Must-read Earlier Installments: Singapore, Cathay, and Qantas First Class.. Some of the Best Meals of My Life, and a Tour of Hyatts in Bangkok, Singapore, and Sydney Inside the New Oneworld Lounge at LAX’s Tom Bradley International TerminalCathay Pacific First Class, Los Angeles – Hong Kong Cathay Pacific “The Wing” First Class Lounge, Hong Kong […]
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Loyal reader Mark P. sends me this note: United extended my 1k status for 2015 due to my “long term commitment to United”. I flew over 126,000 miles, 48 segments, and [had] $7000 in [Premier Qualifying Dollars]. I also had over $25,000 spend on the United [credit card] to qualify for the waiver to get […]
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In some sense there’s no such thing as junk mail, there’s only mail that doesn’t interest you. If it were truly junk, not of interest to anyone, it would even get sent. Which isn’t to say I like the pile of stuff I toss into the recycling every day that there’s mail delivery. But I […]
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There's no denying that North Korea has been on a roll lately. I mean, first they made it to the finals of the most recent World Cup (I'm not actually sure if they ended up winning or not).
And now video has emerged of Kim Jong Un flying an Antonov An-148.
If the whole wanting to be world dictator thing doesn't work out for the munchkin, he has a bright future as an Air Koryo pilot!
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Lucky asks why the cancellation policy on his $90 hotel room would cost him $600. He booked an award night at the Aloft Abu Dhabi for 3000 Starwood points The paid rate for that night would have been ~ US$90++ The charge for cancelling after the deadline to do so wasn’t ‘losing 3000 points’ or […]
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One of the few good things about the new year in our part of the world (given that most elite counters are reset) is that those of us with American Express Platinum cards get a new $200 airline fee credit.
Here are the American Express cards with annual airline fee credits:
-- The Platinum Card® from American Express
-- The Platinum Card® from American Express Exclusively for Mercedes-Benz
-- The Business Platinum Card® from American Express OPEN
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