2019 Travel Recap and 2020 Plans

[Vespasia]

I always enjoyed these threads but I think it's been a few years since we had one. 

2019
Where did you go in 2019? 

Favorite trip(s)?

Any disappointments?

Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?

2020
What travel do you have planned so far?

[steamboat185]

2019
Where did you go in 2019?
Florida (visit family)
Australia
Belize
Boston (visit family)
A weekend away to Steamboat

Favorite trip(s)?
Australia and Belize

Any disappointments?
We go stuck in LAX for a night and on the way to Sydney due to weather and then the airline lost our luggage for 4 days. Since it was weather they wouldn’t put us on a new flight and the flight for the next night was sold out. DD had a freak out in the airport bc they wouldn’t tell us when we would be flying out. Thankfully I was able to get a wonderful csr on the phone who rebooked is against policy on Qantas. We basically got zero time in Sydney since we had to figure out where our stuff was and buy new items to replace what was missing. DH was freaked out we wouldn’t get reimbursed (we did) and it caused a lot of stress.

2020
What travel do you have planned so far?
We are heading to:
Florida (visiting family)
Boston (visiting family)
Hawaii (for an extended family anniversary trip)
And few long weekends in Taos and Winter Park.

We typically don’t do so many family trips and I’m a bit bummed about it, but I’m sure it will be fine.

[buckeyegirl]

2019
Where did you go in 2019?
Punta Cana
Disney World
Finger Lakes, NY
Charleston, SC
Hilton Head
Vienna, Austria

Favorite trip(s)?

Vienna at Thanksgiving time was beautiful with all the Christmas Markets.

Any disappointments?

Hilton Head - have no desire to go back there

Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?

2020
What travel do you have planned so far?
Denver (Keystone)
New Orleans
Chicago for work
Denver for work
Caribbean cruise
Isla Mujeres
California road trip

[wanderingback]

2019:
London
Budapest
Peru
Detroit
Denver
Atlanta
LA
Chicago

Favorite trip:
I do a solo international trip every year and this year it was Peru. I usually book based on flight prices so I hadn’t done a ton of research ahead of time. Peru absolutely blew me away. I was only there for a little over a week and would love love to go back.

Any disappointments?
Nope. International travel was a little slow for me this year. Wish I could’ve gotten to another county.

Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?
Will have to figure out how to post a pic from Peru!

2020:
Really trying hard to save a lot this year, and I don’t typically plan trips too far in advance, so I don’t think I’ll do many international trips in 2020.
So far -
Visiting a friend in Midwest
Spring work trips to San Francisco and Salt Lake City which I might add a couple days on
Sept - got in to the Berlin marathon so will go there & hopefully add on another stop after the race

[wildrice]

2019:
Houston to visit family in April
Ocean City, MD for a long weekend
Road trip up to Maine, we stayed in Portland, Bar Harbor, and Providence RI on the way back
New York City - single night
Pittsburgh - single night

Favorite trip:
Our Maine trip was awesome. It was also our main vacation for the year so I guess it wins by default! But we loved all the food in Portland and all the beautiful scenery. I also really loved Ocean City and I'm glad it's close enough that we can go back yearly without it taking away from other travel.

Disappointments:
Nothing major - just tons of traffic so the driving trips took a lot longer than planned. Also looking back I wish I had done more! It wasn't a great year for a ton of time off but I'm only now realizing we didn't go to as many new places as I'd like to in an average year.

2020:
We are flying to London for my SIL's wedding in just a few weeks. From there we go to Italy for a week, where we'll visit Rome, Siena, and Florence.

Not sure about anything else - we are talking about taking a trip to an AI with my parents sometime in the fall, but that is up in the air. If we do that, it might be somewhere in Mexico or if we can swing it financially I'm going to suggest Jamaica. My parents have a timeshare thing and can go anywhere, but some places cost significantly more so that limits us a little.

I also would love to find a long weekend to go to Boston. We have friends there and it's been on my list of places to see for a long time, so I hope that happens. I'm also hoping work pays for me to attend a conference in Denver, but that's totally up in the air too. I haven't been to Denver in over 20 years so hopefully I'd be able to fit in some sightseeing/hiking. I will also likely go to Houston again at some point and hopefully Chicago to see my grandma, but those hardly count I guess since they are family visits. We are also visiting friends in North Carolina in February and hopefully will return to Ocean City (or nearby) some weekend in the summer.

