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My Epic Journey to Antarctic – Landing on the Ice
The flight from Christchurch to McMurdo is 4-5 hours. Unfortunately, it is common that the pilots take off with good weather over McMurdo only to have it close in and result in having to fly all the...
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My Epic Journey to Antarctica – A Week at McMurdo
For those of you catching up, my first post on Antarctica is here and second post here. This is a hard post to write since how do I capture a full week in one post? Here’s my attempt at that, but feel...
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My Epic to Antarctica – The Cool Stuff
“Cool stuff”, see what I did there? Still writing on this trip of a lifetime. You can catch up by reading the first, second, third and fourth posts. Saved all the best stuff for the end. Today I’ll be...
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My Epic Trip to Antarctica – The Return and Final Thoughts
Hope you have enjoyed my trip to McMurdo. It is wonderful to get paid to do something adventurous like that. Here are some final pictures and thoughts on this special trip. If you missed any, here is a...
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Get 15% Off on Alaska Flights with Veterans Advantage (Temporary Deal)
I have written extensively in the past about the membership program Veterans Advantage and how it saves me a lot of money. My tally for the last 12 months is savings of $495 on airfare. Much more than...
View ArticleALL HANDS: 2020 Travel in Review
Greetings, Fellow Travelers! BLUF: 2020 has been quite a year! This year, I flew 54,664 miles which includes one international trip and quite a few US-domestic flights, almost all for work. This is...
View ArticleAlaska Announces New Expanded Elite Program (Incl. a New Level!)
Alaska Airlines is my favorite FF Program and for many good reasons. I have been a MVP Gold or 75K for 18 years straight (they kept my status both times I deployed) and today’s announcement gives me...
View ArticleALL HANDS: 2021 Travel Planning
Greetings, Fellow Travelers! BLUF: With 2021 traveling still shaky, I’ve placed some U.S. domestic and international cancelable and/or movable trips on my travel calendar. Today’s ALL HANDS focuses on...
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I’m One of the First Alaska 100Ks – So What Does That Mean?
I fell in love with Alaska and Alaska Airlines after moving to Anchorage in 2002. AS traditionally does very well with customer service and that is no better demonstrated by their long-time policy of...
View ArticleVeterans’ Day Discounts and Free Meals
Here again with our annual roundup of the many, many deals, discounts and free meals you can get on Friday, November 11th. I usually hunt for a variety of sources to draw this from each year but...
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Stuck in the Middle of the Alaska Door Debacle and What We Received for...
Kind of late in posting this, I know, but thought you might want to hear of my wife and I’s experience flying the day after this happened.photo courtesy of Fox News. We were flying from our home in...
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Two Breaking a Million Miles on the Same Flight? – The Incredibly Cool Thing...
I won’t lie this required a bit of luck and a lot of math on my end. My wife and I will both be breaking a million miles on Alaska Airlines on a flight to Bahamas Feb. 28th. Why Bahamas? Well, it was...
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