Final Fling
I mentioned before that at a recent monthly checkup, the doctor recommended that we go on a final vacation before the baby comes. We seriously considered this and decided that with his vast knowledge, he MUST be right! And given the lifestyle change that will hit us so very soon, we’re probably not going to be traveling as much as we normally do so why not drain all of our hotel and flight points and splurge on something fantastic?
We did just that and booked a trip to St. Thomas for the last w
eek in January! Only 17 days away! We’ll be staying at the Marriott Frenchman’s Reef and Morningstar Resort for 5 nights and added on an all inclusive meal and drink package – all of the fruit juice that I can get my hands on! I’m scrambling to find some sort of decent maternity swimwear and loading up on the sunscreen – the doctor also said that pregnant women tan very easily!
I would like to give a shout out to the Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest reward programs that helped us accumulate zillions of points to make this possible. I will not, however, give a shout out to Delta – they get a grumpy face for two reasons:
1. When trying to transfer SkyMiles between Brian’s account and my own, they were going to charge us $200! Yikes, this is supposed to be a free trip! But I could turn around and transfer points from my Starwood account into Delta for free and Starwood tacked on an additional 5,000 miles for free! Thank you Starwood for being so gracious!
2. When redeeming the points mentioned above, not only did Delta charge a $15.00 processing fee, but then tacked on an additional $75.00 charge since the trip was 20 days out! I’m over you, Delta!
Despite our grumpiness with Delta, we’re very excited to be taking this trip! We’ll be sure to post lots of pictures when (if) we return!
gwen on January 7th, 2009
Oh I am so jealous! Drink a fruit juice mocktail for me!