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To begin our trip to Sydney my girlfriend and I met in Los Angeles at LAX’s Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT). At the time we took our trip she was living in New York and I was living in Chicago so meeting in Los Angeles proved the simplest solution. Los Angeles also made sense for…
One of my goals for 2018 was the finally make it to Australia. At this point I’ve been to most continents, but I have been unable to make it to Australia in years past. The reason I haven’t been to Australia is that prices tend to be quite expensive. Thankfully, over summer 2018 I found…
Ok fine, I’ll admit it, the title to this post is a bit misleading. I absolutely did not spend $31,000 to fly to Hanoi Vietnam this weekend. However, I did fly between the United States and Hanoi this past weekend and I did so entirely in premium cabins. Had I paid cash for this entire…
After a day exploring in Hong Kong it was time to head back to San Francisco. I would have loved to say another day or two, but that wasn’t an option as this trip was purely a mileage run. The goal of this particular mileage run was to get a head start on my American…
Ah, I love when a post basically writes itself. I say that because this post simply fell into my lap today as I was checking my inbox. As I went through several unread emails from American Airlines I noticed on that caught my eye. The subject line of the email, although familiar, captivated me. When…
As I’ve said a million times, my favorite benefit of elite status is lounge access. I love that because I maintain American Airlines Executive Platinum elite status I can access OneWorld international First Class lounges for free. The best part is that I can access these lounges regardless of the class of service I am…
For the past few years Cathay Pacific has offered some fantastic Black Friday sales from the United States to Asia. For the past two years I’ve relied on these fares to help give me a jump start American Airlines Executive Platinum elite status. While most of the “incredible” Black Friday deals are in Economy class…
It’s hard believe January is well more than halfway over. I’ve been off to a slow start with blogging due to several significant life adjustments, but I hope to carve out time to write again in the near future. However, in the meantime I thought I should introduce my Cathay Pacific Premium Economy Mileage Run.…
Well, it’s a new year and already I have about 5 flights under my belt. Of those four flights three have been with American and two of those have been in first class. Otherwise, I’ve taken one flight with United and another with Delta as I’ve started moving away from extreme loyalty to American. However,…
I begin each year with a fairly straightforward goal. Every year my goal is to earn AAdvantage Executive Platinum Elite Status from American Airlines. The goal sounds simple enough, but it’s a bit harder than it sounds. Additionally, American recently made it a bit harder by increasing the Elite Qualifying Dollar requirement. So, to complete…
