In college, I had the wonderful opportunity to study abroad in Denmark for a semester (which was prompted by an earlier wonderful semester studying abroad in Hungary). Denmark held a lot of mystique to me before I lived there, being that it has been regularly ranked as the happiest country in the world (or at…
As far as I know, there are no nonstop flights from the US to Bangkok, which is perhaps expected given the distance to Thailand from the US. Thai Airways used to fly nonstop from LAX to BKK, but that flight now has a stopover in Seoul. Luckily, there are numerous options to get to Bangkok…
Alaska Airlines has posted baggage and service fee changes to their website. The fees don’t go into effect until tickets purchased on or after October 30, 2013, which is plenty of notice. Much better than unannounced changes or changes that go into effect immediately. While baggage fees are increasing marginally for the first 2 bags…
Applying for credit cards is one of the best ways to accumulate miles and points quickly. Assuming you have good credit and pay off your balances in full every month, if you’re not regularly applying for credit cards, you’re leaving a lot of easy miles on the table. I’ve already detailed the cash back, bank…
There are now photos online of Singapore’s new first class and business class seats for the Boeing 777-300ER. These will also be the seats on the A350 and Boeing 787-10 once those get delivered. The new seats are supposed to premier on the London route starting in September. Check out Australian Business Traveller for more…
The NYTimes published on op-ed titled “Class Struggle in the Sky“, where the author bemoans the terrible nature of coach travel while demonizing the extravagances of business class. Ignoring the poor writing and lack of understanding and research (which Gary does a good job of deconstructing), I’m finding the comments extraordinarily entertaining. One commenter writes:…
If you’re looking for the most accurate Star Alliance award availability, you should be searching using the ANA website. It’s a little less user-friendly than the United website, but it’s 100% accurate (as far as I can tell), which means that I often do most of my searches on the ANA website, particularly when I’m…
L’Arpège is mecca for vegetarians. It’s the only 3 Michelin star restaurant that I know of where the primary focus of the food is on vegetables. Chef Alain Passard decided to showcase vegetables in 2001, several years after he had already received a vaulted third Michelin star, and it’s a testament to his craft that…
As I plan my next round of credit card applications, I’m always cognizant of how much spend I’m signing myself up for. While there are still some credit cards out there with minimal spend requirements (e.g. the Barclays US Airways Mastercard, which I love), many credit cards require that you spend a certain amount on…
I’m not sure who the people behind ftdashoard.net are, but whoever they are, they should get a gold star for creating and maintaining an awesome site. As mentioned in my trip report about new first class on British Airways, I used this site to track whether the new first class product was being used on…
