Despite a recent devaluation, transferring Amex Membership Rewards points to British Airways still makes for a good redemption. While BA no longer offers its 4,500 one-way awards within the US, the…
Starting This Week, PINs Won’t Work When You Access United MileagePlus
Later this week, United will be changing the process for logging into your MileagePlus account. While the carrier had already begun requiring passwords to sign in online since February 11, as of th…
Score One-Way Fares from $39 with JetBlue’s Fall Sale
JetBlue is known for offering terrific flash sales and great in-flight service. Right now it’s promoting a fall sale, with tons of sub-$100 fares, including business routes like San Francisco…
Terrorism won’t stop us
In December of 2015 my husband and I decided to uproot our life in the United States, sell all of our belongings and travel the world with our two young children. We would live abroad in different …
If you see something, say something
“IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.” That’s the anti-terrorism slogan that’s plastered across subway cars, airport baggage claims, and train stations across the country. A…
24 hours in LA
MorningAngelenos love to opine about the rapid gentrification of Downtown Los Angeles, but we also can’t help but appreciate the thriving restaurant and bar scenes that have emerged as a resu…
Puerto Rico honors Orlando victims
San Juan mayor Carmen Yulín poses in front of the first LGBT monument in Puerto Rico. The monument sits in the capital city of San Juan, at the entrance of Sixto Escobar Stadium, with the in…
Growing up biracial
Photo by kris krügThat naivety ended abruptly in 5th grade. Two significant factors came to a head. I began attending an all-white conservative Church, and my African-American father died; whi…
13 signs you went to college in San Luis Obispo
You know what a Bull’s Sweat is and you’ve lived to tell the tale.If you lived in SLO during your 21st birthday, you probably spent your debut of newfound alcohol-fueled adulthood downt…
9 Latin food experiences you need to have in Miami
1. The real deal fritanga and more in Sweetwater Being part-Nicaraguan myself, I have a soft-spot in my heart for treats from the land of my people. And one of these is the incredibly indulgent ras…