Your Strategy & Plans for 2011?

[kyshel]

We are not going anywhere in for the rest of 2011 - hubby getting transferred to another branch office - losing some vacation time ;-(
Saving up days to do another 2 weeks somewhere in Latin America in Feb or March 2012. These days we can usally only do 1 trip a year so we try and make it a 2 week one.

That is such a drag to lose vacation time. Happened to Boss when they renegotiated pilot contract during bankruptcy but good news is that it just magically reappeared so we have the 5 wks again.
He has the luxury of bidding his work/off days every month tho so we can squeak in a few days to tag on or combine for multiple wks.
I'm sure you'll come up with a good solution for that vacation time! As long as the darned east coast weather will let you get out of the States w/out delays Feb is such a good time to travel.

[omegaet]

This could be some good news for those wanting to use airline awards through the balance pf the year:


For Frequent Fliers, a Ranking of the Stingiest Airlines - WSJ.com

[Mountie]

This could be some good news for those wanting to use airline awards through the balance pf the year:


For Frequent Fliers, a Ranking of the Stingiest Airlines - WSJ.com

Doesn't surprise me to see USAir and Delta at the bottom of the stingiest list.

I get it, they both want to fill those seats with revenue passengers.

[thepiranha]

I'm surprised to see Alaska Air ranked so low. I've had great luck getting tickets using miles with them, much better than United.

[omegaet]

Doesn't surprise me to see USAir and Delta at the bottom of the stingiest list.

I get it, they both want to fill those seats with revenue passengers.

Can't comment on USAir (not a big fan and not a regular customer), but Delta has always come through for us for award travel....maybe we needed to juggle our schedules a bit here and there, but they seem to get the job done....especially like their SkyTeam members.

[LL_Travelfan]

I haven't really had a problem to get the FF tickets and dates on any airline I wanted to use to travel to Europe. I usually book as much as 10 to 11 months in advance and with American and United allowing one-way tickets at half the miles, booking ff seats has become even easier. The only airline I tend to avoid is British Air. BA charges the highest fees for ff tickets to reach Europe, and I feel London airports are a drag to get to Munich, Germany.

[jsattapr2]

Looks like my strategy to buy something in the Around The World in 80 Days promotion is going to come up empty. I have looked at each daily offering and only a few days remain. Still nothing works considering expiration dates.

Now I go back to my normal strategy of looking at the web site every day in hopes of finding that treasure trip at the right price with an acceptable expiration date.