This morning, we found out that Virgin America Elevate points will transfer to Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles at a 1:1.3 ratio starting on January 9, 2017. We feel like this is a fair-to-genero…
8 Last-Minute Travel Gifts You Can Find on Amazon
In a perfect world, we’d all have our holiday shopping sorted months (or even just weeks) in advance, but life has a funny way of getting crazy this time of the year. If you still haven&rsquo…
Help the world’s wildlife this Xmas
In lieu of a pack of wolves taking you in as their human ambassador, here is a list of gifts sure to delight any lover of wildlife this holiday season, with a quick reminder that any purchases on A…
American Selling Its Best Business-Class Seat as Economy From January-April 2017
Back in October, we alerted you that American Airlines was selling its best business-class seat for the price of the main cabin on certain routes. Given the tremendous interest in that post, we cru…
Curvy female travelers
Photo by authorI love these adventurous women and follow most of them as avidly as everyone else. But it does give to a stereotype; an idea that travel is for skinny people. The idea that fat peopl…
Spots to celebrate winter solstice
It’s easy to miss, but there’s an occasion on the horizon far more ancient than Christmas. Winter solstice in the northern hemisphere falls on or near December 21st, when the North Pole…
Here’s the Transfer Ratio for Virgin America Elevate Points to Alaska Miles
When the Alaska Airlines-Virgin America merger closed last week, we got answers to quite a few questions. However, one of the biggest outstanding unknowns was “What’s the transfer ratio…
Meet the kids of Syria
All photos taken by the author.As the over five year battle for control of Aleppo ends this week, we take some time to look at the lives of some of the children forced to flee their homes. The belo…
Delta and Alaska Airlines Are Breaking up Next Year
What a busy few days it’s been for Alaska Airlines! Last Wednesday, Alaska Airlines finalized its merger with Virgin America — answering many of our questions in the process. Today, Ala…