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Planning your Cabo San Lucas Trip (from Orange County)

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Planning your Cabo San Lucas Trip (from Orange County)

If you haven’t already, please read New Southwest Airlines Routes (Orange County to Cabo).

Anyways, since flights are relatively cheap from Orange County (SNA), I convinced my brother to go with me for a short weekend getaway.  Since Southwest points will be devalued started April 1, I strongly recommend burning your stockpile before then.  Southwest has free change and cancellation fees, so there is no excusing to hold onto your Southwest points now.  With that said, flights from SNA to Cabo San Lucas (SJD) are only 11,400 points round trip plus $85 in taxes/fees starting August 10.

SWA Cabo

For those without massive stockpiles of Southwest points, round trip flights can be had for $315.  Much cheaper than $400+ flights on US Airways connecting in Phoenix.  Continue reading →

Friday Rundown: Free Lounge Access for Chase Ink Bold/Plus, New IHG MasterCard, 2 New AMEX Offers, Bluebird Reloads at Walmart, and More

UPDATE 3/27/2014 at 10PM PST: Chase has started converting IHG Visa Credit Cards into IHG MasterCard Credit Cards (see pics below).

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Friday Rundown: Free Lounge Access for Chase Ink Bold/Plus, New IHG MasterCard, 2 New AMEX Offers, Bluebird Reloads at Walmart, and More

TGI Friday!  Here are some random travel-related news from today…

I just created a tutorial about how to sign up for a free Lounge Club membership if you have a Chase Ink Bold/Plus Credit Card.  You can read it here.

Lounge Club Card

I got this letter from Chase alerting me that my Chase IHG Rewards Club Visa will soon be replaced by a Chase IHG Rewards Club World MasterCard.  Technically, if you cancel the Visa card, you can sign up and receive the sign up bonus on the MasterCard.  It appears that you have to close your Visa before April 1, otherwise you will automatically be issued the MasterCard and miss out on getting another sign up bonus.

Here is the corresponding FlyerTalk thread (link).

New IHG Card Letter Front

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6% Cash Back on Hotels.com / Holiday Inn / IHG / Marriott with your Chase Freedom Credit Card

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6% Cash Back on Hotels.com / Holiday Inn / IHG / Marriott with your Chase Freedom Credit Card

I don’t say this enough, but the Chase Freedom Credit Card is awesome.  I was reading my email and saw my Chase Freedom 2nd Quarter registration confirmation.  Toward the bottom of the email, I saw a banner for Extra Cash Back that caught my eye…

Freedom See Offers Cash Back Boost

By clicking the See Offers button, I was brought to this page with several offers for an additional 5% cash back.  The first category is Home Goods which does not excite me..

Freedom Home Goods

The second category is Spring Style which doesn’t excite me either… Continue reading →

IHG Cash and Point Stays do not Earn Bonus IHG Points

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IHG Cash and Point Stays do not Earn Bonus IHG Points

My Chase IHG Rewards Club Visa credit card statement closed a few days ago and I just wanted to share some of my findings with you.  This is in reference to 2 Cash and Points stays.  I am planning a trip to Utah over Memorial Day Weekend and have plans to stay at the Holiday Inn Price, Utah, and Holiday Inn Express Moab, Utah.  Both reservations are 1 night stays on Cash and Points.

Holiday Inn Price

Holiday Inn Express Moab

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Salt Lake City to Arches National Park (Pre Trip Report)

Delicate Arch, Arches National Park

Salt Lake City to Arches National Park (Pre Trip Report)

Please check out my Delta SkyMiles Award Flight vs. Pay with Miles comparison post.  In this post, I will show you some of my planning.  If you have any suggestions for things to see/do or places to eat along the way, please leave a comment below.  I am always curious what others have done before.  You can only learn so much from Trip Advisor.

Anyways, the plan is to fly into Salt Lake City, Utah and drive the 235 miles to Arches National Park in Moab, Utah.  See map below for the exact map.

SLC to Moab Driving Map

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