[goldengirlz]

2019:
London
Geneva
Kauai
Seattle
Various California road trips (Big Sur/Carmel, Napa/Sonoma, Disneyland)
New York (more than once)
Denver/Boulder (more than once)
Phoenix
Honolulu
New Zealand

First half of 2020 (so far)
New York
Hawaii’s Big Island
Disney World
Madrid

[majesty318]

2019
Argentina (Buenos Aires, Mendoza, and Iguazu Falls)
Punta Cana
Budapest
Caribbean cruise to Cartagena, Colombia; Limon, Costa Rica; Colon, Panama; Costa Maya, Mexico

2020
Rome & Naples in January
Hopefully Peru in May but not booked yet
If my husband has his green card by then, Colombia in September for a wedding and to meet his family. If he doesn't have his green card yet then I will probably do a solo trip to Spain for the millionth time

[Vespasia]

2019
Where did you go in 2019?
South Africa in June for my 40th (Cape Town, Winelands, and safari)
Weekend in Philadelphia for our anniversary
Vermont for MH's birthday
Multiple family visits to CT
Combined work/family visit to Ft. Lauderdale
St. Louis for work


Favorite trip(s)?
South Africa by far. It was absolutely amazing. I just wish we had more time and money to go back and explore other parts of the country. I had a terrible time narrowing things down for just a two week trip. Unfortunately MH said I am not allowed to make him fly that far again for another 10 years!


Any disappointments?
Ft. Lauderdale reminded me why I hated living there in high school!


Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?









2020
What travel do you have planned so far?
Puerto Rico in February
A week at a villa in Tuscany with my family to celebrate milestone birthdays. We may tack on a few days in Copenhagen, Amsterdam, or a city with cheap airfare. 
Friends might come and meet us in CT. 

Work:
Miami (tentative)
Las Vegas (blargh)
Chicago (may have MH meet me because it's around our anniversary)




And because we're ridiculous, we also have a trip to Belgium planned for February 2021 for a sporting event. 

[gardengal]

2019
Where did you go in 2019? 
Visited family in FL & NOLA
iceland, Denmark, & Norway


Favorite trip(s)?
definitely the Scandinavian adventure! Especially thingvellir np in Iceland, Viking ship museum in Roskilde Denmark & all of our fjord cruise in Norway

Any disappointments?
not really. I research the hell outta trips usually 

Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?
will try to post when on computer 

2020
What travel do you have planned so far?
cleveland 
more family visits to FL
Morocco (found a great BF deal w Intrepid travel. Done much less research than normal so hope it’s not disappointing)
Minnisota (twin cities & out by a lake somewhere)

[meowmaps]

Where did you go in 2019?
We rented a cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains (NC) for a week
We also spent an impromptu weekend in Columbus, OH

Favorite trip(s)?
Great Smoky Mountains. Our cabin was immaculate and we had a breathtaking view of Fontana Lake. We enjoyed watching the fog burn off in the mornings and there were some nice sunsets too. We did some hiking and saw waterfalls and wildlife, but mostly we relaxed.

Any disappointments?
I guess the biggest disappointment is that we had such a slow travel year. We were adjusting to parenthood and saving for our new townhouse.

2020
What travel do you have planned so far?

Splitting a week between Murfreesboro (we'll day-trip to Nashville) and Chattanooga in May
Stopping in the Hudson Valley to break up the drive and then a week in Montreal in July
Tentative plans to go to the Adirondacks with add-on days somewhere in New England in September

When we feel comfortable flying with DD then maybe our trips will get exciting again. Lol

[erbear]

2019
Where did you go in 2019? we went to Puerto Rico in April, then Murren, Zurich, Munich, Vienna, Salzburg and Budapest in June. Kids and I went with my sister to Steamboat Springs in July.

Favorite trip(s)? Europe was amazing...so much to see and do and the kids were awesome. PR was super relaxing.

Any disappointments? nope

Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?

PR



From a train window in Switzerland


Budapest. Swooooon....




