This is part of our Thanksgiving Round the World trip, you can find my initial thoughts / intro here, Flying All Nippon Airways Square Class, Flying All Nippon Airways Business Class, The Grand Hyatt Tokyo review, Touring the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan, Dueling Alliance Lounges at Tokyo-Haneda Airport, Dueling Planes to Beijing, The Grand Hyatt Beijing, and…
This is part of our Thanksgiving Round the World trip, you can find my initial thoughts / intro here, Flying All Nippon Airways Square Class, Flying All Nippon Airways Business Class, The Grand Hyatt Tokyo review, Touring the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan, Dueling Alliance Lounges at Tokyo-Haneda Airport, The Grand Hyatt Beijing, and the Hyatt Regency…
Not too long ago, Trevor and I were asked our opinions on purchasing travel insurance before going abroad. Considering how travelers are asked about purchasing a policy several times before booking travel through airlines and online travel agencies, it’s a very relevant question. Does it make sense to purchase travel insurance before flying?As with many…
This is part of our Thanksgiving Round the World trip, you can find my initial thoughts / intro here, Flying All Nippon Airways Square Class, Flying All Nippon Airways Business Class, The Grand Hyatt Tokyo review, Touring the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan, The Grand Hyatt Beijing, and the Hyatt Regency Mainz. IntroductionIn the course of…
This is part of our Thanksgiving Round the World trip, you can find my initial thoughts / intro here, Flying All Nippon Airways Square Class, Flying All Nippon Airways Business Class, The Grand Hyatt Tokyo review, The Grand Hyatt Beijing, and the Hyatt Regency Mainz.I’ll be the first to admit, I hate fish. Maybe hate is…
One of the best pieces of advice about finding award space that I could offer is – find the most difficult leg of the itinerary, and work from there. There are a lot of tools available online that can help in finding award space, but not all of them are robust enough to think of weird permutations…
It’s a commonly known hack among the initiated. Even Trevor wrote about how the “hidden city” trick can be good for the pocketbook. But is hidden city ticketing a bad practice that could create harm to the travel ecosystem? That’s what two recent lawsuits against a website specializing in hidden city ticketing are suggesting.Skift recently wrote about the lawsuits…
This is part of our Thanksgiving Round the World trip, you can find my initial thoughts / intro here, Flying All Nippon Airways Square Class, The Grand Hyatt Tokyo review, The Grand Hyatt Beijing, and the Hyatt Regency Mainz.This is part two of the ANA Flight 1101 -Chicago-O’Hare (ORD) to Tokyo-Narita (NRT) review, as my wife and mother in-law…
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 are the winners:For the most painful itinerary (and I realize this is somewhat subjective):For the randomly selected one:Thanks for everyone for your comments… I really appreciate some…
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 made with all of you!From a travel perspective, I had the chance to travel quite a bit, visiting some new (to me) countries, as well…