A few hours after completing my 16 hour flight from Chicago to Hong Kong, I caught this flight to continue on from HKG to Johannesburg. Nice seats; same type of plane. Menu and yummies: I had the prawns for dinner.…
Going On The Boeing Factory Tour
I visited the Boeing factory in Everett, WA – just a short 30 minute trip from downtown Seattle. For my car enthusiast readers I’ll note that Seattle is also home to Dirtfish Rally School in Snoqualimie and a couple hours away…
Flight Review: QR721 Qatar 777-300ER 77W V1 Business Class Doha to Chicago
“Hey wait a second!” you say – “that’s Abu Dhabi’s airport!” – and indeed it is; but it was a cool picture I wanted to use and it is where my trip actually started. I was stopped over in Abu…
Qatar Airways Al Mourjan Business Lounge Review
I was on a long layover twice through Doha, which doesn’t seem to be an uncommon experience. What to do? On the way out I spent time at the Al Mourjan lounge, and on the way back I opted to…
A Cheap Summer Hop To Europe In Business Class
One Mile At A Time points out that Aer Lingus availability looks pretty good right now, even in the summer, to Dublin. This is one of the better points deals out there using British Airways distance based award chart, where I…
Flight Review: CX807 Cathay Pacific 777-300ER 77H Business Class Chicago to Hong Kong
This is quite a long flight – no need to decide whether you want to sleep or watch movies; you’ll certainly be doing both! My first flight on Cathay Pacific. The seat was a nice lie flat and felt like…
Flight Review: QR1360 Qatar 787-8 788 Business Class Johannesburg to Doha
Heading out of South Africa on my way to UAE on the way home. I had a Qatar flight from Doha to Abu Dhabi after this for a stopover as per my race cat vacation article. At this point I…
TAM Airlines First Class Review JJ8034
I was originally scheduled to start my flight home to Chicago from Sao Paulo to Miami in business class. Then I heard that TAM had recently done their cabin to look super cool and had a rather interesting feature of…
Quickly Obtain the Southwest Companion Pass Back In Effect – Current 50k Offer
I’ve updated the cards and links in the Southwest Companion Pass Engine. It used to be that there were 4 cards – Plus (69 fee, not waived first year) and Premier (99, same) offered both as personal and business cards.…
Copa Airlines Business Class Review CM236 and CM363
This trip started out at Ohare at Terminal 5 for international airlines. Copa doesn’t have their own lounge but with these tickets comes access to the Swissport Lounge. In Panama City (PTY) there is access to the Copa Club. They…
