong to Seoul to San Francisco using Lufthansa miles (see this post). However, when we arrived at the airport for our flight, […]

Barclays is Losing American Airlines Credit Cards: The big news from yesterday is that Citi will be the exclusive provider of American Airlines credit cards starting in 2026. See the press release here. Currently, Barclays and Citi both have AA credit cards, and you can have both. The assumption is that eventually AA will become […]

On my recent trip to Hong Kong with my daughter, we had the pleasure of flying in business class both ways thanks to this miles and points hobby (see Beginner’s Guide: 7 Steps to Free Travel with Miles and Points). I booked a flight on China Airlines from Ontario, California to Hong Kong with a […]

My family recently came back from Thanksgiving  cruise on Carnival Magic and I wanted to share my overall thoughts on the experience. Our last Carnival cruise took place 11 years ago, and at the time my husband requested that we never step foot on this line again. The reason? Drunk passengers galore and all kinds […]