2020
What travel do you have planned so far?
We are going to Anguilla for spring break. Then, in June, we're going to London, Paris, Brugge and Amsterdam.

[tcu2003]

2019
Disney World
San Antonio
Austin
Denver
Wichita (girls weekend)
Ames and middle of nowhere, IA

Plus a bunch of work trips - I think I went to Atlanta 3 times, Minneapolis a couple of times, Washington DC, Anchorage, Dallas, and some other places I’m forgetting.

Disney World was probably the highlight because my kiddos (nearly 7 and 3 at the time) loved it, and it was fun to watch them experience it.

2020:
St Louis (hopefully - we’ve been saying we’ll do this for the past couple of years and haven’t yet)
Boston (might tack on Maine or something else as well)
Fort Worth
Bentonville
Somewhere for our 10th anniversary (haven’t figured out where and totally open to suggestions - we’ll take kids who will be 8 and almost 4, and want to go in the summer; also relevant is we all have passports and I want to use them)

[mrsukyankee]

This year and next year are both lesser travelling years due to the house selling/buying saga. Can't wait for everything to settle down so we can get some travelling in again.

2019:
Calais, France (wine)
Hunstanton (Norfolk coast of England)
LBI - this was my favourite trip as it was 2 weeks at the beach with my family.

2020:
Portugal
Somewhere in England

[RockNVoll]

These threads always make me so jealous of all the places I haven't been yet, and how many trips people manage to take in a year!  I just can't get my act together to plan that much   Super impressed by the extensive 2020 plans so many of you already have!


Where did you go in 2019?
Long weekend in Provincetown (staycation-ish)
Two personal trips to the Bay Area
Girls' weekend in NY
Peru (Lima, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Lake Titicaca, Cusco, Machu Picchu)
A bunch of random business trips to SF, NY, Chicago where I did get to see friends for at least a drink, if you count those

Favorite trip(s)?
Peru was great, and it was the only big trip we took this year.  But our "framily" is in the Bay Area and we haven't been back in a couple of years so it was really, really nice to finally get back to see everyone.  We also had a big birthday celebration in honor of several of us with birthdays close together, just like we did back in the day.

Any disappointments?
While I loved Peru, and especially Machu Picchu, I dealt with a lot of nausea that made it slightly less pleasant.  I tend to be altitude sensitive, plus there's a lot of driving on windy, bumpy roads to get between sites.

2020 - What travel do you have planned so far? Absolutely nothing.  I suck at planning ahead.  I do have a work trip to Cabo coming up that will hopefully have a fair amount of down time, but I'm not really counting that since it's still work.

[ESF]

2019 was an insane travel year for me. We wanted to accomplish as much as we could on the west coast before we moved.


2019
Where did you go in 2019?

Celebrated New Years in Tofino, British Columbia
Maui 
French Polynesia (Tahiti, Maupiti, Taha'a, and Bora Bora)
Lake Tahoe
Paso Robles
Drove cross country as part of our move - hit the Grand Canyon, Moab/Arches, Denver, Kansas City, Indianapolis, and Pittsburgh

Work trips to Vegas, Long Island, and NYC (3 separate times)
Two trips to Massachusetts to see family


Favorite trip(s)?

French Polynesia was insane

Any disappointments?
Nope! Everything was awesome!


2020
What travel do you have planned so far?

Amsterdam in January
Nothing else planned since we are hoping to buy a house later this year and are both trying to get new jobs, but will probably do a couple long weekends...top contenders right now are NYC, Chicago, Montreal, and/or New Orleans 

Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?

Here's a picture from Maupiti.

Attachments:

[BlondeSpiders]

What a fun thread!


2019

Where did you go in 2019?


A weekend in Vancouver BC with my fraternity
A weekend in Irvine/Newport beach with my fraternity
Alaskan Cruise 
Miami and Bahamas/Key West Cruise


Favorite trip(s)?


The Alaskan Cruise was pretty great. We live about 20 minutes from the port so getting there was a snap!
But Perfect Day at Coco Cay was spectacular. We rented a cabana bed for the day and just lounged.


Any disappointments?


I feel ridiculous for complaining about this, but this board will understand!

