This is a continuation of my round the world trip in August/September 2014. The other components in this non-traditional trip include Flying Emirates A380 in First, Saturday Special: Grand Hyatt, Dubai, Saturday Special: Grand Hyatt Singapore. Before the flightAround midnight we decided it was time to leave the Grand Hyatt Dubai, to head to the…
It may not be big news, in fact, most of the folks I follow, feel it is a big “so what” in the airline partnership world. But Etihad has announced the Etihad Airways Partners, which initially starts with Etihad, Air Berlin, Jet Airways, Air Seychelles, Darwin Airlines, and Air Serbia. What this may meanEtihad has…
Earlier this week, we posted a give-away of Two United Club Passes.I asked readers to post an upcoming United Flight that they’d be able to use these passes on. Using random.org (which seems to be the standard), we have a winner:The winner is reader Scott, who is flying Boston to Appleton, Wisconsin (ATW — I…
Reason for ChoosingWe had an overnight in Dublin on our way home from the Seychelles in November 2013, and wanted to visit the Guinness brewery. At a 20 minute walk Hilton Dublin Kilmainham was very reasonable.Lobby and Check-in/Check-out ExperienceThis trip was mostly Hilton properties and this one did a nice job at check-in to make sure…
We stayed at the Hyatt Capital Gate on our way to Bangkok in May (just before the Thai Military’s Coup).Reason for ChoosingThe Hyatt Capital Gate was close enough to the airport that it made sense to try it out, plus we needed to start getting Hyatt nights this year. Besides, it was a new hotel…
I happened to see a tweet on a (for me) busy Friday afternoon that struck me. The Fadeout of the Mileage Run http://t.co/C3eV5bEHqX— George (@FlyerTalkerinA2) September 12, 2014 George tweeted it, but its actually to a New York Times article by Josh Barro. The cliff notes for the article are this – Mileage Runs don’t make…
IntroductionI happened to see a post by Ed at Pizza In Motion about carry-on bags, and potential of having to gate check. I haven’t experienced this, but since I have a wide-body Briggs and Riley bag, I figured this was worth some further research.This has been reported before, although any of the other news sources I’ve…
TSA’s September 11th is going up. I figure you knew this already, but what you might not have known is that its going into effect on any flights booked after 12am (ED)T, 21 July 2014. Meaning, if you know you’re flying through the end of airlines’ calendars, then you should book now, if you have reasonable…
Lately I’ve been a bit stagnant on my Manufactured Spending (MS). We were traveling a bunch, then I was focused on getting the Southwest Companion Pass, then I was trying to figure out the best way to leverage cash back, and I have no sign-on bonuses I’m working off. Really I think it was because…
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), since its’ inception has changed the way Americans travel, domestically, and in some cases, abroad.There have been a number of TSA directives of late. The one that got the most press, has been their directive on electronic devices. The other (just for reference) was TSA’s increased scrutiny for overseas flights…