In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 33,856
Back when I was in law school I got a week's spring break in March.
- March, 2015: Back when Delta still flew SEA-HKG. I flew RDU-MSP-SEA-HKG-SEA-DTW-RDU for $870. It was my first trip to Hong Kong and first trip to Asia since 2003. I used all the Hilton points I had to stay at the Conrad HK back in the last year Diamond meant something. I got an upgrade to a 58th floor corner harbor view suite and had an amazing few days in HK. Better still RDU-MSP was oversold and I got a $600 voucher to take the next flight and sit at RDU for two hours instead of MSP.
- March, 2016: My last spring break. I used 140,000 DL miles for RDU-MSP-ORD-ICN on DL/KE in J and ICN-DTW-ATL-RDU on DL in J. I stayed at the Conrad Seoul, two of my friends came along, we also went to Busan and Fukuoka and I got to take my only trip on the DL 747-400.
Now when I travel I still have to worry about work. These were among my last stress free overseas trips.