Eastern Europe

Flight Review: Turkish Airlines TK5 Business Class B777-300ER Istanbul to Chicago
Flight Review: Turkish Airlines TK5 Business Class B777-300ER Istanbul to Chicago

Flight Review: Turkish Airlines TK5 Business Class B777-300ER Istanbul to Chicago

I flew Turkish Airlines TK5 Business Class from Istanbul to Chicago on May 8th, 2016. No pictures and unfortunately a quick short stay at the airport – so I didn’t have too much time before this flight in the amazing…

How Donald Trump Helped Me Recover $354 from the Turkish Mafia that Robbed Me
How Donald Trump Helped Me Recover $354 from the Turkish Mafia that Robbed Me

How Donald Trump Helped Me Recover $354 from the Turkish Mafia that Robbed Me

I’m generally a very logical, rational, skeptical, and practical person. Nonetheless, like most people I can be a bit gullible and too trusting at times. I fell victim to what I would consider a pretty sophisticated and well executed (and…

Off Peak Sweet Spots on American Airlines Award Chart
Off Peak Sweet Spots on American Airlines Award Chart

Off Peak Sweet Spots on American Airlines Award Chart

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: TK17 Turkish Airlines B777-300ER Business Class Istanbul to Toronto
Flight Review: TK17 Turkish Airlines B777-300ER Business Class Istanbul to Toronto

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…

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