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Hyatt Regency Bellevue

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Chris

For our second night, oneworld MegaDo stayed at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue.  Shortly before the festivities started, I managed to confirm a suite upgrade using one of my four soon-to-be-expiring certificates that I received with my Hyatt Diamond status during … Continue reading →

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Hyatt Regency Dallas-Fort Worth Airport

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Chris

oneworld MegaDo started off in Dallas, where we stayed at the Hyatt Regency.  Having taken an early flight in on US Airways, I was glad that they were able to find me a room. The weather made for a very … Continue reading →

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My 2011 Mile and Point Earning and Burning

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Chris

I traveled just over 144k miles this year, approximately 125k of which were revenue flights: I wound up with four redemptions: 2 nights at the Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas as part of Starwood’s Free Resort Nights promotion. 1 upgrade … Continue reading →

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Hotel Sierra Redmond

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Chris

As my second Seattle-area Hyatt visit last weekend, I stayed at the Hotel Sierra Redmond.  For this stay, I booked a one bedroom king with a balcony. The bathroom and vanity: As a one bedroom, the sitting area was more … Continue reading →

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Hotel Sierra Bellevue

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Chris

I had my NEXUS interview last weekend at the Blaine, Washington enrollment center.  Admittedly, the Canadian officer was rather puzzled by my place of residence in New York but went along with it after I explained why I wanted NEXUS:  … Continue reading →

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Hyatt’s Automated Emails

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Chris

So I stayed at two Hyatt-flagged hotels this weekend.   This afternoon, I got an email from Hyatt: Thank you for participating in our latest Hyatt Gold Passport™ promotion. You’re just 2 night(s) away from your first reward of 5,000 Hyatt … Continue reading →

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StarMegaDo in Denver

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Chris

I had the chance to spend some time in one of United’s A320 simulators as part of a charity auction on behalf of the Captain Jason Dahl Scholarship Fund.  Jason Dahl was captain of United 93 on September 11, 2001.  … Continue reading →

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Chicago to Montreal

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Chris

For the trip from Chicago to Montreal to Denver, StarMegaDo3 was on a chartered Continental 737.  Continental assigned us its 737 in its retrolivery: My legroom on this flight gave me a reminder to be thankful for my exit rows, … Continue reading →

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Kahului to Chicago

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Chris

I didn’t return straight to New York from Kahului.  Instead, I ventured to Chicago via San Francisco and Las Vegas to pick up the start of StarMegaDo3.  My upgrades to First Class cleared for OGG-SFO-LAS-ORD, making the redeye from Kahului … Continue reading →

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This Quarter’s Hyatt Promotion

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Chris

Hyatt announced their newest promotion on FlyerTalk: Every 3k eligible nights earns a 5k point bonus up to a total of 30k bonus points.  Registration opens on September 15. For reference, the Hyatt award chart starts at 5k points per … Continue reading →

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