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Yesterday I highlighted some of my own Best Of travel moments of 2012. There are also some great moments shared by others in the comments section! No doubt that 2012 was good to many in the miles and points world as we got in on some great deals, had some fantastic redemptions, and really added to our points totals in a big way. Of course, not everything is sunshine and roses. There were some trips that didn t go as planned, some deals that went belly-up, etc. So, this post is dedicated to the Worst Of in the miles and points world for 2012. Of course, this is all relative because in the grand scheme universal studios vacation packages of things, how poorly can things really go in the world of almost free travel?!
January: After finishing up a fantastic snowy vacation at Beaver Creek, my family missed our morning flight back in Denver by about five minutes. It had dumped snow the night before, and the drive back through the mountains was both dangerous and slow ..and we apparently left at least 5 minutes too late. The nice United agents got us rebooked without penalty on a flight later that day, but that meant many hours with a two year old in the Denver airport. To make it more exciting, my husband had work he had to do that day, so we set up camp in the United Club and did our best to not annoy anyone too much. Naturally we could not get seat assignments together universal studios vacation packages on our new flight, so we got to do some serious negotiating so that Little C wasn t stuck sitting universal studios vacation packages by herself. Fun times!
March: I flew solo with C to California, but almost didn t make the trip because of a nasty cold. I sucked it up and enjoyed the time there, but on the flight home my ears and head had so much pressure I thought they were going to explode. A ill-timed Code Brown situation from the little one didn t help matters. When we landed my ears still hurt and hadn t popped . a month later they finally did . That was spectacular!
June: My whole family headed universal studios vacation packages to the City of Sin, and my husband decided to reenact the scene in Vegas Vacation where Chevy Chase keeps hitting the ATM destined to turn his luck around against the lucky dealer. You can thank me for all your future free drinks universal studios vacation packages in Vegas as I think we sponsored them all.
August: Little C and I headed East to meet up with some family universal studios vacation packages at the Outer Banks. She did great with the early morning flight, but had hit a wall by the time we landed . The scene played out something universal studios vacation packages like this ..her taking off unexpectedly at full force through the rental car parking lot, acting like a wild animal when I finally apprehended her (after abandoning my purse, our luggage, etc), flipping the luggage cart over and face planting on the concrete, and my own 60 minute epic struggle with the godforsaken car seat. This even was topped off with info from the rental car agency that my credit cards were declined. We finally found one that was accepted .in the end I don t know what their issue was as the cards were just fine. I almost headed straight back to the airport for the next flight home. Instead, I called my husband universal studios vacation packages and whined like a baby for 15 minutes before continuing on our journey.  As is evidenced below I was not doing so hot after all that excitement.
December: Ever since last New Year s Eve I have been looking forward to taking my family to our favorite Hyatt resort for their New Year s Eve carnival and festivities. It is a haven of family friendliness! However, Little C has shared her nasty germs with me, and now leaving the house is not a viable option. So, I had to call and cancel our trip (naturally universal studios vacation packages after the 72-hour cancellation period). Like a moron I had booked a spa package for our first night, so since it was non-refundable I got to watch not only our reservations, universal studios vacation packages but spa treatments go up in a puff of .well, don t ask what kind of puff they went up in. On the up side, this was to be the last stay I needed to re-qualify for Diamond status for next year, and they were gracious enough to at least check me into the room so I could get the much needed stay credit .hopefully they can give the pedicures to someone else.  You will find me ringing in the New Year s safe and sound in my own bed.
When we missed our second leg of our trip on the way home from Vegas. US air had announced the flight delayed and then decided to leave early. We run up to the gate right as the door is closing. What a sick feeling. No other flights universal studios vacation packages from CLT going home that night. Learned a good one that late night. All in all, I had a great year in the miles and points world. I gained alot and am looking forward to the new year. I am hooked!!
Finding out my January 2013 trip to Rome on US air miles in Envoy was switched from the A330 lay flats to a 767 angle flat seats after i booked it. I know seems silly but I promised my wife we would get the newer layout.
I had a kind of a worst moment/terrifying moment in 2012. I was riding a Boeing 757 on Delta Airlines and we were descending as we are making our approach to my final destination. Upon the descent there were some light moderate turbulence, after a few minutes of on and off turbulence, I felt the plane went up and suddenly IT DROPPED at a strong rate, and it felt terrifying! Many people on board screamed and the plane was quiet afterwards. That was the last turbulence before the plane landed. universal studios vacation packages It was around 11:30PM when it occurred. Most terrifying/worst experience ever!
@DaninSTL Not silly at all. I carefully avoid spending miles on angled seats. The promise to your wife is only adding insult to the injury of the switched plane. Contact US and see if they will at least give you some bonus miles for your disappointment. I don t know if they will, but it can t hurt to ask
My worst moment was trying to get home from Lima to Miami only to be delayed due to Hurricane Irene. We arrived at airport, found out that we are stuck in airport for 6 more hours before we could take off. It sucked because we could have stayed at hotel in a more comfortable atmosphere. I was also so sick with a head cold that I had to use a roll of toilet paper since there was no kleenexes around. Then when we did finally took off for Miami, we ended up landing in Fort Launderdale due to stormy conditions and sat on taramac for 4 hours before flying to Miami. I was so miseraberly sick that I just wanted to get off the plane, go home and be in my bed.
After returning from Disney world we found out that our daughter, who is 8, left her favorite blanket (aka Purple nana)that she s had for forever behind. Disney has not been terribly helpful recovering it either.
We re all talking first world problems here, but mine was in Hawaii. Checked in with Hawaiian air online. Arrived 30 minutes before flight universal studios vacation packages to print boarding pass and discovered that since I had no printed boarding universal studios vacation packages pass I d been un-checked in and my seat given away. Cost me $250 for additional night hotel, change fee for a reserved flight the next day and another day of car rental.
My worst of 2012 for traveling was not jumping on the United mistake to anywhere as long as you connected in Hong Kong. Instead of booking a few months ahead, why didn t I think about leaving the next day? There was nothing that would have tied me down. Melbourne, Male, Queenstown, Cape Town, Istanbul, Buenos Aires, and on I would have visited them all, paying only 2,000 miles plus taxes. Ugh.