Airports – Your Mileage May Vary

A New WDW Area Location Is Charging For Parking, The Travel Company That’s Pulling A Bait & Switch, & More

Woo hoo, it’s finally the WEEKEND! Here are the articles we wrote this week, in one convenient place.

Joe wrote about:

The launch of the annual Daily Getaways program.
How no one is mentioning one important part of the change to redeeming SouthWest points.
TSA checkpoint lines are getting even longer so he’s looking at CLEAR.
Booking a flight on Frontier was different from what he expected.
How bait & switch is alive and well in the travel world.

And Sharon wrote about:

2018 operation dates for The Land Of Oz, a Wizard of Oz themed theme park that opens seasonally.
Walt Disney World hotels aren’t the only places where you now have to pay for parking.
Some of the funniest flight attendant safety spiels ever.
How to find out what you’ll pass along the way on a road trip.
The fable of Finnair’s final Friday the 13th flight.

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TSA Checkpoint Lines Are Getting Even Longer So I’m Looking At CLEAR

The last few times we flew out of Orlando, the TSA lines have been unbelievably long. The regular security line stretched all the way back towards the food court. It looked exactly like this:

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We had to work our way through the crowds to make it to the TSA PreCheck lanes. Once we got to the PreCheck line, it was still a 10 minute wait to get our ID’s approved while we waited for the people who weren’t supposed to be in the line to be told they needed to go and wait in the 45 minute line going down the hall. But there was one line that was empty – the one for CLEAR.

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The Strangest Place Ever For A Gideon Bible, A Disney Vacation Gone Sour, The Airport That Cleans Your Luggage & More

Happy Sunday! It was a busy week for those of us who follow miles and points. I’m going to go past the most popular topics to show you some of the other articles that I found interesting this week.

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The Latest on Disney Character Meals, How Joe Saved $400 On A Hotel Room & More

Happy Saturday y’all and welcome to the weekend! Here are the articles we wrote this week, in one convenient place.

Joe wrote about:

How it pays to have a guide to take you around Pike Place Market.
The new offer for 1000 easy Chase points – if you were lucky enough to get the offer (neither of us were).
How he finished his IHG tasks and received his reward (What, Joe? A geek? Nah…)
How Silvercar is our favorite rental car company that we never get to use.
How he saved his father $400 on a hotel room.

And Sharon wrote about:

The company that’s saving lives with leftover hotel soaps.
A guide to every Disney character meal in the U.S.A. (Walt Disney World, Disneyland and Aulani Resort)
How to kill time in an airport and not spend money (or at least not much).
Humorously translating the English of the U.K. and the U.S.
Universal Orlando’s introduction of its first two Value Resorts.

How To Kill Time In An Airport (And Not Spend Money – Or At Least Not Much)

Whether you happened to get to the early super early, have an ultra long layover, or are “stranded” until whatever is wrong can be fixed, being stuck at an airport is not a whole lot of fun. Of course, if you have access to a club lounge (or if you don’t, you might still be able to get into one), it will make your time more comfortable. But if not, well, even if you kill some time by shopping, eating and drinking, eventually your’e going to want some other things to keep you busy. How about these?

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How to Ensure You’ll Get Through Pre-Check Lanes, WDW’s Easter Displays, & More

Hi friends! Happy Easter, happy 2nd day of Passover, happy April Fools’ Day and happy Sunday! Most of the travel blogosphere this week seemed to be obsessed with getting the IHG card before it went away (I did), and the American Express Mercedes Benz Platinum card before it went away (I didn’t). Going through a bunch of gift card offers and reviews of flights to places I’ll never go or hotels I’ll never stay at, here are the rest of the best for the week:

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Deadlines, Great Sales, Giveaways and New Stuff

It’s the weekend, y’all! HOORAY! Here’s a quick recap of the posts we wrote this week:

This week Joe wrote about:

Our annual travel tradition.
The IHG Rewards Plus offer that was going away at any moment (it might be done now, but check and see…let us know? Thanks!).
Discover’s quarterly bonus categories.
An offer from Citi to save $50 on a hotel stay of 2 nights or more.
Two different styles of travel planning.

And Sharon wrote about:

Her and Joe’s visit to the newly-opened Voodoo Doughnuts at Universal Orlando’s Citywalk.
How to find out what you can and cannot bring with you onto a plane.
Why walking tours are a great way to see a city.
A reminder that we now have a Facebook group – we’d love if you’d join us!
The opening of Central Florida’s first inflatable water park.
The cool things Delta Airlines is giving away.

Like this post? Please share it! We have plenty more just like it and would love if you decided to hang around and clicked the button on the top (if you’re on your computer) or the bottom (if you’re on your phone/tablet) of this page to follow our blog and get emailed notifications of when we post (it’s usually just once or twice a day). Or maybe you’d like to join our Facebook group, where we talk and ask questions about travel (including Disney parks), creative ways to earn frequent flyer miles and hotel points, how to save money on or for your trips, get access to travel articles you may not see otherwise, etc. Whether you’ve read our posts before or this is the first time you’re stopping by, we’re really glad you’re here and hope you come back to visit again!