Budget airline Wizz Air is the leading airline for travel around Central and Eastern Europe with over 600 routes. Wizz operates nonstop flights between London Luton LTN and 10 cities in Romania. When I grabbed an Icelandair San Francisco to London
Sopot, Poland in summer is the country’s major beach resort in the Pomeranian region of northern Poland on the Baltic Sea. Kelley loved Sopot beach town life. I think it reminded her of our own local California upscale small town
United Airlines and Star Alliance carriers have LAX to several cities in Poland on sale for under $600 round trip from mid-August to mid-October. Most flights to Poland are United to Germany for connecting flights on Lufthansa. Air Canada via
Star Alliance and Oneworld both have several cities in Poland priced in mid-$500s for travel beginning in mid-August. LOT Polish flies nonstop LAX to Warsaw and ticket prices are slightly higher at $600 or so to fly LOT. American/Finnair/British Airways
Program features in four different hotel loyalty programs were eliminated or changed in the past 14 months resulting in a significant loss of hotel discount strategies for budget travelers. This post is a recap of these program features that I
All alliances have lowered ticket prices from Los Angeles LAX to cities across Poland and the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to mid-$500s for travel late March to early May. Western Europe has ticket prices in the $400s
My 2017 flight year might be unique among points and miles bloggers in that I only flew on revenue tickets in 2017 without a single miles reward ticket. I flew 95,647 flight miles with 48 flight segments for $3,870 in
There is no denying Club Carlson launched a couple of years of the most lucrative hotel loyalty promotions in 2011 and 2012, only to claw back many of the best loyalty program benefits in 2015-2017. The real death knell for
Over the years in the points and miles blogosphere, several bloggers developed estimates for the average value of a frequent flyer mile and hotel loyalty point. ThePointsGuy.com posts a monthly update on the value of a mile and point in
Winter in Europe was appealing travel for me when I flew San Francisco to Copenhagen, then visited Malmo, Sweden; Prague, Czech Republic; Wroclaw and Krakow, Poland; Stockholm, Sweden in January 2017. Sure, the weather can be bitterly cold, but some
