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Tokyo for the New Year: Austrian Airlines Business Class Schengen Lounge Vienna (VIE)

ByEdward

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

ByEdward

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

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2013 Year in Review

ByEdward

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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Random Thoughts on Tokyo

ByEdward

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…