Hound Tor is a outcropping of limestone rock in England's Dartmoor National Park, and while they might not look much like dogs the legend of their origin is that they were hounds turned to stone by vengeful witch, and it was this legend that is said to have inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles.
As the tale goes, the tor (a large rock outcropping) was formed when a pack of hunting dogs and their master (see Bowerman's Nose) were turned to stone after disrupting an easily angered witch's ceremony. Given the size of the stones, the dogs would have had to have been giants, or at least large in number to make up the rocks that exist today. However since magic does not exist, it is unlikely that they were ever dogs.
In any event the fog shrouded rocks have long been associated with canines. So much so that it is said that the stones were the inspiration for the Sherlock Holmes adventure The Hound of the Baskervilles, in which the master detective investigates reports of a red-eyed hell hound stalking the foggy moors. Hound Tor was even used as a location in the modern adaptation of the story in the BBC show Sherlock.
I frequently get asked about how to redeem American AAdvantage miles for travel on Etihad Airways. Back in June I wrote about how to search Etihad award space, and a couple of weeks ago I wrote about how redeeming AAdvantage miles to the Maldives just got easier.
In that post, I shared three general routing rules for redeeming American AAdvantage miles for longhaul travel:
-- American will let you exceed the maximum permitted mileage (MPM) for a city pair by up to 25%, but simultaneously says that you have to take the most direct routing. In practice that means you can usually route creatively, and when you get an agent that insists on taking the most direct routing you just hang up and call again.
-- The transoceanic airline you’re flying has to publish a fare between your origin and destination. In other words, if you want to fly from Los Angeles to New York on American and then New York to London to Rome on British Airways, British Airways would have to publish a fare between the origin and destination.
-- With few exceptions, you can’t transit a third region on an award ticket. The Maldives is considered part of “the Middle East/Indian Subcontinent” on American’s award chart, so per the AAdvantage exception chart, the only region you can transit enroute to the Middle East is Europe.
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If you thought I was being hyperbolic when I explained Air Canada’s major devaluation of elite status as the airline thinking their elites were over-entitled and they were determined to do something about it… Thread Tripping highlights PR comments from the airline that make my point for me. Truly, I don’t recall ever seeing such […]
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As least in terms of "mass" name recognition, Dom Perignon is considered to be one of the best first class airplane champagnes out there. Personally I'm not a huge fan of Dom Perignon, at least the 2003 vintage, which up until recently was primarily the one being served on planes.
Their 2004 vintage was much better, though still not as good as my beloved Krug.
Over the past couple of years the 2004 vintage has become the norm for airlines serving Dom Perignon in first class, so that's good news.
Anyway, historically a few airlines have stood out when it comes to their business class champagne selection.
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One of the most-asked questions about credit cards is how does it affect your credit score, and of course the implied followup, do you care? And it’s been awhile since I wrote a post on understanding your credit score. I’ve signed up for scores of cards over many years and I still have an excellent […]
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I took the bus from the Park Hyatt Seoul to Incheon Airport at around 6:30PM, and got there by 8PM. At 9PM check-in opened for my 12AM flight to Abu Dhabi, though as check-in opened we were informed of our 14 hour flight delay.
After spending hours trying to get rebooked and dealing with the general chaos of the cancellation, I got booked at the Grand Hyatt Incheon Airport (Etihad Airways gave me an airport accommodation voucher, so they covered the cost of the room).
I stayed at the Hyatt Regency Incheon Airport before it was rebranded. It was a perfectly fine airport hotel, though the club lounge was lackluster.
In the past year the hotel rebranded as the Grand Hyatt Incheon Airport, and on September 1, 2014, they opened the new west wing of the hotel.
After being given my voucher I headed down to the arrivals level, where the Grand Hyatt's shuttle leaves from. It leaves from stop 14C, which is at the far end of the arrivals hall.
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