CHECK YOUR EMAIL: Travel agency goes bankrupt, strands passengers
Sep15

CHECK YOUR EMAIL: Travel agency goes bankrupt, strands passengers

Imagine that you’re at the airport, boarding your plane to a far flung destination, perhaps a honeymoon or well deserved family vacation, and you get an email stating that your hotel, transfers, and potentially all activities have all been cancelled, so deal with it.  What would you do?  In today’s digital age with confirmations galore, how could this happen? Well it happened last month for tens of thousands of people, and...

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Seattle to London, British Airways 747 Club World
Sep14

Seattle to London, British Airways 747 Club World

We were admittedly a bit concerned when we approached SeaTac airport, as it’s one of the airports where the security lines we have noticed reached hours in wait time. Since this was a BA operated flight, we wouldn’t have any PreCheck available to us, which meant regular lines for us. Our saving grace however, as we noticed the lines WERE long but not unbearable, was that we were able to access the premium line. From luggage drop off...

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CRAZY Sale: SkyTeam Business Class from $1,050
Sep13

CRAZY Sale: SkyTeam Business Class from $1,050

Yesterday we posted about an amazing deal from Germany to all points USA in business class, with sale fares coming in starting at $1100+. Well, it looks like someone over at SkyTeam has jumped on the crazy train once again, because we’re seeing sale fares from $1,050 from Europe to the USA. Specifically, Madrid to JFK is coming in at 950 Euros, or only $1,050 US. The fare seems to be valid, once again, from the week before...

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INSANE Sale:  Germany to USA, Business Class, from $1137
Sep12

INSANE Sale: Germany to USA, Business Class, from $1137

There’s a ridiculous sale going on right now from all points Germany to all points USA.  I’m seeing deals from $1130 and up.  Dates look like they’re good from November 21st, 2016 to April 15th, 2017.  You can travel what appears to be through mid May, 2017, INCLUDING Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years… Looks like flights are available in business class on SkyTeam carriers KLM, Air France, and Delta through...

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FLASH SALE: Los Angeles to Tokyo, United, $385!!
Sep12

FLASH SALE: Los Angeles to Tokyo, United, $385!!

Act fast on this one guys.  Looks like it might be gone soon. Currently, some OTA’s are pricing out Los Angeles to Tokyo, Non stop on United for only $385 and change. I found this deal through Secret Flying, and it looks like they link to Citi Air Travel for the cheap tickets. United’s own website is pricing out at almost $600, so jump on this one QUICK. The dates look pretty wide open, as I’m seeing dates throughout...

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Our Big Fat Greek Trip
Sep12

Our Big Fat Greek Trip

In October of last year, British Airways had a business class sale that was good until the end of the booking calendar. Business class seats for summer 2016 travel were going for as little as $500 (using a few tricks…) so we decided on the fly to head to Athens for a 10 day vacation. We knew that most people did island trips, but since we’re both history buffs, we wanted to spend some time on the mainland itself, since that’s where...

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Enter to WIN from the #NMCLaborDay Mileage Run!
Sep10

Enter to WIN from the #NMCLaborDay Mileage Run!

Hello and thanks for reading us here on NoMasCoach!  As you may have figured out, we had one heck of a Labor Day weekend, as we flew over 12,000 miles all over the US and Central America, stayed at a couple of hotels, and earned a boatload of miles in the process. In case you missed it, here’s all the flights and hotel stays from the weekend. Flight 1 of 10, Alaska Airlines SEA-SFO, #NMCLaborDay Flight 2 of 10, AA 1143...

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Why we aren’t using Delta’s mileage sale
Sep10

Why we aren’t using Delta’s mileage sale

Delta has been come under a lot of pressure lately for removing their award charts from their website.  I mean, seriously.  Who the hell doesn’t show you how much you’re paying for something until you’re at checkout? Usually only lobster or expensive seafood is “market price,” but as of late, it seems that with Delta, even flights are changing prices at a whim. So call me crazy for not wanting to jump on...

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What’s a Mileage Run really worth?
Sep09

What’s a Mileage Run really worth?

As a summary of our Labor Day weekend mileage run to Panama City and back (#NMCLaborDay), we thought we’d leave you with an explanation of why it made sense for us to do it and a rundown of all the numbers we tallied up. Departure from Seattle: Friday 1:10 PM Arrival in Seattle: Monday 5:38 PM Time away from Home: 77 hours Hours Flown: 27 hours Hours in Panama: 16 hours (8 asleep) Romantic dim-lit on-board dinners with your +1: 10...

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Zambezi River Cruise, Zambia
Sep08

Zambezi River Cruise, Zambia

As we only had a few days left in our trip, and just three days, two nights in Zambia in particular, we didn’t want to just do nothing. So we decided to book a River Cruise tour of the Mighty Zambezi River instead, which would allow us to wine and dine while at the same time requiring no extenuating activity from out part. We booked it once again from Euma Tours, who arranged a hotel pickup not too long after we had arrived to...

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