Saturday Special: Grand Hyatt Singapore

Reason for ChoosingMy wife and I have been to Singapore at least 3 times. Each of those times we stayed at the Marriott (roughly, a block away, if that). We wanted to try the Grand Hyatt Singapore (@GrandHyattSing), and we were able to get a cash and points rate that worked for us (and still…

Weekly Travel News Roundup: 12 September 2014

The Weekly News Roundup is a collection of headlines from around the internet that caught the attention of the Tagging Miles team. Content on these blogs do not necessarily reflect the positions of Tagging Miles, and should not be considered endorsements. Have a great story we should read? Contact us now and let us know! On Credit…

Boarding the Emirates A380 from the lounge.

Flying the Emirates A380 in First

This is part of my round the world trip in August/September 2014. For those that are big on premium airline products, I think Emirates’ A380 is near the top. Its not as over the top as the Etihad Residences, but, its pretty over the top.Before the flightWe had stayed at the Sheraton JFK Airport Hotel…

Leaked Southwest Airlines Livery

Do you LUV or hate the new Southwest Livery?

Last night, in the midst of Notre Dame shutting out Michigan, a photo of a potential new Southwest Livery was leaked. Airline Reporter covered it, along with Frontier’s new livery.The leaked livery isn’t a huge change.By my eye, its a bit brighter, but really, the biggest change is the location and font of “Southwest”. Take…

Why is Key West EYW and other fun Airport Code history

H/T View from the WingOn an idle Saturday, in between watching Star Trek: The Final Frontier and waiting to watch Notre Dame (hopefully) beat Michigan, I happened to see a post from Gary and View from the Wing on the secrets of airport codes. I thought I’d offer some additional thoughts on decrypting airport codes.I’ve…

Grand Hyatt Dubai, Complimentary Toothbrushes

Saturday Special: Grand Hyatt Dubai

Reason for ChoosingWe’ve stay at the Grand Hyatt Dubai a few times now, including on our most recent trip around the world and every time it has been a short but fantastic stay.  It is close enough to the Dubai airport that you don’t feel like you are rushing to get out of the hotel…

Weekly Travel News Roundup: 5 September 2014

The Weekly News Roundup is a collection of headlines from around the internet that caught the attention of the Tagging Miles team. Content on these blogs do not necessarily reflect the positions of Tagging Miles, and should not be considered endorsements. Have a great story we should read? Contact us now and let us know! On Credit…

Balancing Amazon.com's many services

Balancing the Amazon(s)

 Update: In my haste to post this before I boarded a plane, I mis-typed; the 1099 is generated from $20,000 AND 200 transactions.Amazon.com for lack of a better way to describe it, is a veritable powerhouse for manufactured spending. Some of Amazon’s services are very far out there in the blogosphere, with many of the…