I'll play along and post this at 4:20 just because it happens to be 4/20 day. I'll be riding on Amtrak from Seattle to Vancouver, BC, this evening just as the sun is coming out (and then going down) so I'll try to take some good pictures as we race up along the coast. If anyone has suggestions for things to do in Vancouver, feel free to let me … [Read more...]
Finding Mileage Runs
April 12, 2012 By 8 Comments
Mark emailed me this morning about a United fare sale for travel this weekend and asked if it was a good opportunity to find some mileage run candidates out of Seattle. Unfortunately, my answer was "no." Fare sales in my experience are not a terribly good way to find cheap fares and often fall into two categories. First, you get last-minute sales … [Read more...]
Celebrating 1K in Bahrain
January 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
My 1K status with United finally posted last night so I decided to mark the occasion by booking a mileage run to Bahrain. Why are you looking at me that way? The reason I decided to push for 1K status in the first place last year was because I knew at the beginning of the year I would need to fly about 50K miles for a couple vacations, weddings, … [Read more...]
My Philosophy on Fuel Dumping
January 15, 2012 By 18 Comments
I know many people have come to visit this blog because they see my posts in the “Trick It!” thread on MilePoint. In fact, one of the reasons I started Hack My Trip was because I usually get a few messages every week from people asking if I have any insight into how to get started on fuel dumping or if I know of a 3X that will work on their … [Read more...]
Advanced Routing Language in ITA
January 11, 2012 By 25 Comments
This week I’m discussing how to use ITA Software’s Fare Matrix. If you’ve never used it before, today’s post will not make any sense. I suggest you read Part 1 first. Part 1: Introduction to Using ITA Part 2: Advanced Routing Language Part 3: Other ITA Features Last time I introduced how to use ITA for a basic round trip flight … [Read more...]
