Heading back to the states and home from my Winter 2017 excursion – this flight was taken in May. Started out with some food from the BKK lounge. Something to snack on, although nothing to get too excited about. The…
Thai Airways TG432 773 Economy Class Flight Review: Denpasar to Bangkok DPS to BKK
A fun surprise for me, I forgot this flight was actually booked in economy as it was the only thing available with my points at the time. No worries, I’ve flown plenty of economy! Off to Bali for the first…
Thai Airways TG431 773 Business Class Flight Review: Bangkok to Denpasar BKK to DPS
Another in my catch up series of pics from last year I forgot to post up – Bangkok on the way to Bali via Thai Airways. I do think the airport looks cool and it’s neat to see all the…
Thai Airways TG250 A330 Business Class Flight Review: Krabi to Bangkok KBV to BKK
I mean, better late than never, right? Getting to some flight articles I forgot to post like 8 months ago (oops) this one starts off with some pics from my trip going from Krabi KBV to Bangkok BKK, on my…
$25,000 Worth of Flights for $128 and the Realities of Award Travel
When it comes to scoring travel deals, one of the key things is to be flexible. This is the case with award travel as well. Perhaps moreso with premium cabin travel. While most airlines have anytime/full rates – they are…
How tf round trip to Europe for 100$?
In this blog post we ask the eternal question posed by philosophers throughout the ages: How, indeed. The quickest, easiest, fastest way to do this right now would be as follows: As per this offer, the CITI / AADVANTAGE PLATINUM…
Turkish Airlines TK84 Business Class Flight Review: Istanbul to Manila IST to MNL
After flying Turkish Airlines TK6 from Chicago to Istanbul, and spending some time in the Turkish Airlines lounge, I was off to Manila on Turkish Airlines TK84. This was done on a 777-300ER as I’ve been on before for Turkish…
Turkish Airlines Lost Luggage vs. United Lost Luggage
Per my SkyHops map, I’ve flown quite a few times. The pre-2011 stuff was largely done checking in my bags as well, I didn’t convert to a carry on until 2011 and working for IBM. I can only recall losing…
Turkish Airlines TK6 Business Class Flight Review: Chicago to Istanbul ORD IST
Continuing a decent string of Turkish Airlines Flight Reviews I’ve had lately, here’s a new one, and a first – going from my home airport of Chicago O’Hare ORD directly to IST. Well kind of directly, it was snowing out…
Lufthansa Miles / Points Are Kind Of Terrible
These things are a pain. I earned some from a couple credit cards; I had 112k miles to use. I figured this would be cool for some kind of trip. You can read about various positives about stopovers and open…
