Our new address

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We’re moving!

A couple of weeks ago, I received an invitation to move my travel blog to Boarding Area. Boarding Area is the gathering place for the travel professional. I have read and followed several of the travel blogs there for some years.

I feel excited and honored to have been asked to relocate to such a prestigious landing spot.

I will provide the new link and information shortly.

Walt Disney World 4 Days $99 for Florida residents

A special promotion for Florida residents.

Florida Residents Can Save Big – 4 Days for $99

Get 4 Days for $99 with the new 4 Day Dream Pass and enjoy incredible savings*!

Available only to Florida residents, this special offer provides admission to any of the 4 Walt Disney World® theme parks (one park per day) on any 4 days of your choosing, from January 3, 2010 until May 25, 2010 blackout dates apply.*

That’s 4 Theme Parks in 4 days for just $99 plus tax!

1000 Free Priority Club points

Priority Club has decided to highlight the recent point devaluation by Hilton Honors.

They are offering a contest to give 20% of your Hilton Honors balance in the form of Priority Club points to the top 20,000 people, up to 20,000 points.

The best part is that you can earn 1000 Free Priority Club points just for entering even if you have 0 Hilton points.

I’m sitting at 230,000 points which should put me in the top 20,000.

The link is here.

Sale at the St. Regis Monarch Beach, California

The fantastic AAA 5 Diamond resort St. Regis property at Monarch Beach, California is having some promotions.

Promotion 1
Stay two nights, get one night free. Stay two nights anytime through 12/30, you get the third night free.
Call 866-716-8135 & give them promotion code Z3R.

Promotion 2
Stay two nights by 4/30, get a $75 resort credit.
Book by 2/15 & ask for rate plan DAILYOA

Promotion 3
Stay one night, second night is 50% off.
Good any night of the week through 12/31. Mention promo code ZBT.

Promotion 4
Guests with children will receive a $100 daily resort credit, free dinner & drinks for kids age 5 & under @ Motif restaurant; half price for kids ages 6-12 @ Motif; free drinks for kids @ the Pool Bar & Grill. Mention promo code FML

You can find the details for all of these promotion at their website or call 866-716-8135

25,000 Delta Skymiles for Lasik surgery

While I wouldn’t recommend doing this unless you absolutely need to – Lasik Plus is offering 25,000 Skymiles for Lasik Surgery.

You can earn 5,000 for the consultation and 20,000 if you actually go through with it.

While not as lucrative as the hair consultation from Bosley for 20,000 Skymiles, it might be worth the time to go get the consulation.

China Airlines deals to Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

China Airlines is having a fare sale from both New York City and Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Bangkok book by 1/28/10 and fly between period 1 (1/9/10-2/3/10) or period 2 (2/12/10-4/11/10). Fares starting at $720.

From New York
Taiwan ($780) and HK ($740) book by 2/5/10 fly between 2/12/10-4/11/10

Last March, my wife and I flew first class from Salt Lake City to Bangkok, Thailand on China Airlines using our frequent flier miles. It was an absolute dream vacation.

The best way to track your frequent flier miles

With all of the programs out there, it oftentimes can get confusing keeping track of all the programs. Especially the ones that are seldom used.

I’ve done quite a bit of research on the easiest ways to keep track of all of your miles and points.

My new favorite website is Award Wallet. You can add all of your frequent flyer numbers and accounts and it will send you emails with your balances. The best part is that it will also tell you your expiration dates as well.

You can also enter in your whole family to track their accounts as well.

I spent this afternoon submitting everyone’s numbers in. Here are our balances:

My Delta 250,000
My American Airlines 200,000
My HIlton 200,000
My Priority Club 260,000
My Marriott 120,000
Both of my kids Delta accounts: 20,000 each
My wife’s Delta account: 40,000
My wife’s American Airlines account 200,000
We’re also in the midst of earning enough points with British Airways to fly anywhere in the world in first class.

The point of this is not to brag, but just to show what flexibility I’ll have for our next trip(s).

We’ll have Marriott, Hilton, and Priority Club properties to choose from and three airlines to get the best tickets on.

While it certainly helps that I travel quite a bit, I also take advantage of every offer I can to earn more miles. I’ve switch to DirecTV, opened up bank accounts, and bought gold coins all for the sake of miles.

100 Free Continental miles

Every little bit counts. Earn 100 Continental miles by learning about their cruises.

Here is the link.

Expires the end of February.

Earn frequent flyer miles and hotel points for your charitable donations

There are some great offers out there to get rewarded for your generosity to charities. Several of the airlines and hotels are currently offering bonus points for your charitable contributions. Here is a run down of the current offers:

American Airlines
* Offer valid on contributions made online at http://american.redcross.org/americanairlines-pub

** Minimum donation of $50 required in order to earn bonus miles* Members can earn a one-time bonus up to 500 miles* Promotion dates are January 14 through February 28, 2010* Donation receipts from the American Red Cross forwarded to ReliefMiles@aa.com. Miles will post to the member’s AAdvantage account approximately 14 days after the receipts are received. Please check your AAdvantage account on aa.com to verify the award.* The name on the donation receipt must match the name on the AAdvantage account.* You must be an AAdvantage member to receive the bonus miles.* Bonus miles do not count toward elite-status qualification.* American Airlines reserves the right to change the AAdvantage program at any time without notice.* American Airlines is not responsible for products or services offered by other participating companies.* For complete details about the AAdvantage program, visit www.aa.com/aadvantage* The American Red Cross name and emblem are used with its permission, which in no way constitutes an endorsement, express or implied, of any product, service, company, opinion or political position.* For more information about the Red Cross, please visit http://www.redcross.org/

Delta Airlines
5000 Skymiles for a minimum donation of $100 to the Martin Luther King Jr National Memorial Fund.

Spirit Airlines
A $5 donation equals 5000 Spirit Airlines miles.

Marriott Hotels
18,000 Marriott Hotel points for a $50 donation to the Red Cross.

Point donations
Starwood will match your donation of your own Starwood points to the Red Cross. A 4000 Starwood point donation equals $50.

United Airlines
You can donate United miles here to Haiti.

Hilton Hotels
You can donate Hilton points here.