Buenas dias everyone,
It looks like Santa has been talking to the folks at Alaska Airlines, because the first wish on my travel hacker wish list was granted today: Alaska Awhirlines announced that the US Department of Transportation has granted them tentative approval to operate four flights a day to Mexico City starting this summer!
New Alaska Airlines routes to Mexico City! Image from gcmap.com
Good morning everyone, I’m sorry for the delay, but I have been diligently thinking about my 2017 travel predictions. I am going to channel my inner Nostradamus to come up with some outrageous travel predictions for 2017. Doctor of Credit has a good resource for all other 2017 travel predictions.
Disclaimer: I have made some travel predictions in previous years and I am more often wrong than right, but that losing streak has not dampered my prediction spirit. To see how bad I am at making predictions, please read A Look Back at my 2016 Predictions (Airlines, Hotels, Credit Cards & MS). I consider myself an optimistic pessimist (I prepare for the worst, but hope for the best), so these travel predictions will sound depressing.
Buenas tardes from Cancun! I wanted to tell you all a little bit about how my last year went. In 2016, I blew past my previous record for miles traveled, went all in on gift card reselling, moved to Mexico, and picked up a handful of credit cards and bank signup bonuses along the way.
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I flew just over 197,000 miles last year, a significant increase from my previous record of 125,000 miles in 2015. The change was mostly because I did a lot more flying across oceans – my 2015 trips were entirely in the Americas, but I spent a lot more time in Europe and Asia in 2016.
Tonei’s 2016 flight map, courtesy of openflights.org
Good afternoon everyone, here is the filler post of the weekend. Enjoy!
Usually this time of year, we look back at the predictions we made at the end of 2015 or early 2016 and see how many things we got right and how many things we got wrong. It is usually a little depressing to look back and see how much has changed (for the worse) over the last 12 months. I wanted to put a positive spin on the predictions this year and turn it into a Christmas wish list for Santa. If Santa had the power to make travel hacker lives better, what would you wish for?
Good morning everyone, I’m sorry this is super last minute, but I wanted to remind everyone in the Bay Area that there is a SF Travel Hackers Meetup tonight. This is the topic of tonight’s meetup:
Want to make sure you’re earning the most frequent flyer miles out of your flights? This event is targeted at novice travelers or those looking to take a long trip in the near future. We’ll be discussing revenue-based programs, changes made to United, Delta and American and how you can set yourself up for the most number of reward flights.
I will be there shortly before 7pm and their might even be food/drinks provided. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below. Have a great day everyone!
