Category Archives: Journeys

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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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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A Few Miles More: American Airlines First Class Los Angeles to Kahului

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Chris

As seems to be the tradition at American’s LAX station, boarding started several minutes ahead of schedule. When I made it to the gate at the scheduled boarding time, boarding for group 3 had already been called. American 253 Los … Continue reading →

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A Few Miles More: Westin Los Angeles Airport

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Chris

For my 9 hour layover, I once again stayed at the Westin LAX. As I came down to the lobby to see the first shuttle to LAX pulling away, I had 15 minutes to kill. Rather convieniently, the hotel has … Continue reading →

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A Few Miles More: American Airlines Business Class New York to Los Angeles

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Chris

A few minutes after I booked this trip, I called the Executive Platinum desk to apply one of my systemwide upgrades expiring at the end of February 2013 to my reservation to upgrade my OGG-DFW-LGA segments.  At the time, the … Continue reading →

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A Few Miles More: An Introduction

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Chris

Since Hawaiian Airlines entered the New York market, there have been a number of fare wars for flights to Hawaii.  As I got to January 8th without any particular plans for MLK weekend, I decided to go to Maui. While … Continue reading →

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Buy US Airways Miles

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Chris

US Airways is once again offering a 100% bonus on purchased miles, targeted for Dividend Miles members who purchased or gifted miles in 2012.  This brings the total cost approximately $19 per thousand miles. These sorts of promotions are quite … Continue reading →

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“I Need 4 Volunteers To Sit In First Class”

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Chris

Since moving to New York, I’ve flown to Los Angeles for Thanksgiving.  To save on airfare, I taken to flying on Thanksgiving morning itself.  While last year’s trip was an uneventful journey of domestic first class, this past year’s was … Continue reading →

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