Here the thing no one tells you about mosquitos in Ghana or any place tropical for that matter. No matter how much repellant you use, you will still get bit. I used repellants with 40% DEET, ones with all natural ingredients and one from Mexico I’m pretty sure isn’t legal in the states. The result was the same, I got mosquito bites.
I have to get into the habit of actually posting things that write.
My journey started off with a 13 hour trip to Addis Ababa which is a hub for Ethiopian Airlines. When I boarded the plane I was greeted by the purser who offered me the choice of champagne, water, or orange juice and a selection of magazines. I chose the champagne and a Time magazine. At my seat was a pillow, blanket and amenity kit. I was seated at 4J.
I’m going to be traveling for 10 days, visiting 8 cities, and 7 different airports. I’ll be in Germany for Oktoberfest and also visiting Ecuador. How did this crazy trip come about?
Well I was supposed to go to Europe in August for 10 days. I booked first class travel using Alaska Airline miles. In June a great deal to fly to Frankfurt from the west coast for under $500 was too good to pass up. So I cancelled my original trip and booked this one. I was scheduled to come back to the States on 9/20 and fly back to Seattle on 9/21.
In October I’ll be traveling to Ghana to do some volunteer work. Since I have a ton of miles in a variety of accounts I have many options. My only requirement is that there be lie flat seating, so at minimum I’m looking at business class. I’m only looking at 1-way to Ghana as I will be flying back to the states on Emirates no matter what.
Out of all the options, I’ve narrowed down my choices to 4 different airlines. They are Delta, South African Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines and Emirates. Here is a comparison of the routes, the cost, the cost using mileage currency and any notes.
Which route do you think I should take?
A couple of people wanted to know my travel stats for 2015. Here they are:
Miles Flown: 39,757
Flights taken: 27
Airport Visited the Most (Outside of SeaTac) : ATL, BWI (3 each)
Airline Flown the most: Alaska (16 segments)
Number of times Upgraded : 8 (7 on Alaska, 1 on Delta)
Airports Visited: 11
I recently got back from my vacation to Costa Rica. Instead of going on American’s or Delta’s website and inputting SEA->SJO like a normal person, I ended up booking 6 different legs, on 2 different airlines. Here are the legs for the trip:
SEA->BWI on Alaska
BWI->ATL on Delta
ATL->SJO on Delta
SJO->ATL on Delta
ATL->BWI on Delta
BWI->SEA on Alaska
2 months ago Delta and American ran an awesome sale to Panama from most of their hubs. As my birthday was coming up, I took the opportunity to book the trip. My Panama vacation was great and I definitely plan on going back. (I’ll talk more about my trip in a later post). The fact that I was able to go to Panama was amazing enough but what surprises people the most is that the trip cost me nothing.
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