My grandparents used to have a friend named Hilton, and I remember one time being really confused as they talked about him, finally asking, “Is that the Nazi Hilton?” Hilton, Hitler, same thing to a six-year-old Jewish kid I guess. Anyway, I bring this up as a segue into a post about Hilton hotels, whichContinue reading “The Nazi Hilton?”
SAS Business Class Mini-post #2 – Best Seat
When I started this blog, I didn’t really plan to write reviews, since there are already tons of reviews of almost every hotel/lounge/premium cabin. I realized that I enjoy writing them, though, since (as the title of this blog suggests), I enjoy hearing myself type. The one thing that hasn’t changed, however, is that IContinue reading “SAS Business Class Mini-post #2 – Best Seat”
SAS Business Class is a fucking piece of shit that doesn’t even give you nuts in a RAMEKIN!
I’m just kidding. I liked SAS business class a lot (expect a review full of text and no pictures shortly), and more importantly, I had never even heard of a “ramekin” until I started reading other blogs’ reviews of premium cabins. What do you think? Do you expect nuts to be served in a ramekin?Continue reading “SAS Business Class is a fucking piece of shit that doesn’t even give you nuts in a RAMEKIN!”
Why aren’t more people drooling over the Virgin America Visa card?
Disclaimer: I may receive a commission for links on this blog. Notice that I said that I may. It’s technically not possible to prove a negative, so even though I don’t have any commission agreements with any banks, and even though I have not to date received any commissions for any links on this blog, IContinue reading “Why aren’t more people drooling over the Virgin America Visa card?”
My first six hours in the Faroe Islands
After treading possibly the most beaten path in the travel hacking community – the Park Hyatt Paris Vendome – I’m now somewhere completely different: hunkered down during a rainstorm in a tiny cottage in a settlement of around 50 people somewhere in the Faroe Islands. Since this is a points/miles blog, I won’t bore youContinue reading “My first six hours in the Faroe Islands”
Vendoming at the Park Hyatt Paris – A Review (since there are barely any reviews of this hotel online)
I think the Park Hyatt Vendome in Paris is the most reviewed hotel in the entire world. Would you like to read another review of it, written in my inimitable style and peppered with my profanity-laden observations? Fuck yes you do! Delve into it after the jump. Again, I didn’t take a bunch of photos,Continue reading “Vendoming at the Park Hyatt Paris – A Review (since there are barely any reviews of this hotel online)”
Delta One? More Like Delta Six or Seven
My flight from Seattle to Amsterdam in Delta One was exciting, because it was my first long-haul business class flight, and I had been looking forward to it for the past ten months (yes, I book travel way in advance). I got a taste of what long-haul premium flying would be like this past NovemberContinue reading “Delta One? More Like Delta Six or Seven”
Lounge Life – Delta Sky Club Edition
Why hello there! I’m cheery today because I’m coming to you live from the Delta Sky Club in SFO. It’s kind of an interesting lounge, since Delta barely serves SFO, so it’s odd that they’d spend the money to make a lounge so nice. But they did, and I’m certainly not complaining. Outside of Amex’sContinue reading “Lounge Life – Delta Sky Club Edition”
The Delta Head-Start
One Mile at a Time just posted about Delta raising prices for business class awards to Europe. Sucks, but as many people noted, Delta now charges the same as United for partner awards (70,000 miles, up from 62,500). One thing to note up front: FlyingBlue’s equivalent of saver awards for USA-Europe in business class are stillContinue reading “The Delta Head-Start”
Would you let a bird shit on you for 75,000 points?
Like many, I got in on the JetBlue points match promotion they offered a few months ago wherein they gave out millions of free points by matching Virgin America frequent flyers’ point balances. This was one of those “if it’s too good to be true, it’s because JetBlue’s marketing department didn’t think this through” situations, because thereContinue reading “Would you let a bird shit on you for 75,000 points?”
Windbag Miles 