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Use Visa Infinite Credit Card to get $100 off Roundtrip Domestic Flights (Discount Air Benefit)

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Good morning everyone, happy Friday!  In this post, I will show you how to use your JPMorgan Chase Ritz Carlton Visa Infinite Credit Card to get $100 off round trip domestic flights.  Unfortunately, if you have the Chase Sapphire Reserve Visa Infinite Credit Card, you are not eligible for this benefit.

It all started when I was looking for flights down to Orange County for Super Bowl weekend (Sunday, February 5, 2017).  United Airlines is/was having a fare sale for SFO-SNA and I found a great round trip flight for $127.  My brother (who now lives in the Bay Area – Larkspur to be specific) also wanted to fly down to Orange County that weekend, so I was excited to use the new Visa Infinite Discount Air Benefit.

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Reminder: SF Travel Hackers Meetup Tonight (7pm on 11/15)

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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.

  • When: Tuesday, November 15 @ 7-9pm
  • Where: Startup Basecamp Civic Center, 900 Franklin, San Francisco, CA 94109 (Google Map)

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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!

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Blog Post Ideas Floating Around in my Mind

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Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is off to a great start.  Last night, my brother and I drove down from San Francisco and stayed at the lovely Holiday Inn Express in Salinas, CA (near Monterey Bay / Carmel).  We are now on the road down to Pismo Beach to go ATVing on the sand dunes.  I’ve been busy this week with travel planning and booking, so I haven’t had time to write any articles.  Here are some ideas that are swirling in my mind and I wanted to ask my readers if any of these topics interest you.  If they do, please let me know in the comments and I will try to write about them soon.

  • Keep Spirit Airlines miles alive by buying a magazine subscription (and other things I learned about trying to book a Spirit Airlines flight)
  • Who wants a free Spirit Airlines flight? (possible giveaway idea)
  • New improvements to cleverlayover.com (original post)
  • New award calculator tool called rewardstock.com
  • Weekend trip to Pismo Beach: riding ATVs on sand dunes (this trip!)
  • Booking NYC award flights for New Years Eve (booking LGB-JFK with JetBlue TrueBlue points and booking JFK-SFO on Virgin America first class using 37,500 Virgin Atlantic miles)
  • Booking flights and hotels to Phoenix for MLB Spring Training
  • Cheap hotels in Cabo San Lucas / Los Cabos in Mexico
  • Getting a Brazilian visa
  • ExpressVPN (browse securely and anonymously online)

That’s all I have on my mind.  If anything sounds interesting to you, please let me know.  Have a great weekend everyone and travel safe!

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JetBlue TrueBlue Points Post Almost Instantly for Lyft Airport Rides

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Good afternoon everyone.  I am channeling my inner Lucky and Ben to post twice in the same day.  I’m exhausted, I don’t think I can keep up with them for much longer.  Anyway, last week, Lyft and JetBlue announced a partnership where you could take Lyft to/from the airport and earn 30 JetBlue TrueBlue points per trip.  Before I go any further, I am required by the blogger code of conduct to insert my Lyft referral link (get $50 in Lyft ride credit).

During my recent weekend trip to Washington, D.C., I flew to IAD and took a Lyft Line to the Marriott Marquis Hotel.  Since the ride was super early, I got the whole Lyft Line to myself.  I got dropped off at the hotel at 6:29am and received an Award Wallet alert that I received 30 JetBlue TrueBlue points at 7:15am (which was 14 minutes faster than the Lyft app).  30 JetBlue TrueBlue points is worth ~60 cents, so the points don’t even offset my tip.

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FTU Advanced Orange County (October 28-30) and Seattle (February 24-26)

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Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is going well.  We are only 1 week away from FTU Advanced in Orange County (October 28-30).  FTU stands for Frequent Traveler University and is a travel conference with your favorite travel bloggers from Boarding Area and beyond.  I will be attending the conference, but I am not presenting.  I am flying down from SFO on Friday night after work, so I won’t be able to attend the Friday night happy hour (someone, please drink for me).  I am staying at home, not at the host hotel (The Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa), but I will be at the conference all day Saturday and Sunday.  I will be wearing my classic Travel with Grant shirt (much to the chagrin of Devil’s Advocate).  If you see me, don’t be afraid to say hello :)

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