To catch our Qatar Airways flights to Cape Town, my girlfriend and I first needed to get from New York to Oslo. In the days leading up to our trip I searched frantically for Lufthansa First Class award space. In fact, I wrote an entire post about booking this flight here. Thankfully, the day before…
Late last year I decided to surprise my girlfriend with a trip to Cape Town. Well, when I say it that way it sounds incredibly nice of me. In actuality, for Black Friday 2019, Cathay Pacific offered Premium Economy from New York to Cape Town for just $1,600. That was a fantastic deal as it…
By the time this post is published I’ll be sitting in Frankfurt after (hopefully) another spectacular Lufthansa First Class flight. Specifically, I hope that I’m taking a quick nap in the incredible Lufthansa First Class Terminal! The reason I held up publishing this post is because this Lufthansa First Class flight was a surprise. My…
As many of you may know, I don’t fly United Airlines or Star Alliance partners all that often. Instead, I stick to American Airlines and the OneWorld Alliance. Because I rarely fly United, I have a fairly difficult time earning United MileagePlus miles. Sure, I’m earning plenty of American AAdvantage miles so don’t feel too…
As I began my Cathay Pacific First Class mileage run I had to first find a way to Asia. This meant booking a JAL First Class flight just a few days prior to my scheduled departure. Since I booked the flight just days in advance I wasn’t sure what to expect when I arrived at…
In the final hours of 2018 Cathay Pacific published what have become known as the fares of a decade. Mistake fares happen, but are becoming ever more rare. Which each mistake there is a mad dash to book them as quickly as possible before the fare dies. The old adage is book now, figure it…
It’s been a while since I finished writing this trip report, but I forgot to write a conclusion until now. With this conclusion I wanted to go through each step of the trip and explain how I felt throughout it. Usually international weekend mileage runs take their toll on my body, but this was the…
This flight technically began in the incredible Lufthansa First Class Terminal. I could access the terminal as I was connecting from my Lufthansa First Class flight from Chicago to Frankfurt. One of the things that I love most about the First Class Terminal is that you don’t have to worry about your departure time. When…
Looking back, I can’t believe how this flight came to be. This whole trip started because I needed to get to Munich in June. To get to Munich I could have of course just booked a flight there, but what’s the fun in that? Instead, I decided to book a flight from Stockholm to New…
Hello again from the United Polaris Lounge. I’m currently sitting in the lounge waiting to board my Lufthansa First Class flight to Frankfurt. I’m flying to Frankfurt tonight to begin my trip to Stockholm. I have access to this lounge because I’m flying in a premium cabin on a Star Alliance operated flight. Those flying…
