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What To Pack For A Ski Trip
Ski Trip Later this week, Ashlee and I will have our bags packed and will join a couple of friends to ski Park City Mountain just outside of Salt Lake City, UT. We skied the east coast the past few years at Snowshoe Mountain and are excited to be heading out west again. I’ve found that I’m…
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How to Book Southwest Airlines Flights with Ultimate Rewards [2019]
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Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards, loyalty program of Southwest Airlines, is a program that allows you to book Southwest Airlines flights. The airline was founded by Herb Kelleher and if you’re interested in more background about the airline, I really enjoyed Herb Kelleher’s interview on NPR’s How I Built This Podcast. Southwest Airlines does not have…
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How to Book Singapore Airlines Flights with Ultimate Rewards
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, loyalty program of Singapore Airlines, is a program that allows you to book Singapore Airlines and partner airline flights. The Singapore Airlines award chart has many redemptions to consider. For U.S. travelers, the redemptions to check out are as follows. One, U.S. domestic premium class. Two, North America to Hawaii. Three, North…
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How to Book Korean Air Flights with Ultimate Rewards [2018]
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Korean Air SKYPASS, loyalty program of Korean Air, is a fantastic program that allows you to book Korean Air flights, SkyTeam flights and codeshare agreement (meaning you would use your Korean Air SKYPASS miles to fly on an Emirates flight for example) partner flights. Korean Air has a multitude of redemptions so here are five for US-based…
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How to Book Iberia Flights with Ultimate Rewards [2019]
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Iberia Plus, loyalty program of Iberia, is a program that allows you to book Iberia flights, Oneworld flights and partner flights. Iberia is owned by the same company that owns British Airways and Aer Lingus. The best ways for US-based travelers to maximize redemptions are two-fold. One, Oneworld partner flights with American Airlines (meaning you’ll…
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