Well 2019 is already off to a pretty incredible start. Two weekends ago I took a quick trip to Hong Kong to get a jump-start on earning AAdvantage Executive Platinum status again this year. That trip was a bit hectic as I nearly missed my Cathay Pacific A350-1000 flight in Premium Economy, but once I made…
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…
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…
To get back home from a recent trip to London I decided to book an extremely inexpensive economy class fare from London to Chicago on American Airlines. The flight I booked was on American’s 787 in economy class. Believe or not until then I had never flown a long-haul flight on the Dreamliner in economy…
All in all I’d consider myself fairly lucky. Over the past four years I’ve averaged about 50-60 flights annually. That means I’ve taken at least 200 flights over the past few years. Believe it or not in all of that time I’ve never experienced a cancellation that left me stranded. That’s not to say that…
While most of you know that I absolutely love to travel, you might not know that I’m sort of a hoarder. See, I love collecting things from my various trips. I love collecting things because I can look back and remember the terrible incredible times I’ve had when traveling. It’s especially fun to look back through an…
Today is one of those days where I can’t help but to feel grateful. I’m grateful because I’m trying to decide which super luxurious airline and product to fly from Hong Kong to Sydney. As far as problems goes, this is among the most first world of them all. Before I dive in, I want to…
Until now, the Main Cabin Extra product only offered a little extra leg room and not much else. I’m not particularly tall so I never really saw the point in paying more for Main Cabin Extra seats. Sure the extra leg room is nice, but there is no way I’d pay an additional $30-$70 just…
As I’ve mentioned the past two Sundays, I want to use Sunday’s post as an outlet. With my Sunday posts I hope to write about what I’m thinking about the world of travel, miles, and points. This won’t be any hard-hitting how to material, but instead just a broad generalization. So if you came to…
This might surprise you, but until earlier this year I did not own an international travel adapter. In years past I just sort of always got by. Most of the time when I traveled internationally I stayed at hotels which offered either US power outlets or at least USB outlets. Also, back then, I wasn’t…
