Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! London is one of my favorite cities to visit, and with lots of frequent options from the United States, it’s an excellent connecting point to further European destinations (though I know many will disagree with me here). From the east coast … [Continue reading]
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport – My favorite small airport
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! While I haven’t been to every small airport in the US, I wanted to share my favorite small airport. It’s not my hometown airport, unfortunately. For that, I need to drive to Washington Reagan, Dulles, or if I’m really in … [Continue reading]
Long wait times for US Airways? Try this.
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! The other day, I needed to call US Airways for something and after jumping though the various prompts, was informed that they were too busy to take my call and to call back later. Then, they hung up on me. … [Continue reading]
A refundable reservation on AA.com that’s not really refundable…
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! The other day, I had reason to book a refundable reservation for an upcoming trip. Let me the first to say that I rarely, if ever, book refundable reservations, but because this trip could change, and there’s a chance I … [Continue reading]
Don’t be fooled by the car rental ripoff scam
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! The car rental process is something that’s sometimes bound with several headaches – between pricing, getting to the rental car facility, and then insurance and damage waivers or incidents. With all of that, don’t let being scammed add to the frustration. … [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.