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CategoryRevisiting my Star Alliance Identity Crisis: The International Players
Photo Courtesy: Turkish Airlines/DMCA Fair Use
Weeks ago, I was lamenting the fact that my Star Alliance Gold Status on Aegean would soon be going away. By soon – I mean
A New Source for Global Lodging (Did I Mention Free Stays?)
Listing “217” in Hong Kong, which I’m seriously considering for my trip in July. Cost? 536 points/night.
One of the joys of blogging is an early heads up on the next
Jump Through Some Hoops And Get A 2 Night Stay At Select Hyatt Properties
Saw this on Flyertalk where the original poster, catonis, wrote about a Rite Aid offer called “Happy You Year” and you can redeem for 2 nights at select Hyatts around the
Did you win an American Airlines Systemwide Upgrade from TaggingMiles?
On New Years Eve, I posted a give-away of 2 Systemwide Upgrades on American Airlines.
Well, today was the last day to enter, and I tallied up the comments, and here
The Tourism Life Cycle: Why it Matters (and Finding Your Sweet Spot)
Lake Aitalan, Guatemala. An excursion from Antigua, which fits my Life Cycle sweet spot.
I just saw a conversation on Twitter that reminded me of an important concept I haven’t s..
Looking back at 2014, and looking forward to 2015
Looking back on 2014, it was a pretty busy year for me. For starters, Joe and I started this blog – and we both truly appreciate the great connections we’ve
AA Systemwide Giveaway – Must fly by 28 Feb
American Airlines 777-300ER
Yesterday, I saw The Flight Deal post a good deal on American Airlines to Sao Paulo, Brazil.
I have a couple American Airlines Systemwide Upgrades (..
A Reflection
As I write this, the final moments of the year are upon us. And while some of the western world is still asleep, I find myself working on a task
Flying All Nippon Airways Square Class
This is part of our Thanksgiving Round the World trip, you can find my initial thoughts / intro here, The Grand Hyatt Tokyo review here and The Grand Hyatt Beijing here.
This will
Camp Mom 2015, Asian Edition: I need your help!
Now that the Holidays are down to a dull roar, I’m taking some time to firm up our agenda for Camp Mom 2015.
To recap, Camp Mom is where I extend an
Hyatt Category Changes Theory
In January 2015, we will see some category changes under the Hyatt portfolio. The hotels are:
Hotel
Current Category
New Category
Hyatt House Raleigh North Hills
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Hyatt..
Revenue Travel Hack 101 – Hidden City Ticketing
I’ll be the first to admit, I don’t “travel hack” in the truest sense of the word. In reality, I don’t even do what I’m about to talk about, however, I’m
Maximizing American Airline’s Bonuses for Premium Cabin Travelers
Yesterday I tried to clarify American Airlines’ policy regarding their Rewards for Premium Cabin tickets. To say that it was pulling teeth might be an understatement. Luckily, @W..
New Ritz Carlton Sign Up 2 Weeks After 140K Offer
On the heels of Lazy Travelers and Doctor Of Credit posting about the 140,000 point sign up bonus without the annual fee waiver, Chase and Ritz Carlton rolled out a really, really
Important Posts from This Week You May Have Missed
This has been one crazy week! We saw news about an 8% credit card, sadly it’ll be going away next year.
@ChasingThePts Rakuten is removing bonus categories next year, press team
Saturday Special: Grand Hyatt Tokyo
This is part of our Thanksgiving Round the World trip, you can find my initial thoughts / intro here.
Reason for choosing:
My wife and I had stayed at this hotel back
Revisiting my Star Alliance Identity Crisis: United Airlines
Last week, I wrote about the particular problem I have with Star Alliance. After having Aegean Airlines Gold Status for the past two years, I’m disappointed to find out that
Visa on Arrival to India now available!
Today I received an e-mail from Oberoi Hotels and Resorts, a pretty amazing hotel group in India–where I had the chance to visit their property in Agra, where I saw
Initial Thoughts of my Round the World Thanksgiving trip
A couple of weeks ago I got back from a Round the World Thanksgiving trip with my wife and mother in law. This was something of a bucket list trip
Visiting Aberdeen, Hong Kong
This was part of our November, 2014 quick trip to Hong Kong. The other parts of the trip are: Flying the American Air 777-300ER, Saturday Special: Hyatt Regency Hong Kong,
Last mileage run of the year and a nice surprise
So, I flew my last mileage run of the year yesterday. It was like a Dickens novel except mostly good. It would’ve been a tale of three cities but I
Hotel Quote Upgrade Voucher Winner
As I wrote last week of my short review of Hotel Quote located in Taipei, Taiwan, I had a giveaway for an upgrade voucher.
The winner is commenter heather
Thanks for participa..
Flying the American Air 777-300ER to/from Hong Kong
American Airlines 777-300ER
I wrote this shortly after arriving into Hong Kong, because I wanted my thoughts to be clear and present (of course then I let it sit a month).