My Favorite Things To Do Minsk – Introduction Minsk is the capital of Belarus and a city that is very busy working through the last 100 years of history. The city (as is the country) is trying to figure out what is its identity in a post-Soviet environment with mainly Russian speaking population. Minsk is […]
How can I earn thousands of points this summer? The latest Starwood and Marriott summer promotions have gone live, so we now know about all the major hotel loyalty programs’ summer promotions. To earn points with each program, you’ll need to be a member, so if you’re not yet signed up we’ve even included where […]
My Favorite 14 Things to do Mendoza – Understand Mendoza is right across the majestic Andes from Santiago de Chile and is an agriculture hub. Wine and olives are major exports from the region and an amazing 1,200 wineries call the region their home. Mendoza and Cordoba are the warm heart of Argentina, with more […]
My 23 Favorite Things to do Santiago – Understand Chile has the most developed economy in South America; Santiago will make you feel like you landed in Frankfurt in Germany or even Singapore. Yes, many of the original Latin American influences are intact in Centro and Recoleta but if you go further east, the city morphs […]
My 14 Favorite things to do Yakutsk – Understand Yakutsk is becoming famous for one thing – its extreme climate that has allowed it to be the coldest big city on the planet. Temperatures regularly drop to minus 60 degrees here (that’s almost as cold as Antarctica on most days in winter). The city has 300,000 […]
– Late last Friday Level launched with EUR 99 fares (One-way) from it’s new hub Barcelona Level is the brain child of British Airways and Iberia to better compete with Norwegian. The airline will be flying to starting early June 2017: Los Angeles San Francisco (Oakland) Buenos Aires Punta Cana The aircraft are being operated […]
The year of 2017 is already two months old, but the following list is brand new and hopefully inspiring! You can also look back to My Favorite Awards of 2016 – many of which I did redeem miles for last year. Aeroplan Awards to Europe using Turkish Airlines or Swiss in Business Class Turkish Airlines Business […]
– Norwegian has opened up the fares for their new routes from Ireland and the UK to the US East Coast airports of Stewart International Airport, Providence Airport, and Bradley International Airport – starting at $73! In total, Norwegian will launch 10 new routes with 38 new weekly transatlantic flights this summer from Edinburgh, […]
– Singapore Airlines has a pretty far reaching sale on their website that prices trips FROM teh US to Europe and Asia at $1,999 Round Trip in Business Class (HT Flyertalk) It credits just 100% on United Mileage Plus but more on other programs. The change fee is $300. Great fares if you can make […]
The Marriott Category 1 Protea Hotel Stellenbosch is located a few miles outside of Stellenbosch town. Stellenbosch has become a major tourism draw because of its many scenic wineries that do wine tastings and offer gourmet food at seemingly impossibly low prices. A wine tasting in one of the best wineries here can be had for $2, for five […]