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A Guide to Hotel Best Rate Guarantees and How They Can Save You Money

April 16, 2015 by James Larounis 1 Comment

A Guide to Hotel Best Rate Guarantees and How They Can Save You Money

Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! In today’s online marketplace of searching for hotel rooms, there is fierce competition between the hotel chains themselves and online vendors such as Expedia, Travelocity and the like. Hotel companies want you to book directly with them, and they’ll entice … [Continue reading]

How to Keep Copies of Important Travel Documents Without Losing Them

April 15, 2015 by James Larounis 3 Comments

How to Keep Copies of Important Travel Documents Without Losing Them

Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! Regardless of where you are traveling, you’re bound by travel documents – whether it be a driver’s license, a passport, visa or other official paper. Lose any one of these, and you could beastly stranded and won’t be able to … [Continue reading]

Secrets to Receiving Hotel Upgrades

April 15, 2015 by James Larounis 4 Comments

Secrets to Receiving Hotel Upgrades

Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! When checking-in to a hotel, we all want the largest room, the biggest bed, and the most expansive balcony overlooking prime real estate. With so many people visiting daily, how can you improve your chances of a hotel upgrade? There … [Continue reading]

Insider’s Guide to Cruising

April 13, 2015 by James Larounis Leave a Comment

Insider’s Guide to Cruising

Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! This is a guest post from my friend Laura, who enjoys cruises. She wanted to write up an insider’s guide to cruising, which I think will be helpful for many of you since I am not a cruising expert, and don’t … [Continue reading]

American’s most oversold routes

April 12, 2015 by James Larounis 11 Comments

American’s most oversold routes

Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! When it comes to oversold flights, there are two types of people: People who dread oversold flights, because they want nothing more than to get home or to their destination. People who love oversold flights, because it gives them an … [Continue reading]

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JamieJamie 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. [Learn more about Jamie...]

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