Presented by nobody! So I’m en route to Miami (FLL) from Phoenix on a direct flight that cost me a whopping $2.50 less a free bag of peanuts. They even gave me another for free. Today while many airlines are charging more and providing less, Southwest is doing the opposite. Reward flights are easy to attain and easier still to redeem. This post is a great segue for what is possible when u begin to Enjoy #ThePointsOfLife. In the coming posts in this category I will tell you all you need to know to get to Las Vegas or even better Los Cabos flying Southwest for next to nothing. Oh, and you can bring your companion for free!
All this can be yours if the points are right . . .
It’s all well and good when every imbecile tells you of their great travels and then never reveals exactly how they get it done.
Well, I may be many things but imbecile I am not. I am going to provide the simple tutorial over the following posts in the Points101 section that shows you how I did the following for $275, all in business class.
Look the trip still isn’t done! Of course, #EnjoyThePointsOfLife is Part 2: Step 1 of the much anticipated, soon to be #1 NYT best-seller, Everyone’s Advice Is Wrong . . . Including Mine.
Look the trip still isn’t done! Of course, #EnjoyThePointsOfLife is Part 2: Step 1 of the much anticipated, soon to be #1 NYT best-seller, Everyone’s Advice Is Wrong . . . Including Mine.
Detroit Delicious
Food. Yum.
Need I say more? Travel anywhere, well mostly anywhere and you will encounter amazing food. I’m going to start with the holy grail of food, Coney Islands in the D.
After a late night following a Tigers game, an inevitable Detroit Lions loss, nothing is better than chillyicheese fries, a gyros, and a Detroit style chili dog. I know people stateside and indeed worldwide are scared of Detroit and therefore let that fabricated fear get the best of them.
That unwarranted fear quickly dissipates after having those tasty treats.
Please support American Coney Island when you finally get to Detroit to watch a Lions victory.
Here’s how our global food tour begins:
Hey, at least I had a diet pepsi.
Beer me
Who doesn’t like beer? It’s simply un-American if you answer you do not. But, let’s face it, American beers aren’t exactly the greatest. While you have your micro breweries and all the hoppy [disgusting IPA’s] that everyone rants and raves about, there’s nothing like going to a foreign land and tasting that local brew. Rule number one after leaving the hotel, anywhere I am, stateside or abroad is to never pass a pub. Walk in, order, drink, enjoy. Let the vacation begin:
Party Time Worldwide
“I can have fun without drinking,” someone once told me.
Maybe, it is possible but I prefer the alternative.
What’s on your bucket list? (worst saying btw)
I hope Koh Phangan, Thailand.
Stay tuned for the debauchery, worldwide of course.
We’re Off to Wine Country Worldwide
What makes a good wine? What credibility do I have to tell you what wine is good and what wine is crap?
These pressing questions and much more will be answered in my international expedition: Alex takes on Wine Country Worldwide.
So go to your local Costco, pick up your bottle of $7.99 Merlot and prepare to be wowed.
As usual, we start with a picture preview:
Pho Sho: Top 10 Pho Worldwide
For all my Pho lovers and friends, I have traveled the world in search of that perfect bowl of pho. Pho Tai is my favorite and I will document with pictures and stories where I was wowed by a great bowl and where I was left disappointed. For those of you who do not know what pho is, shame on you. No worries, I’ll take you to pho university. Let’s start with a nice pic to set the mood:
Keep up on twitter for when I post #10.
