Miles For Family

Fiji Airways Launches Dallas to Fiji Non-stop Flight: I was excited to see this news of a new nonstop flight in the works from DFW to Fiji starting in December. Even if you don’t live near DFW, this flight is good news for Midwest and East Coast flyers to the South Pacific. See this post […]

Europe 2024 Trip Report So Far: Back from 18-day Europe Trip, Review: Iberia Business Class DFW to MAD, Hits and Misses from my First MSC Cruise, DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station Review, Two Days in Amsterdam, Visiting Efteling the Dutch Fairytale Theme Park, Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Slumming it in Economy on KLM from AMS […]

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to visit the revamped Casa Bonita restaurant in Lakewood (near Denver), Colorado. Casa Bonita has always been on my itinerary when I visit my hometown, and it’s back and better than ever! History of Casa Bonita Unless you’re from Oklahoma or Colorado, you’ve probably never heard of Casa Bonita. […]

One benefit I would hate to travel without is TSA PreCheck. I love the shorter security lines (usually) and the expedited entry to the terminal. My husband, oldest son and I have TSA PreCheck benefits through our Global Entry IDs. However, when my younger two kids turned 13, we opted to sign them up for […]

As some of you may know, I’m planning to take my family to Peru and Chile (specifically Easter Island) next year. Not too long ago, I wrote  that I should have used Qatar Avios for some of my flights, but that I planned to leave things alone. That was until Amex has announced a 30% […]

Europe 2024 Trip Report So Far: Back from 18-day Europe Trip, Review: Iberia Business Class DFW to MAD, Hits and Misses from my First MSC Cruise, DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station Review, Two Days in Amsterdam, Visiting Efteling the Dutch Fairytale Theme Park, Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Slumming it in Economy on KLM from AMS […]