TEN years!!!

Ok now that the last post had me on a trip down memory lance circa 2000 Europe travels...I'm totally obsessed with getting back over the pond. ASAP. From now till 5pm, you'll find me on kayak. Let the productivity decline begin.

Rapid Rewards Junkie

It seems fitting that I designate this, the first post on my blog, to my favorite travel rewards program, Southwest Rapid Rewards. Note: I do not work for Southwest.

This post is spurred by the excitement/panic that ensued when I checked my email this morning and saw a notification that Southwest extended their schedule to mid-March. THIS IS HUGE, people! Oh wait, this being my first blog post...no followers yet...but when I have some...you will totally get what I am saying here!! I was totally flustered because I was about 3 hours late to this news and knew it is only a matter of time before all the deals and award seats are sucked up by those crazy people who let their blackberries and iphones ring all night with email alerts so they can be the first to know about this sort of thing. Don't get me wrong, I've been one of those people before...don't think I didn't get up at 4am when Skybus and their $10 fare sales were going.

Anyway, I was frantic to book an RR Award flight to San Fran for MLK weekend (have a bachelorette party in Napa and I could seriously use the extra cash for my two other favorite pastimes, wine and food...), but, alas, I was outmaneuvered by those savvy blackberriers and early risers previously mentioned.

Set my Kayak alerts for SFO in Jan, fingers crossed for a sweet deal.