So sayeth World Airline Awards. Ranking and comments from this article at Quartz. Certainly it seems like things are quite different these days than when I was flying even 5 years ago; it seemed like there were many more open…
What’s a Mileage Run? Obtaining American Airlines Executive Platinum
What’s a mileage run? It’s something crazy people do, really. The first time I read about them was on flyertalk – where there are some examples of some truly crazy runs. There are many threads like this. The purpose of…
Back to South Haven and Gingerman for Wangfest and Gridlife 2014
Recently back to South Haven for two weekend events in a row; Wangfest, one of the most sparsely attended car events I’ve seen there, and Gridlife, the most well attended event I’ve seen there. South Haven is a nice beachy…
Flight Review: TK17 Turkish Airlines B777-300ER Business Class Istanbul to Toronto
This minty lemonade… pretty tasty stuff. So this started off rough – I went to the Taksim Havatas bus location and totally got on the wrong bus to start. Part of this was being advised to go and I suppose…
Turkish Airlines Lounge at Istanbul Ataturk
So the Turkish Airlines lounge is all sorts of amazing. It’s huge and has all sorts of stuff including food, food, food. Without a lounge, I usually eat little if anything at airports. Maybe some Starbucks. Maybe some little snackies…
Tips for Visiting Istanbul
I went to Istanbul on a whim and winged my journey; something I am going to try and do less often in the future. Istanbul was perfect for it though, so much different and cool stuff to see there; I…
Topkapi Palace, Basilica Cistern, and Archaeology Museums of Istanbul
All of these places are close to each other, and actually close to the major mosques to see in Istanbul as well. The Basilica Cistern is located near Hagia Sophia. It contains 336 marble columns and has the capacity to…
Mosques and Churches I Visited in Istanbul
So I’ll say a general comment on my experience – cathedrals have been more impressive outside – mosques have been moreso inside. I stayed in the Beyoglu area of Istanbul; all of the mosques I visited were in the Fatih or Old City…
Go Anywhere In The World For $300
Although the American Airlines 100k points Citibank AAdvantage Executive offer has officially ended, there are still links out there for it – and they still work. This can be confirmed when calling to activate the card upon receipt. One such…
How Many Points Did Leonardo DiCaprio Use To Fly 30 Women To Brazil?
What guys? I’m totally just here for the soccer game. So apparently, Leonardo DiCaprio Flew In 30 Women To Party With Him In Brazil. But the real question on that is, how many points did he use to do so? I…
