Travel Destination Part 1
Posted on January 28, 2018
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One of the productive consequences of ending my previous relationship was being in the position to pay off my credit card debt. Using the money from selling back my portion of the house to my former partner, I’m now at a zero balance. Also, my credit score has jumped from somewhere in the unspeakable red to an officially excellent 790.
Shortly after I paid off the debt, I received an email from Alaska Airlines announcing that by annihilating my maxed out balance, the company was rewarding me with a chunk of air miles. I have enough now to take a domestic trip anywhere they fly. I earned these miles by following the wisdom of the shareholders, so it follows to let you choose where I should go. This trip isn’t purely for pleasure. It’s a marker of a fresh new chapter in my life, and as such, my plan is to travel alone. The goal here is to contemplate how best to maximize this blank slate moment.
I made a video loop on Instagram of the 97 domestic destinations that Alaska Airlines flies and you can see the list here. We’ll narrow them down through a series of votes, until we settle on the city I should visit. The first vote is to decide if I’m going east or west:
Should I fly to a state east of the Mississippi River?
A yes vote is for east and a no vote is for west.
