Our ski destination out west in March, 2013 was to Snowmass, Colorado. I vividly remember booking our DIRECT flights to Aspen over July 4th weekend, 2012. Maybe it was early enough or maybe I got lucky, but I was able to redeem only 37,500 United MileagePlus miles per ticket. […]
Category: Mom’s Trips
Our Hotels That Were Not Free-Which Credit Card I Paid With And Why
The Little Nell, Aspen-Chase Sapphire Reserve The Canyons Resort, Utah-Chase Sapphire Reserve Jackson Hole-Chase Sapphire Reserve St. Pete Hilton Stay-American Express Hilton Honors Surpass Card Long Weekend On Lake George-Chase Sapphire Preferred A Stay In The Willamette Valley, AKA Oregon Wine Country-Chase Sapphire Preferred Our Stay In Portland And Some More About Our Great Trip-American […]
Air Canada Aeroplan Miles Got Us Free Flights To The Canadian Rockies For A Ten Year Anniversary Trip
Back in 2008, Rob and I went to the Canadian Rockies for a week for our 10 year anniversary. We went to Banff and Lake Louise and stayed at The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel and The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise respectively. We did not stay for free on points. In fact, as a member […]
Delta SkyMiles Got Us Our Free Honeymoon First Class Flights to Hawaii
I have been playing this point game for a very long time. I had a job as a CPA out of college (I graduated in 1990-really?) where I traveled about 20 weeks a year. Many times my flights were not direct, so often I was taking 2 legs of […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us Many Free Stays in New York City With Savings over $500 Each Time!
When the kids were younger, we often took them to the city for long weekends. We usually went in November, after our fall activities ended, and our weekends were a little more flexible. It was so much fun being a tourist in our own backyard. Every time we went, […]
Marriott Rewards Points Will Now Be Earned On My Atlantis Reservation Stay
We are going to the Atlantis for a week during Spring Break, 2015. Read about our free JetBlue flights here. We are staying at the Atlantis. (Yipee!!) The Atlantis has been on my radar for a very long time. I wanted to wait till I felt my kids were old enough (and tall enough) […]
Hilton Honors Points Got Us A Night In Providence For Waterfire
In the summer of 2012, on our way up to Maine, we took a detour, for a night, to Providence, Rhode Island to see the amazing Waterfire. I highly recommend seeing this at least once. It is spectacular! We crashed that night, for free of course, at the Hilton Providence. This Hilton is an HHonors […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us A Free Stay at Niagara Falls and a Savings of about $450
We took the kids, one June weekend back in 2009, to Niagara Falls. I had never been there before. I was so impressed. The Falls literally took my breath away. They are incredible!!! The kids loved them too and especially loved all of the activities that center around the […]
Rob’s Weekend Stay In Puerto Rico
Rob just came home from a guys 50th birthday weekend away in Puerto Rico. He stayed 2 nights at the El San Juan Resort & Casino, which is a Hilton hotel. At the time that I booked his reservation, we had no Hilton HHonors points to book the room. Although I could have transfered American […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us A Free Stay In Boston and $600 Saved!
I have been playing this point game for a very long time. Back in 2007, we spent a long free November weekend in Boston. (Boy, do I long for the days before the kids had tons of weekend activities and we were free to travel.) It was the only time we were in Boston as […]