I’m not one to really follow celeb rants, but when I saw a story about actress Danielle Brooks tweeting that she was offended by a gate agent congratulating her for flying first class trending in my Facebook newsfeed, I couldn’t help but to relate because… girl, I know.More often than not, I have been told by … [Read More…]

Boy do I love scrolling through Quora. It’s the only form of mindless-social media that I find extremely enriching. The other day I came across a story that sounded so crazy that I had to stop what I was doing to verify the facts, and I was still in disbelief! Call me oblivious for first … [Read More…]

This past weekend, I attempted to check out of the Hyatt House in San Ramon after a fun night at friend’s wedding using a $100 Hyatt gift card that was issued to me directly from Hyatt back in February 2016. When the front desk agent told me it had a $0 balance after he scanned … [Read More…]

You’re probably well aware that the annual Daily Getaways promotion/sale mass hysteria is in full swing. My dad even emailed me yesterday to show me that he purchased some Choice Hotels points before they sold out: In the points and miles world, we are constantly bombarded with “OMG†& “limited-time” sales and promotions, along with … [Read More…]

The internet exploded with the discovery of the Alaska Airlines’ devaluation for Emirates F awards. I say “discovery” instead of “news” because Alaska failed to announce the changes to the public with adequate notice (totally lame). Now they are blaming travel hackers in their Q&A about the devaluation. As someone who just flew in Etihad’s … [Read More…]

My phone started buzzing like crazy last night as I was finally drifting off to sleep. Instead of throwing it against the wall, I vibrantly popped up when I saw that I had dozens of emails tiled, “You qualify for a Priceless Surprise!”. Like most of us, I participated in the IHG Rewards “Priceless Surprises“ promotion … [Read More…]

Without a doubt, the phenomenon of selfie-related deaths reach an all-time new low with the news following the recent death of a baby dolphin. What’s even more startling was learning that selfie-related deaths are on the rise at exponential levels – reaching a point that there’s now an entire In Wikipedia page dedicated to some of the … [Read More…]

Happy Valentines Day! I’m sure many of us will be going on romantic dates later and might just be using an Uber to get to that overpriced restaurant for dinner. Here’s some more food for thought: is your Uber rating going down (or up) based on your willingness to tip at the end of the … [Read More…]

This might be the most useless post of the day, but for a moment I thought I was flying on Southwest when the flight attendant on this morning’s United flight just handed me a snack before beverage service: I was a bit confused because it has been ages since United offered complimentary snacks to passengers … [Read More…]

I’m part of this awesome Facebook group called “Girls LOVE Travel”, where 21K girls share their travel stories, tips, and tricks. Recently, there was a post about asking for countries that are NOT on your travel bucket list for whatever reason. I thought it was interesting, because as someone with a serious case of wanderlust, … [Read More…]