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It’s insane to think about how much credit card benefits have changed in the past few years. For a long time the American Express Platinum card was king. Sure there were more rewarding points cards on the market, but when it came to lounge access and exclusive benefits no card came close to the American…
Wow, it’s hard to believe we’re exactly half way through 2018. I’m honestly in shock as to where I am today. The past 6 months have been among the best of my life and I hope that trend continues through the end of the year. Today, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on…
I’ve long had one major criticism of the United MileagePlus Explorer card from Chase. My criticism is that the one-time club passes which you receive with each account anniversary are paper. While I love getting the passes each year, I hate that you have to have the paper versions. The paper passes are a pain…
Finnair currently has two lounges in Helsinki-Vantaa Airport Terminal 2. The first is located near Gate 22 in the Schengen Area of the airport. All eligible Finnair passengers have access to this lounge most will pass this lounge on their way to the Non-Schengen area of the airport. Thankfully, because I was flying to New…
During my recent trip to Helsinki I decided to “Live Blog” the entire trip. With trips past I would typically wait to blog until I got home. Doing it that way gave me time to gather my thoughts and prepare a proper blog post with each installment of the trip report. Doing things that way…
Hello and greetings from Munich! Those are words I didn’t expect to type yesterday morning during my 2 hour ground delay in Chicago. As you might recall from previous installments of this live blog trip report, I nearly missed my flight to London yesterday. Missing that flight would have been catastrophic so I’m quite thankful…
At this point in the journey I had just left my Lyft from New York’s LaGuardia airport to New York’s JFK airport. The ride took just over 40 minutes and cost about $35. Although the price wasn’t terrible, American would have covered the cost had I booked this trip as a single itinerary. Instead, since…
After a fairly stressful morning in Chicago I was in the air and on my way to Charlotte. I had already talked to American via Twitter to let them know about my delay and they thankfully backed me up on a flight from Charlotte to LaGuardia. While not quite JFK, I was happy to have…
One of the most common questions I get from friends and family is “what do you do when mileage running?” It’s an interesting question because I really don’t ever have a good answer. Of course I take pictures of the aircraft and the cabin for flight reviews, but what do I actually do when sitting…
After a quick stop in Stockholm I was on my way back to the United States. To get home I decided to fly Finnair from Stockholm to Helsinki and onwards to New York (JFK). I ended up booking an itinerary with a longer than desired (for most) layover in Helsinki. Since I had some time…