We booked our Bahamas cruise on the heels of the AK cruise, both with Royal Caribbean. I was so dazzled by the low price of the cruise ($260 for 5 days) that I didn't realize it was on the fleet's smallest ship. With limited restaurant and activity choices. We still ended up having a good time but having been on the 3rd largest ship to the smallest was disappointing. We finally decided to spring for a VIP experience (The Key) and it hardly afforded anything extra. Like the reserved show seating was a bank of seats at the very back of the theater. We got a soda package, thinking there would be Coke Freestyle machines, and there weren't, so we had a choice of coke, diet coke and sprite for the whole trip.



2020

What travel do you have planned so far?

We're trying to save all our pennies for our small wedding in Maui in September, and an out of state move after that. So nothing else planned, which makes me sad. But Maui, so yay for that!
J is really amped up to see Star Wars Galaxy's Edge and I'm bummed that we can't fit it into the budget this year. We actually talked about delaying the move 3-4 months so we could afford a trip.

Priorities? Schmiorties! 

[dreamcrisp1]

2019
Where did you go in 2019?

China, South Africa, London, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, and travelled around the Netherlands.

Favorite trip(s)?

London was amazing! I had sooo much fun and ate so much good food. South Africa is always a favourite.

Any disappointments?

I hated China. 😬😬

Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?





2020
What travel do you have planned so far?

Now that my MBA is done, we are doing the following:

Portugal, Malta, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, and Russia. Maybe even Spain if we can do it. We will also do Canada. We are going to do Christmas markets next December so perhaps Germany and France.

[sarahsays]

2019
Where did you go in 2019?

Las Vegas
Bar Harbor and Portland, Maine
Charleston, SC (to visit family)
Nashville (we leave tomorrow for this trip!)

Favorite trip(s)?

Acadia is so beautiful. Bar Harbor was definitely the favorite.

Any disappointments?

It was a slow travel year so not really


2020
What travel do you have planned so far?

Boca Raton, FL (for work)
Las Vegas
Barcelona and Madrid in April
Charleston for Thanksgiving

We will also do a trip in June for our anniversary and something at Christmas but those locations are tbd

[krystee]

I don’t typically travel as much as most people on this board, so this year was awesome for me.

2019
Where did you go in 2019?
Disney World
Disneyland
Northern Wisconsin
Columbus, OH
Switzerland
France
Ireland

Favorite trip(s)?
I loved every single one! I figured Columbus would be kind of a meh destination for the work conference I was going to, but we really enjoyed it!

Annecy, France and Montreaux, Switzerland were breathtaking. Ireland was a 60th birthday trip for my mom, and we had the most incredible time. I would not do a tour again, but overall it was great. And my little guys LOVED both Disneys (we have family near one and I had a work trip near the other, which is why we did both).

Any disappointments?
Nope!

Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?

2020
What travel do you have planned so far?

I think we are going to do a light travel year to hit some financial goals, but we’ll do Disney World again when we visit family in Orlando. I may have a work trip to Singapore, in which case I will likely add a couple days in Bali with a coworker friend. The rest remains to be seen!

[marytini]

2019

Where did you go in 2019?

Quiet year for travel. We had family stay with us several times this year because we were renting a house on a lake, so our place was the destination.

September- one big trip with mom and sister to southern Italy. Matera 5 night, then Calabria for 3 nights




Favorite trip(s)?


Ha, the only one I took! But it would have been the best no matter what. We went to visit my mom's ancestral towns in southern Italy. We met a 3rd and 2nd cousin for the first time and they showed us around the small town my great grandfather was born in. Also visited great grandmother's birth town. It was more than I ever could have imagined. Matera is gorgeous too.

Any disappointments?

hmmm, nope


Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?

Neighborhood where great grandmother was born:


Us three ladies:



2020

What travel do you have planned so far?
Early Feb - Scottsdale area for work conference for DH. Going a few days early to visit Sedona.
Last week March- taking our 3rd nephew on his graduation trip. He picked Greece, so we'll do 4 nights in Athens and 4 nights in Santorini.
End of June - Family reunion near Abuquerque, NM.

Maybe a trip with my sister in the fall. We turn 40 this year.

