Miles For Family

Back from Japan: a life-changing experience JAL business class vs. Delta premium select (review of our flights to/from Japan) Japan sightseeing and transportation logistics for the lazy and/or mobility-challenged  Why you should consider renting a machiya during your family vacation in Japan (this post) First things first. What exactly is machiya anyway? According to this […]

From now until 7/31/23, Capital One has a 20% transfer bonus to Air France/KLM Flying Blue. Instead of the usual 1:1 transfer ratio, this month you can get 1200 Flying Blue miles for every 1000 Capital One miles. My family has used Flying Blue miles to fly to Europe on business class–TWICE! We paid ~56,000 […]

Last summer, when my family traveled to France and Switzerland, we packed two large suitcases. I thought we were doing well to just have two suitcases for the five of us. They were big, so we had to check them for our flights. Thankfully, our flights were nonstop, and we didn’t lose either of our […]

Regular readers of this blog may recall that a few months ago, I went to the Taylor Swift concert with my daughter in Dallas. We used points for a hotel stay (see The Best 8000 Points I’ve Ever Spent). It was an awesome concert, and my daughter still mentions it nearly every day. Well, I […]

My daughter and I are currently sailing on a Carnival cruise. This is one of three “free” cruises I am sailing on this year thanks to status matching Hyatt to MGM to Carnival and Holland America (see this post). After status matching, I first received an offer for a free interior room on Carnival. I’ve […]

My family’s 2-week European trip last month certainly had its ups and downs. While we will soon forget most of the hiccups from that trip, there is one thing that still bothers me that we experienced in multiple locations. Lines for Photo Ops The thing that still irks me is that there were major lines […]