Monthly Archives: March 2014

Europe for the Holidays: Niki Vienna to Berlin

For my flight to Berlin, I booked an Avios award with 4.5k points.  For the short hop, an hour in coach was far better than spending ten hours on a train.

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Europe for the Holidays: Vienna

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Europe for the Holidays: Radisson Blu Palais Vienna

For my stay in Vienna, I booked two award nights at the Radisson Blu Palais hotel.  As a Club Carlson Visa cardholder, my second night was free, so this award only cost 44k points.

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Europe for the Holidays: Lufthansa First Class Lounge Munich

After arriving off of my flight from Los Angeles, I made my way to the Lufthansa First Class lounge prior to my flight to Vienna. I checked in with the front desk attendant, who then directed me to the window … Continue reading

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Europe for the Holidays: Lufthansa First Class Los Angeles to Munich

My gate was a quick walk from the lounge, so I took a moment to admire the planes preparing to depart to Europe that evening. The flight was already starting to board economy, so whatever line there might have been … Continue reading

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Europe for the Holidays: Star Alliance First Class Lounge Los Angeles

With my flight to Munich departing at 5:15PM, I dropped off my rental car just before 3PM and made my way to LAX’s Tom Bradley International Terminal.  The Lufthansa First Class check-in line actually had two other passengers waiting when … Continue reading

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Europe for the Holidays: An Introduction

For Christmas and New Years, I decided I would try booking earlier than last year (the Friday before Christmas weekend).  This didn’t actually prove to be particularly useful:  My final outbound flight wasn’t booked until the night before.  To give … Continue reading

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Sheraton Commander Hotel Cambridge

In early December, I visited Boston and stayed at the Sheraton Commander Cambridge.

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United Airlines Arrivals Lounge San Francisco

As a business class passenger, I had access to the United Arrivals lounge.  As only United’s International First Class lounge has showers airside, I would have otherwise not had access to one before catching my connecting flight.  While Continental brought … Continue reading

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United Airlines Business Class Hong Kong to San Francisco

While I had booked a K fare for my journey across the middle of the Pacific to Hong Kong, I splurged on a W fare for my return, choosing to play systemwide roulette with United. When I booked this trip, … Continue reading

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