[babsbunny]

Dec 20, 2019 1:49:25 GMT -5 tcu2003 said:

2020:

Fort Worth

I was going to ask what would bring you to Fort Worth, but then I figured it out. 

For a family vacation, I recommend a cruise.  Everything's in one place and many have great kids programs.

For me...

2019

Ireland - favorite

Seattle

San Diego

Australia (work) - most excited about

Only disappointment is not going more places (I left out some typical family visits from my list).  I try to get good deals and some places just weren't cheap enough for me to book.

2020

Nothing booked yet and DH has a new job without a lot of vacation saved up, so this might be a light year for travel.  But we both have milestone birthdays, so either we're going to travel or I'm going to book something amazing for 2021... or both.  

[mich1]

2019.....
Belize dive boat
Datca, Turkey
Flew across the US and drove back a Uhaul
Norway, Amsterdam, Belgium, France, England, Portugal and Spain
Currently in Chile

2020
Rest of this trip, we hit Falklands, Uruguay and Argentina......a cruise around the horn of South America
Fiji dive trip
China

DH starts a new job when we get back, so not sure we are going to get another trip in other than what we have planned.....but I’m gonna try!

Trying to pick a favorite this year is impossible. The Belize trip was incredible, even though I don’t dive. Turkey, I vacationed on the coast with old friends that I have not seen since 2011. The cruise was fabulous in that I got to see some things that were on my bucket list (Stonehenge, Monet’s gardens). Chile is another world. Unfortunately, marred by the riots but in the 4 days we have been here, it has been fabulous too.

[notsopicky]

2019
Where did you go in 2019?

Ocean City, MD (fam)

NYC (solo)

Nashville/Knoxville, TN (extended fam)

NE/Canada [cruise] (fam)

Atlantic City (w/ my bestie) for a concert

Hershey, PA (same bestie), another concert

Favorite trip(s)?

We loved the NE/Canada trip, on a smaller Holland America ship. Of all the cruises I've taken, I think it was my favorite. Seemed much less crowded, I really loved the boat, and since it wasn't a tropical itinerary, it was much more the kind of trip that I like (I'm not a big fan of the beach).

Any disappointments?

Our OCMD trip had its moments. The service we got at our $$$ hotel was very bad and I didn't like the location of the room. A couple of our meals were not that great.

Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?

2020
What travel do you have planned so far?

New Orleans (January, solo trip b/c we couldn't figure out childcare)

Alaska + Seattle, WA [cruise] (June, fam) [bucket list trip!!]

Yellowstone/Grand Teton (August, fam)

H is going to Indonesia in May for a work incentive trip. I can be his +1, but it's not really a destination I'm interested in, and b/c of my work schedule, I can't take off more time to go to a second location, so I'm hoping he can take his brother.

[wise_rita]

Where did you go in 2019?
Singapore
India for work
BFE Midwest for Easter to see family
Orange County/LA
Safari in Tanzania
Istanbul
Bulgaria for a wedding

Favorite trip(s)?
A safari is impossible to beat, not just in a year but in a lifetime.

Any disappointments?
I found Istanbul surprisingly difficult to be a tourist in, so would recommend staying in the center of the tourist action and not "up and coming" Karakoy.

Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?
Afraid not; I have not yet mastered the art of uploading photos now that tinypic is gone (see: my avatar)

2020
What travel do you have planned so far?
Not a thing and I hope it stays that way. @ I need to focus on getting and staying pregnant. I'm happy to put my traveling days behind me to see that happen!

[wise_rita]

Dec 19, 2019 10:53:42 GMT -5 steamboat185 said:

We go stuck in LAX for a night and on the way to Sydney due to weather and then the airline lost our luggage for 4 days. Since it was weather they wouldn’t put us on a new flight and the flight for the next night was sold out. 

WTH they were just...never going to fly you to Australia?!

[steamboat185]

Dec 23, 2019 7:48:36 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

Dec 19, 2019 10:53:42 GMT -5 steamboat185 said:

We go stuck in LAX for a night and on the way to Sydney due to weather and then the airline lost our luggage for 4 days. Since it was weather they wouldn’t put us on a new flight and the flight for the next night was sold out. 

WTH they were just...never going to fly you to Australia?!

