Richard Moross I wanted to share my experiences finding partner award space on Star Alliance. The following generally applies to United Mileage Plus but it applies to all partner access (i.e. any Star Alliance partner accessing space with another Star Alliance airline). I did not take into account fuel surcharges. Each frequent flyer program determines […]
The Frequent Traveler University in Los Angeles was my first one and I really liked the event. It was much more lively than I expected and a lot of fun! I'm all booked to arrive at FTU in Tyson's Corner, VA on Friday evening to join the welcome party. Join us at 6:30 pm this […]
Takver I have changed my upcoming trip to Asia booked with United Mileage Plus miles twice now. I initially booked a route from the US via Frankfurt and Milan to fly Thai Airways in F. I then found a seat on the direct flight from Frankfurt to Bangkok and finally found a seat on the […]
Lufthansa has a fantastic new First Class product and flying on the A380 with the extra spacious cabin and lower noise level than other planes is an added level of luxury. The good news is that Lufthansa DOES release seats to partners but the bad news it's really tricky to find seats with the given […]
The Fairmont San Francisco is a landmark hotel and has been in service since 1906! It's the hotel of choice for presidents for decades now if they come to San Francisco. President Obama was just here but President Bush famously never made it out to San Francisco. This was also my first Fairmont stay ever. […]
Book your flight on United here. This article is part of my trip report 'Westward bound'. The trip report index will appear below once all posts have been published. I took the Heathrow Express train from Paddington a full $30 poorer for the 15 minute ride. My plan was to use Heathrow Connect which is […]
View from the Wing reports about the progress of booking one-way awards with Alaska Airlines. British Airways is now fully integrated with more partners to follow soon. BA's fuel surcharges make redeeming on BA metal almost always a bad idea. Alaska's Mileage Plan miles are easy to accumulate in small quantities from credit card sign […]
Avianca is back with it's 100% bonus offer for purchasing miles. You can buy up to 75,000 miles which will translate into 150,000 miles after purchase. The price per mile will be 1.5 cent. Avianca has a pretty reasonable award chart which looks similar to United or US Airways. Avianca charges no fuel surcharges. Before […]
This article is part of my trip report 'Westward bound'. The trip report index will appear below once all posts have been published. I have flown on Air Asia a couple of times but this is my first review here 🙂 Malaysia Air Asia is a well oiled machine – it handles a big number […]
Book the Crowne Plaza Jerusalem Hotel here. This article is part of my trip report 'Westward bound'. The trip report index will appear below once all posts have been published. The Crowne Plaza is one of the few chain hotels in Jerusalem. It's located just off the freeway and should be easy enough to find. […]