Birthday Gift

Yeah, this morning I just completed my birthday gift to myself. I just made my reservations to go home to PA for a visit with my family there. Northwest had a special for fall travel, if I used 20,000 of my 23,000 world perk miles that I have, I could go home for $149.00. That is a good price, usually I have to pay at least $350.00. There was only one time that I went home for under $300 in the last 10 or 20 years! Now, when they say $149, you know the price they tell you is never the bottom line, they always have the disclaimer about taxes! So, of course, it cost me over $40 worth of "taxes and fees"...but oh well, traveling to PA for less than $200 is still a bargain, that is a bargain, if I don't count that I've used 20,000 of my miles. One more full fare trip would have given me a free ticket. But, I know how hard it is sometimes to redeem the "free ticket", so I decided I'd just use the miles now. At first, I thought it was the "perfect" deal because I thought I could purchase TWO tickets with those 20,000 miles, but then found out that I couldn't. When I found that out, I realized it wasn't the "perfect" deal...but oh well, it is better than paying $458.00 which is what the full fare is going for right now.

By the way, I will be traveling east in November, AND I'm staying for a full week!

Best birthday gift I could get. I can't wait to see everyone!