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Tokyo for the New Year: Austrian Airlines Business Class Schengen Lounge Vienna (VIE)
ByEdward January 8, 2014

Austrian Airlines Business Class Chicago to Vienna Austrian Airlines Business Class Schengen Lounge Vienna Austrian Airlines Regional Business Class Vienna to Prague Turkish Airlines Regional Business Class Prague to Istanbul Turkish Airlines Lounge Istanbul Turkish Airlines Business Class Istanbul to Tokyo Narita Park Hyatt Tokyo Shinjuku Kuyakushomae Capsule Hotel Ushigoro Hilton Narita Narita-san Shinsho-ji Swiss…

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Planning My Next Round of Credit Card Applications (January 2014 Edition)
ByEdward January 7, 2014

I’ve written in the past about my credit card strategy, and I usually have a pretty good idea of what I want to apply for during each round of applications, which I do every three months. But I’m really coming up empty this time around. I’m coming up on my annual fee for my Amex…

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Tokyo for the New Year: Austrian Airlines Business Class Chicago to Vienna (ORD to VIE)
ByEdward January 6, 2014

Austrian Airlines Business Class Chicago to Vienna Austrian Airlines Business Class Schengen Lounge Vienna Austrian Airlines Regional Business Class Vienna to Prague Turkish Airlines Regional Business Class Prague to Istanbul Turkish Airlines Lounge Istanbul Turkish Airlines Business Class Istanbul to Tokyo Narita Park Hyatt Tokyo Shinjuku Kuyakushomae Capsule Hotel Ushigoro Hilton Narita Narita-san Shinsho-ji Swiss…

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Musings | Travel

2013 Year in Review
ByEdward January 1, 2014December 21, 2016

Warning: This post is entirely self-indulgent. 2013 was a great year for many reasons, and January 1, 2013 was the inception of this blog. In 2012, I flew around 75k miles (all but 192 for leisure), and in 2013, I just about doubled that to 145k miles (all for leisure). My travel was definitely heavier…

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Musings | Travel

Random Thoughts on Tokyo
ByEdward December 30, 2013

1. Heated toilet seats are amazing. Why don’t we have them in the US? 2. Same with soft-boiled eggs. Or the not-quite-hard-boiled-but-not-runny eggs that are prevalent in ramen shops here. 3. Before coming here, everyone told me that Japan is a nation of cash and very few places accept credit cards. But pretty much every…

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Musings

Random Travel Thoughts New Year’s Edition
ByEdward December 28, 2013

I’m currently writing this from the Park Hyatt Tokyo, which is definitely the nicest and classiest hotel I’ve ever had the pleasure to stay at (granted, I haven’t stayed at that many hotels in my life). Here are some random things that are on my mind: 1. I feel so, so grateful to be able to…

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ANA | Travel | Trip Reports

Review: ANA Economy Class NRT to SEA on Boeing 787
ByEdward December 27, 2013

When I went to scan my boarding pass to get on this flight, the machine angrily beeped at me, as I was supposedly pre-chosen to have a pat down prior to boarding. As far as I could tell, there were only three names on this list of passengers to get extra security. I had called…

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Lounge Reviews | Travel | Trip Reports | United

Review: United Club Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT)
ByEdward December 26, 2013

The United Club in Tokyo Narita was actually the very first airport lounge that I had ever visited. At the time, I was amazed that you could shower at the airport and that there was free food (although the food was devoured almost instantly whenever a server would put out more food as the lounge…

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Review: Korean Air Lounge Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT)
ByEdward December 25, 2013

On my way back from Hong Kong, I had about a two hour layover in Tokyo Narita, so I decided to check out two lounges I hadn’t yet reviewed, as I had already been to the ANA Suite and Business Class lounges a couple of weeks prior. My first stop was the Korean Air Lounge,…

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Review: ANA Economy Class HKG to NRT on 767-300
ByEdward December 24, 2013

As I was traveling over the week of Thanksgiving and wanted to spend Thanksgiving itself with my family in Seattle, I needed to fly from Hong Kong to Seattle. This gave me a good excuse to route through Tokyo Narita to fly ANA’s 787 between NRT and SEA, as my only other time aboard a…

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