How do you turn a bummer stay into something your daughter can’t stop talking about? It starts with having a convincing and imaginative wife. I posted a couple of days ago asking for reader opinions on compensation for the stay, but there’s still a few…
American Airlines continues to be in the news on a number of fronts. They announced a bunch of new codeshare agreements. They announced a profit for the month of January. Oh, yeah. And, they announced they’re merging with US Airways. They’re also looking to…
Each to his own, but I always look for new ways to travel in comfort with my family. American Airlines has carried me for a number of those trips, along with United, Lufthansa, Japan Airlines and a few others. I’m loyal to American, so…
This is a great reader participation exercise, because I’m very interested to hear what others would do in this situation. I had thought that our one-night stop at the St. Regis San Francisco would be a quick post, but it turns out to be…
2 quick tidbits expanding the Hyatt network: Park Hyatt Busan has opened marking the second Park Hyatt in South Korea and the 10th in Asia. I’m a huge fan of the Park Hyatt brand. The Park Hyatt Tokyo is a favorite of mine. I’m…
It seems to be my theme this week to review useful travel apps. I stumbled across ExpertFlyer’s iPhone app a couple of days ago and posted my thoughts. Then, this morning, I saw an article on Seat Guru’s new iPhone app. A bit of…
I had one of my best point redemptions of all time last year when I redeemed a trunk load of Starwood Preferred Guest points for a tennis lesson with Andre Agassi at the US Open. My wife was the lucky participant and we had…
Boeing and Airbus have a long history of healthy (and not-so-healthy) competition. The success of Boeing’s twin-engine 777 made it economically infeasible for airlines to operate the 4-engine Airbus A340. It took Airbus a while, but they finally stopped taking orders for the plane…
Courtesy of View From The Wing this morning, a great offer of 25,000 AAdvantage miles to sign-up for DirecTV. I’ve been a DirecTV customer for roughly 15 years. I find their customer service to be pretty dreary, but then again, I haven’t had a…
Navigating the world of points and miles is a complicated journey. Every talented frequent traveler has a list of tools they use to help find the perfect flights. I don’t pretend to be the preeminent expert on travel tools. I have a basket I…