Author Archives: Chris

Burning A Hole In My Pocket: Swiss Business Class New York to Zürich

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Chris

My trip to Asia last year involved a terrific long-haul flight from Zurich to Bangkok on Swiss, spurring me to choose their business class product again for my flight to Europe.  While it’s definitely hard to find fault with a … Continue reading →

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Burning A Hole In My Pocket: Swiss Business Class Lounge New York Kennedy

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Chris

With my flight to Switzerland departing just after 10PM, I timed my arrival to JFK around 8:30PM.  With vast swaths of flights bound for Europe around that time, Terminal 4 was best described as a sea of humanity. Once past … Continue reading →

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Burning A Hole In My Pocket: An Introduction

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Chris

In mid-March, I found myself with Good Friday off without a trip to go on.  As I became spoiled last year by $440 trips to Europe, I wasn’t thrilled by the $1000 coach fares available for a simple weekend trip.  … Continue reading →

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Starwood’s Double Take Promotion

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Chris

Starwood has opened up registration for their double take promotion for summer 2013.  As the name indicates, they’re offering double Starwood points on all stays between May 1st and July 31st, subject to a few hotel exclusions. As an additional … Continue reading →

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Another oneworld Premium Fare Promotion

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Chris

American and British Airways are once again offering bonus miles on roundtrip itineraries from the United States and Canada to Europe.  Registration with the respective programs (AAdvantage and Executive Club) is required. Each “full fare” roundtrip itinerary earns 20k miles. … Continue reading →

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2000 Free Alitalia Miles

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Chris

One Mile at a Time notes that Alitalia is giving away 2k miles for signing up for their rewards program (by March 30th, an additional 2k for flying with Alitalia, and an additional 2k for having any activity in the … Continue reading →

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Book SPG Stays Now!

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Chris

Today’s the last day to book SPG awards under the old categories.  While many hotels have stayed put, for others, tomorrow has already come and SPG.com is showing their new rates. The good: The bad:  

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Hotel Devaluations Everywhere…

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Chris

There have been a number of hotel program updates in the past few weeks, nearly universally for the worse. Starwood announced its annual category changes on MilePoint and FlyerTalk, effective March 5.  Amongst hotels that stood out for me, the … Continue reading →

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A Few Miles More: American Airlines First Class Kahului to Dallas-Forth Worth

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Chris

For my return to New York, I took the redeye to Dallas.  Concerned that my upgrade might not clear—especially when booking ten days in advance, I used one of my systemwides expiring February 2013.  If I were flying from New … Continue reading →

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A Few Miles More: The Westin Ka’anapali Resort and Spa

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Chris

Locating a sanely priced hotel was the main logistical consideration in this trip. During my previous visit to Maui in 2011, I had stayed at the Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas thanks to Starwood’s Free Resort Nights promotion earlier that … Continue reading →

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