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…
Over the last few weeks I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with my upcoming travel plans. In February, I booked a trip with Qatar Airways from Philadelphia to Kyiv in business class. The trip represented fantastic value, but also was an incredible opportunity to fly in Qatar Airways business class again. Even…
It goes without saying that 2020 has been off to a rocky start. Over the past few months we’ve seen a completely drop off in demand for travel. This is of course because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also because many of us are under some sort of stay-at-home order (except Sweden). As a result,…
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,…
I took my very first proper mileage run in late 2017. At the time I wasn’t necessarily going for American Airlines AAdvantage Executive Platinum elite status, but rather I simply booked an incredible mistake fare. That year, Qatar Airways accidentally published a $600 business class fare from Vietnam back to various United States gateways. I…
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…
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…
On Black Friday 2019 I ended up buying a set of round-trip tickets to Cape Town for my girlfriend and I. This is the third year I’ve purchased tickets during the Cathay Pacific Black Friday sale. The sale itself isn’t all that phenomenal, but it does offer a nice opportunity to book Premium Economy seats…
On the surface it might seem like what I do to earn elite status is simple. I book a ticket, board a flight, pretend I’m not going to sleep the whole flight, and repeat. However, what you don’t see is the incredible messes I get myself into or the hours upon hours I spend trying…
