My Favorite 25 Things to do Moscow – Understand Moscow is quintessential Russia – even more so than St. Petersburg; this is where all our ideas about Russia come together – foreigners and Russians alike. Moscow is a busy city and most of the Russian oil money ends up in Muscovite bank accounts and trickles down […]
The Holiday Inn Moscow – Tagansky is located just south of the rather hip Tagansky neighborhood in southeast Moscow. The location isn’t great – you will have to walk at least 20 minutes to get to some decent restaurants and it’s an Uber ride wherever else you go in Moscow. The hotel is pretty new […]
Pobeda is an Aeroflot subsidiary that was launched as a 100% LCC in the Russian and European markets last year. The company relies on a brand new Boeing 737-800 fleet from its hub in Yekaterinburg. While Yekaterinburg is a bit of a sleepy city, the location is excellent – right in-between Asia and Europe. Think of […]
My Favorite 13 Things to do Yekaterinburg – Understand Yekaterinburg (also called Ekaterinburg) is the capital of the Sverdlovsk region and is the connection point between European Russia and the Siberian outposts. The weather reflects this geographic position with a continental climate, but with a less extreme character than Novosibirsk or Yakutsk. Yekaterinburg is located 5 […]
S7 is the world’s most punctual airline and we have reviewed it before. S7 has not changed much; the airline has stayed a solid member of Oneworld in this region. S7 almost exclusively operates A320 narrow-body aircraft, which is fine for a short hop, but gets tiring quickly for long segments over 5 hours. The company […]
– AeroMexico currently has $319 Business Class tickets from San Francisco (SFO) to Bahias de Huatulco (HUX) – Mexico’s fastest growing airport that serves the Pacific coast resorts We found dates Nov 1-15 but there are more on orbitz.com. The fare books into I class and should earn 150% on many Skyteam programs. – Latam […]
My Favorite 23 Things to do Riga, Latvia – Understand Latvia is one of the three Baltic countries that escaped the Russian Empire a bit by accident. The Baltics are now part of the Schengen Agreement and the Euro, making travel there seamless. Latvia is still the most Russian of the three Baltic countries and easily feels […]
– Barclays is now accepting applications for the 40,000 AAdvantage bonus miles AAdvantage Aviator Red card If you had had a US Airways Mastercard from Barclay before you may have this card already – so far you could not apply for new cards though. Apparently there are more cards and bonus opportunities in the works […]
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After taking Etihad Business Class San Francisco flights twice recently, I was curious to how the Etihad First Class version from Abu Dhabi would play out. After our visit to the Etihad First Class Lounge we were looking forward to some sleep. However, in between the lounge and the plane is the dreaded pre-clearance to clear US […]