A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
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A Purple Life is a lifestyle blog cataloging my journey to and through retirement. Browse through my travel hacking section to know more about optimal deals, my travels using various deals and more!
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
3d ago
I’m always curious about airlines I’ve never flown before. And in my typical neurotic fashion, I always search around to find reviews of new airlines before I fly them. So in the interest of helping anyone else that’s like me out there, this is my experience flying Air New Zealand for the first time. If ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
2M ago
I’m always curious about airlines I’ve never flown before. So in my typical neurotic fashion, I always Google around to find reviews of new airlines before I fly them. And in the interest of helping anyone else that’s like me out there, this is my experience flying Virgin Australia for the first time. However, I ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
6M ago
Finally we have arrived at my experience flying an apartment in the sky. It’s been a long time coming, but it finally happened and somehow lived up to the expectations I’ve built up over the last 5 years. So let’s see what my journey was like flying Singapore Air’s A380 First Class Suites! PRE-FLIGHT Booking ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
6M ago
Hello again ? . Last time we walked through the first leg of my trip, a First Class experience from NYC to Frankfurt, Germany. You can read about that in detail here: Review: Singapore Air First Class (JFK to FRA) – A $15,000 Flight For $27 [Part 1] But in summary, I had a fantastic ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
7M ago
Finally, we have arrived ? . We started planning this Australia trip in 2018 – that’s when we started accumulating points and planning our route around Australia and New Zealand. Originally this trip was to take place in October 2020 to celebrate my retirement at 30. I think you can guess how well that plan ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
1y ago
I posted on Instagram about my latest travel hacking wins and several people in the comments asked if I could write a post about specifically HOW I travel hack. I thought the topic was overdone with the abundance of articles out there that all basically say the same thing, but I guess not ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
1y ago
Shockingly, that title is not a click bait-and-switch, but it is inflated by fancy international flights ? . These palaces in the sky are one of the parts of travel that my Mom loves most and I’m so happy that after shelling out $7,000 for a 1/3 off Emirates First Class ticket in 2012, I ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
1y ago
The adventure continues! After a lovely 5 weeks in Buenos Aires, Argentina it was time to head back to the States and see family for the holidays. My flight to Argentina went way better than expected, and I was curious if I would experience the same amazing service on the return flight. I was also ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
1y ago
In 2011 I met a wonderful person: my friend from Argentina who would become one of my closest confidantes and later one of my college roommates. Later down the line, life moved us apart. I moved from NYC to Seattle and she moved back to her home country of Argentina. During this time, we were ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
1y ago
Back in the pre-pandemic times, my Mom and I booked a trip on the ridiculous Etihad First Class Apartments during my whirlwind retirement victory lap, which was scheduled to happen in Fall 2020. We couldn’t imagine having an entire bed and couch to ourselves…at 35,000 feet. Wild. Well, as you can guess, that wasn’t meant ..read more