Flying Home: the Perks of the Ritz-Carlton Credit Card

We savored our last hours at the Hyatt Ziva and then took our scheduled shuttle van to the airport.  We arrived two hours before our scheduled flight, so we used the perks offered by our Ritz Carlton credit card to gain entry into the VIP Lounge Club, which was just steps away from our boarding gate.

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The lounge offers a menu of mixed cocktail drinks

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Plus sandwiches

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Hand salads

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The lounge features two levels. This upper level also has our service and food plus more rooms

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This room is for families or Recreation, with a pool table and a video game console to play on a TV

For our return flight, we still had $100 left over from the annual $300 travel credit that the Ritz Carlton credit card provides for baggage fees, lounge membership, upgrades and more.  We used $62 to upgrade our seats to the exit row for more leg room, then we spent about $30 to enjoy food from the menu and Lisa also purchased a glass of wine.  

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All told, our upgrades to first class on the flight down and to the exit row for our return flight were practically free using our credit card.  Plus having the VIP lounge to stretch out and have drinks and more food is such a great way to travel with less stress, we are certainly glad that we signed up for this credit card that offers so much.

Winter Break in San Jose Del Cabo, Day 6

We spent yesterday at the LA Posada Real and today we migrated to our final resort, the Hyatt Ziva.  We’ve tried various alcoholic drinks, and today tried out the Hyatt fish tacos…

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Yummy fish tacos, but not quite up to the standard of the Holiday Inn,which featured grilled onions and a Chipotle sauce that was more smokey. These were also good with the addition of cabbage, but we prefer the other ones.

Winter Break in San Jose Del Cabo, Day 4

San Jose del Cabo… observations from the Holiday Inn Resort, an all inclusive resort.  When the alcohol flows freely, strangers in the morning become best friends by mid-day. The happy drunks are unleashed from within and they gleefully yell “F**kin A!” while all the kids laugh at them because these two fathers just happen to be enjoying themselves at the main kiddie pool. Me, on the other hand, have not yet enjoyed a drop of alcohol as I recover from my bout of making the mistake of having ice and fresh fruits and washed veggies from Sunday. I have managed to eat a little rice and a banana so that is a start. At least I am being entertained, and as I write this my favorite “F**kin A!” guy has just stumbled and crashed into his lounge chair in front of me and is being helped by some dude who just happened to be nearby. Ah, vacation.

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Winter Break in San Jose Del Cabo, Day 3 Montezuma’s Revenge

Great day Saturday and Sunday. But I woke up early Monday morning at 4am to some pretty awful stomach pains. And let’s just say that the rest of the day was spent very close to a restroom. We had to check out of our hotel at 2pm, and fortunately our next hotel was just a short bus ride away.  Unfortunately for me, my visions of pigging out on food and drinking a variety of alcoholic cocktails became just a pipe dream as all that my stomach could stomach was water and saltine crackers.

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