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Flying During the Holiday Season; Knowing When to Travel

November 13th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Blog, Travel Deals, Travel Tips by Dani Klein - Admin

Before I travel anywhere, I tend to do a lot of research online. I check multiple sites (although I basically live on Kayak.com), compare prices, times of flights, stopovers, etc. I change the dates, tinker with the airports, and finally come up with the best itinerary for hard earned dollars (or in my most recent case, credit card points).

So when I was discussing potentially going away over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, I did some research. Here’s what I found (and already know):

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Tags: flying on thanksgiving, holiday season travel, holiday travel, kayak.com, new years, thanksgiving, thanksgiving travel, Travel Tips, when to buy flights, Xmas

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SPG to provide Kosher for their guests at the US Open

August 10th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in New York, Travel Deals, USA by mobillet

YTK covered availability of Kosher food at the US Tennis Open yesterday. I had a related experience courtesy of Starwood Hotels “SPG Moments” program.

Here’s the background… Starwood Hotels manages one of most flexible and valuable loyalty point programs out there, Starpoints for Starwood Preferred Guests (or “SPG”). In addition to the usual like free hotel stays or air travel, they provide other innovative ways to redeem points like SPG Moments “where hard-earned Starpoints can be transformed into once-in-a-lifetime experiences.” Things like going to a concert and meeting the band, getting tickets to a major sporting event in a faraway place, walking a red carpet at a movie premier, etc.

I recently redeemed points for an SPG Moments reward that includes 2 evening session Lower Promenade Tickets to the US Tennis Open in Arthur Ashe Stadium, Queens, and access to the SPG VIP Evening Reception where they will have a free bar and buffet. I emailed SPG Moments to see if they would provide Kosher food at the VIP reception. A service person quickly got back to saying she would look into it and 5 minutes later emailed me again saying they would make accommodations for me and my guest. Great service, from a great rewards program. It always pays to ask!

If you want a fast and great way to earn Starpoints, see ThePointsGuy’s blog for a great offer, available now through August 22, 2011. If you simply want to sign up for the program, visit SPG.

Tags: tennis, US OPEN, usta national tennis center

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Using a Prepaid Calling Card to Call Israel from the U.S.

April 5th, 2011 | 7 Comments | Posted in Israel, Travel Deals, Travel Product Reviews, Travel Tips by mobillet

Amid the varied edible offerings of bodegas everywhere, is a non-food product that I have come to use on occasion over the years. Prepaid phone cards…

I recently needed to call Israel from my office and did not want to charge it to my company, so I scoured the internet for the best rates, read a lot of fine print, clarified questions with customer service.

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