Our flight from SMF we arrived at gate 68 terminal 6. Our departure was gate 51B in terminal 5. Also we had arrived 30 minutes later than scheduled on the SMF leg, so there wasn’t time for a lounge visit and I needed to head directly to gate 51B. When making connections between terminal 5 and 6, travelers need to access an underground tunnel airside between the terminals.
Continue reading “Review: Delta Transcontinental Business Class – Los Angeles to New York”
For those of you not living under a rock in the travel blogosphere, American Airlines has recently completed a massive devaluation of their airline miles. It occurred on March 22nd and some of the hits were pretty substantial. Continue reading “How We’re Using Our American Airline Miles”
Sacramento Parking Garage level 3
I arrived to the Sacramento Metro Field airport early on a chilly New Year’s Eve day and parked in the airports only parking garage.
Continue reading “Review: Delta Regional First Class – Sacramento to Los Angeles”
After speaking with Scott and conferring with Susan, I decided I would fly out on Thursday the 31st and back on Saturday the 2nd. That would make it a quick fun trip. I have been a Delta Elite (currently Platinum) for years and I’m always in need of MQMs in order to maintain my Medallion status. I had approximately 3 weeks until my needed travel dates and after I looked at fares I became a bit concerned. They were high, very high. I’m based out of Sacramento California and my outline route was SMF-XXX-NYC-XXX-SMF. Fares were running from $700 – $900 in coach on delta. Some of the flight segments had only middle seats left. First was $1,500+. Well I guess I could fly another carrier for this trip. When I investigated the other airline’s flights I couldn’t find anything that much better. Holiday travel was going to be expensive. Continue reading “Getting There: Delta it is”
I always like doing something for New Years. My girlfriend Susan does not. “Let’s stay home away from the crazies and go to bed early” is her usual refrain. We usually stay home. Continue reading “New York for New Year’s – An unexpected invitation”
Hello Everyone,
So this is the first post on my new travel blog sevenR.com, Traveling with Jimmy.
I have a day job and the intention of the blog is to be a useful tool for those who are full time professionals and who want to travel more. The site will feature posts with content, and for now there won’t be advertising or product sales. Continue reading “First Blog Post”
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