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The most work I've ever had to do for a reservation.

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  While Adam and I were in the Dominican Republic we had a conversation about future trip and how I would like to take one, really great trip with just my parents.  Adam was amenable and agreed that, even though mom and dad are still in great shape at 69 & 75 years old, we probably shouldn't put that idea off for too long.   We first looked at renting a beach house in Puerto Rico, mainly to avoid the hassle of international  travel in the COVID-19 era.  After researching houses and activities for a couple of weeks though, the destination felt, well, forced.   One of the lures though had been that we all had plenty of JetBlue TrueBlue (JBTB) points to cover the flights.  So as I cooled on the idea of Puerto Rico, I started browsing other options bookable with JBTB points.  Rediscovering the unique partnership between JetBlue and Hawaiian Airlines made things very interesting, very fast!  Mom and Dad had enough points to fly round trip, fir...