My name is Greg Olen and I am a hoarder. Not the type you see on the A&E show Hoarders where some tortured soul has a mountain of sugar packets in their living room that is threatening to crush the emaciated cat that is wandering around the house. I have been hoarding Delta frequent flyer miles for the past several years in hopes of putting together a big family trip to Europe or Hawaii. Recently I have come to the realization that this does not really make sense on a couple of different levels.
First, there are very limited periods when we can actually travel (mainly the summer and school vacations) and the chances of finding free seats on planes to Europe in the summer is pretty close to zero (there is a reason that the frequent flier community has nicknamed the Delta Skymiles program Sky Pesos). There is also rumors that the Delta was going to further reduce the value of their frequent flier miles. Second, my kids have limited interest in going to Hawaii and no interest in Europe. The value of those experiences would be mostly lost on my kids. The thought of sitting next to Brett "are we there yet?" Olen on any flight over 5 hours was the final nail in the coffin.
So very recently I decided to use my miles on a April vacation trip to Minnesota and Arizona. Minnesota because it is an opportunity to spend time with family and it is on the way to Arizona. It is a bit hard to believe that we have not had a family trip to Arizona in 15 years. It was a long winter and it would be nice to have some family time in the Valley of the Sun.
The itinerary would have us fly to Minnesota on Saturday night (after all the soccer/baseball/softball activities) and stay through Tuesday and then fly to AZ on Tuesday AM. Should be fun.
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