Road Warrior

When hitting the road I might be able to help on planning your trips. I travel every week up and down the east coast using airlines, hotels and car rentals. I have been a road warrior for a better part of 4 years in the United States and about 15 years in Europe. I want to share some tips on making the best out of it. One thing to do is make sure you book and schedule your own travel and run it through your own credit cards. This is essential to what your about to hear. This way you can get all the benefits of racking up those megamiles. Diversity is the key. Make sure you register and keep your login safe and available. You want to try and keep from using just one reward point membership and build up several accounts. This will protect you from loosing status and being left with only one rewards account. The other thing is the value of the points. They vary from company to company. The quality varies from company to comany too. I can also tell you about airlines and how to use them with tricks on bags and how to pack all the way to check in and parking.

Book your own travel

Folks!



If your not booking your own travel, its about time you do this. Airlines, rental cars and hotels can be a nice little treasure when vacation time comes around. Passwords are a pain, but if your an iPhone freak there is a password app that can help, and for PC users password plus is probably the best. Seems to me from being gold, wizard, emerald and blue chip I found national car rental to be the most competative and easy to use. The only downside is they are often off site, so get ready to take a bus shuttle. I work my hotels between Marriott and Hilton properties. Found the Hilton to be a little cleaner than Marriott, but I can get in anywhere at Marriott with short notice and cancel the same way. I prefer Hilton properties and recommend them. The reward points differ a bit too. I cannot tell yet which points are better, but that will change since I split my usage now. Oh yes! I suggest people split their reward points across the board to have the variety its safer and gives more security when traveling. This goes for airlines as well. Delta is dominant in Atlanta and this could be a reason to use and airline, but service is too. I will talk a little about that in the next blitch.