The Park Hyatt Place Vendome in Paris is a spectacular property. The staff are exceedingly welcoming. The rooms are impeccable. The junior suite we stayed in was beautiful and spacious. The breakfast buffet is one of the best I’ve seen.
I consider myself very lucky. I have a wife and two lovely children (who actually behave sometimes). And, I’ve been lucky to travel the world in luxurious fashion for not much money. There were a number of reasons I started writing this blog again…
American Airlines is giving away a first class trip to Europe. It even comes with a $1,500 gift card to cover some of the other expenses associated with a vacation. Click here for the registration page. It’s pretty quick and easy to register. They’ve…
The US government is doing a stand-up job protecting consumers from bad airlines who don’t want to tell you how much your ticket costs. They’re so committed they’re working on legislation to allow airlines to do exactly what they’re allowed to do today. Just…
Thanks to reader David H. for sending this note along: Dear Valued Guest, Regrettably, as of 23:59:59 on 19 March 2014, the Hyatt Regency Warsaw will no longer be operated as a Hyatt hotel, and Hyatt International (Europe Africa Middle East) LLC’s affiliation with…
I was a bit disappointed to receive an e-mail from American Airlines this morning that they were discontinuing their partnership with JetBlue. They’ve announced that effective April 1, 2014, you will no longer be able to earn AAdvantage miles on Jetblue flights: Through our…
Previous (and future) posts in this trip report: 1. Lufthansa Business Class To Paris Via Frankfurt 2. Park Hyatt Place Vendome 3. Walking Around Paris, Angelina And The Pont Des Arts Bridge 4. Eiffel Tower 5. Laduree 6. Café K? Trocadero and The Eiffel…
Boeing has disclosed that the manufacturer of the 787 Dreamliner wings, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, reported very small cracks in some wings that have already been delivered and some that are still in production. As it stands now, this doesn’t seem to be an issue…
I saw this story last night but it was still developing. Malaysia Airlines is reporting that it lost contact with a flight going from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing about 2 hours after departure. The plane flying the route this day was a 777-200ER. While…
Delta’s new award chart isn’t horrible, but it doesn’t do any favor to SkyMiles members in the continental US. The amount of miles folks earn is generally going down while the price for popular awards like the US, Caribbean, Mexico and Hawaii stay the same. Overall, a bad change.