All of them. As many times as you can. People frequently ask me which credit card they should get (and every time I die a little on the inside because I don’t have any affiliate links to make money off of them). But it’s a question that I find challenging to answer because I don’t…
QF 94 Los Angeles (LAX) to Melbourne (MEL) Depart: 11:30pm Arrive: 8:20am +2 days Duration: 15h 50m Aircraft: A380 (Phyllis Arnott) Seat: 2A After leaving the new oneworld lounge, I walked to the gate and admired both the new TBIT terminal and all of the A380s sitting at LAX. I think I saw China Southern,…
I’m headed to Central Europe in a couple of weeks, and I’m super excited because 1) I love Central Europe (Hungary in particular) and 2) it gives me the perfect opportunity to burn the rest of my Club Carlson points before the devaluation takes place. I’m currently sitting on more AA miles than I’m normally…
And by everyone, I mean most people. Don’t get me wrong–I love my miles, and they’ve enabled me to do lots of awesome things that I’m super grateful for. But for the average person, focusing on frequent flyer miles doesn’t make much sense. In my mind, there are two main reasons why you should collect…
Links to stories #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, and #9. This story is from a while ago now, but I spent a little bit of time in Berlin with a Vietnamese American friend. This story comes from one night at a reasonably nice restaurant. Waiter: “Where are the two of you from?” Us: “America.” Waiter: “Where are…
I don’t always travel in premium cabins and stay in super nice hotels; in fact, I often fly in coach and stay in hostels or the equivalent. And oftentimes, that means that charging your devices can be a strategic game. For example, it’s still rare for all coach seats to be equipped with electrical outlets, which can…
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…
