Empty Nester Miles

Points, Miles and Travel
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  • Final 2026 Elite Status

    Now that we are ending 2025, I wanted to recap where our elite status ended up with airlines and hotels. At the beginning of 2026, here is where we stand: 2026 Elite Status (Me):Airlines:Delta Platinum MedallionBritish Airways Gold (until 2/26)Hotels:Hyatt GlobalistMarriott Platinum (Lifetime)IHG PlatinumHilton Gold 2026 Elite Status (Mrs.):Delta Silver MedallionMarriott GoldHilton Diamond (maybe?) My…


  • Favorite Hotels of 2025

    2025 was another great year for hotel stays for us. We stayed at some bucket list properties even though we ended up canceling our trip to France and missed out on the Park Hyatt Vendome. All of these properties have detailed reviews on the blog so if you missed them, you can go back and…


  • Favorite Flights of 2025

    This year, I flew 39 flights (compared with 36 in 2024) and over 67,000 miles (compared with just 49,000 in 2024). The extra distance this year was due to two trips to Asia, our Bali trip in February/March and my YOLO Solo trip in July. Toward the end of the year, I did a few…


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  1. Great presentation at Rotary today. Walked away educated. Please add me to your list serve and if you could flip me the FB page link I’d appreciate it. Thank you and again nice job!

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