It was all lining up to be a disaster. Volcanic ash shutting down all the European airports. Our international school trip having been planned for the past 22 months. And somehow our flight wasn’t canceled and was basically the first flight to Budapest from the US following the reopening of the airports. It’s been a…
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Monthly Archives for April 2010.
Free Lonely Planet Europe IPhone apps
Lonely Planet is giving away their IPhone Europe Guide books for free until April 22nd. The cities included are: Amsterdam Barcelona Berlin Budapest Copenhagen Istanbul London Moscow Munich Paris Rome Stockholm Vienna These are usually $10-$15 a piece. This is perfect for my trip tomorrow to Budapest and Rome.
Budapest opens just in time
Hungarian airspace opened for all flights 2010-04-19 12:52:58 Hungarian airspace has been opened at noon on Monday, local air navigation services Hungarocontrol has announced on Monday. Earlier in the day it has cleared only overflight traffic above 7,500 metres (24,000 feet). With no flight restrictions in effect the Ferihegy Airport is also open for the…
50/50 chance of our trip happening
The news keeps getting worse and worse. We leave April 20th. On Delta.com now: Dates of Travel Impacted Apr 15-20, 2010 Destination (To, From, or Through) Dates of Travel Impacted Ticket Reissue Date (On or Before) New Travel Origination Dates (No Later Than) AMS – Amsterdam BRU – Brussels BUD – Budapest CDG – Paris,…
$150 Food and Beverage credit at Intercontinental Hong Kong
If you go to http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/, look to the right under featured offers. Featured Offers Enjoy a USD150 Food and Beverge [sic] Credit per stay at InterContinental Hong Kong, used in celebrated restaurants. Book Now. If it doesn’t appear right away, refresh the page. Make sure and print out the page.
500 Priority Club points for installing a browser toolbar
Link. Easy 500 Priority Club points. Just download the browser toolbar and you’re done! Earn 1000 points additional by booking a room with the toolbar. Details: Priority Club – More than 4,300 hotels, At one click of a button. Download the toolbar Our exclusive Priority Club toolbar button is another one of our great Travel…
Iceland volcano canceling Delta flights
Uh-oh. 5 days until departure to Europe and the Iceland volcano eruption is canceling Delta flights to Europe. All flights today and 30 flights tomorrow have already been cancelled. This is not looking good.
Delta frequent flier miles for Home Depot gift cards
One of our readers, Sice, points out that you can purchase Home Depot gift cards at http://www.skymilesshopping.com and earn miles. He purchased a $300 gift card for an upcoming Home Depot purchase and the 900 miles posted immediately. From the Home Depot T&C The world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer and the second largest retailer…
7 Las Vegas Buffets for $29.99
For those of you looking to seriously expand the waistband – Harrah’s Group is running a 24 hour buffet special for $29.99. The eligible properties are: Harrah’s Las Vegas: Flavors Flamingo: Paradise Garden Buffet Imperial Palace: Emperor’s Buffet Paris: Le Village Buffet Rio: Carnival World Buffet Caesars Palace: Lago Buffet Planet Hollywood: Spice Market Buffet…
10,000 Delta Skymiles with checking account
SunTrust is giving away 10,000 Delta Skymiles for opening up a checking account with them. It will cost you $55 for your Platinum check card. While not as lucrative as the 15,000 Delta Skymiles offer from last year, it may be worthwhile if you’re a Delta flier. The terms and conditions state that you must…
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