I love basketball. I love deep threes, faster than fastbreaks, and of course, hardwood paroxysms, i.e. DUNKZZZZZ, son!! I love seeing guys run past the entire opposing team. I love seeing guys jump out of the gym. I love poster sessions. These are, of course, all blessings that I will never, ever receive. Jehovah, in His infinite wisdom, did not…
Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG), the loyalty program for the Starwood hotel chain, has two main ways to redeem earned Starpoints: You can use Starpoints for free nights at any of the 9 hotel brands themselves – St. Regis, Luxury Collection, W, Westin, Le Meridien, Sheraton, Four Points by Sheraton, Element and Aloft. I have taken advantage of this…
If you have ever flown from Charlottesville to New York, or vice-versa, you know that flights can be expensive, often running above $400 like during the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. It seems unfair that such a quick flight could cost so much, but when Delta and USAir are the only two airlines competing on the route, it’s tough…
Governor’s Ball is a massive 3-day music festival – New York City’s Bonaroo – that’s happening June 6-8 this year. The act list is so patently ridiculous I had to put it below: Yes, Outkast is performing. Yes, this is real life. So how much are tickets? Here’s what you can buy right now, along…
I just couldn’t take this winter anymore – I needed a day of sun and warm weather. Last Thursday night, under additional stress from work, I snapped and booked a flight to Miami and a hotel on South Beach for myself and a friend. The total monetary cost was $10, or $2.50 for each of…
While this blog is heavily focused on passport-required travel, sometimes it only takes a $2.75 single-fare subway ride to feel like you are in a different country. I’m speaking on the borough of Queens, 30-45 minutes from where I live, one of the most diverse populations in the world and home of numerous attractions that aren’t…
Easter in California was pretty incredible – zipcar-ing up the coast, seeing the Sacramento Kings play the Los Angeles Lakers, hanging with family, perfect weather; a beautiful way to start off spring. The only problem was that I was taking the red eye back from California on a Sunday night and wasn’t sure how much sleep…
Work has gotten me antsy with the travel bug recently, so I decided to book some American Airlines flights with friends using my British Airway Avios (BA’s name for miles) and I must state that they are now my second favorite airline currency after United miles. British Airways and American are OneWorld alliance partners, so the mileage programs are…
I like United, mostly because I can fly Economy Plus to see family and friends on the p.s. New York-San Francisco service, the New York-Denver flight is more often than not only $213 and MileagePlus is probably the best or second best frequent flyer program for redeeming miles; this depends on your view of OneWorld versus Star Alliance.…
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