For those of you who follow this blog regularly you may have already noticed a theme. That is, this year, I’ve been to Asia… a lot. Looking back to earlier this year I’ve already been to Hong Kong three times. My first visit was back in January 2019 when I flew over in Premium Economy…
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…
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…
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…
