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…
Hello and greetings from premium economy on Cathay Pacific’s new Airbus A350-1000. That’s right, if you’ve been following along on my mileage run “live blog,” I made it! I’m still not entirely sure how I made it, but one way or another I did. If you haven’t been following along or forgot where I was,…
Well… here I am again. Similar to my Mileage Run To HEL, I plan to “live blog” as much of my current mileage run as possible. I believe these live blogs give readers the chance to experience what a mileage run is actually like. Typically all you get to see is the final review of…
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.…
Update: My Approval Letter arrived within 12 hours after processing payment for a standard 2 day request. A few weeks ago Cathay Pacific had an incredible New Year Eve sale. The sale (mistake fare) featured extremely discounted First Class and Business Class fares from Vietnam back to the United States. The sale lasted a few hours and was…
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,…
As another year begins I think it’s time to once again check-in and do an overview of My Wallet. As competition among credit card issuers heat up I think it’s important to look at the cards I carry to see if there are better options available. So, after going through the cards currently in my…
Generally when many of us sign up for new credit cards we end up applying because of a few flagship benefits. It’s the huge 60,000 sign-up bonus or 5X Points on Airfare that finally convinces us to sign-up for a card. However, after we sign up perhaps we don’t do the best job in maximizing…
For those of you who have read this blog in the past, you may already know that I’m a big T-Mobile fan. I signed up for T-Mobile One in 2016 and never looked back. I loved the flat $70/month pricing, the unlimited everything, and free international data. Until late last year I never thought twice…
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…
