spacerangerqueen
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- Joined
- Nov 7, 2007
Finally caught up!
Spent the beginning of December on our big Hawaii trip to celebrate my 40th birthday. It was great, but exhausting. Next trip needs to be more relaxing
Some stats:
6 flights on 3 airlines
4 hotels
3 theme parks (in one day!)
3 rental cars
After the drama of having Hawaiian airlines cancel our direct flight a week after I booked it using transfered Amex MR, the new flight ended up being my favorite. We had to lose a day of the trip to position ourselves in LA to catch a Hawaiian flight, but we were able to book first class for the exact amount of points I had. I was also contacted to participate in a survey by Hawaiian before and during the flight and should be receiving $500 for my efforts. We got to hit up the Centurion Lounge at LAX before our flight for an extra bougie travel day for us.
We stayed 3 nights at Aulani, which was the only thing we paid out of pocket for. Rented DVC points. Did a local luau that I booked with points through the UR portal. We all wish we could have stayed longer, but had to move on to places that were free on points!
Flew Southwest to Maui and stayed 2 nights at the Sheraton on points. Spent our one day there doing the Road to Hana.
Then flew SW back to LAX and spent 2 nights at the Hyatt House Anaheim using points and a free night cert. I used UR to buy tix for Knott's Berry Farm and had 3 comp tix from before I was laid off at Disney that were about to expire. We hit up DCA for Avengers Campus in the morning, then spent the day at Knott's until it closed at 6pm and then did a few hours at Disneyland. Exhausting.
Flew SW home via Austin. Redeemed a free week of airport parking while picking up the car, and then headed home to crash!
Total cash price for hotels/rental cars/flights/event tix/gas was $15k!
Total spent OOP was $2600.
Time to plan another trip!
Spent the beginning of December on our big Hawaii trip to celebrate my 40th birthday. It was great, but exhausting. Next trip needs to be more relaxing
Some stats:
6 flights on 3 airlines
4 hotels
3 theme parks (in one day!)
3 rental cars
After the drama of having Hawaiian airlines cancel our direct flight a week after I booked it using transfered Amex MR, the new flight ended up being my favorite. We had to lose a day of the trip to position ourselves in LA to catch a Hawaiian flight, but we were able to book first class for the exact amount of points I had. I was also contacted to participate in a survey by Hawaiian before and during the flight and should be receiving $500 for my efforts. We got to hit up the Centurion Lounge at LAX before our flight for an extra bougie travel day for us.
We stayed 3 nights at Aulani, which was the only thing we paid out of pocket for. Rented DVC points. Did a local luau that I booked with points through the UR portal. We all wish we could have stayed longer, but had to move on to places that were free on points!
Flew Southwest to Maui and stayed 2 nights at the Sheraton on points. Spent our one day there doing the Road to Hana.
Then flew SW back to LAX and spent 2 nights at the Hyatt House Anaheim using points and a free night cert. I used UR to buy tix for Knott's Berry Farm and had 3 comp tix from before I was laid off at Disney that were about to expire. We hit up DCA for Avengers Campus in the morning, then spent the day at Knott's until it closed at 6pm and then did a few hours at Disneyland. Exhausting.
Flew SW home via Austin. Redeemed a free week of airport parking while picking up the car, and then headed home to crash!
Total cash price for hotels/rental cars/flights/event tix/gas was $15k!
Total spent OOP was $2600.
Time to plan another trip!
