Venice - Rome - Athens - Santorini - Berlin
2016 was an amazing year, actually the best year of my life. It was a year of personal and professional growth. With that growth comes distraction, I admit I have isolated my self from writing because I have been so busy. Luckily, the people that read about my travels have motivated me enough to continue writing so I made it my most important resolution of 2017.
On a side note I have not stopped traveling. Actually, I traveled more in 2016 then I did in 2015. A grand total of 135,000 miles and 125 flights. Traveling is what I live for and I will not stop. This article will concentrate on my last trip to Europe in November. I got to make a lot of dreams reality and had an amazing experience with my girlfriend Vero and my best friends. Traveling with your friends is magic, it allows you to really discover people in ways you wouldn't otherwise. By the way, i'm up to 155,000 readers thank you everyone for the support and motivation!!!
On a side note I have not stopped traveling. Actually, I traveled more in 2016 then I did in 2015. A grand total of 135,000 miles and 125 flights. Traveling is what I live for and I will not stop. This article will concentrate on my last trip to Europe in November. I got to make a lot of dreams reality and had an amazing experience with my girlfriend Vero and my best friends. Traveling with your friends is magic, it allows you to really discover people in ways you wouldn't otherwise. By the way, i'm up to 155,000 readers thank you everyone for the support and motivation!!!
The Flight
One of the reasons I continue to stay loyal to American Airlines is because of the One World benefits. One World is an alliance of the largest airlines in the world, with AA miles I can book travel on all these partner airlines. On this specific trip we decided to start out with Venice, Italy. After looking at different routes and milage cost we decided to fly Air Berlin. Quick warning to everyone, NEVER BOOK BRITISH AIRWAYS on a Transatlantic flight using miles. The taxes on a round trip flight will average $500 - $1,000. You are better off paying for a full priced ticket. On this occasion we booked a one way flight from Orlando (MCO) - Venice (VCE) with a layover in Dusseldorf (DUS) and JFK in NYC for only 22,500 miles per person and $15 USD what a deal! For people that don't fly often I suggest signing up for one of AA's current credit card offers, specifically the Citi Platinum Select Card. For signing up and spending $3,000 in 3 months they will gift you 50,000 miles. Thats a free trip to Europe!
Since I am Executive Platinum this gives me One World Emerald status with all of the alliance partner airlines. As we arrived in JFK we where given invitations to the American Airlines International First Class Lounge.
