Plans for 2011
Jan 4, 2011 | 11:20 am
#17
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: United 2P
Posts: 11
I am a huge electronic music lover and 2011 is going to be a year filled with traveling to outdoor music festivals around the world! I couldn't be more excited!
March- Miami for Winter Music Conference
May- Detroit Electronic Music Conference
June- Barcelona, Spain for SONAR, and planning to visit Madrid, Ibiza and Mallorca as well!
July- Montreal Jazz Festival
August- Lollapalooza in my home city, Chicago
October- Tentative plans to travel to Amsterdam for ADE !
March- Miami for Winter Music Conference
May- Detroit Electronic Music Conference
June- Barcelona, Spain for SONAR, and planning to visit Madrid, Ibiza and Mallorca as well!
July- Montreal Jazz Festival
August- Lollapalooza in my home city, Chicago
October- Tentative plans to travel to Amsterdam for ADE !
Jan 4, 2011 | 4:40 pm
#18
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: WAS
Programs: UA 1K, HH Silver, A-Club Plat, CBP Global Entry
Posts: 44
Lima in February.
Bangkok and Tokyo in April for my 3/10ths of a century birthday.
Also hoping to get to Brussels at least once, and a Scuba trip to the Carribbean somewhere in the fall.
I was supposed to go down under for a wedding, but my friends decided to use the same date as a local friend, and I can not ditch that one. AUS will have to wait.
Happy Flying
Bangkok and Tokyo in April for my 3/10ths of a century birthday.
Also hoping to get to Brussels at least once, and a Scuba trip to the Carribbean somewhere in the fall.
I was supposed to go down under for a wedding, but my friends decided to use the same date as a local friend, and I can not ditch that one. AUS will have to wait.
Happy Flying
Jan 4, 2011 | 7:36 pm
#19
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: PVD
Posts: 14
My first post on FT!
Hopefully taking the family (including all 5 kids) to MCO in Feb (full fare since flights are CHEAP). Then possibly a reward trip to YYG for our 15th anniversary in August. First year I've had any leisure travel plans in a LONG time, and I already have two potential trips planned thanks to my new travel-hacking hobby!
Hopefully taking the family (including all 5 kids) to MCO in Feb (full fare since flights are CHEAP). Then possibly a reward trip to YYG for our 15th anniversary in August. First year I've had any leisure travel plans in a LONG time, and I already have two potential trips planned thanks to my new travel-hacking hobby!
Jan 4, 2011 | 7:45 pm
#20
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Northwest NJ
Programs: Starwood Platinum,Marriott Platinum, United Silver
Posts: 2,313
Welcome to FT greenmozart!
Jan: Palm Beach
Feb: Ritz Central Park (thanks Marriott points!)
Mar: Atlantis Bahamas timeshare
May: Israel
July: Family vacation to Rehoboth Beach, DE
September: Japan!
December: Back to NYC for 5 nights courtesy either Starwood or Hyatt- still have to decide!
My wife retired from teaching last June and we are making up for lost time! Happy New Year to all.
Jan: Palm Beach
Feb: Ritz Central Park (thanks Marriott points!)
Mar: Atlantis Bahamas timeshare
May: Israel
July: Family vacation to Rehoboth Beach, DE
September: Japan!
December: Back to NYC for 5 nights courtesy either Starwood or Hyatt- still have to decide!
My wife retired from teaching last June and we are making up for lost time! Happy New Year to all.
Jan 5, 2011 | 1:41 am
#22
Join Date: Jun 2010
Programs: Whatever's Cheapest, Accruing Miles, Redeeming for Premium Cabins, Not Chasing Status Unnecessarily
Posts: 2,265
Jan Aruba
March Las Vegas
April Naples,FL
June Las Vegas
July SFO/napa
November Florida/Caribbean unsure
+ random weekend trips
March Las Vegas
April Naples,FL
June Las Vegas
July SFO/napa
November Florida/Caribbean unsure
+ random weekend trips
Jan 5, 2011 | 6:48 am
#23
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: mountains of western NC
Programs: Life, Love and Laughter
Posts: 9,809
After acquiring lots of miles and points in 2010, I will be using some of them in 2011. I plan to attend a cousin's wedding in DC area in May, another cousin's wedding in NYC in the fall, a friend's wedding in Madison, WI in Oct. And sometime this summer I will go to Seattle to meet my step-daughter's expected baby. I will also continue making short trips in the region including the beach every few months and some surprises.
