American Airlines has some off peak times noted in their award chart. Business and First Class cabins don’t change, but Economy does. Notably the SAAver award for South America Region 2 as well as Europe goes from 30k miles to…
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: 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…
Where to Work Remotely with Wifi in Istanbul? Coworking Spots in Istanbul?
Working remotely on my trip to Stockholm to Istanbul. In Stockholm I had more time to stake out a place to work from and it wasn’t too difficult. Of course I could work from my host’s place there or here…
Clowder: The Istanbul Cats Game
A Clowder is a group of cats, and boy does Istanbul love them some kittays. One explanation for their popularity and treatment has to do with the Muslim community and Abu Hurairah, the “father of kittens” – a companion of Muhammad.…
Flight Review: TK1796 Turkish Airlines A321-200 Business Class Stockholm to Istanbul
Started off taking the bus to the metro station, where I took a train to the airport. Not the fast one but one of the slow ones (commuter trains) with a few stops. Good excuse to drain the rest of…
