After a long day of traveling to New York from Chicago via Atlanta, it was finally time to board my Singapore Airlines Suites Class flight to Frankfurt. Prior to my flight I enjoyed complimentary access to the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse since I was flying Singapore Airlines Suites Class. After a light dinner, a few drinks, and a hot shower…
I have been searching for an amazing chance to use miles and points ever since I started collecting them a few years ago. Over the past few years I’ve used miles for hotels nights, a few domestic flights, and to buy some merchandise (stupid)! Until this last-minute trip I had never used points for an “unforgettable” experience.…
One of the thing’s that I’d like to do with trip reports is put an end cap on the experience. Many trip reports out there feature an introduction, but few I read feature a physical conclusion. This conclusion should serve as a high level summary of the entire trip. Installments My Paris Trip Report Introduction American…
After an amazing week in Paris it was finally time to come home. I originally booked our flight home on American’s newly retrofitted 767 aircraft, but weeks before departure American swapped the plane to a 787-800. I originally selected our flight because of the 2-4-2 configuration in economy, but the swap meant a 3-3-3 configuration. Once I noticed the change…
When we originally booked our trip to Paris we purposely scheduled two free days/nights because we weren’t sure what we wanted to do. Originally we thought to take a train or quick flight to Belgium, but packing all of our stuff back up and catching 2 flights in as many days sounded pretty terrible. Plus I didn’t…
After navigating our way through the Paris metro system we finally found our way to our hotel for the week, Le Metropolitan Hotel in Paris. I decided to book the hotel for several reasons, but most importantly, price. At the time of booking I paid a pre-paid rate of €213.00 a night. Also important, the rate…
As I continue my trip report on my recent trip to Paris I think it’s very important to share my experience of taking public transportation from Paris’ Charles De Gaul Airport into Paris. At this point in the trip I had been awake for well over 24 hours. Neither of us got any sleep on the…
When American Airlines first introduced Premium Economy I knew I wanted to give it a try. Luckily, as American tends to do when launching a new product or service, the airline started selling Premium Economy seats as Main Cabin Extra for the first few months of service. For a few months American flew their 787-900 with…
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, sometimes works takes me to some pretty incredible places, other times it doesn’t. It’s not that Waterloo, IA is not a wonderful place, but it definitely isn’t as interesting as other cities I’ve visited when traveling for work. Although the city itself isn’t all that interesting the overall trip…
I am finally back from a long bachelor party weekend in Breckenridge, CO. The weekend was fantastic, also one of the most interesting for traveling. When I booked the trip a few weeks ago I purposely built in a stop in Dallas both ways. It seems I may have been better off just booking nonstop…
