A few weeks ago I flew from Virginia to Hawaii on United with a layover in San Francisco during which I gorged in the American Express Centurion Lounge.

Anyone with any American Express Platinum or Centurion Lounge gets free access to Centurion lounges for himself and up to two guests.

A friend I met at a MileValue dinner has launched a funny web series about using miles to fly Business or First Class and then traveling on a shoestring once you arrive.

It speaks to me because I do the same thing; I remember my Emirates First Class chauffeur picking me up at my hostel in Auckland and flying Singapore First Class to Barcelona before my 5 euro bus to the city to couchsurf.

Here's the 90 second trailer.

Here's the first episode, flying EVA Business Class to Tokyo and then following the weird characters around;

Flying Blue's latest Promo Awards--click that link if you don't know what Promo Awards are--are complete stinkers for most Americans.

Through Tuesday (December 6, 2016), you can buy IHG Rewards Club points with a 100% bonus.

Delta miles can now be redeemed for Virgin Atlantic Premium Economy.

This is the first time miles issued by one of the big three legacy carriers--American, Delta, United--can be redeemed for Premium Economy.

Brussels Airlines is a partner of Etihad miles, and this is the amazing award chart for roundtrip redemptions, including 36,620 Etihad miles roundtrip in Business Class between New York and Brussels, or about a quarter of the miles United would charge for the same booking:

Brussels award space in Business Class is wide open on united.com for Summer 2017 at the moment, and Etihad miles are easy to get as a 1:1 transfer partner of Citi ThankYou Points and Amex Membership rewards, so I figured some serious investigation was in order.

How to Book a Brussels Airlines Flight

Nothing cries out for a BIG trip idea like a few weeks with nowhere to be.

I'm considering going from Hawaii to Croatia from mid-February to mid-March.

If you have an American Express credit card, enter the code AMEXAIRPORT into your Uber app before requesting a ride and pay for it with your Amex. You'll get up to $65 off two separate Uber rides (by December 31, 2016) that originate in the following airports:

LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
John F.

I know I can speak for both Scott and I when saying we are so thankful for you guys! If it wasn't for our readers, we wouldn't be able to work from places like Itacaré, Brazil.

Which is where I'll be writing to you from next week. Expect to hear from us again Monday. In the meantime we'll be taking a few days off.

Wishing you a lovely day of stuffing yourself silly, family, friends, and plenty of rest.

Travel from tons of places (even smaller airports) in the United States to Barcelona or Madrid is pricing at $386+ roundtrip flying Delta economy. The non-stop flights are from New York and are the cheapest at $386 - $390, anywhere else with connections will be around $400.