An earlier blog post detailed heroic feats of airline reward redemption: leaping across multiple rewards programs, bounding over unaccompanied minor restrictions, and otherwise gaining cross-country access for peanuts! And then everything was shattered when I had to change my tickets.  This let me see how well each of the rewards programs faired in handling booking…

I had a chance to to head out to California on business and, in keeping with tradition, decided it would be fun to bring the family.  Work will pay for my flight, the hotel, and rental car, however it is up to me to get flights for the family.  Its precisely for moments like this…