Monthly Archives: September 2012

Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel

With a 10AM departure out of Brussels back to New York, staying near the airport was a good strategy.  Convienently, at the time of booking the air travel, Starwood had a cash and points rate available for the Sheraton Brussels … Continue reading

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Los Angeles. the Transatlantic Way: American Airlines Business Class New York to London

When this trip was booked in July, I was unable to locate any confirmable upgrade space around the dates we were interested in traveling, so I went ahead and booked the trip with waitlisted systemwide upgrades. While I would normally … Continue reading

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Los Angeles. the Transatlantic Way: American Airlines Flagship Lounge New York

Ordinarily, when I’m flying American, I use my American Express Platinum card to visit the Admirals Club while waiting for my flight to board. One of the (many) perks of Executive Platinum status with AA is access to the Flagship … Continue reading

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15% Off Delta Flights

Alitalia is running a promotion for 15% off bookings made by noon (European time, 6AM Eastern) tomorrow by using coupon code WEEK15US for travel between October 1st and March 31st.  The promo is applicable to Delta flights on itineraries entirely … Continue reading

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Los Angeles. the Transatlantic Way: An Introduction

Back in July, a brief fare war broke out across the domestic US carriers for travel from the United States to Ireland in the fall.  Around that time, I wrote a post discussing the process of finding an itinerary to … Continue reading

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