Windbag Miles

If you google “Park Hyatt Milan points and miles globalist boardingarea,” you’ll see a vicious SEO battle between One Mile at a Time and Live & Let’s Fly, although both results lead to comprehensive reviews with tons of photos that you should read if you’re interested in this hotel. (As an aside, let’s give MatthewContinue reading “I said I wasn’t going to review the Park Hyatt Milan because it’s already been reviewed so many times, but it was so good I couldn’t help myself.”

If you google “Park Hyatt Milan points and miles globalist boardingarea,” you’ll see a vicious SEO battle between One Mile at a Time and Live & Let’s Fly, although both results lead to comprehensive reviews with tons of photos that you should read if you’re interested in this hotel. (As an aside, let’s give MatthewContinue reading “I said I wasn’t going to review the Park Hyatt Milan because it’s already been reviewed so many times, but it was so good I couldn’t help myself.”

Back in more naive times, I wrote about how excited I was to have top-tier Diamond status in the Hilton Honors program. After almost a year as a Diamond, I can officially say that Hilton Diamond status is pretty much worthless. It’s not even that Diamond status is particularly bad, it’s that both on paperContinue reading “Hilton Diamond status: more like cubic zirconia, amirite?”

Back in more naive times, I wrote about how excited I was to have top-tier Diamond status in the Hilton Honors program. After almost a year as a Diamond, I can officially say that Hilton Diamond status is pretty much worthless. It’s not even that Diamond status is particularly bad, it’s that both on paperContinue reading “Hilton Diamond status: more like cubic zirconia, amirite?”

A post about hearing loss probably isn’t high on anyone’s wish list of topics for me to write about, but I’m curious if anyone else deals with hearing issues during or after flying. My ears are pretty bad for a 37-year old, and it’s largely my fault for routinely having “unprotected aural” during my youngerContinue reading “Friends, Romans, Countrymen… Lend me your ears.”

A post about hearing loss probably isn’t high on anyone’s wish list of topics for me to write about, but I’m curious if anyone else deals with hearing issues during or after flying. My ears are pretty bad for a 37-year old, and it’s largely my fault for routinely having “unprotected aural” during my youngerContinue reading “Friends, Romans, Countrymen… Lend me your ears.”

Man, wouldn’t it be nice to fly in Finnair business class? Finland sounds like a pretty cool place to visit, and with Finnair adding cool new routes like direct flights from San Francisco and LA to Helsinki, now seems like a better time than ever. Plus, they’re a oneworld partner, so theoretically there should beContinue reading “Finnair’s phantom award space is common knowledge, but I’m gonna write about it anyway.”

Man, wouldn’t it be nice to fly in Finnair business class? Finland sounds like a pretty cool place to visit, and with Finnair adding cool new routes like direct flights from San Francisco and LA to Helsinki, now seems like a better time than ever. Plus, they’re a oneworld partner, so theoretically there should beContinue reading “Finnair’s phantom award space is common knowledge, but I’m gonna write about it anyway.”

Earlier this year, in a bout of petulant frustration, I wrote about how annoyed I was that Bank of America denied my application for an Alaska Visa. The reason for the denial was a one-two punch of “too many recent inquiries” and “not enough business with Bank of America.” It was a bummer since theContinue reading ““Hey BofA, I boofed ya” — What I said when I got the Alaska Airline Visa 40k sign-up bonus”

Earlier this year, in a bout of petulant frustration, I wrote about how annoyed I was that Bank of America denied my application for an Alaska Visa. The reason for the denial was a one-two punch of “too many recent inquiries” and “not enough business with Bank of America.” It was a bummer since theContinue reading ““Hey BofA, I boofed ya” — What I said when I got the Alaska Airline Visa 40k sign-up bonus”