by The Travel Sisters | Jun 1, 2015 | Flight Reviews, Trip Reports
United 881 Chicago O’Hare (ORD) – Tokyo Narita (NRT) Boeing 747-400 First Class This was the first of three flights on our way from Chicago to Brunei. We booked this flight as a one way saver award on united.com for 80,000 United MileagePlus miles and...
by The Travel Sisters | Jun 1, 2015 | Lounge Reviews, Trip Reports
The United Global First lounge, United Airline’s international first class lounge at Chicago O’Hare airport, is easy to miss if you’re not paying attention. It is somewhat hidden in Terminal 1, Concourse C, near Gate C18. The United Global First lounge was not...
by The Travel Sisters | Jun 1, 2015 | Trip Reports
This year’s annual “sister trip” was a two-week trip to Asia. Our itinerary was as follows: Brunei – 2 days Singapore – 6 days Japan -2 days As usual, we booked our first class long haul flights only a few weeks prior to departure. The...
by Patti | May 25, 2015 | Hotel Loyalty Programs
Update: This post has the most current IHG Point Breaks list. If you are a beginner to points and miles, one of the best values in points are IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks. This is a list of IHG hotels that can be booked at only 5,000 IHG Rewards points a night...
by Patti | May 24, 2015 | Deals
Staples is offering a rebate on Visa gift card purchases this week and it could not have come at a better time for me as I need to meet my minimum spend on a few new credit cards. The rebate is valid for in-store Visa gift card purchases from May 24 through May 30. If...
by Patti | May 6, 2015 | Deals
Office Depot and OfficeMax is having a sale on Visa gift cards until Saturday, 5/16/15. The sale is for $20 OFF a $300 purchase of Visa gift cards. Unlike Staples, there is no rebate and the $20 is automatically deducted from the register. While these gift cards...
by The Travel Sisters | May 2, 2015 | Giveaways
Marriott Rewards is running its 1,000 Nights of Summer Sweepstakes which will give 1,000 grand prize winners one free night at any Marriott property. Here are the details: The 1000 grand prize winners will win one (1) night stay at any Marriott property –...
by Patti | Apr 30, 2015 | Travel News
I am a bit of a hoarder, especially with clothes, so this is a great opportunity for me to do some spring cleaning. This Saturday, May 2, Uber is teaming up with Goodwill to make donating clothes more convenient. Using your Uber app, you can request an Uber driver...
by Patti | Apr 16, 2015 | Giveaways
Update: The link no longer seems to be working. The Grand Wailea in Maui is giving one grand prize winner a dream trip for many – a trip to Maui. The winner of the Grand Wailea “Grand Refresh” sweepstakes gets a free trip to Maui for four people,...
by The Travel Sisters | Apr 2, 2015 | Flight Reviews, Trip Reports
Our flight home was the same type of plane (777-200) that we flew on the Chicago to Tokyo leg of our trip. We booked this flight using 67,500 American AAdvantage miles plus $32.30 in fees per person (but received miles back for having an American Airlines credit...
