Keri Stooksbury

1 week ago | upgradedpoints.com | Keri Stooksbury

A friend and I started our third annual girls trip to our third continent together, visiting 3 countries: Finland, Estonia, and Norway. Our trip began in Helsinki, Finland, which looked to have the priciest lodging, so I immediately got to work trying to see where my points could help reduce our costs. Hotel St. George, Helsinki, a Member of Design Hotels, is a Marriott property that looked to be a great value for my points in a location that would be easy to access from the airport.

3 weeks ago | upgradedpoints.com | Keri Stooksbury

Red-eye flights at 2 a.m. are killer, and my March 2025 girls trip was scheduled on a budget carrier with no meal service. In a late-night stupor, my friend and I were looking forward to hitting a lounge for comfortable chairs and fizzy drinks ahead of a long morning of travel from Doha, Qatar, to Helsinki, Finland. Priority Pass members have access to 1 primary lounge at DOH — Al Maha Lounge — but only the South location is mentioned on the Priority Pass website.

1 month ago | upgradedpoints.com | Keri Stooksbury

My husband has begun hinting that we might not need airport lounge access — that we just aren’t getting that much out of our Priority Pass membership. Our February 2025 visit to Primeclass Lounge in Muscat, Oman, had me grinning ear to ear, saying, “See, this is why we have Priority Pass.”Is this lounge one of the best in the world for those with Priority Pass access?

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Keri Stooksbury

1 hour agoRyanair staff strap "unruly" man to seat - pilot aborts landing during flight chaosRyanair staff were forced to strap an "unruly" passenger to his seat using spare belts after he refused to sit down during landing, onlookers said. The passenger on the flight from Manchester to Rhodes was shouting at cabin crew who confiscated two bottles of booze from him and refused to serve him alcohol, onlookers said.

1 month ago | upgradedpoints.com | Keri Stooksbury

The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card is the primary card in my wallet for travel, dining, online grocery purchases, and streaming services. My family also benefits from a host of amazing benefits, including excellent travel insurance coverage and purchase protection. My husband is an authorized user of my Chase Sapphire Preferred card, but a fantastic new welcome bonus offer has prompted me to change up our strategy.