I am heading back to St. Petersburg, Florida once again for a spring swim meet for my daughter. You can read here about how we saved $900 on the flights. As for the hotel, we are staying at the Hyatt Place, the same hotel we have stayed in previously and where much of the team stays. […]
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Free Delta Flights For Jessie’s 2019 Swim Meet And A Savings Of $900
I just booked Jessie and my flights to St. Petersburg for her annual swim meet. We are flying in and out of Tampa and I used 36,500 Delta SkyMiles per roundtrip flight. When I went to book the tickets, I needed 73,000 miles but only had 70,000 miles. (Recall I got a big influx of […]
Another Year, Another Florida Swim Meet, And Another Free Flight-$880 Saved!
Jessie and I once again are heading to St. Petersburg, FL in 2018. We used Chase Ultimate Rewards points for our flights but I used them out of 2 accounts. I have been using lots of Chase Ultimate Rewards points lately like for Amsterdam coming up this December and for our stay in the Canyons for next […]
Paying For Our St. Pete Hilton Stay But Getting 8,000 Extra Hilton Honors Points
Jessie and I are off to St. Petersburg next month for her annual swim meet. Recall that we are flying for free using JetBlue TrueBlue points. The swim team gets a group rate at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront of $189 per night and I decided to pay for our stay at this reasonable rate. […]
Off To St. Petersburg Once Again For Jessie’s Annual Swim Meet And Once Again For Free JetBlue Flights
Once again we are traveling to St. Petersburg, Florida next month for Jessie’s swim meet. Once again, I booked flights on JetBlue using TrueBlue points. The flights I booked were 30,200 TrueBlue points per ticket. And once again, you may be wondering how I always have so many TrueBlue points to book all of these […]
Hilton HHonors Points Used For a Free Three Night Stay In St. Petersburg, A Savings of $480
Every year I travel to St. Petersberg, Florida with my daughter for a swim meet. Last year we stayed at the Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club, a Marriott Resort, on points. You can read about that stay here. However, a few years back, knowing this trip to Florida was in our future, I […]
Annual Free JetBlue Flights To Jessie’s St. Petersburg Swim Meet
Every year I travel to St. Petersburg, Florida with my daughter for a swim meet. We almost always fly JetBlue to Tampa. I usually book the flights using TrueBlue points. At this point, you may be wondering how I always have so many TrueBlue points to book all of these tickets. Well the first way […]