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Another short blog post today. Not much going on around the blogosphere and I am SUPER busy, details in a post tomorrow unveiling TBB 3.0. I am not going away but need to come to terms I am a blogging Titan in my own mind already…just a different kind of Titan, not the Top 10 Plastic kind of Titan lol. And I have lots of random thoughts about blogging, the hobby and whatever. I just hope I get around to it. Enjoy your New Year’s Eve and wish you an even better 2015! I must admit 2014 has been awesome for me but I always say “the best is yet to come!”. At least I hope so anyway…
Comparing Airline Companion Tickets – Travel Is Free Finally some good stuff on these companion tickets in one place! I have never used one by the way.
Travel Hacking Year End Checklist: Here is What You Need to Do Before January 1st – PointsCentric Great list, today is the day, GO!
SPG Double Play Jan 5 to April 15, 2015 is double weak – Loyalty Traveler “Double weak”…nailed it! If this is a sign of 2015 promos there will be lots of zzzzzz’s.
25 Pick-Up Lines to Use Aboard an Airplane? Here are 12 Which Might Be Better – The Gate HILARIOUS!
Japan in 77 Photos – Legal Nomads Wow!
The 12 Best Travel Drone Videos of 2014 – Skift Awesome
Stunning Architectural Photos That Reveal How We Live – Slate Stunning
“Try not to be consistently stupid” – Malice for All Another great read by Malice!
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First. I liked Frugalhackme’s year end check list as well.
Companion pass onto William Charles for 2nd
Good stuff from Doctor of Credit as usual! Drew puts out good content but I think there is some confusion regarding the companion tickets post.
Drew says he thinks the “most important point” is that the companions don’t earn miles on companion tickets. That isn’t the case for the first two programs mentioned. Alaska and US Airways both award miles for the primary traveler and companion. He also uses a trip to Alaska as one way to maximize value of US Airways companion tickets and says they are valid for economy or business class trips. The verbiage on the certificate says that it’s for round trip coach trips in the US48 and Canada… I suppose it is possible that trips to Alaska and in first class are possible, but I highly doubt it. (I actually just received my most recent cert so maybe I will try and ticket an F ticket to ANC.)
One other thing not explained about the Alaska companion fare is that while Alaska’s network isn’t huge, the companion fare does allow trips to Alaska, Hawaii, and Mexico. Also, while only one “roundtrip” is allowed, you can do multiple open-jaws and stopovers to create something like: DTW-HNL, HNL-DEN, OMA-SEA, GEG-DTW: http://imgur.com/fsKGVBJ
(That may not be the most practical itinerary for most people, but you get the picture as to the level of flexibility that can be achieved.)
Almost forgot: THIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the comments guys.
I need to prepare a personal mega type rant/confessions/nextTBBinstallment post today before the NY festivities begin. I need me to get free from Feedly 🙂
Hua: Please make the comment in Drew’s blog post. Sometimes I feel he throws his stuff out for readers to correct him and then he updates the post 🙂
You all have a safe NY’s Eve and awesome 2015!
Enjoy your New Year’s Eve! Thank you for keeping up this blog, I enjoy reading it, daily.
Cheers,
PedroNY
Thank you for the mention, George.
I hope that 2015 is the best year yet for you and the readers of TravelBloggerBuzz!
Dammit! I’m up late for once but there’s no new TBB post. Some new year this is turning out to be…