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Never Miss Another Deal - Follow DansDeals on Facebook Find dozens of DansDeals trip reports here. Follow my travels and more on Instagram @DansDeals Find Trip Reports and contribute your own trip reports on DDF Find Destinations Threads and helpful travel wikis on DDF Antarctica has always been on my bucket list. I may be a religious Jew, but that doesn’t mean I’m satisfied limiting my travels to the same boring spots every time, just in order to have kosher restaurants. My most memorable trips aren’t to Miami, LA, or Cancun. They’re the ones to Tasmania, Palau, Svalbard, Dubai, Kobe, Lofoten, Florionopolis, Banff, Iguazu Falls, Kwajalein, Guam, and the Whitsundays Islands. But I also don’t care to live off of Tuna and Peanut Butter. I’ve traveled to those places with double sealed gourmet kosher meals that I have warmed up in hotels, vacation homes, etc. Sure, I have incurable wanderlust vice. But I also love doing mitzvos (good deeds) and … [Read more...] about Antarctica Trip Notes Part 1: Buenos Aires+Planning And Positioning For The Adventure Of A Lifetime

-Find dozens of trip notes like this one by clicking on the “Trip Notes” tab on top of the DansDeals banner at the top of this site. ———————————————————————-These trip notes are continued from:United Island Hopper Trip Notes Part 1: Honolulu–United Island Hopper Trip Notes Part 2: It’s Time To Hop!Please read those installments first for background information! AJK chilling with the Jellyfish: “The opportunity to Kayak and Snorkel in Palau, you will see things that you won’t see anywhere else in the world:” Not an opportunity that should be passed up… Select 1080p under settings to view in HD: Read my trip notes and video of Jellyfish Lake, snorkeling, and kayaking on Palau after the jump: After a doggy misconnection caused AJK and I to have a 25 hour delay in Guam it was … [Read more...] about United Island Hopper Trip Notes Part 3: Koror, Palau And Jellyfish Lake

Related: May 2010 Trip Notes, Part 2: Paris -Find more articles like this by clicking on the “Trip Notes” tab on top of the DansDeals banner at the top of this site. —————————————————————————– I wrote on December 20th in my credit card lineup post that, “I’ve opened over 300 cards building a nest egg of over 10 million miles and points so that I can always hop on a plane, fly in first class somewhere, and stay in a 5 star resort without having to pay for it.” As I was writing that I got bit by the travel bug and started planning the next trip… More after the jump…Sunday night, 12/23: Mimi agrees to let Rafi be spoiled by his awesome Bubby for a few nights, our first trip ever without him (thanks Mom!!!)  Traveling without him felt really strange, but boy what a flashback it was to when … [Read more...] about Trip Notes: Singapore A380 Suites And 46 Hours In Paris

A few weeks ago I asked for your tips and got lots of them, so first of all thanks for your help!  I incorporated many suggestions from there and the Argentina Master Thread on DDF for trip planning. -My wife and I and our 10 month old son have just arrived home on Wednesday afternoon from a week-long trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina.  A city with lots to see, incredible Ice Cream and Dulce de Leche baked goods, and home to one of the best kosher restaurants I’ve ever been to. Here are some of my trip notes:Flight: -I used 125,000 AA miles for my wife’s First Class ticket from Cleveland to Buenos Aires. -For myself I used 4,500 BA miles to go from Cleveland to New York in coach, 75,000 BA miles for JFK to Buenos Aires in first, 75,000 BA miles for Buenos Aires to Miami in first, and 7,500 BA miles for Miami to Cleveland in coach, all on the same flights as my wife. -To book Rafi as a lap child when using AA miles would mean having to pay 10% of the regular $10,000 … [Read more...] about Trip Notes: Buenos Aires, Argentina

-Find dozens of trip notes like this one by clicking on the “Trip Notes” tab on top of the DansDeals banner at the top of this site. ———————————————————————-These trip notes are continued from:United Island Hopper Trip Notes Part 1: Honolulu–United Island Hopper Trip Notes Part 2: It’s Time To Hop!–United Island Hopper Trip Notes Part 3: Koror, Palau Please read those installments first for background information! Read my trip notes from Tokyo and the way home in ANA First Class after the jump: We landed in Guam on Friday morning and went to the United Club to daven. It’s a good thing that United clubs don’t have day rooms with beds like some first class lounges have or else I’m pretty sure we couldn’t have possibly been woken up to take our flight to Tokyo. We weren’t supposed to be flying … [Read more...] about United Island Hopper Trip Notes Part 4: Tokyo, Japan And Back Home In ANA First Class

Never Miss Another Deal - Follow DansDeals on FacebookUpdate: DEAD! Bookable on Priceline. Tickets purchased from Priceline today are refundable until 11:29pm EST tomorrow. Please see this post for directions on how to cancel these tickets. Also bookable on Orbitz or Expedia. Tickets purchased from Orbitz or Expedia today are refundable until 11:59pm PST tomorrow. Use a card like Sapphire Preferred or Sapphire Reserve to earn 2 or 3 Chase points per dollar spent and get free travel/medical insurance, trip/luggage delay protection, and more! DansDeals will receive compensation if you are approved for a credit card via a link in this post. You can fly from Chicago to Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney, and possibly other cities with this deal. This fare is available in business class on most Sundays in either direction from now through November. Availability and connections will vary between Priceline and … [Read more...] about HOT! Fly Business Class From Chicago To Australia For Just $1,500 Or 81K “Hybrid Points” Round-Trip, Plus Earn 38K Flight Miles!