Jan 5, 2011 | 6:43 pm
#25
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 2
Honeymoon in Thailand
Getting married in September and I am new to FT, but am very motivated to pay for the flights to Thailand for our honeymoon. After a couple of Chase promotions, we are already halfway there with 60K in miles and we haven't even spent any of the money for the wedding yet!
Can't wait to see what FT can teach me this year.
Can't wait to see what FT can teach me this year.
Jan 5, 2011 | 6:54 pm
#26
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 79
London, Brussels, and Paris in May/June.
NYC in September.
All business class flights and all 13 nights in hotels obtained using miles, total fees for everything under $800.
Discovered flyertalk in January 2010 and it has opened a whole new world to me, literally. Best. Site. Ever.
NYC in September.
All business class flights and all 13 nights in hotels obtained using miles, total fees for everything under $800.
Discovered flyertalk in January 2010 and it has opened a whole new world to me, literally. Best. Site. Ever.
Jan 5, 2011 | 7:08 pm
#27
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Land of the parrots and parrotheads
Programs: Several dozen
Posts: 4,820
Jan 5, 2011 | 9:21 pm
#29
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: GRR, USA
Posts: 3,298
3 or 4 segment runs on UA coming up in next couple of months. have been able to find $200-250 6 segment fares farely easily on UA(plus have 3 UA vouchers for 200 each), so should have 18 segments for about $150 out of pocket. Hoping to average 5 segments a month to clip UA PE by year end. One of the MR's is to IAD for my Global Entry interview
Then in May off to Slovakia to visit relatives and for the world hockey championships in bratislava for 2 weeks with a couple of days in Vienna before flying out VIE. Miles run in 2010 taking care of C and F seats on this one.
Probably some more segment runs in late summer/early fall
Hoping US brings out the $1500 Z fares over next thanksgiving to shore up miles on the cheap to germany or switzerland. Considering also the stupid, a potential GRR-SYD (maybe a kicker to HKG)-GRR mileage run over thanksgiving if nothing compelling available to EU
Thanks to the FT-ers out here that helped me become addicted. Where and when are the FT-er anonymous meetings going to be? maybe an MR to that meeting.
Then in May off to Slovakia to visit relatives and for the world hockey championships in bratislava for 2 weeks with a couple of days in Vienna before flying out VIE. Miles run in 2010 taking care of C and F seats on this one.
Probably some more segment runs in late summer/early fall
Hoping US brings out the $1500 Z fares over next thanksgiving to shore up miles on the cheap to germany or switzerland. Considering also the stupid, a potential GRR-SYD (maybe a kicker to HKG)-GRR mileage run over thanksgiving if nothing compelling available to EU
Thanks to the FT-ers out here that helped me become addicted. Where and when are the FT-er anonymous meetings going to be? maybe an MR to that meeting.
Jan 6, 2011 | 8:23 am
#30
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 22
Just got everything finalized for my first year wedding anniversary.
We will be spending 6 nights in Bora Bora!! Ended up using AA miles for the trip to PPT, and Hilton points for the hotel. I did pay $250 to upgrade to an Overwater Bungalow for 3 of the nights, and they gave me a free upgrade to a Hillside Villa for the other three. Most expensive part was having to buy the tickets from PPT to Bora Bora which were $400 each.
I wanted to make this vacation spectacular, as my wife will hopefully be starting law school this fall, so no vacations for 3 years as law school is expensive...too expensive if you ask me
We will be spending 6 nights in Bora Bora!! Ended up using AA miles for the trip to PPT, and Hilton points for the hotel. I did pay $250 to upgrade to an Overwater Bungalow for 3 of the nights, and they gave me a free upgrade to a Hillside Villa for the other three. Most expensive part was having to buy the tickets from PPT to Bora Bora which were $400 each.
I wanted to make this vacation spectacular, as my wife will hopefully be starting law school this fall, so no vacations for 3 years as law school is expensive...too expensive if you ask me