I’ve got 2,000 Hawaiian miles expiring next week, so I figured I’d give them to a reader instead of letting them expire. Hawaiian offers the unique benefit of allowing people to share miles for free, provided that the recipient of the miles holds a Hawaiian Airlines credit card (if only other airlines allowed the same). If…
I seem to have collected a lot of stuff over the past year or so, which is unusual for me as I try to not accumulate stuff, so I figured I’d give it away to people. If you’d like some random stuff, please email me at efficientasianman (at) gmail (dot) com with your name and mailing…
It’s probably weird that I get excited over things like new credit cards, but I’m currently really excited for my new Citi Prestige card. It’s the card that I wanted most during my most recent round of credit card applications, and I’m happy to say that I was approved and received the card. Based on…
I’m currently sitting in the Emirates SFO Lounge (an impressive lounge and definitely the nicest lounge at SFO that I’ve been to), and I got here via Emirates Chauffeur Drive, even though my ticket was booked via Alaska miles. It was a bit of a surprise when Emirates announced earlier this year that partner award…
Dragon fruit looks like it should taste awesome. It looks exotic and beautiful and so tantalizing that you think it must be delicious inside. And it has an awesome name. But dragon fruit doesn’t really taste like anything. It’s super bland. It’s not sweet, it’s not sour, it’s not tart, it’s not refreshing–it just kind of……
In the battle for ride-sharing supremacy, I’m Team Lyft (at least, when it’s convenient to do so). There’s been lots of talk about Uber on the blogs, but the “$30 credit” is often just a $30 credit for your first ride, which essentially means your first ride is free, and not that you get $30…
I was really excited to try a number of different airport lounges on this trip, and first up was the relatively new oneworld Business Class Lounge at Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX. Unfortunately, the first class lounge wasn’t yet open by the time I was there (and in fact opened up only a month…
Earlier in 2014, there was a brief period when Qantas released a bit of first class award space to Australia. Qantas first class is a pretty challenging redemption, so I jumped on the opportunity, even though it meant that I would be heading to Australia during its winter. I redeemed 72,500 American miles for a first…
Introduction + Trip Planning Booking a Round-the-World Award for My Sister Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge Vancouver Airport (YVR) Lufthansa First Class YVR to FRA Boeing 747-400 Lufthansa First Class Lounge Terminal B Frankfurt Airport (FRA) Thai Airways First Class FRA to BKK A380 Thai Airways Royal Orchid Lounge Concourse E Thai Airways Business Class BKK…
For my Southeast Asia trip, I met my sister in Bangkok as she had considerably more time to travel last summer than I did. She was planning on going to numerous places throughout the summer and had briefly mentioned to me the idea that she was going to buy a round-the-world cash ticket for many thousands of…
