Many people don’t realize that this incredible phenomenon (Northern Lights) is elusive and unpredictable. Yes, even in a place like Iceland… I just recently spent eight days in Iceland attempting to see the Northern Lights, and though it never happened, it was still an incredible trip. If you end up going to Iceland and planning […]
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This last week I went to Austin, Texas for work, seeing friends, and SXSW (South by South West). The trip didn’t last as long as I would have liked (like most), but in the time I was there, I had a blast. I’m actually quite exhausted from a week of getting up early to get
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I’m sitting in the Seattle Alaska Airlines lounge complimentary of my Lounge Club card. I’m waiting here for my flight to Austin which I’ll be in for the next week to partake in SXSW. I’ve heard great things about the conference/festival/party and decided I finally needed to go check it out. I have been to
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My friend Melissa pointed this hack out to me and I’m glad she did. Melissa hit me up the other day asking me a way to save some money on getting to Amsterdam from Portland towards the end of May. I told her to consider other directs from places like Seattle or Vancouver, but she
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Wednesday (January 13th) I returned from a fast moving almost-three week trip around the beautiful country of Chile. This was my first taste of Chile, and for that matter, South America. The trip ranged from numerous long flights, beautiful wineries, fireworks on the beaches of Valparaiso, taking it easy enjoying the restaurants, cafes, and parks
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Sitting here at Gerardo’s place in Santiago, Chile. I’m getting my bag together to catch my flight for Punta Arenas with Lewis and Gerardo. Our flight leaves Santiago around 9:45pm and gets into Punta Arenas around 1am. Punta Arenas is the equivalent to going to Alaska, and silly enough, I only packed for mild-summer weather.
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2015 was pretty darn amazing. Though I haven’t been able to do everything on my list, I’ve been able to keep up my joy of exploring the world, flying people around, spending times with family and friends, and maintaining employment through the year. This is a “year in review” recap of 2015 with one more
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The title of this post is quite the cluster, but it is what my upcoming week is going to look like. Prior to yesterday, I was going to go to Newport Beach, CA to attend Frequent Travel University (FTU) and then come back to Portland, work here through Thursday, and then fly out to Lewiston,
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Last year I pitched in for the Bluesmart Smart Carry-On on through Indiegogo. When I first read about it, I was pretty excited and signed up pretty hastily. I hit them up and requested a refund, but after some thinking it over, I decided to stick with my decision and try it out before making
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Using your credit card to buy a multimillion-dollar painting to collect Amex points? Priceless. Chinese billionaire Liu Yiqian used his American Express card to buy Modigliani’s “Reclining Nude” at auction for $170 million on Nov. 9, according to reports. He’ll use the points to fly himself and his family around the globe for free, his
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As much as I travel, I really don’t have too many problems usually, however, there are those days I just can’t control. Finishing up a trip in Austin, Texas with a number of my coworkers from the Portland office, we ended up being stranded due to flash flooding from some terrible weather around the Austin
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Alaska Airlines is having a 72 Hour Flight Sale on their Site until October 15th. Just plug in your city and select where you want to go. Perhaps you’ll get a sweet deal on a place you’ve been trying to get to coming up! Where are you gonna go?
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