When planning our trip to Sydney my girlfriend and I decided it would be fun to go through Hong Kong in order to fly Singapore Airlines Suites class. We especially wanted to fly in SQ Suites to finally experience the famed double bed in the sky. Luckily, when we searched for flights we found two…
As my girlfriend and I landed in Singapore after an incredible flight in Singapore Airlines New Suites we had about 5 hours until our next flight on Singapore Airlines Old Suites. Although I wanted to make it to Sydney as soon as possible, I was excited about the layover as it would finally allow me to…
To begin our trip to Sydney my girlfriend and I met in Los Angeles at LAX’s Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT). At the time we took our trip she was living in New York and I was living in Chicago so meeting in Los Angeles proved the simplest solution. Los Angeles also made sense for…
One of my goals for 2018 was the finally make it to Australia. At this point I’ve been to most continents, but I have been unable to make it to Australia in years past. The reason I haven’t been to Australia is that prices tend to be quite expensive. Thankfully, over summer 2018 I found…
Wow, I can’t believe it’s already March. The year has been off to a rapid start and I just haven’t had the time needed to sit down and write. That’s why over the past few months my posts have been less frequent. While my posting has been less frequent my traveling has not. With that…
For the past few years Cathay Pacific has offered some fantastic Black Friday sales from the United States to Asia. For the past two years I’ve relied on these fares to help give me a jump start American Airlines Executive Platinum elite status. While most of the “incredible” Black Friday deals are in Economy class…
In the middle of my Mileage Run From HEL I found myself in the Munich Airport after two very nice Lufthansa First and Business class flights. I was in Munich because earlier in the year Finnair publishes some very attractive business class fares from Munich back to the United States. When booking long-haul premium cabin…
It’s been a while since I finished writing this trip report, but I forgot to write a conclusion until now. With this conclusion I wanted to go through each step of the trip and explain how I felt throughout it. Usually international weekend mileage runs take their toll on my body, but this was the…
To get home from my weekend trip to Stockholm I decided to book an economy class flight from Helsinki to New York (JFK). I selected this flight primarily because it was quite inexpensive, but also because it gave me a chance to finally fly with Finnair; a OneWorld partner. Before boarding my flight to New…
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…
