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Hong Kong to Chicago: 100 Tickets for $100 Roundtrip Each
Cathay Pacific is holding a giveaway and sweepstakes with the opening of their Chicago to Hong Kong route. Each week, the first 25 users to click through will have the chance to purchase a round trip for $100. There’s also … Continue reading
Empty Seats in Business Class
To get back to New York, I booked the United p.s. LAX-JFK redeye flight in economy. For my previous four bookings on this particular flight in its various incarnations as UA82, UA691, and now UA599, United was looking for volunteers … Continue reading
A Quick Jog to Los Angeles
Otherwise expensive summer airfares ended up being on sale for the Fourth of July weekend. Yesterday, I took another American Airlines flight from JFK to LAX. I was originally booked on AA33, the 7:45AM departure to LAX, but I managed … Continue reading
Free One-Day Hertz Rental
Hertz is rebranding their rewards program from “Hertz #1 Club” to “Hertz Gold Plus” for reasons which are beyond me. Either way, they’re offering 500 points with the new program, good for a free weekend day, as well as waiving … Continue reading
Hilton’s Third Quarter Promotion
Hilton released the details of their third quarter promotion: Double points or miles. I’m not quite as wooed by this as the remaining month or so of life that the Starwood second quarter promotion has left in it, but it’s … Continue reading
June in Hotels
It’s already mid-June so a hotel program promotion summary is in order. Starwood Preferred Guest: I’m currently at the Gold level (Middle tier). My hotel stays lately have been directed here as part of the Stay Three, Getaway Free promotion. … Continue reading
Airport Wifi
Boingo is giving away a bit of their wifi service in celebration of their 10th anniversary. Hat tip: Stuck at the Airport.
New York
As mentioned earlier, I trekked out to Los Angeles in coach on American Airlines. This time, I managed to snap off a predeparture photo of the plane: Once again, I was seated in 20A, providing a view of the sun … Continue reading
The Angeles Crest Highway
The Angeles Crest Highway reopened last week. It’s not an airplane, nor a swanky hotel, but it made for a fun drive… …and a nice sunset from Mt. Wilson.
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Los Angeles
I’m visiting Los Angeles this week, traveling by way of American Airlines nonstop to and from JFK. As only a midtier elite, upgrades require using 500-mile stickers. I’ve been slow to accumulate them this year as most of my flying … Continue reading