all flights are BOOKED!!!

I cannot contain my excitement for our upcoming trip!  Each night, before bed, I look up the amenities of the flights we're going to be on.  For the first time, I am looking forward to some of the flights we're taking this summer.


We were blessed to have accumulated A LOT of points/miles over the last couple of years leading up to this trip which we have been planning for about 2 years.  We saved up every point we can and are using them for business class tickets for our long haul flights!  SFO to SYD on Delta First from SFO to LAX, and Business Class from LAX to SYD on Virgin Australia.  From SYD to SIN to MNL on Business Class (we are doing a 24 hour stop over in Singapore) and from Narita to San Jose, CA on Air Canada Business Class on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner! 


We wouldn't have been able to afford this trip if it were not for the miles!  What a blessing!  I have been reading blog after blog after blog to see how this miles thing works and have learned a lot from them.  My favorite is The Points Guy and read many other blogs on using points for travel.  We accumulated the points through our business and using credit cards for business expenses.


The cities we will be visiting are:  Sydney, Cairns (The Great Barrier Reef), Auckland, Queenstown, Singapore, Manila (for 3 weeks, yey!), Tokyo and a few hours in Vancouver to meet with a friend I have not seen in about 20 years!  We wanted to explore several cities in Japan but our budget wouldn't allow it any more.  =D 7 cities in 5 countries should be sufficient. 


I'll blog more about how we did it in future posts!