Good morning everyone, happy Friday! A few years ago, British Airways was offer 150x Avios at Match.com. After fighting with British Airways and Match.com for a few months to get my 82,286 British Airways Avios, I ended up getting a full refund from Match.com (I would have much preferred the British Airways Avios over the full refund). Thankfully, I met a wonderful girl on Match.com named Laura…
Fast forward to December 20, 2018, I proposed to Laura and she said yes ♥ (this was a cloudy/foggy day in San Francisco near the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero).
Fast forward to July 27, 2019, and we officially said “I do!” to each other. We got married in Sonoma with our 170 closest friends and family members. It was an amazing day I will never forget ♥
Our wedding reception was at Ramekins Culinary School just off the Sonoma Square. The food was excellent, the speeches were touching, and the dancing lasted late into the night.
My love of miles and points took me to Match.com where I met Laura (she sent me the first message, I’m pretty sure she liked my travel photos from around the world) and the rest was history.
But what about the honeymoon? We actually did a pre-honeymoon in June to Tahiti / Moorea and stayed in an amazing overwater bungalow at the InterContinental Moorea. Here is a 40 second clip of paradise from our overwater bungalow. Enjoy :)
If you have any questions, please leave a comment below. Have a great weekend everyone!
Congratulations Grant!
Thank you Nick :)
You need to send a letter to British airways how you found someone through their promotion. They may send you on a honeymoon.
Good idea, I just tweeted them the link to this post. Let’s see what happens :)
Congratulations on yur wedding and I wish you both a happy married life.
Thank you, I appreciate the warm wishes :)
Congrats! Great miles/points story
Thank you :)
Congrats Grant! Great pictures. It’s been a while, glad to see you are doing well.
Thank you Teja :)
Congrats, Grant! Hope you were able to generate lots of points with that wedding!
Thank you Seth, yes, meeting minimum spending requirements is quite easy when you are planning a wedding. Now I just gotta spend all the miles and points :)
Cool. Excellent ROI.
Haha thank you.
Aww. What a sweet post. Huge congrats to you and Laura. Beautiful wedding photos!! May you have a long,marriage happy with many many trips on miles & points. :)
Thank you very much for the warm wishes :)
Best blog post I’ve seen in a while :)
Aww, thank you, it was 2.5 years in the making :)
Congratulation Grant !!! Thanks for your blog and help over the years.
You’re welcome, thank you for being a long time reader, that means a lot to me :)
Lovely couple – Congratulation!
Thank you Kalboz :)
Congrats buddy
Thanks Jon :)
Congratulations on the wedding, Grant!!! Philly and I wish you and Laura all the best and much happiness. Travel is best when it’s with the one we love most :) Have a great weekend!!!
I definitely love traveling and exploring the world with Laura. Thank you and Philly for the warm wishes :)
Congratulations!
Thank you Greg :)
That’s got to be one of the top 10 mileage posts I’ve ever read! Too bad BA decided to stiff you but it sounds like everything turned out great. Congrats from one San Franciscan to another.
Thank you and cheers to my SF neighbor :)
Congratulations, Grant! Love the title, very clever. You are a beautiful couple, and I wish you all the happiness in the world.
P.S. I enjoyed Moorea and hope to take my kids there one day.
Thank you for the warm wishes. I’m sure everyone would love Moorea. If your children love swimming, snorkeling, paddle boarding, etc, they will have a great time.
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Congrats on the wedding. Been at it for 42 years this month and it just gets better.
Thank you Byron :)
You guys look great in your wedding pics!
Although BA ducked you, you did find a life partner and a second SSN for promotions for years to come lol :p
So happy for you two!
Thank you William, I now have access to twice as many credit cards and someone to spend the miles and points on :)
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No refunds now! All sales final.
Haha, I have no plans to make any returns :)
Nice! Now you can stop asking random strangers to fly with you on a Southwest Companion Pass.
Haha :)
Congrats on your amazing love story! We never know where miles and points will take us!
Thank you Lynn, that is very true :)
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