Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! Off to Spain I go to See the Running of the Bulls Review: Air France Business Class, IAD to CDG to BCN Review: Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona Diagonal Review: The Gran Hotel La Perla, Pamplona The San Fermin Festival … [Continue reading]
Free points for no housekeeping!
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! I’m in Barcelona, Spain, staying at the Four Points by Sheraton, Barcelona Diagonal. I’ll be posting a review of the hotel itself shortly. Upon entering my room yesterday, I found an interesting offer sitting on the desk inside. In summary, … [Continue reading]
Fee Free Visa Gift Cards at AAA!
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! Per the AAA website, “Now through June 30th, 2014, visit your local AAA Store to take advantage of the Visa Gift Card fee free promotion for AAA Members.” Find your nearest AAA store here.
Kimpton Hotels Update
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! I’m an Inner Circle member with Kimpton Hotels, perhaps my favorite hotel chain. I just received this email from Kimpton, with some supposedly exciting news: Dear James, As our loyal member, we want to give you a heads up that … [Continue reading]
Air France Expo Coming to NYC!
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! An Air France Expo will be held in NY from June 26-28. They’re touting their new La Premiere service, and highlighting a new wave of service, products and enhancements to their fleet. It looks like it’s going to be an amazing … [Continue reading]





Jamie Larounis is an avid traveler, blogger and miles/points educator. Traveling well over 100,000 miles a year and staying in hotels for over 100 nights, he leverages miles, points and other deals to fly in first class cabins, and stay in 5-star hotels. The Forward Cabin shares his experiences, musings, reviews, tips, tricks, resources and industry news with you, the fellow traveler.