My girlfriend and I arrived in Doha around midnight local time after our 10+ hour Qatar Airways flight from Cape Town. Since we only planned our entire trip just a week earlier, we ended up with just over a 9 hour layover in Doha. While overnight layovers are usually terrible, Doha’s Hamad International Airport is…
After an incredible week in Cape Town it was sadly time for my girlfriend and I to return home. When we first booked our trip to Cape Town we were scheduled to fly home with Cathay Pacific in Premium Economy However, due to the then spreading global pandemic we decided to change our flights. So,…
After I booked our original flights to Cape Town I went to work finding a hotel for us to stay for the week. I knew we wanted a hotel by the water, but I had no idea where exactly to stay. Luckily, I remember reading a review of a Cape Town hotel on GodSaveThePoints blog…
When my girlfriend and I had to rebook our trip to South Africa we were extremely lucky to find a great Qatar Airways business class fare between Oslo and Cape Town. Even better, this routing mean that we would finally be able to fly in Qatar Airways QSuites business class on their flagship Airbus A350-1000…
A week before my girlfriend and I were scheduled to leave for Cape Town we had to completely rebook our trip. Originally we were going to fly from New York to Hong Kong and onto Cape Town with Cathay Pacific in premium economy. However, a week before our departure date we decided that we didn’t…
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…
