My 11 year old son, Mason, is a huge Broncos fan! He has made my husband, Rob, somewhat of a Broncos fan as well. Once we knew the Broncos were playing home in the second round of playoffs, Mason, started a very impressive, determined, endless pursuit to find reasonably […]
Category: Colorado
Chase Ultimate Rewards Got Us 5 Free Flights to Telluride for Winter Break-A Savings of $4500
I just booked our United Airline tickets for next February to Telluride, Colorado. The day that I booked, the flights cost about $900 per ticket. I did not pay for these tickets. I booked these 5 tickets using my Chase Ultimate Rewards points. Wow, a savings of $4500! In the above case, I booked my […]
Free Flights To Aspen with United MileagePlus Miles and Savings of $3,500
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. […]
American Airlines AAdvantage Miles and Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us a Free Boys MLK Ski Weekend!
Rob will be taking Daniel and Mason this coming MLK weekend (2015) to Beaver Creek for their second annual boys ski weekend. I booked the details for their trip at the end of May, 6 months in advance. I think they will be very happy! First, I got them […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us A Free Summer Stay At Beaver Creek And $1,500 Saved
Our summer vacation last year was to Colorado. And guess what? We stayed for free on Starpoints at the Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa in Beaver Creek. This resort is a Starwood Preferred Guest Resort and a SPG Category 5. We had a studio suite for about 16,000 starpoints per night. It would have cost […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us Four Years of Free Hotels on Ski Trips Out West and a Savings of $9,000
For the last four winters, my family has taken a ski trip to Colorado. Each year, we like to try a different mountain. Each year since 2011, we have stayed for free on these ski trips. How? With Starwood Points! AND by booking the hotel early! There are many Starwood Resorts in the Colorado ski […]