How I booked it - Paso Robles Wine Weekend
Paso Robles Wine Weekend
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I love taking advantage of holiday weekends to travel with my husband. Thanks to points and miles, we can usually do this free or cheaply. For his upcoming birthday, I have booked a trip to Paso Robles, CA. We are wine lovers. We have been to Napa a few times. We have been enjoying some of the Paso Robles wines the past few years, so I thought this would be a great place to visit and somewhere new for us.
Flights
Thanks to credit card points, we are flying to Los Angeles and then driving to Paso Robles. I looked at flying into several airports for this trip. However, it made the most sense to us to fly to Los Angeles nonstop and then drive up to Paso Robles. We are flying to LA on Delta using Flying Blue miles. Flying Blue is a transfer partner with Capital One, Chase, and American Express. Since I never know which airline will have the best deal point-wise, I like to keep my points with cards that have transferable partners for the most options. For our flights home, we are flying back on American Airlines. It was cheaper to book that ticket using Qantas miles instead of American Miles. How did I figure this out? I use the website Point.me to help me with all my award searches.
Here is how Point.me works:
I go to the website and enter my search criteria:
Example of flight Search on point.me
For flights, I used the website point.me to find availability. There are lots of options for award searches and flights. This is the one I use. I like that it breaks it down like I am 5 years old on the whole process.
First step
Fill out the query with if you want round trip/one way.
How many passengers
What type of ticket are you looking for, Economy/First Class
Home Airport -> Destination Airport
Dates
Results
Sort by their suggestions, fewest points, or the quickest.
Select your flights
Follow their directions
They give you step by step instructions on how to use your miles to book your ticket! It’s that easy!
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Hotels
When searching for a hotel, my first instinct is to check Hyatt. I love Hyatt points for travel. They have the best deals when redeeming points and miles. Check out the fabulous Hyatts we have stayed at using points and miles here. However, there weren’t any close to where I wanted to stay. After a fabulous year of travel on points and miles, I don’t have any Marriott rewards or Hilton Honors. I remembered I had a $300 travel credit with Capital One. My husband gets this credit annually from his Capital One Venture X card. I searched the hotels they had available and found Allegretto Vineyards and thought perfect! This resort not only looks amazing, but it has amazing reviews. I was able to book us there with the credit for less than $700. We will need to head back to Los Angeles before our flight home. I booked us the Hyatt Regency Los Angeles Airport. We stayed here a few years ago on points. It is great hotel and a great location! You cannot beat free on points.
Free hotel thanks to Hyatt Points
Rental Car - info coming soon
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