They wanted us to fly standby or we could have gotten confirmed seats 2 nights later, but that would have caused us to miss our next flight out of Sydney and our boat charter. They couldn’t put us on standby AND give us a seat for some reason. Since it was weather they couldn’t do anything else supposedly- even though there was no visible weather. They did offer to extend our trip by a day, but the flight they could have put us on had an extra stop in PHX and was much longer then our original fight.

Thankfully the CSR was helpful!

[CheeringCharm]

2019

Where did you go in 2019?



Holiday Valley for a couple ski trips
SoCal (LA, Disney, San Diego, La Jolla)
Grand Cayman
Banff and Lake Louise
OBX
Skiing in Lake Placid next week

Favorite trip(s)?


Sting ray city in Grand Cayman was pretty cool! We also did a kayaking trip at night to see Bioluminescence bay. That was pretty neat.

My favorite was Banff. I really loved that whole trip. Lake Louise and Moraine Lake are beyond beautiful. Emerald Lake doesn't get as much attention but we loved it!



Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?





2020

What travel do you have planned so far?

Belize in February 
Turks and Caicos in April
Azores in July
OBX in August

Plus I'm sure we'll go skiing a handful of times.

[mrsd2006]

2019
Where did you go in 2019?
Spain, Madrid and Barcelona
Road trip from SF to Big Sur
OK City for work
Highlands NC for DH birthday


Favorite trip(s)? Spain/CA

Any disappointments? Nope!

Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?n
don't know how to upload pics

2020
What travel do you have planned so far?
Italy, Amalfi coast
France- Bordeaux- Viking River cruise
I really want to squeeze in an Alaska cruise sometime also

[lacey]

2019
Where did you go in 2019?
Disney World and Marathon Key with a day trip to Key West
Universal Studios
NJ shore
Sequoia NP, Kings Canyon NP, Yosemite NP, Death Valley NP, Las Vegas, North Cascades NP, Olympic NP, Mount Rainier NP, & Seattle
Asheville NC and Smoky Mountain NP
Montreal (work trip)
Texas (work trip)

Favorite trip(s)?
None of these are stand out trips for us, but all of them were good trips.

My oldest was such a great age for seeing characters at Disney...so there was some magic there.

I want to go back and spend more time at Yosemite. I also really enjoyed Seattle. I was mostly solo with the kids in Vegas while DH was a conference during the day, and that actually turned out to be a great place for that, which I'm grateful for because I was very skeptical when we had to add that in to our trip.

Any disappointments?
No

Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?

2020
What travel do you have planned so far?
Pao, France (work)
Montreal (work conference, but may tag on a long weekend somewhere nearby)
Likely Texas, Chicago and possibly a second trip to France, all for work sometime in 2020
Portugal (at least I think I've convinced my husband this should be our big trip next year)
NJ shore
Boise
Unplanned location for a trip with college friends
Unplanned Caribbean AI or cruise, likely with family

[seabitch]

2019
Where did you go in 2019?

Snowmobiling in the Adirondacks NY

Denver, Co (family)-4 times (my mom has cancer-so trying to get all of the visits in we can)

Jost Van Dyke, BVI (two trips, May and Nov)

Cape Coral, FL

Madison, WI (work)

1000 Islands, NY/Canada

Arlington, VT (wedding)

NYC - first time, long weekend first week of December

Favorite trip(s)?

My favorite trip from 2019 would have to be those to see my mom.  Each time I go I realize it could be my last time to see her. 

Any disappointments? 

no, live is way to short to be disappointed in things I can not change.

Bonus: Favorite travel photos from 2019?

2020
What travel do you have planned so far?

Jan - Snowmobiling in the Adirondacks

Jan - Trip to Denver to visit with Mom

Jan - work trip to Vegas

Feb - Snowmobiling in the Adirondacks

March - extra long weekend to Key West (first time for me, woot woot)

May - Fort Lauderdale to Jost Van Dyke, BVI, to Ft Lauderdale

June - Bali

July - 1000 Islands, NY/Canada

That is all that is planned thus far.  H got an email from Southwest earlier this week, that he had earned a companion pass for 2020.  Any flight he takes, he can book me for free!  We both picked 5 places that SW flies to and are now figuring out how to maximize the benefit.