Lazy Sunday
Happy Mother’s Day! It has been awhile since I have been able to do a week in review, but I think it is time to boot it up again. For those who are newer to the site, each Sunday I highlight some of the most important news items from the week.
The photo I highlight each week is usually a throwback to some of our travels. Â Today we have a photo from my son’s first trip to Disneyland in 2005. Â We waited until he was old enough to get around without the need for a dreaded stroller. Â Good decision I think!
News From The Week
- Etihad announced the new first class experience aboard the A380 aircraft. Â Featuring apartments and a 125 square foot Residence, it is unlike anything commercial aviation has ever seen.
- In response to Lucky’s kickstarter campaign to pay for a ticket in Etihad’s new Residence, Drew at Travel is Free released a competing campaign to help his sister in law raise money to adopt a special needs child.
- US Airways started another buy miles promotions where they are offering a bonus up to 100% when you purchase Dividend Miles. With the 100% bonus, the price works out to be 1.88 cents per mile which is significantly higher than the 1.1 cents when they had their share miles promotion earlier this year. Â Hack My Trip has the details.
- The first two weeks of this year’s Daily Getaways have been released. While there aren’t too many great deals, a few stood out to me.
- American Express announced that they will open their 5th domestic Centurion Lounge at Miami International Airport by the end of 2014.
- The Chase Ink 60,000 point offers are going strong. Â Find out my thoughts and why both my wife and I personally applied for them.
- Seth at Wandering Aramean posted the slides from his recent FTU presentation about online tools including many that he designed himself. Â I highly recommend checking it out.
- This week I broke down each of my recent hotel redemptions across 5 loyalty programs which included $7,000 worth of hotel nights for under $200.
- On the cruise front, Royal Caribbean announced that they have ordered a fourth of their massive Oasis class ships.
- Finally, I conducted an interview yesterday with an amazing photographer Edin Chavez. I highly recommend checking out the interview and some of his photos. Â He is the real deal.
Conclusion
While this week wasn’t full of a lot of news, it was nice to see the Daily Getaways come out and I can’t wait to see what the rest of the deals will be when they are released. Â I am still going strong with the Staples deal since I think it is the easiest method of MS we have right now.
Other than that, I have enjoyed hearing from so many of the site’s readers this week. Â As always, please feel free to let me know if you have any questions or comments. Â Enjoy your day!
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