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About Tonei Glavinic

Tonei Glavinic is an Alaskan travel expert, educator, social justice advocate, and digital nomad currently based in Mexico City. Find them on Twitter @tonei.

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Planes, Trains, and More Planes: Hacking Our Way to Europe for the Holidays

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Buenos dias everyone!

My partner and I just embarked on a bit of a ridiculous trip for the holidays. This trip started out from a mistake rate for a club room at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile – I booked 3 nights at a rate of 3,000 points + €18; normally a standard room award goes for 15,000 points, and the club upgrade is 3,000 points in addition to the standard room rate. About a month ago, well after the hotel decided to honor the reservations, we decided we actually wanted to go – neither of us have ever been to Paris before.

View from the Hyatt Paris Etoile. Photo from hyatt.com

View from the Hyatt Paris Etoile. Photo from hyatt.com.

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New Writer Q&A with Tonei

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Good morning everyone, I hope your Sunday is going well so far.  Here is the second Q&A post with my new writer Tonei.  If you missed the first Q&A with Whitney, I recommend checking that out too.  It seems like I have known Tonei for a long time, even though we only met last year.  We tend to have similar travel styles and approaches to travel hacking.  I always enjoy listening to Tonei’s travel stories, adventures, and misadventures.  Tonei is very resilient when things go wrong and tries to put a positive spin on things, just like I do.  Eric, myself, Dawn, and Tonei (pictured below) are co-organizers of the ever expanding SF Travel Hackers Meetup group (1,300 members and constantly growing).  Without further ado, take it away Tonei…

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Bay Area Travel Hackers co-organizers in our unofficial uniforms. (Tonei is on the far right)

  • Name:  Tonei Glavinic
  • Location:  Mexico City, Mexico
  • Preferred Airline or Alliance:  Alaska Airlines + its Global Partners
  • Preferred Hotel:  I love Starwood properties, but usually end up staying at IHG hotels since they have such great promotions.

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Travel with Tonei: 15% Off Almost Everything at Target for 2 Days

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Buenos diás! My name is Tonei Glavinic, and I’m the newest contributing writer to Travel with Grant! I met Grant as a co-organizer of the San Francisco Travel Hackers when I lived in the Bay Area, and we’ve stayed in touch since I moved to Mexico City. I plan to share stories about my (mis)adventures in manufactured spending, mistake fares, traveling to Mexico and elsewhere in the world, and various travel hacks and strategies to help make your trips easier and more rewarding.

Save an extra 15% off online and in stores at Target on Sunday and Monday

Save an extra 15% off online and in stores at Target on Sunday and Monday

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