IntroductionYesterday, I posted about using Singapore’s KrisFlyer miles from Singapore, and how many great options there are. Reader @Sanaial posed a great question: @tmount the most confusing part is the variability of out-pocket costs with a lot of foreign programs— Saianel (@saianel) August 6, 2014A few examplesSo I thought I’d put together some examples. The…
IntroductionYesterday, I looked at some hotel choices that looked pretty nice in Southeast Asia, now I just have to identify options for getting around. Since I’ll be flying into and out of Singapore, the logical choice is using Singapore’s KrisFlyer program.Award ChartThe Krisflyer program determines the cost of the award by zones (15 of them). As you…
IntroductionI shared last week, that I have a trip to Asia at the end of the month, but couldn’t decide where. In that post I narrowed things down to Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, and China. Well, based on a variety of comments and a bit of searching based on this post I revised the list slightly to include…
Reason for ChoosingNote:We visited the Park Hyatt Tokyo in February, 2012.We specifically did the Hyatt Diamond Challenge beforehand, with the express intention of staying at the Park Hyatt partially because of the location and the fact that we are big fans of the movie Lost in Translation. It helps that we got a stay credit…
Yesterday I posted offering some ways to earn Alaska Miles, and I have to hand it to our readers – we got amazing feedback. So I thought I’d do a bit of a recap, and flesh out some of the suggestions offered with some additional research.Churning CardsThis is the simplest approach, which was offered by…
In November, my wife and I flew Emirates First Class to the Seychelles. We had used Alaska miles for the flights, which ended up being quite the trip. We ultimately flew from New York-JFK, to Milan, Italy-MXP, to Dubai, UAE-DXB, and finally to the Mahe, the Seychelles (SEZ). The itinerary was less than stellar, and…
As a continuation of our short set of observations from Seoul, here’s the hotel portion. Since we didn’t see much of the city the last time we thought it would be nice to stay in a different location that was more convenient to the shopping district.Reason for ChoosingWe chose the Seoul Hyatt partially because we needed the stay…
Why do we pursue Elite Status with Airlines, Hotels, Car Rental Companies, Retailers? For me, it is because of the benefits that the status gives us. I’ll try to summarize the benefits of each elite status that I personally go for each year, and why, and also share where I am at the moment, in…