Ric Garrido

My points and miles strategy for bargain travel around Europe

Most bloggers on BoardingArea focus on credit card sign-ups as the route to premium travel on airlines and high-end hotel stays. Being pampered

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Overview of June 2022-May 2023 four trips to 13 cities in Europe

I returned last week from my fourth trip to Europe since June 2022. Since Kelley retired last June we have taken four 3-week

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Daily Getaways 2023 returns June 12 – preview June 5.

U.S. Travel Association launches Daily Getaways 2023 travel offers and hotel points purchase discounts on June 12, 2023. A preview of the first

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Earn 6,000 Accor points with 6 hotel nights for €120 rebate March 29 – April 25

Accor Hotels 6,000 bonus points for three 2-night stays is the promotion I was waiting to see for 2023. 6,000 points are worth

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United EWR plane, MXP train and metro to Hotel Indigo Milan

United Airlines Newark EWR to Milan MXP United Airlines Basic Economy as a Star Alliance Gold elite member No frills United Airlines Basic

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The High Line elevated park in Manhattan

One objective I had on our 15 hours overnight stay at Crowne Plaza HY36 Midtown Manhattan was take a walk along the High

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Hotel Review: Crowne Plaza HY36 Midtown Manhattan

Crowne Plaza HY36 Midtown Manhattan is a hotel two blocks from Penn Station. This was my first time in New York City since

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Milan-Venice-Amsterdam-Oslo winter 2023 trip overview

Last week my wife and I returned from a 23-day trip from San Francisco to New York, Milan, Venice, Amsterdam and Oslo. A

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State of My Travel 2023

Today I completed the last of my reservations for May 2023 hotels for a trip to Oslo, Rhodes, Czechia and Tallinn, Estonia. All

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Review: LOT Warsaw Polonez Business Lounge, WAW Poland

On our November-December 2022 trip to Poland we flew LOT Polish from Gdansk GDN by the Baltic Sea to Krakow KRK in the

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